THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS will meet in Executive Session to VOTE on the following nominations: Mr. Brian Eddie Nelson, of California, to be Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes, Department of the Treasury; Ms. Elizabeth Rosenberg, of Vermont, to be Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing, Department of the Treasury; Ms. Julia Ruth Gordon, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Mr. David Uejio, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Mr. Solomon Jeffrey Greene, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Mr. Alan F. Estevez, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security; Ms. Thea D. Rozman Kendler, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce; Ms. Alexia Marie Gabrielle Latortue, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; and Mr. Graham S. Steele, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Following the Executive Session, the Committee will meet in OPEN SESSION, HYBRID FORMAT to conduct a hearing entitled, “Afghanistan’s Future: Assessing the National Security, Humanitarian and Economic Implications of the Taliban Takeover.” The witnesses will be: Mr. Adam M. Smith, Partner, Gibson Dunn and Crutcher, former Treasury Department senior advisor, and former Director, Multilateral Affairs, National Security Council; The Honorable Sue Eckert, Senior Associate, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and lecturer, Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University; The Honorable Naheed Farid, Member of Parliament (The Wolesi Jirga) Afghanistan; and Mr. Thomas Joscelyn, Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies. 

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