Full Committee Hearing

Hearing to Consider the Nominations of Francis Brooke, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, vice Michael Faulkender; Erin Browne, of New York, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury, vice Jay Curtis Shambaugh, resigned; Sriprakash Kothari, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice Benjamin Harris, resigned; and George McMaster, of South Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice Joshua Frost, resigned

Date: Thursday, July 16, 2026 Time: 10:00 AM Location: 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building

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Agenda

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Member Statements

  1.  Mike Crapo (R - ID)
  2.  Ron Wyden (D - OR)

Witnesses

  1. Francis Brooke
    of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, vice Michael Faulkender
  2. Erin Browne
    of New York, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury, vice Jay Curtis Shambaugh, resigned
  3. Sriprakash Kothari
    of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice Benjamin Harris, resigned
  4. George McMaster
    of South Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice Joshua Frost, resigned

Related Files

Responses to Questions For the Record to Francis Brooke
Responses to Questions For the Record to Erin Browne
Responses to Questions For the Record to Sriprakash Kothari
Responses to Questions For the Record to George McMaster

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