- Record: Daily Digest
- Section type: Committee activity
- Chamber: Congress
- Date: June 18, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: The Daily Digest is the official recap that explains what Congress did and what comes next.
(Committees not listed did not meet) BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 4668, to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
A promotion list in the Coast Guard. NOMINATIONS Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Juan Segura, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary (Western Hemisphere Affairs), and to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation, Brendan Hanrahan, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary (European and Eurasian Affairs), Rudolph Bauer, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to Belize, Kari Lake, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to Jamaica, who was introduced by Senators Hagerty and Lee, and Michael Vance, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary (Intelligence and Research), all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 1133, to provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings;
S. 1146, to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings;
S. 4591, to protect intellectual property rights in the voice and visual likeness of individuals, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
Marck, both to be a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, and Benjamin M. Flowers, of Ohio, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, Matthew A. Schwartz, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, Michael J. Hendershot, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, Jeffrey T. Kuntz, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, Don Richard Berthiaume, Jr., of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Justice, and Sean Costello, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama.