[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 172 (Wednesday, October 25, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1128-D1129]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            OCTOBER 26, 2017

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to receive a closed briefing on 
Niger, 10 a.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the nominations of Brian D. Montgomery, of Texas, Robert 
Hunter Kurtz, of Virginia, and Suzanne Israel Tufts, of New York, 
each to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 
10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine advanced cyber technologies that could be used to help 
protect electric grids and other energy infrastructure from 
cyberattacks, 9:45 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider S. 
Res. 279, reaffirming the commitment of the United States to promote 
democracy, human rights, and the rule of law in Cambodia, and the 
nominations of Michele Jeanne Sison, of Maryland, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Haiti, Peter Hoekstra, of Michigan, to be 
Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Kenneth Ian Juster, of 
New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of India, Larry Edward 
Andre, Jr., of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Djibouti, 
Daniel J. Kritenbrink, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Kathleen M. Fitzpatrick, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of 
Timor-Leste, Richard Duke Buchan III, of Florida, to be Ambassador 
to the Kingdom of Spain, and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to Andorra, Richard Grenell, 
of California, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, 
Jamie McCourt, of California, to be Ambassador to the French 
Republic, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of Monaco, Edward T. 
McMullen, Jr., of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Swiss 
Confederation, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of Liechtenstein, 
Peter Henry Barlerin, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Cameroon, Michael James Dodman, of New York, to be Ambassador to 
the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Nina Maria Fite, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Angola, Daniel L.

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Foote, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zambia, 
David Dale Reimer, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Mauritius, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Seychelles, Eric P. 
Whitaker, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Niger, W. 
Robert Kohorst, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Croatia, Carla Sands, of California, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom 
of Denmark, Thomas L. Carter, of South Carolina, for the rank of 
Ambassador during his tenure of service as Representative of the 
United States of America on the Council of the International Civil 
Aviation Organization, Michael T. Evanoff, of Arkansas, to be an 
Assistant Secretary (Diplomatic Security), Manisha Singh, of 
Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary (Economic and Business 
Affairs), Samuel Dale Brownback, of Kansas, to be Ambassador at 
Large for International Religious Freedom, and a routine list in the 
Foreign Service, all of the Department of State, 9:30 a.m., S-116, 
Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine free speech on college campuses, 10 a.m., SD-
430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management, to hold 
hearings to examine improving oversight of the regulatory process, 
focusing on lessons from state legislatures, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 807, 
to provide anti-retaliation protections for antitrust 
whistleblowers, and the nominations of Allison H. Eid, of Colorado, 
to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, Stephanos 
Bibas, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Third Circuit, Liles Clifton Burke, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, Walter David Counts III, 
to be United States District Judge for the Western District of 
Texas, Michael Joseph Juneau, to be United States District Judge for 
the Western District of Louisiana, A. Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr., to be 
United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, 
Karen Gren Scholer, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Texas, Tilman Eugene Self III, to be United 
States District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, and John 
F. Bash, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of 
Texas, Erin Angela Nealy Cox, to be United States Attorney for the 
Northern District of Texas, and R. Andrew Murray, to be United 
States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, all of 
the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: to hold hearings 
to examine strengthening the entrepreneurial ecosystem for women, 11 
a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Energy and Commerce,  Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
1733, to direct the Secretary of Energy to review and update a 
report on the energy and environmental benefits of the re-refining 
of used lubricating oil; H.R. 2872, the ``Promoting Hydropower 
Development at Existing Nonpowered Dams Act''; and H.R. 2880, the 
``Promoting Closed-Loop Pumped Storage Hydropower Act'', 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration and Border 
Security, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the United States Refugee 
Admissions Program'', 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, 
and Capital Access, hearing entitled ``Financing Through Fintech: 
Online Lending's Role in Improving Small Business Capital Access'', 
10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.