[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 152 (Thursday, September 24, 2026)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D936-D937]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BUDGET
Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a closed briefing on an 
update on the budget of the Department of Defense from Stephen A. 
Feinberg, Deputy Secretary, Troy E. Meink, Secretary of the Air Force, 
Michael P. Duffey, Under Secretary for Acquisition and Sustainment, 
Jules W. Hurst III, Under Secretary (Comptroller), Macon D. Hughes, 
Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, and General Christopher J. 
Mahoney, USMC, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, all of the 
Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Gerard Klomp, of Utah, to be Deputy Secretary, and Ge 
Bai, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the Department 
of Health and Human Services, James Gadwood, of Maryland, to be Chief 
Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service and an Assistant General 
Counsel in the Department of the Treasury, and Andrew A. De Mello, of 
Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of William Grayson, of California, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia, and Nicholas Checker, of 
Wisconsin, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Rwanda, who were both 
introduced by Senator Hagerty, Mark Abreu, of Florida, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of El Salvador, Natasha Franceschi, of California, a 
Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-
Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua, and John 
McIntyre, of Texas, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, 
Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Malawi, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Heidi Overton, of New 
Mexico, to be

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Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human 
Services, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Hagerty, 
testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Gregory Carl Cook, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, and John Peter 
Cronan, of New York, Jason Manion, of Ohio, Claire McCusker Murray, of 
Maryland, and Luis Felipe Restrepo, of Pennsylvania, each to be a 
Member of the United States Sentencing Commission, and D. Adam Candeub, 
of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Joy 
Lynne Pittman Thorp, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern 
District of Oklahoma, Steven Weinhoeft, to be United States Attorney 
for the Southern District of Illinois, William Gerald Hardy, to be 
United States Marshal for the Northern District of Alabama, Philip 
Lewis III, to be United States Marshal for the Middle District of 
Pennsylvania, Seth Reister, to be United States Marshal for the 
Northern District of Florida, and Jurgen Ryan Soekhoe, to be United 
States Marshal for the District of Columbia, all of the Department of 
Justice.