[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 141 (Thursday, August 23, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5936-S5937]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET

  Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, I have 6 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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is authorized 
to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, August 23, 2018, 
at 10:15 a.m., to conduct a hearing on the following nominations: 
Kelvin Droegemeier, of Oklahoma, to be Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy, James Morhard, of Virginia, to be Deputy 
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and 
Joel Szabat, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Transportation.


            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, August 23, 2018, at 
9:30 a.m., to conduct a hearing on the following nominations: Kathleen 
Laura Kraninger, of Ohio, to be Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial 
Protection, Kimberly A. Reed, of West Virginia, to be President of the 
Export-Import Bank of the United States, Elad L. Roisman, of Maine, to 
be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Michael R. 
Bright, of the District of Columbia, to be President, Government 
National Mortgage Association, and Rae Oliver, of Virginia, to be 
Inspector General, both of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, and Dino Falaschetti, of Montana, to be Director, Office 
of Financial Research, Department of the Treasury.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  The Committee on Foreign Relations is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, August 23, 2018, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing on the following nominations: David T. Fischer, of 
Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco, Earl Robert 
Miller, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of 
Bangladesh, Daniel N. Rosenblum, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Uzbekistan, Kip Tom, of Indiana, for the rank of Ambassador 
during his tenure of service as U.S. Representative to the United 
Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, and Donald Y. Yamamoto, of 
Washington, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somalia, all of 
the Department of State.


               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, August 23, 2018, at 10 
a.m., to conduct a hearing on the following nominations: William 
Cooper, of Maryland, to be General Counsel, and Lane Genatowski, of New 
York, to be Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, 
both of the Department of Energy.

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          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 Thursday, August 23, 2018, 
at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``Prioritizing Cures: Science 
and stewardship at the National Institutes of Health''.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, August 23, 2018, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing on the following nominations: Ryan Douglas Nelson, of 
Idaho, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Richard 
J. Sullivan, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Second Circuit, Gary Richard Brown, Diane Gujarati, Eric Ross Komitee, 
and Rachel P. Kovner, each to be a United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of New York, Stephen R. Clark, Sr., to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, Lewis J. 
Liman, and Mary Kay Vyskocil, both to be a United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of New York, John M. O'Connor, to be United 
States District Judge for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts 
of Oklahoma, John L. Sinatra, Jr., to be United States District Judge 
for the Western District of New York, Joshua Wolson, to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, James 
W. Carroll, Jr., of Virginia, to be Director of National Drug Control 
Policy, and Ariana Fajardo Orshan, to be United States Attorney for the 
Southern District of Florida, Peter G. Strasser, to be United States 
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, and G. Zachary 
Terwilliger, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of 
Virginia, all of the Department of Justice.

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