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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2021-10-05” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the in the Daily Digest section section on pages D1091-D1092 on Oct. 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 TUESDAY,
OCTOBER 5, 2021
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Gabriel Camarillo, of Texas, to be Under Secretary of the Army, Rachel Jacobson, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army, and Alex Wagner, of the District of Columbia, and Andrew Philip Hunter, of Virginia, both to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, all of the Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting to consider the nominations of Brian Eddie Nelson, of California, to be Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes, Elizabeth Rosenberg, of Vermont, to be Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing, and Alexia Marie Gabrielle Latortue, of the District of Columbia, and Graham Scott Steele, of California, both to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of the Treasury, 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, and Alan F. Estevez, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Industry and Security, and Thea D. Rozman Kendler, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of Commerce; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine Afghanistan's future, focusing on assessing the national security, humanitarian, and economic implications of the Taliban takeover, 9:45 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security, to hold hearings to examine protecting kids online, focusing on testimony from a Facebook whistleblower, 10 a.m., SR-253.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to examine and consider updates to the Mining Law of 1872, 10 a.m., SD-
366.
Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Lisa A. Carty, of Maryland, to be 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, Mallory A. Stewart, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary (Verification and Compliance), and Steven C. Bondy, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain, all of the Department of State, and other pending nominations, 10:15 a.m., SD-106/VTC.
Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Jeffrey M. Hovenier, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo, Michael J. Murphy, of New York, to be Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Julissa Reynoso Pantaleon, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of Andorra, and Victoria Reggie Kennedy, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Austria, all of the Department of State, and other pending nominations, 2:30 p.m., SH-216/VTC.
Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine renewing and strengthening the Violence Against Women Act, 10 a.m., SD-226.
Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
House
Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled
``Oversight of the Securities and Exchange Commission: Putting Investors and Market Integrity First'', 12 p.m., Webex.
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled
``Afghanistan 2001-2021: Evaluating the Withdrawal and U.S. Policies--Part II'', 1 p.m., Webex.
Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States, hearing on H.J. Res. 55, the ``Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana`ole Protecting Family Legacies Act''; H.R. 441, to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Tanana Tribal Council located in Tanana, Alaska, and for other purposes; H.R. 2402, the ``Winnebago Land Transfer Act of 2021''; H.R. 4881, the ``Old Pascua Community Land Acquisition Act''; and H.R. 5221, the ``Urban Indian Health Confer Act'', 12 p.m., Webex.
Committee on Oversight and Reform, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Hurricane Ida and Beyond: Readiness, Recovery, and Resilience'', 11 a.m., 2154 Rayburn and Zoom.
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight; and Subcommittee on Research and Technology, joint hearing entitled ``Balancing Open Science and Security in the U.S. Research Enterprise'', 10 a.m., Zoom.
