The Senate Overseas Relations Committee will take into account Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s nomination to be ambassador to India on Tuesday, in line with the committee’s web site.
Garcetti was picked by President Biden in July for the submit, however the listening to course of has dragged out, and several other nominees who had been introduced after Garcetti have appeared earlier than the Senate panel.
At a Senate Overseas Relations Committee assembly final month, Republican and Democratic members bickered over the tempo of the hearings.
The mayor’s nomination should even be accepted by the total Senate.
“I’m honored to have been nominated by President Biden to function the subsequent U.S. Ambassador to India, and I’m grateful for the prospect to look earlier than the Senate Overseas Relations Committee subsequent week,” Garcetti mentioned Wednesday.
Some Republicans have sought to gradual the affirmation course of for Biden’s nominees within the Senate, with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) inserting holds on nominees over his calls for that the U.S. impose sanctions over the development of a Russian pipeline.
A consultant for Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), the committee chairman, instructed The Occasions final month that senators on the committee had been a lawsuit involving Garcetti’s former advisor as a part of their general assessment of the mayor.
An LAPD officer sued town, alleging the mayor witnessed advisor Rick Jacobs’ sexually harassing conduct and didn’t intervene. Garcetti has denied witnessing or being conscious of any sexual harassment, and Jacobs has denied harassing anybody. The case is scheduled to go to trial subsequent month.
The allegations within the case have been lined extensively by The Occasions and different shops, together with, most just lately, New York journal. Requested about that article, a White Home spokesman on Monday reaffirmed Biden’s assist in Garcetti.
Garcetti’s time period is scheduled to finish in December 2022. If he’s confirmed by the Senate, the Metropolis Council may title an appearing mayor to fill the job till a brand new mayor is elected.
A number of candidates have entered the race to succeed Garcetti, with the first election coming in June.