[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 103 (Thursday, June 18, 2026)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D638]
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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 4668, to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and 
provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair 
competition among intercollegiate athletics, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute; and
  A promotion list in the Coast Guard.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Juan Segura, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary (Western Hemisphere Affairs), and to be a Member of the Board 
of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation, Brendan Hanrahan, of New 
York, to be an Assistant Secretary (European and Eurasian Affairs), 
Rudolph Bauer, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to Belize, Kari 
Lake, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to Jamaica, who was introduced by 
Senators Hagerty and Lee, and Michael Vance, of Virginia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary (Intelligence and Research), 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 
following business items:
  S. 1133, to provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings;
  S. 1146, to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings;
  S. 4591, to protect intellectual property rights in the voice and 
visual likeness of individuals, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute; and
  The nominations of Arthur Roberts Jones, and John George Edward 
Marck, both to be a United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Texas, and Benjamin M. Flowers, of Ohio, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, Matthew A. Schwartz, of New 
York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, Michael 
J. Hendershot, to be United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of Ohio, Jeffrey T. Kuntz, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of Florida, Don Richard Berthiaume, Jr., of 
Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Justice, and Sean 
Costello, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of 
Alabama.