[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 147 (Thursday, September 17, 2026)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D916]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NATIONAL DEFENSE STRATEGY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a closed briefing on 
the implementation of the National Defense Strategy and its impact on 
global defense posture from Elbridge A. Colby, Under Secretary of 
Defense for Policy.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S.4395, to reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program 
Reauthorization Act of 2026; and
  The nominations of Brian Johnson, of Ohio, to be Director, Bureau of 
Consumer Financial Protection, Abby Warren, of Virginia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Commerce, and Irving Dennis, of Ohio, to be 
Chief Financial Officer, and Jeffrey Ledbetter, of Virginia, to be 
Inspector General, both of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Michael Young, of Utah, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Serbia, who was introduced by Senator Lee, Ronald 
Johnson, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
Julia Nesheiwat, of Florida, to be Ambassador-at-Large for the Arctic, 
who was introduced by Senator Scott (FL), Steven Gillen, of Virginia, 
to be Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic, and Nutan Patel, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cabo Verde, all of the 
Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.