[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 17, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4914-S4915]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET

  Mr. CORNYN. 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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is authorized 
to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, July 17, 2019, 
at 10:30 a.m., to conduct a hearing.


               Committee on Environment and Public Works

  The Committee on Environment and Public Works is authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at 10 
a.m., to conduct a hearing.

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                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  The Committee on Foreign Relations is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at 2:30 p.m., to 
conduct a hearing on the following nominations: Michelle A. Bekkering, 
of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development, and Richard K. 
Bell, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cote 
d'Ivoire, Jessica E. Lapenn, of New York, to be Representative of the 
United States of America to the African Union, with the rank and status 
of Ambassador, Mary Beth Leonard, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to 
the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and Lana J. Marks, of Florida, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa, all of the Department of 
State.


        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

  The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is 
authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, July 
16, 2019, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing.


                      Committee on Indian Affairs

  The Committee on Indian Affairs is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at 2:30 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 Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at 2:30 p.m., to 
conduct a hearing following nominations: Halil Suleyman Ozerden, of 
Mississippi, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, 
David B. Barlow, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Utah, John Fitzgerald Kness, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Illinois, and Eleni Maria Roumel, of Maryland, to 
be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims.


                       Special Committee on Aging

  The Special Committee on Aging is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at 2 p.m., to 
conduct a hearing.


                    Subcommittee on Economic Policy

  The Subcommittee on Economic Policy of the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs is authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at 9:30 a.m., to conduct a 
hearing.


       Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management

  The Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management of the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is authorized 
to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, July 17, 2019, 
at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a hearing.

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