Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Agenda:
A hearing of Senate Committee on Foreign Relations concerning modern days slavery and ways to end it.
Witnesses:
Panel One
The Ebola Epidemic: The Keys To Success For The International Response
Subcommittee on African AffairsDate: Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Add to my CalendarTime: 10:30 AMLocation: Senate Dirksen 419Presiding: Senator Coons
Witnesses
Guest:
The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on the following nominations: Ambassadors to the Republic of Korea, to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, to the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria & Asst. Administrator, of the Bureau of Asia, USAID.
The purpose of this hearing is to receive testmony on the following nominations: Ambassadors to Qatar, Iraq, and Honduras.
The Honorable Robert P. Jackson: "It has now been one month since Boko Haram kidnapped more than two hundred girls from the town of Chibok in northeastern Nigeria."
The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on the following nominations: Ambassadors to Jordan, Djibouti, Bahamas & USAID Asst. Admin.
Ambassador William R. Brownfield: "Today’s reality is that criminal and illicit networks have expanded their tentacles to all parts of the world, corrupting public and market-based institutions alike."
The Honorable Roberta S. Jacobson: "We continue to be preoccupied by the situation in Venezuela, where legitimate political, economic, and social grievances and a lack of adequate democratic space and respect for human rights have brought protests and, unfortunately, violence."
The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations will hold a hearing discussing priorities for international development in the Fiscal Year 2015 Budget.