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                    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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

  The Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry is authorized 
to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, February 28, 
2019, at 9:30 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, February 28, 2019, at 9:30 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, February 28, 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, February 28, 2019, at 10 
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 Thursday, February 28, 2019, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing on the following nominations: Neomi J. Rao, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, 
Joseph F. Bianco, of New York, and Michael H. Park, of New York, both 
to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, Greg Girard 
Guidry, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
Louisiana, Michael T. Liburdi, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Arizona, Peter D. Welte, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of North Dakota, Aditya Bamzai, of Virginia, and 
Travis LeBlanc, of Maryland, both to be a Member of the Privacy and 
Civil Liberties Oversight Board, and Drew H. Wrigley, to be United 
States Attorney for the District of North Dakota, Department of 
Justice.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  The Select Committee on Intelligence is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, February 28, 2019, at 2 p.m., to 
conduct a closed briefing.


                Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

  The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is authorized to meet during 
the session of the Senate on Thursday, February 28, 2019, at 10 a.m., 
to conduct a hearing entitled ``China's impact on United States 
education system.'

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