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Senate Foreign Relations Committee Week Ahead: September 9 - 13

WASHINGTON – This week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will convene for two full Committee hearings.

MEDIA POLICY: Seating is limited. All members of the media must RSVP to reserve a seat for public hearings, business meetings, on the record briefings, and Committee events by emailing Eric Harris at Eric_Harris@foreign.senate.gov. Cameras and audio recordings are not allowed in room S-116 for business meetings and markups.

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Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Nominations Hearing

Presiding: Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.)

10:00 a.m. ET

SD-419

Agenda: Nominations

Nominees:

  1. The Honorable Julie Smith, of Michigan, to be Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  2. Ms. Stephanie L. Hallett, of Florida, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Bahrain
  3. Mr. Douglas D. Jones, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Bosnia and Herzegovina
  4. Mr. Michael G. Heath, of California, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Malawi
  5. Ms. Mary E. Daschbach, of Rhode Island, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Togolese Republic

Click HERE for the full agenda for this meeting.

This meeting will be broadcasted live on foreign.senate.gov

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Thursday, September 12, 2024

Committee Hearing

Presiding: Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.)

10:30 a.m. ET

SD-419

Agenda: Anti-NGO Laws and Other Tools of Democratic Repression

Witnesses:

  1. Mr. Douglas Rutzen, President and Chief Executive Officer, International Center for Not-For-Profit Law, Washington, D.C.
  2. Ms. Yaqiu Wang, Research Director for China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, Freedom House, Washington, D.C.
  3. Ms. Eka Gigauri, Executive Director, Transparency International Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia

Click HERE for the full agenda for this meeting.

This meeting will be broadcasted live on foreign.senate.gov

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Members of the press should RSVP for public hearings, business meetings, and events by emailing Eric Harris at Eric_Harris@foreign.senate.gov.

No signs or paraphernalia are permitted to be brought into a hearing room by the general public.

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