[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 164 (Thursday, October 17, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5903-S5904]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET

  Mr. McCONNELL. 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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

  The Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry is authorized 
to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, October 17, 2019, 
at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing.


                      Committee on Armed'Services

  The Committee on Armed Services is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, October 17, 2019, at 9 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing.


            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, October 17, 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

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during the session of the Senate on Thursday, October 17, 2019, at 
10:30 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, October 16, 2019, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing on the 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, R. Austin Huffaker, Jr., 
to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama, 
Lee Philip Rudofsky, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Arkansas, Justin Reed Walker, to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, Eleni Maria Roumel, of 
Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, 
Danielle J. Hunsaker, of Oregon, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Ninth Circuit, Steven J. Menashi, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Second Circuit, William Joseph Nardini, of Connecticut, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, Jodi W. Dishman, to 
be, United States District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, 
Karen Spencer Marston, to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Richard Earnest Myers II, to be 
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North 
Carolina, Sarah E. Pitlyk, to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Missouri, Anuraag Singhal, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, Daniel Mack 
Traynor, to be United States District Judge for the District of North 
Dakota, and David M. DeVillers, to be United States Attorney for the 
Southern District of Ohio, Department of Justice.


                        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, October 17, 2019, at 10:30 a.m., to conduct a 
hearing.


              Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety

  The Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety of the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works is authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, October 17, 2019, at 10 a.m., to conduct a 
hearing.

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