This week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a nominations hearing to consider Wesley Brooks for assistant secretary of State for oceans, international environment, and scientific affairs, and Jeremy Carl for assistant secretary of State for international organizations. Additional nominees may be added.
The hearing is scheduled for Thursday, February 12th, 2026 at 10:30am in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, room SD-419. A livestream of the event will be available online. Members of the press who wish to attend should RSVP to the Senate Press Gallery.
Press contacts are as follows: daily press can email senate_press_gallery@saa.senate.gov; periodical press can email periocials@saa.senate.gov; photographers can email press_photo@saa.senate.gov; radio and TV representatives should call 202-224-6421.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is responsible for developing and influencing U.S. foreign policy by examining treaties and legislation (official website). The committee designates its Chairman to lead majority members and its Ranking Member to head minority members (official website). Since its establishment in 1816 as one of the original standing committees of the Senate (official website), it has played a key role in shaping U.S. foreign policy, including supporting measures such as the Truman Doctrine in 1947 and the Marshall Plan in 1948 (official website) and rejecting the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 and 1920 (official website). The committee operates within the U.S. government as a legislative body focused on international relations (official website).
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