This week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a confirmation hearing for President Trump’s nominee for USAID Administrator, Ambassador Mark Green. Green was met with praise by both parties and is expected to be confirmed. The Basic Education Coalition submitted questions for the record for the Green nomination hearing.
Secretary Tillerson was on Capitol Hill this week, defending President Trump’s budget request for the State Department. Hearings were held by the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee for State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs, the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The Basic Education Coalition submitted questions for the record for the Tillerson hearings.