[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 41 (Thursday, March 7, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1745-S1746]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET

  Mr. McCONNELL. 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 Thursday, March 7, 2019, at 9:30 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing ``examine the chain of commands accountability to 
provide safe military housing and other building infrastructure to 
servicemembers and their families.''


               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, March 7, 2019, at 12:30 
p.m., to conduct a business meeting and hearing on the following 
nominations: Rita Baranwal, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant 
Secretary (Nuclear Energy), William Cooper, of Maryland, to be General 
Counsel, Christopher Fall, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of 
Science, and Lane Genatowski, of New York, to be Director of the 
Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, all of the Department of 
Energy.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, March 7, 2019, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing on the following nominations: Joseph F. Bianco, of 
New York, and Michael H. Park, of New York, both to be a United States 
Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, Greg Girard Guidry, to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Michael T. 
Liburdi, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Arizona, and

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Peter D. Welte, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
North Dakota.


                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

  The Committee on Veterans' Affairs is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, March 7, 2019, at 2 p.m., to conduct 
a joint hearing.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

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


                       Special Committee on Aging

  The Special Committee on Aging is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, March 7, 2019, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing entitled ``Complex web of prescription drug prices, 
focusing on untangling the web and paths forward.''


                        Subcommittee on Security

  The Subcommittee on Security of the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation is authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, March 7, 2019, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing 
entitled ``China, focusing on challenges for United States commerce.''


   Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian 
      Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues

  The Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian 
Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues of the 
Committee on Foreign Relations is authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, March 7, 2019, at 10 a.m., to conduct a 
hearing entitled ``United States-Venezuela relations and the path to a 
democratic transition.''


                Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

  The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is authorized to meet during 
the session of the Senate on Thursday, March 7, 2019, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing entitled ``Examining private sector data breaches.''
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. PETERS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Braun). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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