[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 24, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S5071]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I have 10 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 Wednesday, July 24, 2019, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing on the nomination of David L. Norquist, of Virginia, 
to be Deputy Secretary of Defense.


           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 24, 2019, 
at 10:30 a.m., to conduct a business meeting and hearing on the 
following nominations: Theodore Rokita, of Indiana, to be a Director of 
the Amtrak Board of Directors, Jennifer L. Homendy, of Virginia, and 
Michael Graham, of Kansas, both to be a Member of the National 
Transportation Safety Board, Carl Whitney Bentzel, of Maryland, to be a 
Federal Maritime Commissioner, Michael J.K. Kratsios, of South 
Carolina, to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy, and Ian Paul Steff, of Indiana, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the United States and 
Foreign Commercial Service.


               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 24, 2019, at 10 
a.m., to conduct a hearing.


                          Committee on Finance

  The Committee on Finance is authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, July 24, 2019, at 10 a.m., to conduct a 
hearing on the following nominations: Brent James McIntosh, of 
Michigan, to be an Under Secretary, Brian Callanan, of New Jersey, to 
be General Counsel, and Brian McGuire, of New York, to be a Deputy 
Under Secretary, all of the Department of the Treasury, and Travis 
Greaves, of the District of Columbia, to be a Judge of the United 
States Tax Court for a term of fifteen years.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  The Committee on Foreign Relations is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Wednesday, July 24, 2019, at 10:15 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing.


        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 Wednesday, July 
24, 2019, at 9:30 a.m., to conduct a hearing on the following 
nominations: Chad F. Wolf, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for 
Strategy, Policy, and Plans, and William Bryan, of Virginia, to be 
Under Secretary for Science and Technology, both of the Department of 
Homeland Security, Robert M. Duncan, of Kentucky, to be a Governor of 
the United States Postal Service, Ann C. Fisher, of the District of 
Columbia, and Ashley Jay Elizabeth Poling, of North Carolina, both to 
be a Commissioner of the Postal Regulatory Commission, Catherine Bird, 
of Texas, to be General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations 
Authority, and Rainey R. Brandt, and Shana Frost Matini, both to be an 
Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.


                      Committee on Indian Affairs

  The Committee on Indian Affairs is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Wednesday, July 24, 2019, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a business meeting and the nomination of E. Sequoyah 
Simermeyer, of Maryland, to be Chairman of the National Indian Gaming 
Commission.


                 Committee on Rules and Administration

  The Committee on Rules and Administration is authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, July 24, 2019, at 11 
a.m., to conduct a hearing.


            Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

  The Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship is authorized to 
meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, July 24, 2019, at 
2:30 p.m., to conduct a hearing.


            Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy

  The Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy of the Committee 
on Foreign Relations is authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, July 24, 2019, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a hearing.

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