[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 140 (Wednesday, August 22, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5864]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, I have 8 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 Finance

  The Committee on Finance is authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, August 22, 2018, at 9:30 a.m., to conduct a 
business meeting and hearing on the following nominations: Michael 
Faulkender, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 
and Elizabeth Darling, of Texas, to be Commissioner on Children, Youth, 
and Families, Department of Health and Human Services.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  The Committee on Foreign Relations is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Wednesday, August 22, 2018, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  The Committee on Foreign Relations is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Wednesday, August 22, 2018, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing on the following nominations: Michael A. Hammer, of 
Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
John Cotton Richmond, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office to 
Monitor and Combat Trafficking, with the rank of Ambassador at Large, 
Stephanie Sanders Sullivan, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Ghana, Donald R. Tapia, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to 
Jamaica, David Hale, of New Jersey, to be an Under Secretary (Political 
Affairs), Dereck J. Hogan, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Moldova, Philip S. Kosnett, of Virginia, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Kosovo, and Judy Rising Reinke, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to Montenegro, all of the Department of State, and a routine 
list in the Foreign Service; to be immediately followed by a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Kevin K. Sullivan, of Ohio, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Nicaragua, Francisco Luis Palmieri, of Connecticut, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Honduras, and Karen L. Williams, of 
Missouri, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname, all of the 
Department of State.


        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 Wednesday, 
August 22, 2018, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing on the following 
nominations: William Bryan, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for 
Science and Technology, and Peter Gaynor, of Rhode Island, to be Deputy 
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, both of the 
Department of Homeland Security.


                      Committee on Indian Affairs

  The Committee on Indian Affairs is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Wednesday, June 27, 2018, at 2:15 p.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 Wednesday, August 22, 2018, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing on the following nominations: Jonathan A. Kobes, of 
South Dakota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, 
Kenneth D. Bell, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of North Carolina, Carl J. Nichols, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Columbia, and Martha Maria Pacold, 
Mary M. Rowland, and Steven C. Seeger, each to be a United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois.


                 Committee on Rules and Administration

  The Committee on Rules and Administration is authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, August 22, 2018, at 
10:30 a.m., to conduct a hearing.


           Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining

  The Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining of the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources is authorized to meet during 
the session of the Senate on Wednesday, August 22, 2018, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing.

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