WASHINGTON – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today approved the Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2017 and four presidential nominations to the Federal Trade Commission, subject to Senate confirmation.

 
Bill and Nominations considered are as follows (all approved by voice vote):

1.    S. 1520, Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2017, Sponsors: Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Deb Fisher (R-Neb.), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Todd Young (R-Ind.)

1. Wicker-Nelson substitute (modified)
2. Blumenthal 2 (modified)

2.    Nomination of Joseph Simons, of Virginia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner, Chairman Designate

3.    Nomination of Noah Joshua Phillips, of Maryland, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner

4.    Nomination of Christine Wilson, of Virginia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner

5.    Nomination of Rohit Chopra, of New York, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner