[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 183 (Tuesday, November 29, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1146-D1147]
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 692 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space 
Force.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  18 General Services Administration resolutions; and
  The nominations of Beth Pritchard Geer, of Tennessee, to be a Member 
of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, Shailen P. 
Bhatt, of Michigan, to be Administrator of the Federal Highway 
Administration, Department of Transportation, and Juan Eduardo Sanchez, 
of Texas, to be Federal Cochairperson of the Southwest Border Regional 
Commission.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Christopher T. Robinson, of Maryland, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia, George P. Kent, of Massachusetts, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia, Kenneth Merten, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria, Bijan Sabet, of 
Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Czech Republic, who was 
introduced by Senator Markey, Stephanie Sanders Sullivan, of Maryland, 
to be Representative of the United States of America to the African 
Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador, Henry V. Jardine, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Mauritius, and to serve 
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the 
Republic of Seychelles, Kathleen Ann Kavalec, of California, to be 
Ambassador to Romania, and Manuel P. Micaller, Jr., of California, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan, all of the Department of 
State, L. Felice Gorordo, of Florida, to be United States Alternate 
Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development, who was introduced by Senator Menendez, and Richard L.A. 
Weiner, of the District of Columbia, to be United States Director of 
the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Karla Ann Gilbride, of Maryland, 
to be General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 
and Jessica Looman, of Minnesota, to be Administrator of the Wage and 
Hour Division, Department of Labor.
KROGER-ALBERTSONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Competition Policy, 
Antitrust, and Consumer Rights concluded a hearing to examine the 
competitive impact of the proposed Kroger-Albertsons transaction, after 
receiving testimony from Rodney McMullen, The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, 
Ohio; Vivek Sankaran, Albertsons Companies, Inc., Boise, Idaho; Sumit 
Sharma, Consumer Reports, Washington, D.C.; Andrew Sweeting, University 
of Maryland, College Park; and Michael Needler, Fresh Encounter, Inc., 
Findlay, Ohio, on behalf of the National Grocers Association.

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INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.