[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 129 (Tuesday, July 31, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5522]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET

  Mr. INOHFE. 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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

  The Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry is authorized 
to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, July 31, 2018, to 
conduct a business meeting and hearing on the following nominations: 
Dan Michael Berkovitz, of Maryland, to be a Commissioner of the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and James E. Hubbard, of 
Colorado, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources 
and Environment.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  The Committee on Foreign Relations is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Tuesday, July 31, 2018, at 2:30 p.m., to 
conduct a hearing on the following nominations: Michael A. Hammer, of 
Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
Kyle McCarter, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kenya, 
Stephanie Sanders Sullivan, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Ghana, and Donald R. Tapia, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to 
Jamaica, all of the Department of State.


          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  The Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions is authorized 
to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, July 31, 2018, at 
10 a.m., to conduct a hearing.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Tuesday, July 31, 2018, at 10 a.m., to conduct 
a hearing.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  The Select Committee on Intelligence is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Tuesday, July 31, 2018, at 2:30 p.m., to 
conduct a closed business meeting.


Subcommittee on Communication, Technology, Innovation, and The Internet

  The Subcommittee on Communication, Technology, Innovation, and The 
Internet of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is 
authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, July 
31, 2018, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing.


 Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rigths and Federal 
                                 Courts

  The Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and 
Federal Courts of the Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, July 31, 2018, at 2:15 
p.m., to conduct a hearing.

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