[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D156-D157]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SEMIANNUAL MONETARY POLICY REPORT TO THE CONGRESS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the 
Congress, after receiving testimony from Jerome H. Powell, Chair, Board 
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
SPACE MISSIONS OF GLOBAL IMPORTANCE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine space missions of global importance, focusing on 
planetary defense, space weather protection, and space situational 
awareness, after receiving testimony from

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Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator, Science Mission Directorate, 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; William Murtagh, Program 
Coordinator, Space Weather Prediction Center, and Kevin M. O'Connell, 
Director, Office of Space Commerce, both of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; and Moriba K. Jah, 
University of Texas, Austin.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY BUDGET
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2021 for the 
Department of the Treasury, after receiving testimony from Steven T. 
Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee announced the following subcommittee 
assignments:
  Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global 
Competitiveness: Senators Cornyn (Chair), Crapo, Roberts, Thune, 
Portman, Toomey, Scott (SC), Cassidy, Daines, Young, Sasse, Casey, 
Wyden, Stabenow, Cantwell, Menendez, Cardin, Brown, Warner, and Cortez 
Masto.
  Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight: Senators Thune (Chair), 
Crapo, Enzi, Cornyn, Burr, Portman, Toomey, Lankford, Warner, Menendez, 
Carper, Cardin, Bennet, and Whitehouse.
  Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy: 
Senators Portman (Chair), Grassley, Cassidy, Lankford, Young, Brown, 
Bennet, Casey, and Cortez Masto.
  Subcommittee on Health Care: Senators Toomey (Chair), Grassley, 
Roberts, Enzi, Thune, Burr, Scott (SC), Cassidy, Lankford, Daines, 
Young, Sasse, Stabenow, Cantwell, Menendez, Carper, Cardin, Brown, 
Casey, Warner, Whitehouse, Hassan, and Cortez Masto.
  Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure: 
Senators Scott (SC) (Chair), Grassley, Crapo, Roberts, Enzi, Cornyn, 
Burr, Daines, Bennet, Wyden, Cantwell, Carper, Whitehouse, and Hassan.
  Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth: Senators 
Cassidy (Chair), Scott (SC), Sasse, Hassan, and Wyden.
  Senators Grassley and Wyden are ex officio members of each 
subcommittee.
U.S.-LIBYA POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine United States-Libya policy, after receiving testimony from 
David Schenker, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, 
and Christopher T. Robinson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
European and Eurasian Affairs, both of the Department of State.
GLOBAL PANDEMICS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine protecting the United States from global 
pandemics, after receiving testimony from Nikki Clowers, Managing 
Director, Health Care Team, Government Accountability Office; Julie L. 
Gerberding, former Director, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, North Wales, Pennsylvania, and Scott Gottlieb, former 
Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, Westport, Connecticut, both 
of the Department of Health and Human Services; Luciana Borio, former 
Director for Medical and Biodefense Preparedness, National Security 
Council, Arlington, Virginia; and Asha M. George, Bipartisan Commission 
on Biodefense, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of John Leonard Badalamenti, to be United States 
District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, who was introduced 
by Senator Scott (FL), Anna M. Manasco, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, who was introduced by 
Senators Shelby and Jones, Drew B. Tipton, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of Texas, and Kathryn C. Davis, 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.
HOME HEALTH CARE IN RURAL AMERICA
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
home health care in rural America, after receiving testimony from Leigh 
Ann Howard, Northern Light Home Care and Hospice, Waterboro, Maine; 
William A. Dombi, National Association for Home Care and Hospice, 
Washington, D.C.; Warren Hebert, HomeCare Association of Louisiana, 
Lafayette; and Francis Adams, Washington, Pennsylvania.