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Today's Floor Schedule

The Senate will next convene on Monday, November 3rd at 3:00 PM and, following any leader remarks, will be in a period of Morning Business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each.

At approximately 5:30 PM the Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Eric Chunyee Tung to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. If cloture is invoked a vote on confirmation will occur at a time TBD by the Majority and Minority Leaders but no earlier than Wednesday, November 5.

Upcoming Hearings & Events

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Tuesday, November 4

Senate Committee on Armed Services
Hearings to examine the nominations of Austin Dahmer, of Arizona, and Robert Kadlec, of New York, both to be an Assistant Secretary, and Michael Borders, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, all of the Department of Defense.
Witnesses: Testimony from nominees.
9:30 AM – SD-G50

Senate Committee on Intelligence
Closed business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
3:00 PM – S-128

Wednesday, November 5

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Edward Forst, of Florida, to be Administrator of General Services, Charles Arrington, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, and John Cuong Truong, Elana S. Suttenberg, and Stephen F. Rickard, each of the District of Columbia, all to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
Witnesses: Testimony from nominees.
10:00 AM – SD-342

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Hearings to examine registered apprenticeship, focusing on scaling the workforce for the future.
Witnesses: TBA
10:00 AM – SD-430

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Hearings to examine the nominations of Ryan McCormack, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Policy, Daniel Edwards, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of Transportation, and Trent Morse, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority for a term expiring May 30, 2030.
Witnesses: Testimony from nominees.
2:15 PM – SR-253

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Hearings to examine S.107, to amend the Lumbee Act of 1956.
Witnesses: TBA
2:30 PM – SD-628

Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Hearings to examine Trump’s regulatory rollback.
Witnesses: The Honorable Casey B. Mulligan, Chief Counsel for Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration, Washington, D.C.
2:30 PM – SR-428A

Senate Committee on Aging
Hearings to examine how the Older Americans Act uplifts families living with aging-related diseases.
Witnesses: Erick Montealegre, Family Caregiver, Broward County, FL; Stephen Sappington, Patient Advocate, Harford County, MD; Duana Patton, USAging President and CEO of the Ohio District 5 AAA, Ontario, OH
3:30 PM – SH-216

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Hearings to examine the nomination of Glen Smith, of Iowa, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development.
Witnesses: Testimony from nominees.
3:00 PM – SR-328A

Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Hearings to examine a grateful nation, focusing on maximizing veteran’s success after service.
Witnesses: TBA
4:00 PM – SR-418

Thursday, November 6

Senate Committee on Armed Services
Hearings to examine the nominations of Michael Payne, of Virginia, to be Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, Alexander Velez-Green, of Virginia, to be a Deputy Under Secretary, and Timothy Dill, of Ohio, and Maurice Todd, of Florida, both to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of Defense.
Witnesses: Testimony from nominees.
9:30 AM – SD-G50

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Hearings to examine reforming financial transparency in higher education.
Witnesses: TBA
10:00 AM – SD-430

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Hearings to examine the nominations of John DeLeeuw, of Texas, Richard Kloster, of West Virginia, and Michelle A. Schultz, of Pennsylvania, each to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board.
Witnesses: Testimony from nominees.
10:00 AM – SR-253

Senate Committee on Judiciary
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Robert P. Chamberlin, and James D. Maxwell II, both to be a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi, Thomas Ferguson III, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, James Kruger, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, Scott Leary, of Mississippi, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, and S.1884, to clarify the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016, to appropriately limit the application of defenses based on the passage of time and other non-merits defenses to claims under that Act.
10:15 AM – SH-216

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Investigations
Hearings to examine assessing Obamacare.
Witnesses: TBA
2:00 PM – SD-342

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