[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 159 (Wednesday, October 4, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1054-D1055]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            OCTOBER 5, 2017

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Gregory Ibach, of Nebraska, 
to be Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, and 
William Northey, of Iowa, to be Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign 
Agricultural Services, both of the Department of Agriculture, 9:30 
a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on the Budget: business meeting to continue to markup 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, 11 
a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of Paul Trombino III, of Wisconsin, to be 
Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
Transportation, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the nominations 
of Jeffrey Gerrish, of Maryland, to be a Deputy United States Trade 
Representative (Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Industrial 
Competitiveness), Department of State, Gregory Doud, of Kansas, to 
be Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade 
Representative, and Jason Kearns, of Colorado, to be a Member of the 
United States International Trade Commission, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider S. 
832, to enhance the transparency and accelerate the impact of 
programs under the African Growth and

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Opportunity Act and the Millennium Challenge Corporation, S. Res. 
245, calling on the Government of Iran to release unjustly detained 
United States citizens and legal permanent resident aliens, and S. 
Res. 211, condemning the violence and persecution in Chechnya, 9:30 
a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Carla Sands, of California, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Denmark, and W. Robert Kohorst, of California, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Croatia, both of the Department of State, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine the Federal response to the opioid crisis, 10 
a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Amy Coney Barrett, of Indiana, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, Joan Louise Larsen, of 
Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, 
William L. Campbell, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the 
Middle District of Tennessee, Thomas Lee Robinson Parker, to be 
United States District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, 
Annemarie Carney Axon, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Alabama, Michael Lawrence Brown, to be United 
States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, Thomas 
Alvin Farr, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of North Carolina, William M. Ray II, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, Eric S. 
Dreiband, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Robert 
M. Duncan, Jr., to be United States Attorney for the Eastern 
District of Kentucky for the term of four years, Charles E. Peeler, 
to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia for 
the term of four years, and Brian D. Schroder, to be United States 
Attorney for the District of Alaska, all of the Department of 
Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing 
entitled ``Powering America: Consumer-Oriented Perspectives on 
Improving the Nation's Electricity Markets'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Examining the Equifax Data Breach'', 9:15 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The Rohingya Crisis: U.S. Response to the Tragedy in Burma'', 9 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy, 
and Trade, hearing entitled ``High-Tech Agriculture: Small Firms on 
the Frontier of Agribusiness'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.