[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 149 (Thursday, September 11, 2025)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D917-D918]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of General Christopher J. Mahoney, USMC, for 
reappointment to the grade of general and to be Vice Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff, after the nominee testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 1453, to confirm the use of certain non-Federal land in Salt Lake 
City, Utah, for public purposes;
  S. 472, to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 
1996 to provide for the establishment of a Ski Area Fee Retention 
Account;
  S. 909 and H.R. 1043, bills to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey certain land to La Paz County, Arizona; and
  The nominations of Laura Swett, of Virginia, and David LaCerte, of 
Louisiana, both to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Concluded a hearing to examine the 
nominations of Sergio Gor, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of India, who was introduced by Senator Hagerty and former Senator 
Rubio, Herschel Walker, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the 
Commonwealth of The Bahamas, who was introduced by Senator Cruz, Andrew 
Veprek, of Louisiana, to be an Assistant Secretary (Population, 
Refugees, and Migration), and James Holtsnider, of Iowa, a Career 
Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be 
Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, all of the Department of 
State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Joshua D. Dunlap, of Maine, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the First Circuit, Eric Chunyee Tung, of California, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, William W. Mercer, 
to be United States District Judge for the District of Montana, Stephen 
Chad Meredith, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Kentucky, Arch Capito, to be United States Attorney for the 
Southern District of West Virginia for the term of four years, David 
Dunavant, to be United States Attorney for

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the Western District of Tennessee for the term of four years, Matthew 
Harvey, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of West 
Virginia for the term of four years, John Heekin, to be United States 
Attorney for the Northern District of Florida for the term of four 
years, Leif Olson, to be United States Attorney for the Northern 
District of Iowa for the term of four years, Adam Sleeper, to be United 
States Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands for the term of 
four years, and David Toepfer, to be United States Attorney for the 
Northern District of Ohio for the term of four years.