September 04,2017

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Hatch Announces Executive Session to Consider Commerce, HHS Nominees

WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today announced the committee will mark up nominations for the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday, Sept. 6 at 10 a.m., in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.  

The committee will consider the following nominees:

  • Gilbert B. Kaplan, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, United States Department of Commerce, vice Stefan M. Selig, resigned; and
  • Matthew Bassett, of Tennessee, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, United States Department of Health and Human Services, vice Jim R. Esquea; and
  • Robert Charrow, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of Health and Human Services, United States Department of Health and Human Services, vice William B. Schultz.

Who:    Senate Finance Committee
What:   Executive Session to Consider Commerce, HHS Nominees
Where: 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building; Washington, DC 20510
When:  Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017 at 10 a.m.

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

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