Upcoming Hearings & Events​

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Wednesday, June 17


Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs

Hearing to  examine the nominations of Bradford Pentony Wilson, of New Jersey, to be Archivist of the United States, Hal Duncan, of Texas, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Brian Cavanaugh, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Management, Department of Homeland Security, David Cummins, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, Cameron Hamilton, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, Don Richard Berthiaume, Jr., of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Justice, Charles Baldis, of Virginia, to be Special Counsel, Office of Special Counsel, James Woodruff, of Florida, to be Chairman of the Merit Systems Protection Board, Jeffrey Brodsky, William Gallo, Anthony Lomangino, and Robert Steffens, of Florida, each to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service, and Charlton Allen, of North Carolina, to be General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority.

Witnesses: Testimony from nominees.

9:00 AM – SD-342


Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Business meeting to consider S.1547, to amend title 54, United States Code, to reauthorize the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund.

9:30 AM – SD-366


Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

Business Meeting: To consider S.4726, to promote efforts to bring about stability and security in Sudan, S.3984, to authorize a 2-year extension of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, S.4570, to incentivize, streamline, and sustain United States foreign government partner procurement of United States-origin cyber and digital technologies, S.4259, to promote the development, production, and deployment of secure and resilient Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) to enhance United States national security and support the defense and resilience of Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific Region, S.3018, to permit visiting dignitaries and service members from Taiwan to display the flag of the Republic of China, S.2578, to support United States investment opportunities, to strengthen bilateral collaboration in addressing criminal elements operating in the Brazilian Amazon, S.2252, to require United States foreign assistance commodities to be made available for their intended purposes before they expire, S.3050, to amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, to modify requirements under that Act relating to exemptions, S.4610, to promote the development and use of geothermal resources in the Pacific, S.3172, to repeal certain Acts that impose sanctions upon Syria, S.3676, to require a sports diplomacy strategy to strategically leverage the major sporting events being hosted in the United States during the next decade to enhance United States soft power, diplomatic relationships, and global leadership, S.4708, to improve the security of the Arctic, S.4009, to provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to forced organ harvesting within the People’s Republic of China, S.1542, to support the human rights of Uyghurs and members of other minority groups residing primarily in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, to safeguard their distinct identity, S.3900, to promote human rights, internet freedom and accountability in Iran, S.4709, to amend the Arms Export Control Act to modify a limitation relating to exports and transfers of defense articles and services under the AUKUS partnership, S.4392, to promote United States and allied energy and mineral security, S.4600, to require a South China Sea diplomatic engagement strategy, S.4577, to reassess the United States-Tanzania bilateral relationship, S.4443, to increase cooperation with countries in the Eastern Mediterranean region in order to strengthen energy security and defense capabilities, S.4723, to establish a program to provide assistance to strengthen the capacity of law enforcement agencies in Latin America and the Caribbean to prosecute Chinese organized criminal groups and Chinese government-linked organizations engaged in criminal activity, S.4734, to require a review of acquisitions by investment companies involving acquisition of controlling interest of major defense suppliers, S.4680, to authorize the Secretary of State to extend limited consular appointments to eight years, with an additional two-year extension for needs of the Foreign Service, S.4665, to require the Secretary of State to submit a strategy to Congress for countering Iranian and Hezbollah influence operations in Latin America, S.3733, to amend the Passport Act of June 4, 1920, to authorize certain public libraries to collect and retain a fee for the execution of a passport application.

10:00 AM – S-116


Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Hearings to examine the state of the U.S. Territories.

Witnesses: The Honorable Jenniffer González-Colón, Governor, Puerto Rico; The Honorable Albert Bryan, Jr., Governor, U.S. Virgin Islands; Mr. Henry Hofschneider, Chief of Staff to Governor David Apatang, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; The Honorable Lourdes “Lou” Aflague Leon Guerrero, Governor, Guam; The Honorable Pula’ali’i Nikolao Iuli Tuiteleleapaga Pula, Governor, American Samoa

10:00 AM – SD-366     


Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Business Meeting to consider S.1782, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of mental or physical disability in cases of organ transplants, S.3799, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Healthy Start Initiative, S.4109, to reauthorize the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, S.2339, to reauthorize the Young Women’s Breast Health Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act of 2009, S.4472, to amend the Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act to reauthorize the provisions of such Act through fiscal year 2031, S.2658, to require sponsors of drug applications and holders of approved applications to provide certain submissions and communications to the Food and Drug Administration and the United States Patent and Trademark Office, S.3014, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to citizen petitions, and S.1954, to improve the requirements for making a determination of interchangeability of a biological product and its reference product.

10:00 AM – SD-430


Senate Committee on Intelligence 

Hearing: Nomination for the Honorable Walter “Jay” Clayton III to be Director of National Intelligence.

Witnesses: Testimony from nominees.

2:00 PM – SD-G50

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Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Hearing: To examine 250 Years of Main Street: Retail to Research.

Witnesses: Mr. John “Jack” Hruby, Vice President, Strategy & Outreach, PerceptView; Mr. Cameron “CH” Miller, President and CEO, Urban Chamber of Commerce; The Honorable Don DeWaard, Mayor, City of Pella

2:30 PM – SR-428A


Senate Committee on Aging

Hearing: Counting the Cost: Communist China’s Toll on Older Americans’ Health, Finances, and Security.

Witnesses: Joshua Hodges, Commissioner, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission; Leland R. Miller, Commissioner, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission; Reva Price, Commissioner, Chair Emeritus, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission; Chris Slevin, Commissioner, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

3:30 PM – SH-216


Thursday, June 18

Senate Committee on Intelligence

Closed Briefing: Intelligence Matters.

9:30 AM – SH-219

Senate Committee on the Judiciary

Business Meeting: To consider S.1133, to provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings, S.1146, to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings, S.4591, to protect intellectual property rights in the voice and visual likeness of individuals, and the nominations of Benjamin M. Flowers, of Ohio, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, Matthew A. Schwartz, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit,  Michael J. Hendershot, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, Jeffrey T. Kuntz, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, Arthur Roberts Jones, and John George Edward Marck, both to be a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Don Richard Berthiaume, Jr., of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Justice, and Sean Costello, of Alabama, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama.

10:15 AM – SH-216

Friday, June 19

Federal government will be closed in recognition of the Juneteenth holiday.