[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 140 (Thursday, August 6, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D722]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Jason Abend, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, 
Bradley D. Hansell, of Virginia, to be a Deputy Under Secretary, and 
Lucas N. Polakowski, of Virginia, and Louis W. Bremer, of Connecticut, 
both to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of Defense, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Eric J. Soskin, of Virginia, to 
be Inspector General, Department of Transportation, who was introduced 
by Senator Young, Robert E. Primus, of New Jersey, to be a Member of 
the Surface Transportation Board, and Sarah E. Feinberg, of West 
Virginia, and Chris Koos, of Illinois, who was introduced by Senator 
Durbin, both to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors, after 
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of William A. Douglass, of Florida, to be 
Ambassador to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Melanie Harris Higgins, 
of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Burundi, Jeanne Marie 
Maloney, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Eswatini, 
Michael A. McCarthy, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Liberia, Manisha Singh, of Florida, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and 
Development, with the rank of Ambassador, and James Broward Story, of 
South Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Bolivarian Republic of 
Venezuela, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
DHS SECURITY PERSONNEL DEPLOYMENTS TO PROTESTS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded an oversight hearing to examine Department of Homeland 
Security personnel deployments to recent protests, after receiving 
testimony from Chad F. Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security.