[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 163 (Monday, September 21, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D823-D824]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Security, to hold hearings to examine the United States Coast 
Guard capabilities for safeguarding national interests and promoting 
economic security in the Arctic, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine emerging offshore and marine energy technologies in the 
United States, including offshore wind, marine and hydrokinetic 
energy, and alternative fuels for maritime shipping, 10 a.m., SD-
366.

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  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Erik Paul Bethel, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Panama, Keith W. Dayton, of Washington, to be Ambassador 
to Ukraine, William A. Douglass, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Julie D. Fisher, of Tennessee, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Belarus, 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, Jonathan Pratt, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Djibouti, 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, James Broward Story, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador 
to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Barbera Hale Thornhill, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore, Thomas 
Laszlo Vajda, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the Union of Burma, 
Kenneth R. Weinstein, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador 
to Japan, and Alex Nelson Wong, of New Jersey, to be Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America for Special Political 
Affairs in the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and to 
be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to 
the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during 
his tenure of service as Alternate Representative of the United 
States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United 
Nations, all of the Department of State, Edward A. Burrier, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the 
United States International Development Finance Corporation, and 
other pending calendar business; to be immediately followed by a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Ashok Michael Pinto, of 
Illinois, to be United States Alternate Executive Director of the 
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, William E. 
Todd, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of 
Pakistan, and Eric M. Ueland, of Oregon, to be an Under Secretary 
(Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights), both of the 
Department of State, and other pending nominations, 9:30 a.m., SD-
106.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management, 
to hold hearings to examine state and local cybersecurity, focusing 
on defending communities from cyber threats amid COVID-19, 3 p.m., 
SD-342.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land 
Forces, hearing entitled ``Modernization of the Conventional 
Ammunition Production Industrial Base'', 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn and 
Webex.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Oversight of the Treasury Department's and Federal Reserve's 
Pandemic Response'', 10:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, 
and Nonproliferation, hearing entitled ``Stemming a Receding Tide: 
Human Rights and Democratic Values in Asia'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn 
and Webex.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Diversity and Diplomacy: Assessing the State Department's Record 
in Promoting Diversity and Inclusion'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn and 
Webex.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual 
Property, and the Internet, hearing entitled ``Maintaining Judicial 
Independence and the Rule of Law: Examining the Causes and 
Consequences of Court Capture'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, hearing entitled ``Trump Administration Broken Promises 
on Renewable Energy'', 12 p.m., Webex.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, Subcommittee on National 
Security, hearing entitled ``Examining the Trump Administration's 
Afghanistan Strategy, Part 2'', 11 a.m., 2154 Rayburn and Webex.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine the economic 
impact of America's failure to contain the Coronavirus, 2:30 p.m., 
REMOTE.