“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” published by the Congressional Record on Aug. 3, 2020

“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” published by the Congressional Record on Aug. 3, 2020

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Volume 166, No. 137 covering the 2nd Session of the 116th Congress (2019 - 2020) was published by the Congressional Record.

The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.

“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E721-E722 on Aug. 3, 2020.

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:

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 Tuesday, August 4, 2020 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.

MEETINGS SCHEDULED

AUGUST 59 a.m.

Committee on Foreign Relations

To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Jennifer

Yue Barber, of Kentucky, to be the Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and Social

Council of the United Nations, with the rank of

Ambassador, and to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the

General Assembly of the United Nations, during her tenure of service as Representative of the United

States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, Keith W. Dayton, of Washington, to be Ambassador to Ukraine, Julie D. Fisher, of

Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Belarus, and Alex Nelson Wong, of New Jersey, to be an Alternate

Representative of the United States of America to the

Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during his tenure of service as Alternate

Representative of the United States of America for

Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, all of the Department of State, Edward A. Burrier, of the

District of Columbia, to be Deputy Chief Executive

Officer of the United States International Development

Finance Corporation, and other pending nominations.

VTC10 a.m.

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Federal Trade

Commission.

SR-253

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

To hold hearings to examine Federal and industry efforts to improve cybersecurity for the energy sector, focusing on how to improve collaboration on various cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection initiatives.

SD-366

Committee on Environment and Public Works

To hold hearings to examine an original bill entitled,

``American Nuclear Infrastructure Act of 2020''.

SD-106

Committee on the Judiciary

To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Crossfire

Hurricane investigation.

SD-G5011:15 a.m.

Committee on Foreign Relations

To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Erik Paul

Bethel, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of

Panama, Jonathan Pratt, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Djibouti, Barbera Hale Thornhill, of

California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of

Singapore, Thomas Laszlo Vajda, of Arizona, to be

Ambassador to the Union of Burma, and Kenneth R.

Weinstein, of the District of Columbia, to be

Ambassador to Japan, all of the Department of State, and other pending nominations.

VTC2 p.m.

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

Business meeting to consider the nominations of Hester

Maria Peirce, of Ohio, and Caroline A. Crenshaw, of the

District of Columbia, both to be a Member of the

Securities and Exchange Commission, and Kyle Hauptman, of Maine, to be a Member of the National Credit Union

Administration Board.

SD-G503 p.m.

Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Business meeting to consider S. 3282, to amend title 38,

United States Code, to improve the oversight of contracts awarded by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans, S. 2558, to amend title 38, United States

Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make certain grants to assist nursing homes for veterans located on tribal lands, S. 3643, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize certain postgraduate health care employees and health professions trainees of the Department of Veterans

Affairs to provide treatment via telemedicine, S. 2950, to amend title 38, United States Code, to concede exposure to airborne hazards and toxins from burn pits under certain circumstances, S. 4384, to require the

Secretary of Veterans Affairs to address exposure by members of the Armed Forces to toxic substances at

Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, S. 4393, to improve the provision of health care and other benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances, S. 711, to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for mental health services from the Department of Veterans

Affairs to include members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, S. 332, to amend title 38, United

States Code, to remove the manifestation period required for the presumptions of service connection for chloracne, porphyria cutanea tarda, and acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents, S. 805, to amend title 38,

United States Code, to improve the processing of veterans benefits by the Department of Veterans

Affairs, to limit the authority of the Secretary of

Veterans Affairs to recover overpayments made by the

Department and other amounts owed by veterans to the

United States, to improve the due process accorded veterans with respect to such recovery, S. 514, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the benefits and services provided by the Department of

Veterans Affairs to women veterans, S. 629, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to review the processes and requirements of the Department of

Veterans Affairs for scheduling appointments for health care and conducting consultations under the laws administered by the Secretary, S. 2216, to require the

Secretary of Veterans Affairs to formally recognize caregivers of veterans, notify veterans and caregivers of clinical determinations relating to eligibility for caregiver programs, and temporarily extend benefits for veterans who are determined ineligible for the family caregiver program, S. 3235, to direct the Secretary of

Veterans Affairs to conduct a pilot program on posttraumatic growth, and an original bill entitled,

``Veterans Benefit Improvement Act of 2020''.

SR-325

AUGUST 69 a.m.

Committee on Armed Services

To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Jason

Abend, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Bradley D.

Hansell, of Virginia, to be a Deputy Under Secretary,

Lucas N. Polakowski, of Virginia, and Louis W. Bremer, of Connecticut, both to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of Defense.

SD-G5010 a.m.

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

To hold hearings to examine pending nominations.

SR-253

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

To hold an oversight hearing to examine Department of

Homeland Security personnel deployments to recent protests.

SD-34210:30 a.m.

Committee on Foreign Relations

To hold hearings to examine the nominations of William A.

Douglass, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the

Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Melanie Harris Higgins, of

Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Burundi,

Jeanne

Marie Maloney, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the

Kingdom of Eswatini, Michael A. McCarthy, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia, Manisha

Singh, of Florida, to be Representative of the United

States of America to the Organization for Economic

Cooperation and Development, with the rank of

Ambassador, and James Broward Story, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Bolivarian Republic of

Venezuela.

VTC

SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 166, No. 137

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