[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 94 (Wednesday, June 5, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3266]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET

  Mr. CORNYN. 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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  The Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs is authorized to 
meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, June 5, 2019, at 10 
a.m., to conduct a hearing on the following nominations: Thomas Peter 
Feddo, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for 
Investment Security, Nazak Nikakhtar, of Maryland, to be Under 
Secretary for Industry and Security, and Ian Paul Steff, of Indiana, to 
be Assistant Secretary and Director General of the United States and 
Foreign Commercial Service, both of the Department of Commerce, 
Michelle Bowman, of Kansas, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of 
the Federal Reserve System, Paul Shmotolokha, of Washington, to be 
First Vice President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, 
and Allison Herren Lee, of Colorado, to be a Member of the Securities 
and Exchange Commission.


           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is authorized 
to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, June 5, 2019, at 
10 a.m., to conduct a hearing.


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources is authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, June 5, 2019, at 10 
a.m., to conduct a hearing on the nomination of Robert Wallace, of 
Wyoming, to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and 
Wildlife.


                          Committee on Finance

  The Committee on Finance is authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, June 5, 2019, at 9:45 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 Wednesday, June 5, 2019, at 10:15 a.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 Wednesday, June 5, 2019, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing on the following nominations: Peter Joseph Phipps, of 
Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, 
Charles R. Eskridge Ill, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Texas, William Shaw Stickman IV, to be United 
States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and 
Jennifer Philpott Wilson, to be United States District Judge for the 
Middle District of Pennsylvania.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Wednesday, June 5, 2019, at 2:30 p.m., to 
conduct a hearing.


                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

  The Committee on Veterans' Affairs is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Wednesday, June 5, 2019, at a time to be 
determined, to conduct a hearing on the nomination of James Byrne, of 
Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

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