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Senate Schedules Four Committee Hearings for Sept. 25
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The Senate scheduled four committee hearings for Sept. 25:
*Armed Services:
To examine the nominations of General Robert B. Abrams, USA, to be General, and to be Commander, United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command/United States Forces Korea, and Vice Admiral Craig S. Faller, USN, to be Admiral, and to be Commander, United States Southern Command.
*Energy and Natural Resources:
To examine the Department of Energy's efforts in the field of quantum information science.
*Foreign Relations:
To examine the nominations of Bonnie Glick, of Maryland, to be Deputy Administrator,
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The Senate scheduled four committee hearings for Sept. 25:
*Armed Services:
To examine the nominations of General Robert B. Abrams, USA, to be General, and to be Commander, United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command/United States Forces Korea, and Vice Admiral Craig S. Faller, USN, to be Admiral, and to be Commander, United States Southern Command.
*Energy and Natural Resources:
To examine the Department of Energy's efforts in the field of quantum information science.
*Foreign Relations:
To examine the nominations of Bonnie Glick, of Maryland, to be Deputy Administrator,and Michael T. Harvey, of Texas, and Mark Montgomery, of Virginia, both to be an Assistant Administrator, all of the United States Agency for International Development.
*Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions:
To examine the Every Student Succeeds Act, focusing on states leading the way.
Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security:
To examine health care in rural America, focusing on experiences and costs.
Senate Homeland Security Committee Sets Business Meeting
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued the following upcoming hearing: Business meeting at 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building at 10 a.m. on Sept. 26:
AGENDA
1. Nomination of Peter T. Gaynor to be Deputy Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Legislation
1. S. 3478, FAMILIES Act of 2018;
2. S. 3405, Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2018;
3. S. 3137, Reforming Government Act of 2018;
4. S. 3208, Federal Information Systems Safeguards Act of 2018;
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued the following upcoming hearing: Business meeting at 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building at 10 a.m. on Sept. 26:
AGENDA
1. Nomination of Peter T. Gaynor to be Deputy Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Legislation
1. S. 3478, FAMILIES Act of 2018;
2. S. 3405, Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2018;
3. S. 3137, Reforming Government Act of 2018;
4. S. 3208, Federal Information Systems Safeguards Act of 2018;
5. S. _ , Presidential Transition Enhancement Act of 2018;
6. S. 3050, 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act;
7. S. 823, Protecting Data at the Border Act;
8. S. _ , Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency Act of 2018;
9. S. 278, Support for Rapid Innovation Act of 2017;
10. S. 3085, Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018;
11. S. 3437, Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act of 2018;
12. S. 3251, Federal Acquisition Savings Act of 2018;
13. S. 3309, OHS Cyber Incident Response Teams Act of 2018;
14. S. 3191, Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018;
15. S. 594, National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium Act of 2017;
16. H.R. 50, Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2017;
17. H.R. 2196, to amend title 5, United States Code, to allow whistleblowers to disclose information to certain recipients;
18. H.R. 1132, Political Appointee Burrowing Prevention Act;
19. H.R. 6439, Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program Authorization Act of 2018;
20. H.R. 6374, Fitness Information Transparency Act of 2018;
21. H.R. 5206, Office of Biometric Identity Managemet Authorization of 2018;
22. H.R. 6443, Advancing Cybersecurity Diagnosis and Mitigation Act.
Postal Naming Bills
1. S. 3209, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 413 Washington Avenue in Belleville, New Jersey, as the "Private Henry Svehla Post Office Building";
2. S. 3237, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 12th Street Lobby in Columbus, Georgia, as the "Richard W. Williams Chapter of the Triple Nickles (555th P.l.A.) Post Office";
3. S. 3414, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 20 Ferry Road in Saunderstown, Rhode Island, as the "Captain Matthew J. August Post Office";
4. S. 3442, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 105 Duff Street in Macon, Missouri, as the "Arla W. Harrell Post Office";
5. H.R. 606, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1025 Nevin Avenue in Richmond, California, as the "Harold D. McGraw, Sr., Post Office Building";
6. H.R. 1209, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 901 N. Francisco Avenue, Mission, Texas, as the "Mission Veterans Post Office Building";
7. H.R. 2979, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 390 West 5th Street in San Bernardino, California, as the "Jack H. Brown Post Office Building";
8. H.R. 3230, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 915 Center Avenue in Payette, Idaho, as the "Harmon Killebrew Post Office Building";
9. H.R. 4407, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3s101 Rockwell Street in Warrenville, Illinois, as the "Corporal Jeffery Allen Williams Post Office Building";
10. H.R. 4890, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9801 Apollo Drive in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, as the "Wayne K. Curry Post Office Building";
11. H.R. 4913, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 816 East Salisbury Parkway in Salisbury, Maryland, as the "Sgt. Maj. Wardell B. Turner Post Office Building";
12. H.R. 4946, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1075 North Tustin Street in Orange, California, as the "Specialist Trevor A. Win'E Post Office";
13. H. R. 4960, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 511 East Walnut Street in Columbia, Missouri, as the "Spc. Sterling William Wyatt Post Office Building";
14. H.R. 5349, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1325 Autumn Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, as the "Judge Russell B. Sugarman Post Office Building";
15. H.R. 5504, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4801 West Van Giesen Street in West Richland, Washington, as the "Sergeant Dietrich Schmieman Post Office Building";
16. H.R. 5737, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 108 West D Street in Alpha, Illinois, as the "Captain Joshua E. Steele Post Office";
17. H.R. 5784, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2650 North Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, shall be known and designated as the "Vel R. Phillips Post Office Building";
18. H.R. 5868, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 530 Claremont Avenue in Ashland, Ohio, as the "Bill Harris Post Office";
19. H.R. 5935, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1355 North Meridian Road in Harristown, Illinois, as the "Logan S. Palmer Post Office";
20. H.R. 6020, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 325 South Michigan Avenue in Howell, Michigan, as the "Sergeant Donald Burgett Post Office Building";
21. H.R. 6116, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 362 North Ross Street in Beaverton, Michigan, as the "Colonel Alfred Asch Post Office".
