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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Michael S. Barr, of Michigan, to 
be a Member, and to be Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Board of 
Governors, and Jaime E. Lizarraga, of Virginia, and Mark Toshiro Uyeda, 
of California, both to be a Member, all of the Securities and Exchange 
Commission.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Robin Meredith Cohn Hutcheson, 
of Utah, to be Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, Department of Transportation, Michael Cottman Morgan, 
of Wisconsin, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, and Sean 
Burton, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Annie Caputo, of Virginia, who 
was introduced by Senator Inhofe, and Bradley R. Crowell, of Nevada, 
who was introduced by Senator Cortez Masto, both to be a Member of the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
U.S.-SYRIA POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the path forward on U.S.-Syria policy, focusing on strategy and 
accountability, after receiving testimony from Barbara Leaf, Assistant 
Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs; Dana Stroul, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East Policy; The Gravedigger, 
Witness to Mass Graves in Syria; and Milena Sterio, Cleveland-Marshall 
College of Law, Cleveland, Ohio.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Carlton W. Reeves, of Mississippi, to be a Member, 
and to be Chair, and Laura E. Mate, of Iowa, Luis Felipe Restrepo, of 
Pennsylvania, and John Gleeson, of New York, and Claire McCusker 
Murray, of Maryland, Claria Horn Boom, of Kentucky, and Candice C. 
Wong, of the District of Columbia, who were introduced by Senator 
McConnell, each to be a Member, all of the United States Sentencing 
Commission, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
SMALL BUSINESS WORKFORCE CHALLENGE
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the small

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business workforce challenge, focusing on causes, impacts, and 
solutions, after receiving testimony from Annelies Goger, The Brookings 
Institution, Rachel Greszler, The Heritage Foundation, and John 
Arensmeyer, Small Business Majority, all of Washington, D.C.; and 
Michael Faulkender, University of Maryland, College Park, on behalf of 
the America First Policy Institute.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
   Committee recessed subject to the call.