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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2020-03-05” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D238-D239 on March 4, 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:
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2020
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2021 for the Department of Commerce, 10 a.m., SD-192.
Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2021 for the Department of Education, 10 a.m., SD-124.
Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the posture of the Navy in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2021 and the Future Years Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings to examine threats posed by state-owned and state-supported enterprises to public transportation, 10 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings 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, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development, to hold hearings to examine the Global Engagement Center, focusing on leading the United States Government's fight against global disinformation threat, 10 a.m., SD-419.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the Federal interagency response to the Coronavirus and preparing for future global pandemics, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider 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, John Leonard Badalamenti, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, William Scott Hardy, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, John F. Heil III, to be United States District Judge for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma, David Cleveland Joseph, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, Anna M. Manasco, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, Drew B. Tipton, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, and Grace Karaffa Obermann, of Virginia, Stephen Sidney Schwartz, of Virginia, Kathryn C. Davis, of Maryland, and Edward Hulvey Meyers, of Maryland, each to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, 10 a.m., SD-226.
House
Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, hearing entitled ``Defense Health Program (DHP)'', 9 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, budget hearing on the Architect of the Capitol, 10 a.m., HT-2 Capitol.
Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, budget hearing on the Government Publishing Office, 11 a.m., HT-2 Capitol.
Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing entitled ``The Fiscal Year 2021 Army and Marine Corps Ground Modernization Programs'', 9:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, hearing entitled ``Presidential Clemency and Opportunities for Reform'', 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Beyond Coronaviruses: Understanding the Spread of Infectious Diseases and Mobilizing Innovative Solutions'', 9 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, hearing entitled ``Getting It Right: Challenges with the Go-live of Electronic Health Record Modernization'', 9 a.m., HVC-210.
