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[Pages S1495-S1496]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET
Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, I have 8 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 Tuesday, February 26, 2019, at 9.30 a.m., to
conduct a hearing ``United States Strategic Command and United States
Northern Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for
fiscal year 2020 and the Future Years Defense Program.''
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources is authorized to meet
during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, February 26, 2019, at 10
a.m., to conduct a hearing.
Committee on Finance
The Committee on Finance is authorized to meet during the session of
the Senate on Tuesday, February 26, 2019, at 10:15 a.m., to conduct a
hearing entitled ``Drug Pricing in America: A prescription for change,
Part II.''
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 Tuesday,
February 26, 2019, at 3:30 p.m., to conduct a hearing entitled
``Opportunity to SOAR: 15 years of school choice in DC.''
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Committee on Veterans' Affairs
The Committee on Veterans' Affairs is authorized to meet during the
session of the Senate on Tuesday, February 26, 2019, at 2 p.m., to
conduct a hearing.
Subcommittee on Airland
The Subcommittee on Airland of the Committee on Armed Services is
authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday,
February 26, 2019, at 3 p.m., to conduct a closed hearing.
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine
Infrastructure, Safety and Security
The Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine
Infrastructure, Safely and Security of the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation is authorized to meet during the session of
the Senate on Tuesday, February 26, 2019, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a
hearing entitled ``Examining intermodal connections across our surface
transportation network.''
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights
The Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights
of the Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to meet during the
session of the Senate on Tuesday, February 26, 2019, at 10 a.m., to
conduct a hearing entitled ``Examining the 2019 annual intellectual
property report to Congress.''
Mr. TILLIS. Mr. President, I have a request for one committee to meet
during today's session of the Senate. It has the approval of the
Majority and Minority leaders.
Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the
Senate, the following committee is authorized to meet during today's
session of the Senate:
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 Tuesday, February 26, 2019, at
9:30 a.m., to conduct a hearing on the Semiannual Monetary Policy
Report to the Congress and the following nominations: Mark Anthony
Calabria, of Virginia, to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance
Agency, Bimal Patel, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary, and Dino
Falasrnetti, of Montana, to be Director, Office of Financial Research,
both of the Department of the Treasury, Todd M. Harper, of Virginia,
and Rodney Hood, of North Carolina, both to be a Member of the National
Credit Union Administration Board, Spencer Bachus III, of Alabama, and
Judith DelZoppo Pryor, of Ohio, both to be a Member of the Board of
Directors, and Kimberly A. Reed, of West Virginia, to be President, all
of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and Seth Daniel
Appleton, of Missouri, and Robert Hunter Kurtz, of Virginia, both to be
an Assistant Secretary of Housing and, Urban Development; to be
immediately followed by a hearing to examine.
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