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Senate Foreign Relations Committee Week Ahead: December 4-8

WASHINGTON – This week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will convene for one full Committee hearing, “Transnational Repression: Authoritarians Targeting Dissenters Abroad,” and one full Committee nominations hearing.

For all hearings, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will follow guidelines developed in consultation with the Office of the Attending Physician (OAP), the Senate Sergeant at Arms, and the Senate Rules Committee to protect the health of members, nominees, staff, and the public. Masks and other PPE, as well as sanitation supplies, will be available at the hearing room entrance.

MEDIA POLICY: Press seating is limited. All media must RSVP to reserve a seat, and only Hill-credentialed media will be permitted to attend. RSVP for all committee events, including hearings, and other special events. Cameras and audio recordings are not allowed in room S-116 for business meetings/markups. RSVP information is at the bottom of this advisory.

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Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Committee Hearing

Presiding: Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.)

            10:00 a.m. ET

            SD-419

Agenda: Transnational Repression: Authoritarians Targeting Dissenters Abroad

Witnesses:

  1. Mr. Christo Grozev, Investigative Journalist Co-Founder, Bellingcat Productions New York, New York 
  1. Mr. Michael Abramowitz, President, Freedom House, Washington, D.C.
  1. Ms. Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC, International Legal Counsel to Jimmy Lai, Doughty Street Barristers, London, England

Click HERE for the full agenda for this meeting.

This meeting will be broadcasted live on foreign.senate.gov

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Thursday, December 7, 2023

Nominations Hearing

Presiding: Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.)

            11:00 a.m. ET

            SD-419

Agenda: Nominations

Panel 1:

  1. The Honorable Kurt Campbell, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Secretary of State, Department of State

Click HERE for the full agenda for this meeting.

This meeting will be broadcasted live on foreign.senate.gov

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Members of the press should RSVP for public hearings, business meetings, and events by emailing Eric Harris at Eric_Harris@foreign.senate.gov.

No signs or paraphernalia are permitted to be brought into a hearing room by the general public.

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