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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2019-10-29” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1168-D1169 on Oct. 28, 2019.
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 TUESDAY,
OCTOBER 29, 2019
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Lisa W. Hershman, of Indiana, to be Chief Management Officer, Dana S. Deasy, of Virginia, to be Chief Information Officer, and Robert John Sander, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Navy, all of the Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold hearings to examine aviation safety and the future of Boeing's 737 MAX, 10 a.m., SH-216.
Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Roxanne Cabral, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Kelly C. Degnan, of California, to be Ambassador to Georgia, Robert S. Gilchrist, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania, and Yuri Kim, of Guam, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Albania, all of the Department of State, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 4 p.m., SH-219.
House
Committee On Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled
``Future of Defense Task Force Hearing: Theories of Victory'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Committee on Education and Labor, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 4674, the ``College Affordability Act'', 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing entitled ``Repurposing the C-Band to Benefit all Americans'', 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change, hearing entitled
``Protecting the RFS: The Trump Administration's Abuse of Secret Waivers'', 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, hearing entitled
``Reauthorization Brand USA and the U.S. SAFE WEB Act'', 1:30 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Financial Services and the LGBTQ+ Community: A Review of Discrimination in Lending and Housing'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Full Committee, markup on H.R. 4458, the ``Cybersecurity and Financial System Resilience Act''; H.R. 4634, the ``Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019''; H.R. 4841, the
``Prudential Regulator Oversight Act''; and H.R. 4863, the ``United States Export Finance Agency Act of 2019'', 1 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism, hearing entitled ``The FY20 Budget: Examining the Administration's Policy Objectives for a Turbulent Middle East'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security, hearing entitled ``One Year Later: Implementation of the TSA Modernization Act'', 10 a.m., 310 Cannon.
Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law, hearing entitled ``Antitrust and Economic Opportunity: Competition in Labor Markets'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship, business meeting on the Request for a Department of Homeland Security Departmental Report on the Beneficiaries of H.R. 631 and H.R. 4225, 1:45 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship, hearing entitled
``The Impact of Current Immigration Policies on Service Members and Veterans, and their Families'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, hearing on H.R. 139, the ``Springfield Race Riot National Historic Monument Act''; H.R. 486, the ``Chicano Park Preservation Act''; H.R. 3250, the ``Julius Rosenwald and the Rosenwald Schools Act of 2019''; H.R. 3824, the ``Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture National Historical Park Act''; and H.R. 4139, to provide for the boundary of the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Park to be adjusted, to authorize the donation of land to the United States for addition to that historic park, and for other purposes, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife, hearing entitled ``A Sea of Problems: Impacts of Plastic Pollution on Oceans and Wildlife'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
Committee on Oversight and Reform, Subcommittee on Environment, hearing entitled ``Trump's Wrong Turn on Clean Cars: The Effects of Fuel Efficiency Rollbacks on the Climate, Car Companies and California'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Innovation and Workforce Development, hearing entitled ``Creating the Clean Energy Workforce'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 1497, the ``Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2019''; H.R. 4719, the ``FISH SAFE Act''; and H. Con. Res. 37, expressing support for designation of October 28 as ``Honoring the Nation's First Responders Day'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 4852, the ``GIVE Act''; H.R. 4356, the ``Protecting Families of Fallen Servicemembers Act''; H.R. 4183, the ``Identifying Barriers and Best Practices Study Act''; H.R. 4360, the ``VA Overpayment Accountability Act''; H.R. 3996, the ``VA Design-Build Construction Enhancement Act of 2019''; and H.R. 1424, the ``Fallen Warrior Battlefield Cross Memorial Act'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled
``Protecting Whistleblowers and Promoting Accountability: Is VA Doing Its Job?'', 2 p.m., HVC-210.
