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Markey, Edward J.

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● D  ·  SEN  ·  Massachusetts Ranking Member · Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
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Markey, Edward J.. Thank you so much, Madam Chair. Thank you, Senator Lummis. Yucca Mountain was never going to be a permanent repository for nuclear waste for many reasons. But one major mistake was Congress's failure to ask for permission. Not only does proper nuclear waste management require a great deal of scienti...

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Business meeting to consider the nominations of Mark Priebe, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Education, Heidi Overton, of New Mexico, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services, Michael Doyle, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, Catherine Eschbach, of Texas, to be General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and James O'Neill, of Texas, to be Director of the National Science Foundation.
Nov 18, 2026·9:45 AM
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Business meeting to consider S.69, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to address governmental interference in content moderation decisions by providers of interactive computer services, S.2586, to require the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish an assessment program for commercial-scale offshore aquaculture through demonstration projects, to establish Aquaculture Centers of Excellence, to support aquaculture workforce development and working waterfronts, S.2883, to establish an East Coast Bivalve Research Task Force, S.3301, to prohibit purchases of certain semiconductor manufacturing equipment from foreign entities of concern or subsidiaries of foreign entities of concern, S.3741, to require the Secretary of Commerce to promulgate regulations to improve nucleic acid synthesis security, S.3954, to terminate the ability of eligible telecommunications carriers in certain States to use State eligibility determination processes in place of the National Verifier to determine the eligibility of consumers for Lifeline service, S.4256, to amend title 49, United States Code, to establish acceptable formats for presentation of airman certificates to the Federal Aviation Administration, S.5251, to modify the termination of the aviation consumer protection advisory committee, S.5332, to direct the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to maintain the Cooperative Institute Program, S.5508, to establish a public-private working group to develop cybersecurity best practices for telecommunications carriers and related supply chain participants, S.5663, to establish a program at the National Science Foundation to fund research awards to reproduce federally funded research, and an original bill entitled, "Trucker Bathroom Access Act", and the nominations of Leslie Becera, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, Danielle Thumann Severs, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission, Joshua Shoemaker, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, and Robert Steinau, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, both of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and a promotion list in the Coast Guard.
Nov 18, 2026·10:00 AM
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Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
Nov 18, 2026·9:30 AM
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Hearings to examine the nomination of Catherine Eschbach, of Texas, to be General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Nov 10, 2026·10:45 AM
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Hearings to examine the nomination of Justin Schwab, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Nov 10, 2026·10:30 AM
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Hearings to examine the nominations of Leslie Becera, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, Danielle Thumann Severs, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission, and Joshua Shoemaker, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, and Robert Steinau, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, both of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Nov 10, 2026·10:30 AM
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Business meeting to consider the nominations of Nicole Saphier, of New Jersey, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, subject to qualifications therefor as provided by law and regulations, and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, Timothy Westlake, of Wisconsin, to be Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, and Mary Lazare, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary for Aging, all of the Department of Health and Human Services, and Loren E. Sweatt, of Virginia, and Douglas Ralph, of Kentucky, both to be a Member of the National Mediation Board.
Sep 30, 2026·9:45 AM
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Oversight hearings to examine small business programs in review, focusing on the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Sep 30, 2026·2:30 PM
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Hearings to examine the nomination of Heidi Overton, of New Mexico, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services.
Sep 24, 2026·10:30 AM
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