The business meeting will be held on Thursday, July 22, 2021, at 9:30 am in room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.
The purpose of the business meeting is to consider the nominations of:
- Mr. Robert T. Anderson to be Solicitor of the Department of the Interior;
- Ms. Shalanda H. Baker to be Director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact, Department of Energy;
- Mr. Samuel T. Walsh to be General Counsel, Department of Energy;
- Mr. Andrew E. Light to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (International Affairs); and
- Ms. Tracy Stone-Manning to be Director of the Bureau of Land Management.
Members of the committee must participate in person. The committee will follow guidelines developed in consultation with the Office of the Attending Physician and the Senate Rules Committee to protect the health of members, staff, and the public. This includes maintaining six-foot social distance spacing in the hearing room. Pursuant to this guidance, Senate office buildings are not open to the public other than official business visitors and credentialed press at this time. Accordingly, in-person visitors cannot be accommodated at this business meeting.