January 29,2016

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Aaron Fobes, Julia Lawless (202)224-4515

Hatch to Hold Nominations Hearing

WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a hearing on Thursday, February 4, to consider a number of pending nominations.  The hearing will take place at 10:00 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
 
The following nominees are scheduled to testify:
 

  • Mary Katherine Wakefield, of North Dakota, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services, vice William V. Corr, resigned.
  • Andrew LaMont Eanes, of Kansas, to be DDeputy Commissioner of Social Security for the term expiring January 19, 2019, vice Carolyn W. Colvin, term expired.
  • Elizabeth Ann Copeland, of Texas, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court for a term of fifteen years, vice Diane L. Kroupa, retired.
  • Vik Edwin Stoll, of Missouri, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court for a term of fifteen years, vice James S. Halpern, retired.

 
 
 
Who:

Senate Finance Committee

 
What:

Hearing on Nominations

 
 Where:

215 Dirksen Senate Office Building

 
Washington, D.C. 20510

 
 When:

Thursday, February 4, 2016

 
10:00 a.m.

 
For media inquiries and additional information, including webcast details, please visit: http://finance.senate.gov/hearings.

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