Committee Hearings


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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

9:55 AM Environment and Public Works
Business meeting to consider S.1857, to establish a compliance deadline of May 15, 2023, for Step 2 emissions standards for new residential wood heaters, new residential hydronic heaters, and forced-air furnaces, S.2461, to allow for judicial review of certain final rules relating to national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants for brick and structural clay products or for clay ceramics manufacturing before requiring compliance with the rules by existing sources, S.2827, to amend the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act, S.1934, to prevent catastrophic failure or shutdown of remote diesel power engines due to emission control devices, S.593, to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States, S.1537, to amend the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to reauthorize the Act, the nomination of Harold B. Parker, of New Hampshire, to be Federal Cochairperson of the Northern Border Regional Commission, and General Services Administration resolutions.
SD-406
Coverage: SRS (channel 15)
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10:00 AM Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Hearings to examine Fintech, focusing on digitization, data, and technology.
SD-538
Coverage: SRS (channel 11)
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10:00 AM Foreign Relations
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Lynda Blanchard, of Alabama, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia, Earl Robert Miller, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Daniel N. Rosenblum, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Uzbekistan, Kip Tom, of Indiana, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as U.S. Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, Karen L. Williams, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname, Donald Y. Yamamoto, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somalia, Kevin K. Sullivan, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua, and Francisco Luis Palmieri, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Honduras, all of the Department of State, and Mark Rosen, of Connecticut, to be United States Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the status of United States-Russia arms control efforts.
SD-419
Coverage: C-Span, SRS (channel 14)
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10:00 AM Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Hearings to examine reducing health care costs, focusing on how transparency can lower spending and empower patients.
SD-430
Coverage: C-Span, SRS (channel 10)
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10:00 AM Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Hearings to examine the implications of the reinterpretation of the Flores settlement agreement for border security and illegal immigration incentives.
SD-342
Coverage: C-Span, SRS (channel 12)
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10:30 AM Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard
Hearings to examine conflicts over ocean resources.
SR-253
Coverage: SRS (channel 13)
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2:30 PM Armed Services: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity
Closed hearings to examine interagency coordination in the protection of critical infrastructure.
SR-253
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2:00 PM Intelligence
Closed hearings on intelligence matters.
SH-219
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