[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 17, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D862-D863]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ECONOMIC MOBILITY
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Economic Policy concluded a hearing to examine economic mobility, 
focusing on whether the American dream is in crisis, after receiving 
testimony from Oren M. Cass, Manhattan Institute for Policy 
Research, Berkeley, California; Yuval Levin, Silver Spring, 
Maryland, and Ramesh Ponnuru, Kansas City, Missouri, both of the 
American Enterprise Institute; Thea M. Lee, Economic Policy 
Institute, Washington, D.C.; and Keith R. Miller, Fanchisee Advocacy 
Consulting, Meadow Vista, California.

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DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration plans for deep space exploration, focusing on the 
Moon to Mars, after receiving testimony from James F. Bridenstine, 
Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
ELECTRIC BATTERY PRODUCTION AND WASTE
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine electric battery production and waste, focusing 
on opportunities and challenges, after receiving testimony from 
James J. Greenberger, NAATBatt International, Chicago, Illinois; 
Michael L. Sanders, Avicenne Energy, Landenberg, Pennsylvania; and 
Ajay Chawan, Navigant Consulting, Inc., Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Michelle A. Bekkering, of the District of 
Columbia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development, and Richard K. Bell, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, 
Jessica E. Lapenn, of New York, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the African Union, with the rank and status of 
Ambassador, Mary Beth Leonard, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to 
the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and Lana J. Marks, of Florida, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa, all of the Department 
of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
MIGRATION AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine unprecedented migration at the United 
States southern border, focusing on bipartisan policy 
recommendations from the Homeland Security Advisory Council, after 
receiving testimony from Karen Tandy, Chair, Jayson Ahern, Vice 
Chair, Sharon W. Cooper, and Leon Fresco, both a Member, all of the 
Customs and Border Protection Families and Children Care Panel 
Subcommittee, Homeland Security Advisory Council, Department of 
Homeland Security.
FEDERALLY INCURRED COST OF REGULATORY CHANGES
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management 
concluded a hearing to examine the Federally incurred cost of 
regulatory changes and how such changes are made, after receiving 
testimony from James Broughel, George Mason University Mercatus 
Center, and Thomas Berry, Pacific Legal Foundation, both of 
Arlington, Virginia; and Richard W. Parker, University of 
Connecticut School of Law, Washington, D.C.
INDIAN AFFAIRS
  Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 886, to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to 
make the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund permanent, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  S. 2071, to repeal certain obsolete laws relating to Indians.
NOMINATIONS
  Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Halil Suleyman Ozerden, of Mississippi, 
to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, who was 
introduced by Senators Wicker and Hyde-Smith, David B. Barlow, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Utah, who was 
introduced by Senator Romney, John Fitzgerald Kness, to be United 
States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, and 
Eleni Maria Roumel, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States 
Court of Federal Claims, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
COMBATING ROBOCALL FRAUD
  Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine combating robocall fraud, focusing on using telecom advances 
and law enforcement to stop scammers and protect seniors, after 
receiving testimony from Delany De Leon-Colon, Postal Inspector in 
Charge, Criminal Investigations Group, Postal Inspection Service; 
Jerry L. Sanders, Jr., Delaware County Sheriff, Drexel Hill, 
Pennsylvania; David Frankel, ZipDX LLC, Monte Serano, California; 
and Angela Stancik, Ganado, Texas.