Senate Commerce to Consider NIST's May, O'Rielly Left Off Agenda
The Senate Commerce Committee was scheduled to consider the nomination of Willie May to be undersecretary of commerce for standards and technology Tuesday around 6 p.m. in an executive session. The session was to take place off the Senate floor…
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in S-216 between two roll call votes. The agenda did not include FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly, a Republican the White House renominated for a full five-year term as commissioner. Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., had told us Commerce was discussing including O’Rielly on its agenda and wanted to advance the renomination (see 1412040031). Senate Republicans have indicated they don't believe O’Rielly requires a full hearing for advancement, with a staffer suggesting to us that the renomination could be simply discharged or reported from committee and moved on the Senate floor this week (see 1412050032).