- Record: Extensions of Remarks
- Section type: Committee activity
- Chamber: Congress
- Date: July 20, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate Daily Digest—designated by the Rules Committee—of the time, place and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled and any cancellations or changes in the meetings as they occur.
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
- Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
JULY 22
9 a.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Juan
Segura, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of
Directors of the Inter-American Foundation, and Brendan
Hanrahan, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary
(European and Eurasian Affairs), Kari Lake, of Arizona,
to be Ambassador to Jamaica, Rudolph Bauer, of South
Carolina, to be Ambassador to Belize, Barbera
Thornhill, of North Carolina, to be Director of the
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, with the rank
of Ambassador at Large, John Hurley, of California, to
be Representative of the United States of America to
the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development, with the rank of Ambassador, Keith
Noreika, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Lithuania, Joseph Burkhalter, of Georgia,
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova, Stanley
Brown, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Equatorial Guinea, and Katherine Bowles, of Alabama, to
be an Assistant Secretary (Legislative Affairs), all of
the Department of State.
S-116
9:30 a.m.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Federal
Regulatory Commission.
SD-366
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Hal
Duncan, of Texas, to be Deputy Director of the Office
of Management and Budget, Brian Cavanaugh, of Maryland,
to be Under Secretary for Management, and Cameron
Hamilton, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, both of the
Department of Homeland Security, Charles Baldis, of
Virginia, to be Special Counsel, Office of Special
Counsel, Bradford Pentony Wilson, of New Jersey, to be
Archivist of the United States, Jeffrey Brodsky, and
William Gallo, of Florida, both to be a Governor of the
United States Postal Service, James Woodruff, of
Florida, to be Chairman of the Merit Systems Protection
Board, Charlton Allen, of North Carolina, to be General
Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, James
Andrew Crowell IV, and Stuart Gordon Nash, both to be
an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of
Appeals, and Christopher Michael De Bono, Michael
Christopher DiLorenzo, Sharon E. Goodie, Craig Edward
Leen, Christine Michelle Macey, and John Barlow Timmer,
each to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of
the District of Columbia.
SD-342
10 a.m.
Committee on Finance
To hold hearings to examine the President's 2026 trade
policy agenda.
SD-215
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Business meeting to consider S. 2355, to amend the Public
Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer
price transparency, S. 4189, to reduce the price of
insulin and provide for patient protections with
respect to the cost of insulin, S. 4974, to amend the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to
food safety, S. 5026, to require warning labels on
sugar-sweetened foods and beverages, foods and
beverages containing high-intensity sweeteners, ultra-
processed foods, and foods high in nutrients of
concern, such as added sugar, saturated fat, or sodium,
to restrict junk food advertising to children, S. 1414,
to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide that
clinical studies required for licensure of biological
products as biosimilar shall not be required to include
the assessment of immunogenicity, pharmacodynamics, or
comparative clinical efficacy, S. 3788, to amend the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require drug
labeling to include original manufacturer and supply
chain information, S. 3794, to amend the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act to further regulate compounding
pharmacies and outsourcing facilities, S. 494, to
establish a national plan to coordinate research on
epilepsy, S. 4110, to revise and extend health
workforce programs under title VII of the Public Health
Service Act, S. 1874, to amend the Public Health
Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing workforce
development programs, S. 380, to improve obstetric
emergency care, and S. 3097, to provide additional
protections with respect to health information.
SD-430
10:30 a.m.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Business meeting to markup S. 1759, to allow for the
operation of civil supersonic flight in the national
airspace system under certain conditions, S. 3258, to
require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration to publish the list of medications that
the Administrator has compiled for purposes of the
medical certification of airmen and air traffic control
specialists, S. 3885, to provide for updates to the
Federal Aviation Administration type certification
process to support development of new and novel
technologies, S. 4429, to prohibit the importation,
manufacture, sale, resale, or introduction into
interstate commerce in the United States of connected
vehicles and related software and hardware associated
with foreign adversaries, S. 4448, to require the
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and
Information to create tools for tracking the progress
of grant recipients under the Broadband Equity, Access,
and Deployment Program, to require the Assistant
Secretary to help executive agencies improve compliance
with the statutory deadline for processing
communications use applications, S. 4691, to support
improved awareness and coordination of Federal
communications resources during disasters and
emergencies, S. 4802, to provide for the acquisition by
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of
aircraft for air, atmosphere, and weather
reconnaissance and research missions, and the
nominations of Thomas B. Chapman, of Maryland, to be a
Member of the National Transportation Safety Board,
Edward Eppler, of Connecticut, to be Chief Financial
Officer, Department of Transportation, Karen Jean
Hedlund, of New York, to be a Member of the Surface
Transportation Board, Brien Lorenze, of Virginia, and
Karen Sessions, of Texas, each to be a Commissioner of
the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and David
Cummins, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the
Transportation Security Administration.
SR-253
2 p.m.
Committee on Environment and Public Works
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Kevin
Lilly, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and
Wildlife, Department of the Interior.
S-216
Committee on Indian Affairs
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Mark
Cruz, of Oregon, to be Director of the Indian Health
Service, Department of Health and Human Services; to be
immediately followed by a hearing to examine S. 4276,
to reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance
and Self-Determination Act of 1996.
SD-628
3 p.m.
Select Committee on Intelligence
To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence
matters.
SH-219
4 p.m.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs
To hold hearings to examine advancing the mission,
focusing on evaluating the future of VA research.
SR-418
JULY 23
9:47 a.m.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Sean
Kaufman, of Georgia, to be Assistant Secretary for
Preparedness and Response, Erica Schwartz, of Florida,
to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, both of the Department of Health and Human
Services, and Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be
Secretary of Labor.
SD-430
10 a.m.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Business meeting to consider the nominations of
Christopher Phelan, of Minnesota, to be Chairman of the
Council of Economic Advisers, John Crews, of Virginia,
to be a Member of the National Credit Union
Administration Board, and Jeffrey Ledbetter, of
Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of
Housing and Urban Development; to be immediately
followed by an opening hearing to examine the
nominations of Brian Johnson, of Ohio, to be Director,
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, Abby Warren,
of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce,
and Irving Dennis, of Ohio, to be Chief Financial
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development.
SD-538
10:15 a.m.
Committee on the Judiciary
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Todd
Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General, and
Christopher Nassar, to be United States Attorney for
the Northern District of Oklahoma, both of the
Department of Justice, Daniel Desmond Domenico, of
Colorado, to be United States Circuit Judge for the
Tenth Circuit, and Matthew R. Byrne, to be United
States District Judge for the Southern District of
Ohio.
SH-216
10:30 a.m.
Committee on Finance
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Francis
Brooke, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary, Erin
Browne, of New York, to be an Under Secretary,
Sriprakash Kothari, of Massachusetts, to be an
Assistant Secretary, and George McMaster, of South
Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the
Department of the Treasury.
SD-215