[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 126 (Thursday, July 25, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D916-D917]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
HEMP PRODUCTION AND THE FARM BILL
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine hemp production and the 2018 farm bill, after 
receiving testimony from Greg Ibach, Under Secretary for Marketing and 
Regulatory Programs, and Stephen Alexander Vaden, General Counsel, both 
of the Department of Agriculture; Alexandra Dapolito Dunn, Assistant 
Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, 
Environmental Protection Agency; Amy Abernethy, Principal Deputy 
Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and 
Human Services; Erica Stark, National Hemp Association, Reading, 
Pennsylvania; Darrell G. Seki, Sr., Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, 
Red Lake, Minnesota; and Brian Furnish, Cynthiana, Kentucky.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of David L. Norquist, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of 
Defense.
ENERGY INNOVATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the importance of energy innovation to economic 
growth and competitiveness, after receiving testimony from Brian 
Anderson, Director, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Department 
of Energy; John Deskins, West Virginia University Bureau of Business 
and Economic Research, Morgantown; David M. Hart, Information 
Technology and Innovation Foundation, Washington, D.C.; S. Lee 
Ragsdale, Jr., North Carolina's Electric Cooperatives, Raleigh; and 
Isaac Vanderburg, Launch Alaska, Anchorage.
THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICING REDUCTION ACT OF 2019
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported an original 
bill entitled, ``The Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019''.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 398, to support the peaceful resolution of the civil war in Yemen, 
to address the resulting humanitarian crisis, and to hold the 
perpetrators responsible for murdering a Saudi dissident; and
  The nominations of Pamela Bates, of Virginia, to be Representative of 
the United States of America to

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the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, with the 
rank of Ambassador, Jonathan R. Cohen, of California, to be Ambassador 
to the Arab Republic of Egypt, Kelly Craft, of Kentucky, to be the 
Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, 
with the rank and status of Ambassador, and the Representative of the 
United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations, 
and to be Representative of the United States of America to the 
Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during her 
tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America to 
the United Nations, Philip S. Goldberg, of the District of Columbia, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Colombia, Christopher Landau, of 
Maryland, to be Ambassador to the United Mexican States, Richard B. 
Norland, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to Libya, John Rakolta, Jr., of 
Michigan, to be Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Jennifer D. 
Nordquist, of Virginia, to be United States Executive Director of the 
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a term of two 
years, Michelle A. Bekkering, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, 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, 
Lana J. Marks, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of South 
Africa, and lists in the Foreign Service.
STATE AND FEDERAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SCHOOL SAFETY
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine state and Federal recommendations for 
enhancing school safety against targeted violence, after receiving 
testimony from Max Schachter, Safe Schools for Alex, and Tom Hoyer, 
Stand with Parkland-The National Association of Families for Safe 
Schools, both of Coral Springs, Florida; Bob Gualtieri, Marjory 
Stoneman Doughlas High School Public Safety Commission, Largo, Florida; 
and Deborah Temkin, Child Trends, Bethesda, Maryland.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.