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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Janie Simms Hipp, of Arkansas, to be General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture.
APPROPRIATIONS: HUD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2022 for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, after receiving testimony from Marcia Fudge, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
APPROPRIATIONS: FDA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2022 for the Food and Drug Administration, after receiving testimony from Janet Woodcock, Acting Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Frank Kendall III, of Massachusetts, to be Secretary of the Air Force, Heidi Shyu, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Research and Engineering, Susanna V. Blume, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, and Deborah G. Rosenblum, of the District of Columbia, and Christopher Paul Maier, of California, both to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of Defense, and Jill Hruby, of New Mexico, to be Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, and Frank A. Rose, of Massachusetts, to be Principal Deputy Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, both of the Department of Energy.
DOD BUDGET POSTURE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed hearings to examine the Department of Defense budget posture in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2022, after receiving testimony from Lloyd J. Austin III, Secretary, Michael J. McCord, Under Secretary (Comptroller), and General Mark A. Milley, USA, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, all of the Department of Defense.
HHS BUDGET
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2022 for the Department of Health and Human Services, after receiving testimony from Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Lily Lawrence Batchelder, of Massachusetts, and Benjamin Harris, of Virginia, both to be an Assistant Secretary, J. Nellie Liang, of Maryland, to be an Under Secretary, and Jonathan Davidson, of Maryland, to be Deputy Under Secretary, all of the Department of the Treasury.
XINJIANG
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy with the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues, concluded a joint hearing to examine atrocities in Xinjiang, after receiving testimony from Adrian Zenz, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, Rushan Abbas, Campaign for Uyghurs, and Sophie Richardson, Human Rights Watch, all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Robin Carnahan, of Missouri, to be Administrator of General Services, who was introduced by Senator Blunt, Jen Easterly, of New York, to be Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security, who was introduced by Representative Gallagher, and Chris Inglis, of Maryland, to be National Cyber Director, who was introduced by Senator King, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 1927, to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 601, to amend section 3661 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the consideration of acquitted conduct at sentencing, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1014, to reform sentencing laws and correctional institutions, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
The nominations of Deborah L. Boardman, and Lydia Kay Griggsby, both to be a United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, and Ronald L. Davis, of California, to be Director of the United States Marshals Service, Department of Justice.
SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 101
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