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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2021-08-05” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D901 on Aug. 4.
The State Department is responsibly for international relations with a budget of more than $50 billion. Tenure at the State Dept. is increasingly tenuous and it's seen as an extension of the President's will, ambitions and flaws.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,
AUGUST 5, 2021
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Homer L. Wilkes, of Mississippi, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment, 10 a.m., SR-301.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Julia Ruth Gordon, of Maryland, David Uejio, of California, and Solomon Jeffrey Greene, of the District of Columbia, each to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 10 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to examine the role of and programs within the Department of Energy's Office of Science, 10 a.m., SD-366.
Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Michael Raynor, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea-
Bissau, Marc Ostfield, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Paraguay, and Troy Damian Fitrell, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea, all of the Department of State, and other pending nominations, 10 a.m., SH-216/VTC.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to continue hearings to examine domestic terrorism and violent extremism, focusing on the threat of racially, ethnically, religiously, and politically motivated attacks, 10:15 a.m., SD-342/
VTC.
Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 1787, to amend title 28 of the United States Code to prevent the transfer of actions arising under the antitrust laws in which a State is a complainant, and the nominations of Myrna Perez, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, Jia M. Cobb, of Virginia, and Florence Y. Pan, both to be a United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, Sarah A.L. Merriam, to be United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut, Karen McGlashan Williams, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, and Matthew G. Olsen, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, 9 a.m., SD-G50.
Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to consider pending intelligence matters, Time to be announced, S-115, Capitol.
House
Committee on House Administration, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the Renovations to the Cannon House Office Building: Lessons Learned'', 1:30 p.m., Webex.
