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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the in the Daily Digest section section on page D703 on June 23.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NFIP REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program, focusing on Administration perspectives, including S. 3128, to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program, after receiving testimony from David Maurstad, Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of David Pressman, of New York, to be Ambassador to Hungary, Geoffrey R. Pyatt, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary (Energy Resources), and Robert A. Wood, of New York, to be Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in 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 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, and Elizabeth Shortino, of the District of Columbia, to be United States Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. Res. 674, celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Marshall Plan and recognizing the role of the Marshall Plan as the foundation of a transatlantic community committed to the preservation of peace, prosperity, and democracy;
S. Res. 623, calling on the Secretary of State to designate the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism, with amendments;
S. Res. 669, condemning the use of hunger as a weapon of war and recognizing the effect of conflict on global food security and famine, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
The nominations of Francisco O. Mora, of Florida, to be Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the Organization of American States, with the rank of Ambassador, Reuben E. Brigety II, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa, Timmy T. Davis, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the State of Qatar, and Michael Alan Ratney, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, all of the Department of State, Amanda Bennett, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media, and routine lists in the Foreign Service.
BUILDING TRUST IN GOVERNMENT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine building trust in government through customer experience, focusing on putting people first, after receiving testimony from Martha A. Dorris, Dorris Consulting International, Ashburn, Virginia; William D. Eggers, Deloitte Center for Government Insights, Rosslyn, Virginia; and Mathew L. Lira, Hangar Capital, Alexandria, Virginia.
GRANDFAMILIES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine strengthening support for grandfamilies during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, after receiving testimony from Donna M. Butts, Generations United, Washington, D.C.; Kim Clifton, Helping and Lending Outreach Support, North Charleston, South Carolina; Gail Engel, Grand Family Coalition, Loveland, Colorado; and Ruth Stevens, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
