U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

11/17/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/17/2025 10:01

November 17th, 2025: The Week Ahead

WASHINGTON - This week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will convene for one nomination hearing, one business meeting, and one full committee hearing.

1. Nominations Hearing: Tammy Bruce to be deputy representative to the UN, and Daryl Nirenberg to be ambassador to Romania, more nominees to be added.

Date: Wednesday, November 19th, 2025

Time: 10:00am

Location: United States Capitol, 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.

2. Business Meeting: The committee will consider nominees Brent Christensen to be ambassador to Bangladesh, Benjamin Leon to be ambassador to Spain, and Leo Bozell to be ambassador to South Africa, more nominees to be added to the agenda.

Date: Thursday, November 20th, 2025

Time: 9:30am

Location: United States Capitol, SD-419.

Members of the press interested in covering this event in person should RSVP to the Senate Press Gallery.

3. Full Committee Hearing: Reviewing Implementation of the Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act and Future Opportunities for U.S.-Taiwan Cooperation. Witnesses include: Lauren Dickey, former Taiwan advisor to the Department of War, Rush Doshi, director of the China Strategic Initiative at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Bonnie Glaser, director of the Indo-Pacific program at the German Marshall Fund.

Date: Thursday, November 20th, 2025

Time: 9:30am

Location: United States Capitol, 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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