[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 216 (Wednesday, December 15, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1389]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           DECEMBER 16, 2021

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Ann Claire Phillips, of 
Virginia, to be Administrator of the Maritime Administration, Steven 
Scott Cliff, of California, to be Administrator of the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and John Edward Putnam, of 
Colorado, to be General Counsel, all of the Department of 
Transportation, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider the nomination 
of Neil Harvey MacBride, of Virginia, to be General Counsel for the 
Department of the Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Bridget Meehan Brennan, Charles Esque Fleming, and 
David Augustin Ruiz, each to be a United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Ohio, John H. Chun, to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Washington, and Katherine 
Vidal, of California, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office, 9 a.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on House Administration, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Oversight of the Smithsonian Institution: Protecting 
Smithsonian Facilities and Collections Against Climate Change'', 
12:30 p.m., Webex.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to receive a 
briefing on defending Ukraine and deterring Putin, 10 a.m., VTC.