[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 48 (Thursday, March 12, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D282-D283]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AGRICULTURE INNOVATION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine agriculture innovation and the Federal 
biotechnology regulatory framework, after receiving testimony from 
Patrick Johnson, National Cotton Council Environmental Task Force, 
Tunica, Mississippi; Wayne Parrott, University of Georgia, Athens; 
Michael Paustian, Iowa Pork Producers Association, Walcott, on behalf 
of the National Pork Producers Council; and Gregory A. Jaffe, Center 
for Science in the Public Interest, Washington, D.C.
APPROPRIATIONS: USDA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2021 for the Department of Agriculture, 
after receiving testimony from Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine United States Central Command in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2021 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, after receiving testimony from General Kenneth F. 
McKenzie, Jr., USMC, Commander, United States Central Command, 
Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 1,775 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
GAO ANNUAL REPORT ON FISCAL HEALTH
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
Government Accountability Office's annual report on the nation's fiscal 
health, including action needed to address the Federal government's 
fiscal future, after receiving testimony from Gene L. Dodaro, 
Comptroller General of the United States, Government Accountability 
Office.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of John Leonard Badalamenti, to be United States District 
Judge for the Middle District of Florida, John F. Heil III, to be 
United States District Judge for the Northern,

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Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma, Anna M. Manasco, to be 
United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, and 
Edward Hulvey Meyers, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States 
Court of Federal Claims.
CORONAVIRUS AND AMERICA'S SMALL BUSINESS SUPPLY CHAIN
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the coronavirus and America's small business supply 
chain, after receiving testimony from Rosemary Gibson, The Hastings 
Center, Arlington, Virginia; Gerard Anderson, Johns Hopkins University 
Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Hospital Finance and 
Management, Baltimore, Maryland; Tim Morrison, Hudson Institute, 
Washington, D.C.; and Wynne S. Briscoe, Maryland Small Business 
Development Center--Southern Region, La Plata.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nomination of Scott J. Laurer, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the 
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
consider pending intelligence matters.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.