[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 6, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D384]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FCC LIGADO DECISION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
Department of Defense spectrum policy and the impact of the Federal 
Communications Commission's Ligado decision on national security, after 
receiving testimony from Dana S. Deasy, Chief Information Officer, 
Michael D. Griffin, Under Secretary for Research and Engineering, and 
General John W. Raymond, USAF, Chief of Space Operations, and 
Commander, United States Space Command, all of the Department of 
Defense; and Admiral Thad W. Allen, USCG (Ret.), Department of Homeland 
Security.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 2,807 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
STATE OF THE AVIATION INDUSTRY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the state of the aviation industry, focusing on 
the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, after receiving testimony from 
Eric Fanning, The Aerospace Industries Association, Arlington, 
Virginia; Nicholas Calio, Airlines for America, Washington, D.C.; 
Hilary Godwin, University of Washington School of Public Health, 
Seattle; and Todd Hauptli, American Association of Airport Executives, 
Alexandria, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  An original bill entitled, ``America's Water Infrastructure Act of 
2020''; and
  An original bill entitled, ``Drinking Water Infrastructure Act of 
2020''.
COVID-19
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine COVID-19, focusing on how new 
information should drive policy, after receiving testimony from Scott 
W. Atlas, Hoover Institution, and John P. A. Ioannidis, Meta-Research 
Innovation Center, both of Stanford University, Stanford, California; 
David L. Katz, True Health Initiative, Hamden, Connecticut; Pierre 
Kory, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health 
Trauma and Life Support Center, New York, New York; Aviks S. A. Roy, 
The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity, Austin Texas; and Tom 
Inglesby, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for 
Health Security, Baltimore, Maryland.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Justin Reed Walker, of Kentucky, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, after the nominee, 
who was introduced by Senator Paul, testified and answered questions in 
his own behalf.