[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18530]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           NOTICE OF HEARINGS


               COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been 
scheduled before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
on Thursday, December 12, 2013, at 9 a.m., in room SD-366 of the 
Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the nominations 
of Dr. Franklin M. Orr to be Under Secretary for Science, Department of 
Energy, Mr. Jonathan Elkind, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy, 
International Affairs, Ms. Rhea S. Suh, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior, and Mr. Tommy 
P. Beaudreau, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, Policy, 
Management and Budget.
  For further information, please contact Sam Fowler at (202) 224-7571 
or Abigail Campbell at (202) 224-4905.


               COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that a business meeting and 
hearing have been scheduled before the Senate Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources on Tuesday, December 17, 2013, at 10 a.m., in room 
SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.
  The purpose of the business meeting is to consider the nominations of 
Dr. Steven P. Croley, to be the General Counsel, Department of Energy, 
Mr. Christopher A. Smith, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy, 
Fossil Energy, and Ms. Esther P. Kia'aina to be an Assistant Secretary 
of the Interior, Insular Areas.
  The purpose of the hearing is to consider the nominations of Ms. 
Janice M. Schneider, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, Land and 
Minerals Management, Department of the Interior, Mr. Neil G. Kornze, 
Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, 
Dr. Marc A. Kastner, Director of the Office of Science, Department of 
Energy, and Dr. Ellen D. Williams, Director of the Advanced Research 
Projects Agency-Energy, Department of Energy.
  Because of the limited time available for the hearing, witnesses may 
testify by invitation only. However, those wishing to submit written 
testimony for the hearing record should send it to the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Washington, DC 
20510-6150, or by email to Abigail [email protected]
.gov.
  For further information, please contact Sam Fowler at (202) 224-7571 
or Abigail Campbell at (202) 224-4905.

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