Senate Health Subcommittee Sets Hearing on Health Care in Rural America
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security issued the following upcoming hearing: Health Care in Rural America: Examining Experiences and Costs at 430 Dirksen Senate Office Building at 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 25:
Witnesses
Tom Glause, Commissioner, Wyoming Department of Insurance, Cheyenne, WY
Morgan Reed, President, App Association, Executive Director, Connected Health Initiative, Washington, DC
Alan Levine, Executive Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Ballad Health, Johnson City, TN
Deborah Richter,
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security issued the following upcoming hearing: Health Care in Rural America: Examining Experiences and Costs at 430 Dirksen Senate Office Building at 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 25:
Witnesses
Tom Glause, Commissioner, Wyoming Department of Insurance, Cheyenne, WY
Morgan Reed, President, App Association, Executive Director, Connected Health Initiative, Washington, DC
Alan Levine, Executive Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Ballad Health, Johnson City, TN
Deborah Richter,Family Physician and Addiction Medicine Specialist, and Chair, Vermont Healthcare for All, Cambridge, VT
Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee Sets Hearing on Effects of Regulatory Policy on Economy
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management issued the following upcoming hearing: Examination of the effects of regulatory policy on the economy and business growth at 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building at 10 a.m. on Sept. 27:
Member Statements
Chairman James Lankford R (OK)
Ranking Member Heidi Heitkamp D (ND)
Witnesses
Howard Shelanski, Georgetown University Law Center
Dustin Chambers, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Finance, Franklin P. Perdue School of Business, Salisbury University
Karen
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management issued the following upcoming hearing: Examination of the effects of regulatory policy on the economy and business growth at 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building at 10 a.m. on Sept. 27:
Member Statements
Chairman James Lankford R (OK)
Ranking Member Heidi Heitkamp D (ND)
Witnesses
Howard Shelanski, Georgetown University Law Center
Dustin Chambers, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Finance, Franklin P. Perdue School of Business, Salisbury University
KarenKerrigan, President and CEO, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council
Maria Ghazal, Senior Vice President and Counsel, Business Roundtable
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sets Nominations Hearing
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued the following upcoming hearing: Nominations at 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building at 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 26:
Witnesses
Panel One
Craig Lewis Cloud of Florida, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Botswana
Michael Peter Pelletier of Maine, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued the following upcoming hearing: Nominations at 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building at 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 26:
Witnesses
Panel One
Craig Lewis Cloud of Florida, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Botswana
Michael Peter Pelletier of Maine, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Statesof America to the Republic of Madagascar, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Union of the Comoros
Simon Henshaw of Massachusetts, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister- Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Guinea
Eric Willaims Stromayer of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister- Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Togolese Republic
Nine Trump Nominees Received by Senate
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Senate received the nomination of nine individuals for positions in the Trump Administration on Sept. 24:
Bimal Patel, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
Ron Johnson, of Wisconsin, to be a Representative of the United States of America to the Seventy-third Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Jeff Merkley, of Oregon, to be a Representative of the United States of America to the Seventy-third Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Pamela Bates, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United States of America
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Senate received the nomination of nine individuals for positions in the Trump Administration on Sept. 24:
Bimal Patel, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
Ron Johnson, of Wisconsin, to be a Representative of the United States of America to the Seventy-third Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Jeff Merkley, of Oregon, to be a Representative of the United States of America to the Seventy-third Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Pamela Bates, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United States of Americato the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, with the rank of Ambassador.
Mina Chang, of Texas, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development.
Sarah-Ann Lynch, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana.
Margarita Palau-Hernandez, of California, to be a Representative of the United States of America to the Seventy-third Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Susan N. Stevenson, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea.
Elizabeth Erin Walsh, of the District of Columbia, to be a Representative of the United States of America to the Seventy-third Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
House Schedules Two Committee Hearings for Sept. 25
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. House of Representatives scheduled two committee hearings for Sept. 25:
*Financial Services:
Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance:
"HUD Office of Inspector General Report: HUD's Oversight of the Alexander County (IL) Housing Authority".
*Rules: Full Committee
Conference report to accompany:
- H.R. 6157, the "Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2019" [Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019];
- H. Res. 1071, recognizing that allowing illegal immigrants
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. House of Representatives scheduled two committee hearings for Sept. 25:
*Financial Services:
Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance:
"HUD Office of Inspector General Report: HUD's Oversight of the Alexander County (IL) Housing Authority".
*Rules: Full Committee
Conference report to accompany:
- H.R. 6157, the "Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2019" [Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019];
- H. Res. 1071, recognizing that allowing illegal immigrantsthe right to vote devalues the franchise and diminishes the voting power of United States citizens.
