WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today announced the committee will mark up nominations for the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday, Sept. 6 at 10 a.m., in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
The committee will consider the following nominees:
* Gilbert B. Kaplan, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, United States Department of Commerce, vice Stefan M. Selig, resigned; and
* Matthew Bassett, of Tennessee, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, United States Department of Health and Human Services, vice Jim R. Esquea; and
* Robert Charrow, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of Health and Human Services, United States Department of Health and Human Services, vice William B. Schultz.
Who: Senate Finance Committee What: Executive Session to Consider Commerce, HHS Nominees Where: 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building; Washington, DC 20510 When: Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017 at 10 a.m.
For media inquiries and additional information, including webcast and testimony details, please visit: http://finance.senate.gov/hearings.
Source: Ranking Member’s News
