Lee, Mike

Hearings to examine certain pending nominations.

Hearings to examine the nominations of Dennis Kirk, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of the Interior, and Toby Deen, of Colorado, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy).

Hearings to examine the reality of Social Security.

Hearings to examine pending nominations.

Business meeting to consider the nominations of Justin Bytheway, of Utah, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Tonga, William Flens, of the District of Columbia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chad, Douglas Holder, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria, Marc Dillard, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Madagascar, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Union of the Comoros, Jessica Long, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, William Grayson, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia, Mark Abreu, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador, Nicholas Checker, of Wisconsin, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Rwanda, Michael Young, of Utah, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia, Ronald Johnson, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Julia Nesheiwat, of Florida, to be Ambassador-at-Large for the Arctic (New Position), Peter McCoy, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to Montenegro, Nathaniel Morris, of Kentucky, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Colombia, Keith Noreika, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania, and Jennifer Johnson-Carroll, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, all of the Department of State, and Sarah B. Rogers, of New York, to be Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media, and Rebekah Jurata, of California, to be United States Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund.

Business meeting to consider S.5289, to protect the right to the free exercise of religion, and the nominations of Lee Philip Rudofsky, of Arkansas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Robert E. Long, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, Peter M. Mansfield, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Jesus A. Osete, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, Trevor Scott Pemberton, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, Zachary Paul West, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, Stephen Husk, of Virginia, to be a Commissioner of the United States Parole Commission, and Samuel King Lee, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Gretchen C.F. Shappert, of Virginia, to be United States Attorney for the District of Guam and concurrently United States Attorney for the District of the Northern Mariana Islands, Robert Troester, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, Reid McAlister Creswell, to be United States Marshal for the District of South Carolina, James Christopher Edge, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of North Carolina, Christopher Walter Inabinett, to be United States Marshal for the Middle District of Alabama, and James Richard Jackson, of Texas, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Texas, all of the Department of Justice; to be immediately followed by an open hearing in SH-216 to examine how competition and transparency lowers prescription drug costs.

Hearings to examine the nominations of Nick Oberheiden, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt, Peter Snyder, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Ecuador, Kimberly Greenwood, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to Barbados, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Paul Kalmbach, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Paraguay, Jane Lynch, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, Wesley Hunt, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Dino LaVerghetta, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the State of Kuwait, Devin Kennington, of California, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somalia, Junaid Munir, of Michigan, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Djibouti, and Paul Watzlavick, of Texas, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname, all of the Department of State.

Business meeting to consider S.5289, to protect the right to the free exercise of religion, and the nominations of Lee Philip Rudofsky, of Arkansas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Daniel Lewis Ballou, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Richard Wesley Bennett, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Courtney Leigh Coker, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Robert E. Long, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, Peter M. Mansfield, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Jesus A. Osete, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, Trevor Scott Pemberton, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, Kyle Frederick Reardon, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska, Zachary Paul West, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, and Stephen Husk, of Virginia, to be a Commissioner of the United States Parole Commission, and Samuel King Lee, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Gretchen C.F. Shappert, of Virginia, to be United States Attorney for the District of Guam and concurrently United States Attorney for the District of the Northern Mariana Islands, Robert Troester, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, Reid McAlister Creswell, to be United States Marshal for the District of South Carolina, James Christopher Edge, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of North Carolina, Christopher Walter Inabinett, to be United States Marshal for the Middle District of Alabama, and James Richard Jackson, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Texas, all of the Department of Justice; to be immediately followed by an open hearing in SD-562 to examine the nominations of Gregory Todd Butler, of Mississippi, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Samuel D. Adkisson, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Philip Axt, to be United States District Judge for the District of North Dakota, Bradford J. Kelley, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, and Arthur Kleinschmidt, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice.

Business meeting to consider S.5289, to protect the right to the free exercise of religion, and the nominations of Daniel Lewis Ballou, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Richard Wesley Bennett, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Courtney Leigh Coker, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Trevor Scott Pemberton, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, Kyle Frederick Reardon, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska, and Zachary Paul West, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

To receive a closed briefing on an update on Venezuela.