[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 165 (Thursday, October 4, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S6545]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET

  Mr. TILLIS. Mr. President, I have 4 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, October 4, 2018, 
at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``Broadband: Opportunities 
and Challenges in Rural America.''


            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, October 4, 2018, at 
10 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``Combating Money Laundering and 
other Forms of Illicit Finance: Regulators and Law Enforcement 
Perspectives on Reform.''


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  The Committee on Foreign Relations is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, October 4, 2018, at 11 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing on the following nominations: Earle D. Litzenberger, 
of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan, Eric 
George Nelson, of Texas, to be Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
Judith Gail Garber, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Cyprus, and Jeffrey Ross Gunter, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Iceland, all of the Department of State.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  The Select Committee on Intelligence is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, October 4, 2018, at 2 p.m., to 
conduct a closed briefing.

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