[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 3, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D221]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: TSA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Homeland 
Security concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2021 for the Transportation Security 
Administration, after receiving testimony from David Pekoske, 
Administrator, Transportation Security Administration, Department of 
Homeland Security.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the posture of the Department of the Air Force in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2021 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from Barbara M. Barrett, Secretary, 
and General David L. Goldfein, USAF, Chief of Staff, both of the Air 
Force, Department of Defense.
DOD CYBER OPERATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity received a 
closed briefing on Department of Defense cyber operations from Thomas 
C. Wingfield, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cyber Policy, Office of 
the Under Secretary for Policy, Katherine E. Arrington, Chief 
Information Security Officer for the Assistant Secretary for 
Acquisition, Office of the Under Secretary for Acquisition and 
Sustainment, Rear Admiral William E. Chase, III, USN, Deputy Director, 
Command, Control, Communications, and Computers/Cyber, Joint Staff, J-
6, and Rear Admiral Jeffrey J. Czerewko, USN, Deputy Director, Global 
Operations, Joint Staff, J-39, all of the Department of Defense.
U.S. POLICY AND POSTURE IN SUPPORT OF ARCTIC READINESS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support concluded a hearing to examine United States policy and posture 
in support of Arctic readiness, after receiving testimony from James H. 
Anderson, Performing the Duties of Deputy Under Secretary for Policy, 
and General Terrence J. O'Shaughnessy, USAF, Commander, United States 
Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, both of 
the Department of Defense.
BIOECONOMY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science, Oceans, Fisheries, and Weather concluded a hearing to examine 
securing United States leadership in the bioeconomy, after receiving 
testimony from Jason Kelly, Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc., Boston, 
Massachusetts; Jason T. Gammack, Inscripta, Inc., Boulder, Colorado; 
Megan J. Palmer, Stanford University Center for International Security 
and Cooperation, Stanford, California; and Timothy Donohue, University 
of Wisconsin, Madison.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nomination of James P. Danly, of Tennessee, to be a Member 
of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2021 for the Department of Energy, after receiving testimony from 
Dan Brouillette, Secretary of Energy.
CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine an emerging disease threat, focusing on 
how the United States is responding to COVID-19, the Novel Coronavirus, 
after receiving testimony from Anne Schuchat, Principal Deputy 
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Anthony Fauci, 
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 
National Institutes of Health, Robert Kadlec, Assistant Secretary for 
Preparedness and Response, and Stephen Hahn, Commissioner, Food and 
Drug Administration, all of Department of Health and Human Services.
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.