[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D192-D194]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
INNOVATIVE WOOD PRODUCTS: PROMOTING RURAL ECONOMIES AND HEALTHY FORESTS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry 
held a hearing entitled ``Innovative Wood Products: Promoting Rural 
Economies and Healthy Forests''. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
APPROPRIATIONS--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies held a 
budget hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services. 
Testimony was heard from Alex M. Azar, Secretary, Department of Health 
and Human Services.
APPROPRIATIONS--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Department of Homeland 
Security held a budget hearing on the Department of Homeland Security. 
Testimony was heard from Chad F. Wolf, Acting Secretary, Department of 
Homeland Security.
APPROPRIATIONS--JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government held a budget hearing on the Judiciary Department. 
Testimony was heard from James C. Duff, Director, Administrative Office 
of the U.S. Courts; and John W. Lungstrum, Chair, Judicial Conference 
Committee on the Budget.
MEMBER DAY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Department of Homeland 
Security held a hearing entitled ``Member Day''. Testimony was heard 
from Representatives Chu of California, Correa, Cunningham, Escobar, 
Fulcher, Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico, Graves of Louisiana, Hill, 
Jackson Lee, Perry, Plaskett, Suozzi, Torres Small of New Mexico, and 
Visclosky.
THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BUDGET REQUEST FROM 
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``The Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Budget Request 
from the Department of Defense''. Testimony was heard from Mark T. 
Esper, Secretary, Department of Defense;

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and General Mark A. Milley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH: HOW THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR FAILED TO OVERSEE THE 
BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Workforce Protections 
held a hearing entitled ``Asleep at the Switch: How the Department of 
Labor Failed to Oversee the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund''. 
Testimony was heard from Cindy Brown Barnes, Director, Education, 
Workforce and Income Security, Government Accountability Office; and 
Julia Hearthway, Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, 
Department of Labor.
IN THE DARK: LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IN THE LIVE EVENT TICKETING INDUSTRY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``In the Dark: Lack of 
Transparency in the Live Event Ticketing Industry''. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 HHS BUDGET AND OVERSIGHT OF THE CORONAVIRUS 
OUTBREAK
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
entitled ``The Fiscal Year 2021 HHS Budget and Oversight of the 
Coronavirus Outbreak''. Testimony was heard from the following 
Department of Health and Human Services officials: Alex Azar, 
Secretary; Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute for 
Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health; Stephen 
M. Hahn, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Food and Drug 
Administration; Robert Kadlec, M.D., Assistant Secretary for 
Preparedness and Response; and Robert R. Redfield, M.D., Director, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
CONFRONTING THE RISE IN ANTI-SEMITIC DOMESTIC TERRORISM, PART II
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Intelligence and 
Counterterrorism held a hearing entitled ``Confronting the Rise in 
Anti-Semitic Domestic Terrorism, Part II''. Testimony was heard from 
Elizabeth Neumann, Assistant Secretary, Threat Prevention and Security 
Policy, Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans, Department of Homeland 
Security; Brian Harrell, Assistant Director, Infrastructure Security, 
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Department of 
Homeland Security; and Jill Sanborn, Assistant Director, 
Counterterrorism Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 
5435, the ``American Public Lands and Waters Climate Solution Act of 
2019''; and H.R. 5859, the ``Trillion Trees Act''. Testimony was heard 
from public witnesses.
DESTROYING SACRED SITES AND ERASING TRIBAL CULTURE: THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION'S CONSTRUCTION OF THE BORDER WALL
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of 
the United States held a hearing entitled ``Destroying Sacred Sites and 
Erasing Tribal Culture: The Trump Administration's Construction of the 
Border Wall''. Testimony was heard from Anna Maria Ortiz, Director, 
Natural Resources and Environment, Government Accountability Office; 
Scott Cameron, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, 
Management, and Budget, Department of the Interior; and public 
witnesses.
VOTER SUPPRESSION IN MINORITY COMMUNITIES: LEARNING FROM THE PAST TO 
PROTECT OUR FUTURE
Committee on Oversight and Reform: Full Committee held a hearing 
entitled ``Voter Suppression in Minority Communities: Learning from the 
Past to Protect Our Future''. Testimony was heard from Representative 
Lewis and public witnesses.
REVERSING THE YOUTH TOBACCO EPIDEMIC ACT OF 2019
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 2339, the 
``Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019'' [Protecting 
American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2020]. 
The Committee granted, by record vote of 6-3, a closed rule providing 
for consideration of H.R. 2339, the ``Reversing the Youth Tobacco 
Epidemic Act of 2019''. The rule provides 90 minutes of general debate 
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 
of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means. The rule waives all 
points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides 
that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text 
of Rules Committee Print 116-51, modified by the amendment printed in 
the Rules Committee report, shall be considered as adopted and the 
bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The rule waives all 
points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. Finally, 
the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
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Chairman Pallone, and Representatives Walden, Suozzi, Ferguson, 
Burgess, and Griffith.
A DISCUSSION WITH SBA ADMINISTRATOR JOVITA CARRANZA: CURRENT ISSUES AND 
THE FY2021 BUDGET
Committee on Small Business: Full Committee held a hearing entitled ``A 
Discussion with SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza: Current Issues and 
the FY2021 Budget''. Testimony was heard from Jovita Carranza, 
Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Full Committee held a 
markup on amending Committee rules; approving revised membership and 
leadership of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public 
Buildings, and Emergency Management; Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Views and 
Estimates of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; H. 
Con. Res. 90, authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the 
National Peace Officers Memorial Service and the National Honor Guard 
and Pipe Band Exhibition; H.R. 4470, to rename the Saint Lawrence 
Seaway Development Corporation the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway 
Development Corporation; H.R. 5756, the ``Resiliency Enhancement Act of 
2020''; H.R. 2914, the ``Housing Survivors of Major Disasters Act of 
2019''; H.R. 5912, the ``Expedited Delivery of Airport Infrastructure 
Act of 2020''; H.R. 5953, the ``Preventing Disaster Revictimization 
Act''; and General Service Administration's Capital Investment and 
Leasing Program Resolutions. The Revised Rules of the Committee, 
Committee Views and Estimates on the President's Budget Request for 
Fiscal Year 2021, and General Services Administration Capital 
Investment and Leasing Program Resolutions were adopted. The Updated 
Subcommittee Roster was agreed to. H.R. 2914 and H.R. 5953 were ordered 
reported, as amended. H.R. 4470, H.R. 5756, H.R. 5912, and H. Con. Res. 
90 were ordered reported, without amendment.
U.S.-CHINA TRADE AND COMPETITION
Committee on Ways and Means: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``U.S.-China Trade and Competition''. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.

Joint Meetings
DAV LEGISLATIVE PRESENTATION
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a joint 
hearing with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the 
legislative presentation of the Wounded Warrior Project, Blinded 
Veterans Association, National Association of State Directors of 
Veterans Affairs, Jewish War Veterans, Vietnam Veterans of America, 
Military Order of the Purple Heart, and American Veterans, after 
receiving testimony from Lieutenant General Michael S. Linnington 
(Ret.), Wounded Warrior Project, Thomas A. Zampieri, Blinded Veterans 
Association, John Hilgert, National Association of State Directors of 
Veterans Affairs, Harvey Weiner, Jewish War Veterans, John Rowan, 
Vietnam Veterans of America, Felix Garcia III, Military Order of the 
Purple Heart, and Jan Brown, American Veterans.