[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 122 (Thursday, July 19, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5111-S5112]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET

  Mr. TILLIS. Mr. President, I have 7 requests for committees to meet 
during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the 
Majority and Minority leaders.
  Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate, the following committees are authorized to meet during today's 
session of the Senate:


            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  The Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs is authorized to 
meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, July 19, 2018, at 10 
a.m., to conduct a hearing on the following nominations: Kathleen Laura 
Kraninger, of Ohio, to be Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial 
Protection, and Kimberly A. Reed, of West Virginia, to be President of 
the Export-Import Bank of the United States.


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources is authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on Thursday, July 19, 2018, at 10 
a.m., to conduct a hearing.


               Committee on Environment and Public Works

  The Committee on Environment and Public Works is authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on Thursday, July 19, 2018, at 10 
a.m., to conduct a hearing on the following nominations Mary Bridget 
Neumayr, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Council on Environmental 
Quality, and John Fleming, of Louisiana, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Economic Development.


                          Committee on Finance

  The Committee on Finance is authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Thursday, July 19, 2018, at 10:15 a.m., to conduct a 
hearing on the nomination of Charles P. Rettig, of California, to be 
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Department of the Treasury.


        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

  The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is 
authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, July 
19, 2018, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing on following nominations: 
Dennis Dean Kirk, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Merit Systems 
Protection Board, and to be Chairman of the Merit Systems Protection 
Board, Julia Akins Clark, of Maryland, and Andrew F. Maunz, of Ohio, 
both to be a Member of the Merit Systems Protection Board, and Carmen 
Guerricagoitia McLean, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court 
of the District of Columbia.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, July 19, 2018, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing on the following nominations: Britt Cagle Grant, of 
Georgia, o be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, 
David James Porter, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit Judge 
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the Third Circuit, A. Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr., of South Carolina, and 
Julius Ness Richardson, of South Carolina, both to be a United States 
Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, Roy Kalman Altman, and Rodolfo 
Armando Ruiz II, both to be a United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Florida, and Raul M. Arias-Marxuach, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  The Select Committee on Intelligence is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, July 19, 2018, at 2 p.m., to conduct 
a closed hearing.

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