July 27,2017

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Hatch Announces Finance Committee Nominations Hearing

WASHINGTONSenate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a hearing on Thursday, August 3, 2017, to consider a number of pending nominations. The hearing will take place at 10 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

The following nominees are scheduled to testify:

  • 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 Commitee
What:                Hearing on Nominations 
Where:              215 Dirsken Senate Office Building; Washington, D.C. 20510
When:               Thursday, August 3, 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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