Full Committee Hearing on the Freely Associated States
July 23, 2019
10:00 AM
366 Dirksen Senate Office Building
The hearing will be held on Tuesday, July 23, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. EDT in Room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.
The purpose of the hearing is to examine the United States’ interests in the Freely Associated States.
The hearing will be webcast live on the committee’s website, and an archived video will be available shortly after the hearing concludes. Witness testimony will be available on the website at the start of the hearing.
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Opening Remarks
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski
ChairmanSenate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources -
Sen. Joe Manchin
Ranking MemberSenate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Witness Panel 1
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The Honorable Douglas Domenech
Assistant Secretary, Insular and International AffairsU.S. Department of the Interior -
The Honorable Randall Schriver
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security AffairsU.S. Department of Defense -
Ms. Sandra Oudkirk
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific IslandsBureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State -
Dr. David Gootnick
Director of International Affairs and TradeU.S. Government Accountability Office