[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 104 (Thursday, June 20, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4194-S4195]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I have 7 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 Thursday, June 20, 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 Thursday, June 20, 2019, at 9:45 
a.m., to conduct a hearing on the nomination of Robert Wallace, of 
Wyoming, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, Department of 
the Interior.


               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, June 20, 2019, at 10 
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, June 20, 2019, at 9:45 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing on the following nominations: Andrew P. Bremberg, of 
Virginia, to be Representative of the United States of America to the 
Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations in 
Geneva, with the rank of Ambassador, Philip S. Goldberg, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Colombia, 
Doug Manchester, of California, to be Ambassador to the Commonwealth of 
The Bahamas, Adrian Zuckerman, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to 
Romania, Richard B. Norland, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to Libya, 
Jonathan R. Cohen, of California, to be Ambassador to the Arab Republic 
of Egypt, and John Rakolta, Jr., of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the 
United Arab Emirates, all of the Department of State, and other pending 
nominations.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, June 20, 2019, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing on the following nominations: Daniel Aaron Bress, of 
California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, 
Peter Joseph Phipps, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit

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Judge for the Third Circuit, Mary S. McElroy, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Rhode Island, Gary Richard Brown, 
Diane Gujarati, Eric Ross Komitee, and Rachel P. Kovner, each to be a 
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 
Stephanie Dawkins Davis, to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Michigan, Stephanie A. Gallagher, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Maryland, Charles R. Eskridge 
Ill, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of 
Texas, Lewis J. Liman, and Mary Kay Vyskocil, both to be a United 
States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, Martha 
Maria Pacold, Mary M. Rowland, and Steven C. Seeger, each to be a 
United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 
Jason K. Pulliam, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Texas, John L. Sinatra, Jr., to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of New York, William Shaw Stickman IV, 
to be United States District Judge for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania, Frank William Volk, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of West Virginia, Jennifer Philpott Wilson, 
to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of 
Pennsylvania, David Austin Tapp, of Kentucky, to be a Judge of the 
United States Court of Federal Claims, and Edward W. Felten, of New 
Jersey, 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 Thursday, June 20, 2019, at 2:30 p.m., to 
conduct a hearing.


     Subcommittee on Manufacturing, Trade, and Consumer Protection

  The Subcommittee on Manufacturing, Trade, and Consumer Protection of 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is authorized to 
meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, June 05, 2019, at 
10:30 a.m., to conduct a hearing.

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