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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I have 5 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 Foreign Relations

  The Committee on Foreign Relations is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, October 31, 2019, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing on the following nominations: Andeliz N. Castille, of 
New York, to be United States Alternate Executive Director of the 
Inter-American Development Bank, Alma L. Golden, of Texas, to be an 
Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, and Peter M. Haymond, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Alina L. Romanowski, of Illinois, to 
be Ambassador to the State of Kuwait, and Leslie Meredith Tsou, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman, all of the 
Department of State.


          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  The Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions is authorized 
to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, October 31, 2019, 
at 10 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 Thursday, 
October 31, 2019, at 9:30 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 Thursday, October 31, 2019, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing following nominations: Halil Suleyman Ozerden, of 
Mississippi, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, 
Steven J. Menashi, 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, 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, Daniel Mack Traynor, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of North Dakota, Barbara Lagoa and Robert J. Luck, 
both of Florida, both to be a United States Circuit Judge for the 
Eleventh Circuit, Sylvia Carreno-Coll, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Puerto Rico, John M. Gallagher, to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and 
Sherri A. Lydon, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
South Carolina.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  The Select Committee on Intelligence is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, October 31, 2019, at 2 p.m., to 
conduct a closed briefing.

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