[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 191 (Tuesday, December 4, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S7277]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET

  Ms. COLLINS. 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 Tuesday, December 04, 2018, at 9:30 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing on the following nominations: Lieutenant General 
Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr., to be General and Commander, Central Command, 
and Lieutenant General Richard D. Clarke, to be General and Commander, 
Special Operations Command, both of the Department of Defense.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  The Committee on Foreign Relations is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Tuesday, December 04, 2018, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing on the following nominations: Michael S. Klecheski, 
of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Mongolia, Matthew John 
Matthews, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam, and W. 
Patrick Murphy, of Vermont, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Cambodia, all of the Department of State; to be immediately followed by 
a Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International 
Cybersecurity Policy hearing to examine the China challenge, focusing 
on democracy, human rights, and the rule of law.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  The Committee on Foreign Relations is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Tuesday, December 04, 2018, at 2.30 p.m., to 
conduct a hearing on the following nominations: Carol Z. Perez, of 
Virginia, to be Director General of the Foreign Service, Arthur B. 
Culvahouse, Jr., of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the Commonwealth of 
Australia, Christopher Paul Henzel, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Yemen, Sarah-Ann Lynch, of Maryland, to be Ambassador 
to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, and Lynne M. Tracy, of Ohio, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia, all of the Department of 
State, and John Barsa, of Florida, to be an Assistant Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Development.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  The Select Committee on Intelligence is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Tuesday, December 04, 2018, at 2:30 p.m., to 
conduct a closed hearing.


Subcommittee on East Asia, The Pacific, and International Cybersecurity 
                                 Policy

  The Subcommittee on East Asia, The Pacific, and International 
Cybersecurity Policy of the Committee on Foreign Relations is 
authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, 
December 04, 2018, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``The 
China Challenge, Part 3: Democracy, Human Rights, and the Rule of 
Law.''

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