[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 10, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D259]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: FCC
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates and justification for fiscal year 2021 for the Federal 
Communications Commission, after receiving testimony from Ajit Pai, 
Chairman, and Jessica Rosenworcel, Geoffrey Starks, and Brendan Carr, 
each a Commissioner, all of the Federal Communications Commission.
THE SAHEL
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs concluded a hearing to examine fragility in the 
Sahel, after receiving testimony from Mark Green, Administrator, U.S. 
Agency for International Development; and David Hale, Under Secretary 
of State for Political Affairs.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Matthew P. Donovan, of Virginia, to be Under 
Secretary for Personnel and Readiness, and William Jordan Gillis, of 
Georgia, who was introduced by Senator Perdue, and Victor G. Mercado, 
of California, both to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the Department 
of Defense, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
CFPB SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's semi-
annual report to Congress, after receiving testimony from Kathleen L. 
Kraninger, Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 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 the Interior, after receiving testimony 
from David Bernhardt, Secretary of the Interior.
AFGHANISTAN AGREEMENT
Committee on Foreign Relations: On Monday, March 9, 2020, Committee 
received a joint closed briefing with the Committee on Appropriations 
Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs on the 
Afghanistan agreement from Mary Catherine Phee, Deputy Special 
Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, and Alice G. Wells, 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian 
Affairs, both of the Department of State.
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY MARKETS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition 
Policy and Consumer Rights concluded a hearing to examine competition 
in digital technology markets, focusing on self-preferencing by digital 
platforms, after receiving testimony from Gene Kimmelman, Public 
Knowledge, Sally Hubbard, Open Markets Institute, and Morgan Reed, ACT 
The App Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Thomas W. Hazlett, 
Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina; and Luther Lowe, Yelp, San 
Francisco, California.
COPYRIGHT LAW AND DIGITAL PIRACY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Intellectual Property 
concluded a hearing to examine copyright law in foreign jurisdictions, 
focusing on how other countries are handling digital piracy, after 
receiving testimony from Justin Hughes, Loyola Marymount University, 
and Jonathan Yunger, Millennium Media, both of Los Angeles, California; 
Pamela Samuelson, University of California Law School, Berkeley; 
Michael D. Smith, Carnegie Mellon University Heinz College of 
Information Systems and Public Policy, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Daphne 
Keller, Stanford University Cyber Policy Center, Stanford, California; 
Stanford K. McCoy, Motion Picture Association EMEA, Brussels, Belgium; 
Julia Reda, Harvard University Berkman Klein Center, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts; and Matt Schruers, Computer and Communications Industry 
Association, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of James E. Trainor III, of Texas, to be a 
Member of the Federal Election Commission, after the nominee testified 
and answered questions in his own behalf.
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.