Committee considers five State Department ambassadorial nominations
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met to consider the nominations of Luigi Rinaldi, Arthur Fisher, Roman Pipko, Stacey Feinberg, and Nicholas Merrick to serve as U.S. ambassadors to Uruguay, Austria, Estonia, Luxembourg, and the Czech Republic, respectively. The available transcript captures only the chair's opening remarks and the start of a member introduction before cutting off. Begins at▶ 0:20:40
• Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT), Chair▶ 0:20:40: Opened the hearing, stating the committee would consider the nominations of Luigi Rinaldi, Arthur Fisher, Roman Pipko, Stacey Feinberg, and Nicholas Merrick▶ 0:20:40, and noted a few members were present to introduce the nominees▶ 0:21:09.
• Chair Daines announced the committee would consider the five ambassadorial nominations at issue▶ 0:20:40.
• Daines noted "Congressman Donalds" needed to leave quickly and invited him to give his nominee introduction first▶ 0:21:09.
• The available transcript ends as Daines is handing the floor to the congressman for an introduction▶ 0:21:09.
| Official title | Hearings to examine the nominations of Luigi Rinaldi, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Arthur Fisher, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Austria, Roman Pipko, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia, Stacey Feinberg, of California, to be Ambassador to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and Nicholas Merrick, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Czech Republic, all of the Department of State. |
| Committee | Senate Foreign Relations |
| Chamber / Congress | Senate · 119th Congress |
| Date | June 12, 2025 |
| Type | Meeting |
| Witnesses | (none listed in event metadata) |
| Video | senate-isvp |
| Transcript | 2 caption blocks · 80 words · 0:21:34 runtime |
| Event | Congress.gov 337065 |