[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 48 (Thursday, March 13, 2025)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D262]
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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S.919, to provide for the regulation of payment stablecoins, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  S. 875, to curtail the political weaponization of Federal banking 
agencies by eliminating reputational risk as a component of the 
supervision of depository institutions, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nominations of David Fotouhi, of Virginia, to be Deputy 
Administrator, and Aaron Szabo, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Administrator, both of the Environmental Protection Agency.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Peter Hoekstra, of Michigan, to be 
Ambassador to Canada, and George Glass, of Oregon, to be Ambassador to 
Japan, who were both introduced by Senator Hagerty, and Ronald Johnson, 
of Florida, to be Ambassador to the United Mexican States, who was 
introduced by Senator Scott (FL), all of the Department of State, 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 Jayanta Bhattacharya, of 
California, to be Director of the National Institutes of Health, and 
Martin Makary, of Virginia, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, both 
of the Department of Health and Human Services.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Dean Sauer, of Missouri, to be Solicitor General of the 
United States, and Harmeet Dhillon, of California, and Aaron Reitz, of 
Texas, both to be an Assistant Attorney General, all of the Department 
of Justice.