[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 22 (Tuesday, February 5, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S873]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET

  Mr. RISCH. Mr. President, I have 9 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, February 5, 2019, at 9:30 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing entitled ``Examining the United States Central 
Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 
2020 and the Future Years Defense Program.''


                      Committee on Armed Services

  The Committee on Armed Services is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Tuesday, February 5, 2019, at 2:15 p.m., to 
conduct a hearing entitled ``Examining the United States Central 
Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 
2020 and the Future Years Defense Program.''


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources is authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, February 5, 2019, at 10 
a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``Examining the outlook for energy 
and minerals markets in the 116th Congress.''


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources is authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, February 5, 2019, at 3:30 
p.m., to conduct a business meeting entitled ``Organizational business 
meeting to consider committee rules, subcommittee assignments, and an 
original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee.''


               Committee on Environment and Public Works

  The Committee on Environment and Public Works is authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, February 5, 2019, at 10 
a.m., to conduct a business meeting and the following nominations: 
Andrew Wheeler, of Virginia, to be Administrator, and Peter C. Wright, 
of Michigan, to be Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste, both 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, Nicole R. Nason, of New York, 
to be Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, Department 
of Transportation, John Fleming, of Louisiana, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, John L. Ryder, of 
Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee 
Valley Authority.


                          Committee on Finance

  The Committee on Finance is authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Tuesday, February 5, 2019, at 10:15 a.m., to conduct an 
organizational business meeting and the following nominations: Michael 
Faulkender, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary, and Michael J. 
Desmond, of California, to be Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue 
Service and an Assistant General Counsel, both of the Department of the 
Treasury, Jeffrey Kessler, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce, and Elizabeth Darling, of Texas, to be Commissioner on 
Children, Youth, and Families, Department of Health and Human Services.


          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 Tuesday, February 5, 2019, 
at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``How Primary Care Affects 
Health Care Cost and Outcomes.''


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Tuesday, February 5, 2019, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing on the following nominations: Neomi J. Rao, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, and 
Aditya Bamzai, of Virginia, and Travis LeBlanc, of Maryland, both to be 
a Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  The Select Committee on Intelligence is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Tuesday, February 5, 2019, at 2.30 p.m., to 
conduct a closed briefing.

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