REUTERS CONGRESSIONAL DAYBOOK FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23 ----- The daybook editor is Timothy Ryan (reachable at 202-843-6282 or Tim.Ryan@TR.com or DCDaybook@yahoo.com). Subscribers: For any problems in receiving daybook content, call 1-800-435-0101 and hit option 5. Content is intended for guidance purposes only and should not be cited on the record. ----- ----- Thursday, October 23 CONGRESS THE SENATE The meeting time is TBA. Committees SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS -- 10:30 a.m. -- Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight Subcommittee holds a hearing on "Examining the Beneficial Use and Regulation of Chemicals." Peter Huntsman, president and CEO of the Huntsman Corporation; Gwen Gross, senior technical fellow at The Boeing Company; and Tracey Woodruff, professor and director of the Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment at the University of California, San Francisco, testify. 562 Dirksen Contact: 202-224-6176 SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS -- 10:30 a.m. -- Holds a hearing on the nominations of: Amer Ghalib to be U.S. ambassador to Kuwait; Brent Christensen to be U.S. ambassador to Bangladesh; and Benjamin Leon to be U.S. ambassador to Spain and Andorra. The nominees testify. 419 Dirksen Contact: Allison Aprahamian, 202-224-4651 or Allison_Aprahamian@foreign.senate.gov or Suzanne Wrasse, 202-224-1439 or Suzanne_Wrasse@foreign.senate.gov SENATE HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS -- 10 a.m. -- Holds a hearing on the nominations of: Edward Forst to be administrator of General Services Administration (GSA); Charles Arrington to be a member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority; John Cuong Truong to be an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia; Elana Suttenberg to be an associate judge on the DC Superior Court; Stephen Rickard to be an associate judge on the DC Superior Court of the District of Columbia; William Kirk to be inspector general of the Small Business Administration (SBA); Anthony D'Esposito to be inspector general of the Labor Department; and Platte Moring to be inspector general of the Defense Department. The nominees testify. 342 Dirksen Contact: Kylie Nolan (Paul), 202-941-7816 or HSGACPress_Paul@hsgac.senate.gov SENATE HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS -- 10 a.m. -- Holds a hearing on "The 340B Program: Examining Its Growth and Impact on Patients." Michelle Rosenberg, director of health care in the Government Accountability Office (GAO); Aditi Sen, chief of the Health Policy Studies Unit at the Congressional Budget Office (CBO); and Dr. William Feldman, a UCLA health policy researcher, testify. 430 Dirksen Contact: 202-224-5375 or Ty Bofferding, 202-224-8115 or Ty_Bofferding@Help.Senate.Gov and Stephen Lewerenz, Stephen_Lewerenz@Help.Senate.Gov or 202-224-5824 THE HOUSE Not in session. Note: The House holds a pro forma session on Friday at 2 p.m. Committees No meetings are scheduled. ----- ----- The Reuters Congressional Daybook October 23, 2025 REUTERS (The article has been published through a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has been published verbatim. Liability lies with original publisher.)
