[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 215 (Tuesday, December 14, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1375-D1376]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 11 
nominations in the Army, Navy, and Space Force.
STABLECOINS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine stablecoins, focusing on how they work, how they are 
used, and their risks, after receiving testimony from Alexis Goldstein, 
Open Markets Institute, New York, New York; and Dante Alighieri 
Disparte, Circle, Jai Massari, Davis Polk and Wardwell, LLP, and Hilary 
J. Allen, American University Washington College of Law, all of 
Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Donald Armin Blome, of Illinois, to be 
Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Eric M. Garcetti, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of India, who was 
introduced by Senator Padilla, and Amy Gutmann, of Pennsylvania, to be 
Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, who was introduced by 
Senators Toomey and Casey, all of the Department of State, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.

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NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Christopher R. Hill, of Rhode Island, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia, Michele Taylor, of Georgia, for 
the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as United States 
Representative to the UN Human Rights Council, who was introduced by 
Senator Kaine, and Joseph Donnelly, of Indiana, to be Ambassador to the 
Holy See, who was introduced by Senator Coons, all of the Department of 
State, Alice P. Albright, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief 
Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation, Oren E. Whyche-
Shaw, of Maryland, to be United States Director of the African 
Development Bank, Enoh T. Ebong, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Director of the Trade and Development Agency, Leopoldo Martinez Nucete, 
of Virginia, to be United States Executive Director of the Inter-
American Development Bank, who was introduced by Senator Kaine, and 
Maria Fabiana Jorge, of the District of Columbia, to be United States 
Alternate Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank, 
who was introduced by Senators Warner and Blunt, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Robert McKinnon 
Califf, of North Carolina, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 
Department of Health and Human Services, after the nominee testified 
and answered questions in his own behalf.