[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 24 (Thursday, February 7, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1147-S1148]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I have 8 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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

  The Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry is authorized 
to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, February 7, 2019, 
at 1:45 p.m., to conduct a hearing.


                      Committee on Armed Services

  The Committee on Armed Services is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, February 7, 2019, at 10:15 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing entitled ``Examining United States Africa Command and 
United States Southern 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 Thursday, February 7, 2019, at 9:30 
a.m., to conduct a hearing.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  The Committee on Foreign Relations is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, February 7, 2019, at 2 p.m., to 
conduct a hearing.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, February 7, 2019, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a business meeting and hearing on the following nominations: 
nominations of William Pelham Barr, of Virginia, to be Attorney 
General, and Donald W. Washington, of Texas, to be Director of the 
United States Marshals Service, both of the Department of Justice, 
Bridget S. Bade, of Arizona, and Eric D. Miller, of Washington, both to 
be a United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Paul B. Matey, 
of New Jersey, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, 
Eric E. Murphy, of Ohio, and Chad A. Readler, of Ohio, both to be a 
United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, Allison Jones 
Rushing, of North Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Fourth Circuit, Rossie David Alston, Jr., to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, Roy Kalman Altman, A 
Rodolfo Armando

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Ruiz II, and Rodney Smith, each to be a United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of Florida, Raul M. Arias-Marxuach, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico, Thomas P. 
Barber, and Wendy Williams Berger, both to be a United States District 
Judge for the Middle District of Florida, J. Campbell Barker, and A 
Michael J. Truncale, both to be a United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Texas, Pamela A. Barker, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, Kenneth D. Bell, to 
be United States District Judge for the Western District of North 
Carolina, Jean-Paul Boulee, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Georgia, Holly A. Brady, and A Damon Ray Leichty, 
both to be a United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
Indiana, Andrew Lynn Brasher, to be United States District Judge for 
the Middle District of Alabama, Brian C. Buescher, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Nebraska, James David Cain, Jr., to 
be United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, 
Stephen R. Clark, Sr., to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Missouri, Clifton L. Corker, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Daniel Desmond 
Domenico, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Colorado, Karin J. Immergut, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Oregon, Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Corey Landon Maze, to be 
United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 
David Steven Morales, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Texas, Sarah Daggett Morrison, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, Carl J. Nichols, to 
be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, Howard C. 
Nielson, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Utah, J. Nicholas Ranjan, to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of Pennsylvania, Wendy Vitter, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, T. Kent Wetherell 
II, and Allen Cothrel Winsor, both to be a United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Florida, Joshua Wolson, and John Milton 
Younge, both to be a United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Pennsylvania, Patrick R. Wyrick, to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, M. Miller Baker, 
of Louisiana, and Timothy M. Reif, of the District of Columbia, both to 
be a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade, and 
Richard A. Hertling, of Maryland, and Ryan T. Holte, of Ohio, both to 
be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims.


            Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

  The Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship is authorized to 
meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, February 7, 2019, 
during the first vote to conduct an organizational hearing.


                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

  The Committee on Veterans' Affairs is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, February 7, 2019, to conduct an 
organizational hearing.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  The Select Committee on Intelligence is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, February 7, 2019, at 2 p.m., to 
conduct a closed briefing.

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