[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 188 (Thursday, November 29, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S7246]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I have 5 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 Armed Services

  The Committee on Armed Services is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, November 29, 2018, at 9:30 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing on the following nominations: Thomas McCaffery, of 
California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, and William 
Bookless, of California, to be Principal Deputy Administrator, National 
Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy.


            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, November 29, 2018, 
at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``Combatting Money Laundering 
and other forms of illicit finance: Regulator and Law Enforcement 
perspectives on Reform.''


               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, November 29, 2018, at 
10:30 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``The Global Fight to End 
Modern Slavery.''


          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, November 29, 
2018, at 10:30 a.m., to conduct a business meeting and hearing on the 
nomination of Erhard R. Chorle, of Illinois, to be a Member of the 
Railroad Retirement Board, Gordon Hartogensis, of Connecticut, to be 
Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Robert L. King, 
of Kentucky, to be Assistant Secretary of Education for Postsecondary 
Education, and John P. Pallasch, of Kentucky, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Labor.


                         Subcommittee on Energy

  The Subcommittee on Energy of the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources is authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Thursday, November 29, 2018, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing.

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