Tuesday begins Senate confirmation hearings [1]. Here is the schedule for this week.
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
9:30 a.m. Armed Services [2]: Hearings to examine civilian control of the Armed Forces. SH-216
9:30 a.m. Judiciary [3]: Hearings to examine the nomination of Jeff Sessions, of Alabama, to be Attorney General, Department of Justice. SR-325
10:00 a.m. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs [4]: Subcommittee on Investigations. Hearings to examine backpage.com’s facilitation of online sex trafficking. SD-342
1:00 p.m. Intelligence [5]. Hearings to examine Russian intelligence activities. SD-106
2:30 p.m. Intelligence [5]. Closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters. SH-219
3:30 p.m. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs [6]. Hearings to examine the nomination of General John F. Kelly, USMC (Ret.), to be Secretary of Homeland Security. SD-342
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
9:00 a.m. Foreign Relations [7]. Business meeting to consider protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of Montenegro (Treaty Doc. 114-12); to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the nomination of Rex Wayne Tillerson, of Texas, to be Secretary of State. SD-106
9:30 a.m. Judiciary [8]. Hearings to examine the nomination of Jeff Sessions, of Alabama, to be Attorney General, Department of Justice. SR-325
10:00 a.m. Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions [9]. Hearings to examine the nomination of Betsy DeVos, of Michigan, to be Secretary of Education. SD-430
10:00 a.m. Intelligence [5]. Hearings to examine the nomination of Mike Pompeo, of Kansas, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. SH-216
10:15 a.m. Commerce, Science, and Transportation [10]. Hearings to examine the nomination of Elaine L. Chao, to be Secretary of Transportation. SR-253
1:00 p.m. Intelligence [5]. Closed hearings to examine the nomination of Mike Pompeo, of Kansas, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. SH-219
Thursday, January 12, 2017
9:30 a.m. Armed Services [2]. Hearings to examine the nomination of James N. Mattis, to be Secretary of Defense; to be immediately followed by a business meeting to consider legislation to provide for an exception to a limitation against appointment of persons as Secretary of Defense within seven years of relief from active duty as a regular commissioned officer of the Armed Forces. SD-G50
10:00 a.m. Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs [11]. Hearings to examine the nomination of Benjamin Carson, of Michigan, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. SD-538
10:00 a.m. Commerce, Science, and Transportation [10]. Hearings to examine the nomination of Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., to be Secretary of Commerce. SR-253
10:00 a.m. Foreign Relations [7]. Hearings to examine the nomination of Rex Wayne Tillerson, of Texas, to be Secretary of State. SD-106
UPDATE: Senate postpones confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos, Trump’s education pick [12]