U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

04/13/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/13/2026 12:58

The Week Ahead: Week of April 13 – 17

WASHINGTON - This week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will convene for a business meeting, a policy hearing, and a nominations hearing.

  1. Business Meeting: The committee will convene for a business meeting to vote on three nominees, Catherine Dillon to be assistant secretary of State for educational and cultural affairs, Ademola Adewale-Sadik to be U.S. director of the African Development Bank, and Yeouk Kim to be the U.S. representative of the Association of Southwest Asian Nations. More to be added.
    • Date: Wednesday, April 15th, 2026
    • Time: 10:00am
    • Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, SD-419
    • There will be no livestream of this event.
  3. Full Committee Hearing: The committee will convene for a policy hearing titled Reforming the UN: Assessing U.S. Efforts and Priorities. Witnesses include The Honorable Mike Waltz, U.S. representative to the UN, and The Honorable Jeff Bartos, U.S. representative to the UM for management and reform.
    • Date: Wednesday, April 15th, 2026
    • Time: Immediately following the business meeting
    • Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, SD-419
    • A livestream of this event will be available here.
    • Members of the press interested in covering this event in person should RSVP to the Senate Press Gallery.
  5. Nominations Hearing: The committee will convene for one nominations hearing. Witnesses include John Breslow to be ambassador to Cyprus, Fleet White III to be assistant secretary of State for political and military affairs, Todd Steggerda to be U.S. representative to the office of the UN and other international organizations, and Preston Wells Griffith III to be U.S. representative to the Vienna office of the UN and U.S. representative to the IAEA.
    • Date: Thursday, April 16th, 2026
    • Time: 10:30am
    • Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, SD-419
    • A livestream of this event will be available here.
    • Members of the press interested in covering this event in person should RSVP to the Senate Press Gallery.
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