10/03/13 2:30 PMLocation : SH-219
Closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters.
Location : SD-419
Hearings to examine the nominations of James Walter Brewster, Jr., of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Brian A. Nichols, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Peru, and Carlos Roberto Moreno, of California, to be Ambassador to Belize, all of the Department of State.
10/03/13 11:00 AMLocation : SR-253
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Terrell McSweeny, of the District of Columbia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner, Robert Michael Simon, of Maryland, to be an Associate Director for Environment and Energy, and Jo Emily Handelsman, of Connecticut, to be an Associate Director for Science, both of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Michael P. O'Rielly, of New York, to be a Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, and Kathryn D. Sullivan, of Ohio, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.
10/03/13 10:00 AMLocation : SD-419
Hearings to examine reversing Iran's nuclear program.
Location : SD-342
Hearings to examine threats to the homeland.
Location : SD-226
Business meeting to consider S.42, to provide anti-retaliation protections for antitrust whistleblowers, S.822, to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases, and the nominations of Robert Leon Wilkins, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, Brian J. Davis, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, Timothy L. Brooks, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, James Donato, and Beth Labson Freeman, both to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, and Pedro A. Delgado Hernandez, to be United States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico.
10/03/13 9:30 AMLocation : SR-328A
Hearings to examine advanced biofuels, focusing on creating jobs and lower prices at the pump.
Location : SVC-217
To receive a closed briefing on the situation in Syria.
