Cruz, Ted

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.

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.

Hearings to examine measuring what matters, focusing on science, standards, and strategic competition.

Hearings to examine the nomination of David Cummins, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration.

Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Desmond Domenico, of Colorado, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, Daniel Mack Traynor, of North Dakota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Matthew R. Byrne, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, Angela Veronica Colmenero, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Kasdin Miller Mitchell, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Michael C. Martin, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, Antonio M. Pozos, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and Christopher Nassar, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma, Department of Justice; to be immediately followed by a continuation of hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General.

Hearings to examine the nominations of Donald Blome, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs), Christopher Anderson, of Wisconsin, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia, Douglas Mastriano, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Slovak Republic, Daniel Perez, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil, and Laurence Socha, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic of The Gambia, all of the Department of State.

Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General.

Hearings to examine genes to machines, focusing on the patent eligibility debate.

Hearings to examine the national security strategy and the western hemisphere.

Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Mack Traynor, of North Dakota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Angela Veronica Colmenero, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Kasdin Miller Mitchell, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Michael C. Martin, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, and Antonio M. Pozos, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.