Nomination of Ken Salazar as Ambassador to Mexico; Vote on Monica P. Medina to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs); and other matters

Senate Foreign Relations Committee
G-50 Dirksen

07/28/2021 at 09:00AM

Business meeting to consider:

LEGISLATION:

  • S. 2297, International Pandemic Preparedness and COVID-19 Response Act
  • S. 812, A bill to direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to regain observer status for Taiwan in the World Health Organization, and for other purposes
  • S.Res._, Expressing solidarity with Cuban citizens demonstrating peacefully for fundamental freedoms, condemning the Cuban regime’s acts of repression, and calling for the immediate release of arbitrarily detained Cuban citizens

NOMINATIONS:

  • Gentry O. Smith, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Diplomatic Security)
  • Ms. Monica P. Medina, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs)
  • Rena Bitter, of the District of Columbia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Consular Affairs)
  • Mr. Marc Evans Knapper, of California, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
  • Brian Nichols, of Rhode Island, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Western Hemisphere Affairs)

FSO LISTS:

  • Jeanne Frances Bailey, et al., dated April 13, 2021 (PN 359)
  • Russell Anthony Duncan, et al., dated April 27 2021 (PN 477)
  • Marc Clayton Gilkey, dated April 27, 2021 (PN 478)
  • Gabriel J. Allison, et al., dated June 22, 2021 (PN 724)
  • Danielle R. Andrews, et al., dated June 22, 2021 (PN 727)

Followed by nomination hearing for:

  • Kenneth Lee Salazar, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to the United Mexican States
  • Jessica Lewis, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Secretary (Political-Military Affairs)
  • Donald Lu, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs, all of the Department of State, * Marcela Escobari, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development