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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2026 for the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, after receiving testimony from Kash Patel, Director, 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Homeland 
Security concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Homeland Security, after 
receiving testimony from Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Michael Obadal, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary 
of the Army, and Sean O'Keefe, of Virginia, to be a Deputy Under 
Secretary, both of the Department of Defense, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
AI RACE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine winning the AI race, focusing on strengthening 
United States capabilities in computing and innovation, after receiving 
testimony from Sam Altman, OpenAI, San Francisco, California; Lisa Su, 
Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Austin, Texas; Michael Intrator, 
CoreWeave, Livingston, New Jersey; and Brad Smith, Microsoft 
Corporation, Redmond, Washington.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nominations of Andrea Travnicek, of North Dakota, and 
Leslie Beyer, of Texas, both to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior, and Theodore J. Garrish, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
Secretary (Nuclear Energy), and Tristan Abbey, of Florida, to be 
Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, both of the 
Department of Energy.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of William L. Doffermyre, of Texas, 
to be Solicitor of the Department of the Interior, and Catherine 
Jereza, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary (Electricity), and 
Kyle Haustveit, of Oklahoma, to be an Assistant Secretary (Fossil 
Energy), both of the Department of Energy, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of Brandon Judd, of Idaho, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Chile, Leah Campos, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Dominican Republic, Charles Kushner, of New York, to be Ambassador to 
the French Republic, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of Monaco, Edward Walsh, 
of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to Ireland, and Joseph Popolo, of 
Texas, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, all of the 
Department of State.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Caleb Orr, of Texas, to be an Assistant 
Secretary (Economic and Business Affairs), who was introduced by 
Senator Collins, Kenneth Howery, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the 
Kingdom of Denmark, who was introduced by Senators Cornyn and Cruz, 
Callista Gingrich, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Swiss 
Confederation, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of Liechtenstein, and 
Somers Farkas, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Malta, 
who were both introduced by Senator Scott (FL), and Leandro Rizzuto, of 
Florida, to be Permanent Representative of the United States of America 
to the Organization of American States, with the rank of Ambassador, 
who was introduced by Senator Lee, 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 James O'Neill, of 
California, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services, after 
the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.