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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 pages D155-D156 on Feb. 27.
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.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments for the 118th Congress:
Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Senators Kelly
(Chair), Cardin, Sanders, Merkley, Markey, Stabenow, Padilla, Fetterman, Cramer, Lummis, Mullin, Ricketts, Boozman, Wicker, and Graham.
Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety: Senators Markey (Chair), Cardin, Sanders, Whitehouse, Merkley, Stabenow, Kelly, Padilla, Ricketts, Cramer, Lummis, Mullin, Wicker, Sullivan, and Graham.
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife: Senators Padilla
(Chair), Cardin, Whitehouse, Markey, Stabenow, Kelly, Lummis, Cramer, Ricketts, Boozman, and Sullivan.
Subcommittee on Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight: Senators Merkley (Chair), Sanders, Whitehouse, Markey, Fetterman, Mullin, Boozman, Wicker, and Sullivan.
Senators Carper and Capito serve as ex officio members of each subcommittee.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments for the 118th Congress:
Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development: Senators Cardin
(Chair), Kaine, Booker, Coons, Murphy, Hagerty, Ricketts, Cruz, and Paul.
Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation: Senators Shaheen (Chair), Murphy, Van Hollen, Duckworth, Cardin, Ricketts, Paul, Barrasso, and Rubio.
Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism: Senators Murphy (Chair), Cardin, Shaheen, Kaine, Booker, Young, Romney, Cruz, and Rubio.
Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues: Senators Kaine (Chair), Merkley, Cardin, Shaheen, Murphy, Rubio, Cruz, Young, and Scott (SC).
Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy: Senators Booker
(Chair), Coons, Merkley, Schatz, Van Hollen, Scott (SC), Young, Paul, and Barrasso.
Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy: Senators Van Hollen (Chair), Merkley, Schatz, Duckworth, Coons, Romney, Scott (SC), Hagerty, and Ricketts.
Subcommittee on Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy: Senators Duckworth (Chair), Coons, Schatz, Shaheen, Kaine, Barrasso, Romney, Hagerty, and Paul.
Senators Menendez and Risch are ex officio members of each subcommittee.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments for the 118th Congress:
Subcommittee on Children and Families: Senators Casey (Chair), Murray, Murphy, Kaine, Hassan, Smith, Tuberville, Paul, Murkowski, Romney, and Mullin.
Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety: Senators Hickenlooper (Chair), Casey, Baldwin, Kaine, Lujan, Markey, Braun, Marshall, Romney, Tuberville, and Budd.
Subcommittee Primary Health and Retirement Security: Senators Markey
(Chair), Murray, Baldwin, Murphy, Hassan, Smith, Lujan, Hickenlooper, Marshall, Paul, Collins, Murkowski, Braun, Mullin, and Budd.
Senators Sanders and Cassidy serve as ex officio members of each subcommittee.
