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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D242-D243 on March 5, 2020.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2021 for the Department of Commerce, after receiving testimony from Wilbur Ross, Secretary of Commerce.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2021 for the Department of Education, after receiving testimony from Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the posture of the Navy in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2021 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Thomas B. Modly, Acting Secretary of the Navy, Admiral Michael M. Gilday, USN, Chief of Naval Operations, and General David H. Berger, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps, all of the Department of Defense.
THREATS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine threats posed by state-owned and state-supported enterprises to public transportation, after receiving testimony from Senators Cornyn and Baldwin; E. Michael O'Malley, Railway Supply Institute, Scott N. Paul, Alliance for American Manufacturing, and Emily de La Bruyere, Horizon Advisory, all of Washington, D.C.; and Frank J. Cilluffo, Auburn University McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security, Auburn, Alabama.
GLOBAL ENERGY MARKETS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the latest developments and longer-term prospects for global energy markets, with a special focus on the United States, from the perspective of the International Energy Agency, after receiving testimony from Fatih Birol, International Energy Agency, Paris, France.
GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development concluded a hearing to examine the Global Engagement Center, focusing on leading the United States Government's fight against global disinformation threat, after receiving testimony from Lea Gabrielle, Special Envoy and Coordinator for the Global Engagement Center, Department of State; and Dan Blumenthal, American Enterprise Institute, and Alina Polyakova, Center for European Policy Analysis, both of Washington, D.C.
CORONAVIRUS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Federal interagency response to the Coronavirus and preparing for future global pandemics, after receiving testimony from Ken Cuccinelli II, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security; and Robert Kadlec, Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Preparedness and Response.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Children and Families: Senators Paul (Chair), Murkowski, Burr, Cassidy, Scott (SC), Romney, Loeffler, Casey, Sanders, Murphy, Kaine, Hassan, and Smith.
Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety: Senators Collins
(Chair), Scott (SC), Paul, Romney, Braun, Cassidy, Loeffler, Baldwin, Casey, Warren, Smith, Jones, and Rosen.
Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security: Senators Enzi
(Chair), Burr, Cassidy, Roberts, Romney, Braun, Murkowski, Scott (SC), Loeffler, Sanders, Baldwin, Murphy, Warren, Kaine, Hassan, Jones, and Rosen.
Senators Alexander and Murray are ex officio members of each subcommittee.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha, Stanley Blumenfeld, and Mark C. Scarsi, each to be a United States District Judge for the Central District of California, John Charles Hinderaker, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, and Grace Karaffa Obermann, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims.
