“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” published by the Congressional Record on Feb. 27, 2019

Volume 165, No. 36 covering the 1st Session of the 116th Congress (2019 - 2020) was published by the Congressional Record.

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“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E225-E226 on Feb. 27, 2019.

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SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate of February 4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled and any cancellations or changes in the meetings as they occur.

As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.

Meetings scheduled for Thursday, February 28, 2019 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.

MEETINGS SCHEDULED

MARCH 5

9:30 a.m.

Committee on Armed Services

To hold hearings to examine United States European

Command and United States Transportation Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2020 and the Future Years Defense Program.

SD-G50

10 a.m.

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

To hold hearings to examine the electricity sector in a changing climate.

SD-366

Committee on Environment and Public Works

Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety

To hold hearings to examine states' role in protecting air quality, focusing on principles of cooperative federalism.

SD-406

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

To hold hearings to examine vaccines, focusing on preventable disease outbreaks.

SD-430

Committee on the Judiciary

To hold hearings to examine pending nominations.

SD-226

2:30 p.m.

Committee on Armed Services

To receive a closed briefing on United States European

Command and United States Transportation Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2020 and the Future Years Defense Program.

SVC-217

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Joseph V.

Cuffari, of Arizona, to be Inspector General,

Department of Homeland Security.

SD-342

Committee on the Judiciary

Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer

Rights

To hold hearings to examine concentration and competition in the United States economy.

SD-226

3 p.m.

Committee on Foreign Relations

To receive a closed briefing on the status of the North

Korea denuclearization effort post-Hanoi.

SVC-217

MARCH 6

9:30 a.m.

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

To hold a hearing to examine recommendations to reduce risk of waste, fraud, and mismanagement in Federal programs.

SD-342

Special Committee on Aging

To hold hearings to examine the complex web of prescription drug prices, focusing on patients struggling with rising costs.

SD-138

10 a.m.

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

To hold hearings to examine the state of the American maritime industry.

SH-216

Committee on Environment and Public Works

To hold hearings to examine the economic benefits of highway infrastructure investment and accelerated project delivery.

SD-406

Committee on Foreign Relations

To hold hearings to examine the nominations of John P.

Abizaid, of Nevada, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of

Saudi Arabia, and Matthew H. Tueller, of Utah, to be

Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq, both of the

Department of State.

SD-419

Committee on the Judiciary

To hold an oversight hearing to examine Customs and

Border Protection's response to the smuggling of persons at the southern border.

SD-226

Committee on Veterans' Affairs

To hold a joint hearing with the House Committee on

Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative presentation of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

SD-G50

10:30 a.m.

Committee on Rules and Administration

To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Library of

Congress.

SR-301

2:30 p.m.

Committee on Armed Services

Subcommittee on Personnel

To hold hearings to examine the military services' prevention of and response to sexual assault.

SR-222

Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

To hold hearings to examine small business and the

American worker.

SR-428A

MARCH 7

9:30 a.m.

Committee on Armed Services

To hold hearings to examine the chain of command's accountability to provide safe military housing and other building infrastructure to servicemembers and their families.

SH-216

10 a.m.

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

To hold hearings to examine private sector data breaches.

SD-106

Special Committee on Aging

To hold hearings to examine the complex web of prescription drug prices, focusing on untangling the web and paths forward.

SD-138

2 p.m.

Committee on Veterans' Affairs

To hold a joint hearing with the House Committee on