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On the recordJanuary 19, 2022
I ask unanimous consent, as if in executive session that the nomination of Arun Venkataraman, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service received in the Senate on January 4, 2022, be jointly referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York
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Jan 19, 2022

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