May 2, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 72 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET

  Mr. CORNYN. 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 Armed Services

  The Committee on Armed Services is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, May 2, 2019, at 9.30 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing on the nomination of General James C. McConville, 
USA, for reappointment to the grade of general and to be Chief of Staff 
of the Army.


               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, May 2, 2019, at 10 a.m., 
to conduct a hearing on the following nominations: Daniel Habib 
Jorjani, of Kentucky, to be Solicitor, and Mark Lee Greenblatt, of 
Maryland, to be Inspector General, both of the Department of the 
Interior.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  The Committee on Foreign Relations is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, May 2, 2019, at 9:30a.m., to conduct 
a hearing entitled ``Humanitarian impact in the Syrian war.''


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, May 2, 2019, at 10 a.m., to conduct 
a business meeting and hearing on the following nominations: Jeffrey 
Vincent Brown, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Texas, Robert J. Colville, and Stephanie L. Haines, both to 
be a United States District Judge for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania, Brantley Starr, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Texas, Virgil Madden, of Indiana, to be a 
Commissioner of the United States Parole Commission, and Jeffrey A. 
Rosen, of Virginia, to be Deputy Attorney General, Michael G. Bailey, 
to be United States Attorney for the District of Arizona, Timothy J. 
Downing, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of 
Oklahoma, Brent R. Bunn, to be United States Marshal for the District 
of Idaho, and Eric S. Gartner, to be United States Marshal for the 
Eastern District of Pennsylvania, all of the Department of Justice.


                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, May 2, 2019, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing.

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