U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene an Executive
Session at 10
a.m. EDT on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, to
consider several pieces of legislation and nominations.
Nomination of Ms. Robin Meredith Cohn Hutcheson, of Utah, to be
Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
(PN1944)
Nomination of Mr. Sean Burton, of California, to be a Member of the
Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
(PN1535)
Nomination of Dr. Michael Cottman Morgan, of Wisconsin, to be
Assistant Secretary for Environmental Observation and Prediction,
NOAA (PN1674)
Coast Guard Promotions (PN1852 and PN2083)
Dr. Michael Morgan is a professor in the Department of Atmospheric and
Oceanic Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and associate
chair of its undergraduate program. He served on the American
Meteorological Society’s (AMS) Board on Women and Minorities and on the
AMS Scientific and Technological Activities
Commission. Dr. Morgan has served on the World Meteorological
Organization World Weather Research Program’s Science Steering Committee
and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the American
Institute of Physics. Dr. Morgan was an
AMS/UCAR Congressional Science Fellow in
Senator Ben Cardin’s office working as a senior legislative aid on
energy and environment issues. Previously, Dr. Morgan was Division
Director for the Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences at the
National Science Foundation.
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
The Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs will meet in open
session, hybrid format to conduct a to conduct a
hearing
on “The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress.”
Witness:
Jerome H. Powell, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee