Welch, Peter

Hearings to examine pending nominations.

Hearings to examine the nominations of Ashley Stow, of Texas, and Andrew Woodson, of Virginia, both to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission.

Business meeting to consider S.5289, to protect the right to the free exercise of religion, and the nominations of Lee Philip Rudofsky, of Arkansas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Robert E. Long, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, Peter M. Mansfield, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Jesus A. Osete, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, Trevor Scott Pemberton, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, Zachary Paul West, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, Stephen Husk, of Virginia, to be a Commissioner of the United States Parole Commission, and Samuel King Lee, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Gretchen C.F. Shappert, of Virginia, to be United States Attorney for the District of Guam and concurrently United States Attorney for the District of the Northern Mariana Islands, Robert Troester, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, Reid McAlister Creswell, to be United States Marshal for the District of South Carolina, James Christopher Edge, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of North Carolina, Christopher Walter Inabinett, to be United States Marshal for the Middle District of Alabama, and James Richard Jackson, of Texas, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Texas, all of the Department of Justice; to be immediately followed by an open hearing in SH-216 to examine how competition and transparency lowers prescription drug costs.

Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.

Hearings to examine the nominations of Francis Browne, of the District of Columbia, to be an Under Secretary, and Robert Stebbins, of New York, to be General Counsel, both of the Department of the Treasury, and Christopher Abbott, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce.

Hearings to examine the nominations of Gregory Ibach, of Nebraska, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, Department of Agriculture, and Carl Bednarski, of Michigan, John Grunewald II, of Oklahoma, and James Russell Middleton, of Virginia, each to be a Member of the Farm Credit Administration Board, Farm Credit Administration.

Business meeting to consider S.5289, to protect the right to the free exercise of religion, and the nominations of Lee Philip Rudofsky, of Arkansas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Daniel Lewis Ballou, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Richard Wesley Bennett, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Courtney Leigh Coker, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Robert E. Long, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, Peter M. Mansfield, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Jesus A. Osete, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, Trevor Scott Pemberton, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, Kyle Frederick Reardon, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska, Zachary Paul West, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, and Stephen Husk, of Virginia, to be a Commissioner of the United States Parole Commission, and Samuel King Lee, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Gretchen C.F. Shappert, of Virginia, to be United States Attorney for the District of Guam and concurrently United States Attorney for the District of the Northern Mariana Islands, Robert Troester, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, Reid McAlister Creswell, to be United States Marshal for the District of South Carolina, James Christopher Edge, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of North Carolina, Christopher Walter Inabinett, to be United States Marshal for the Middle District of Alabama, and James Richard Jackson, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Texas, all of the Department of Justice; to be immediately followed by an open hearing in SD-562 to examine the nominations of Gregory Todd Butler, of Mississippi, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Samuel D. Adkisson, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Philip Axt, to be United States District Judge for the District of North Dakota, Bradford J. Kelley, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, and Arthur Kleinschmidt, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice.

Business meeting to consider S.5289, to protect the right to the free exercise of religion, and the nominations of Daniel Lewis Ballou, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Richard Wesley Bennett, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Courtney Leigh Coker, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Trevor Scott Pemberton, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, Kyle Frederick Reardon, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska, and Zachary Paul West, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

● SPOKEHearings to examine the nominations of Lee Philip Rudofsky, of Arkansas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Robert E. Long, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, Peter M. Mansfield, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, and Jesus A. Osete, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.

● SPOKEOversight hearings to examine the United States Patent and Trademark Office.