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2:00 PM EDT
Business Meeting to Consider an Original Bill Entitled, "Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act"
Senate Finance Committee
https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-Congress/Senate-Event/334680
https://www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/open-executive-session-to-consider-the-modernizing-and-ensuring-pbm-accountability-mepa-act-of-2023
2:00 PM EDT
Closed Business Meeting to Consider Pending Intelligence Matters; To Be Immediately Followed by a Closed Briefing on Certain Intelligence Matters
Senate Intelligence (Select) Committee
https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-Congress/Senate-Event/333869
https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/hearings/closed-briefing-intelligence-matters-439
2:30 PM EDT
A Simple Law for the Distribution of Long-Term Profits
Santa Fe Institute
https://www.santafe.edu/events/simple-law-distribution-long-term-profits
2:30 PM EDT
Federal Reserve Chair Holds News Conference
Following the Federal Open Market Committee’s July Meeting, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell Holds a News Conference to Discuss the Economy and Monetary Policy Actions.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?523971-1/federal-reserve-chair-holds-news-conference
2:30 PM EDT
Cleaner Trains: Opportunities for Reducing Emissions From America's Rail Network
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
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WITNESSES:
Ivette Torres
Community Research Lead
People's Collective for Environmental Justice
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Carl Rosen
General President
United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America
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Ian Jefferies
President & CEO
American Association of Railroads
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https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-Congress/Senate-Event/334500
https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2023/7/cleaner-trains-opportunities-for-reducing-emissions-from-america-s-rail-network
2:30 PM EDT
Oversight of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Senate Judiciary Committee
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WITNESSES:
The Honorable Katherine Vidal
Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Alexandria, VA
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https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-Congress/Senate-Event/334622
https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/07/19/2023/oversight-of-the-united-states-patent-and-trademark-office
2:30 PM EDT
Oversight Hearing on Native Priorities for the 2023 Farm Bill Reauthorization
Senate Indian Affairs Committee
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WITNESSES:
The Honorable Richard Peterson
President
Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, Juneau, AK
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Jay Spaan
Executive Director
Self-Governance Communication and Education Tribal Consortium, Tulsa, OK
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Davis Price
Hawaiʻi Regional Director
NDN Collective, Ewa Beach, HI
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Abi Fain
Director, Policy and Government Relations
Agriculture Council, Billings, MT
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Trent Kissee
Director, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Okmulgee, OK
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Cody Desautel
President
Intertribal Timber Council, Portland, OR
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https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-Congress/Senate-Event/334629
https://www.indian.senate.gov/hearing/hearing-native-priorities-2023-farm-bill-reauthorization
2:30 PM EDT
Nominations
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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NOMINEES:
Dennis B. Hankins
The Honorable Dennis B. Hankins, of Minnesota, 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 Republic of Haiti
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James C. O'Brien
The Honorable James C. O'Brien, of Nebraska, to Be an Assistant Secretary of State (European and Eurasian Affairs)
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Nathalie Rayes
Ms. Nathalie Rayes, of Massachusetts, to Be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Croatia
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https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-Congress/Senate-Event/334640
https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/nominations-07-26-2023
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