[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 9, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D477-D478]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities approved for full committee consideration those provisions 
which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed 
National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2021.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland approved for full 
committee consideration those provisions which fall under the 
subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2021.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel approved for 
full committee consideration those provisions which fall under the 
subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2021.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower approved for full 
committee consideration

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those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of 
the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2021.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity approved for 
full committee consideration those provisions which fall under the 
subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2021.
HOUSING REGULATORS OVERSIGHT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine housing regulators, after receiving 
testimony from Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development; and Mark A. Calabria, Director, Federal Housing Finance 
Agency.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nomination of Mark Wesley Menezes, of Virginia, to be 
Deputy Secretary of Energy.
WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine wildfire management in the midst of the COVID-19 
pandemic, after receiving testimony from Amanda Kaster, Acting Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Department of the 
Interior; John Phipps, Deputy Chief for State and Private Forestry, 
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; George Geissler, Washington 
State Forester, Olympia, on behalf of the National Association of State 
Foresters; and Norm McDonald, Alaska Division of Forestry, Palmer.
COVID-19 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
unemployment insurance during COVID-19, focusing on the CARES Act and 
the roles of unemployment insurance during the pandemic, after 
receiving testimony from Eugene Scalia, Secretary of Labor; Jose Javier 
Rodriguez, Florida State Senator, Miami; Michele Evermore, National 
Employment Law Project, and Scott B. Sanders, National Association of 
State Workforce Agencies, both of Washington, D.C.; Les Neilly, Neilly 
Canvas Goods Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Beth Townsend, Iowa 
Workforce Development, Des Moines.
COVID-19 PROCUREMENT AND DISTRIBUTION STRATEGIES
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the Federal government's procurement and 
distribution strategies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, after 
receiving testimony from Peter Gaynor, Administrator, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security; Rear Admiral John 
Polowczyk, Supply Chain Stabilization Task Force, Department of 
Defense; and Admiral Brett P. Giroir, Assistant Secretary for Health, 
Department for Health and Human Services.
COVID-19 FRAUD
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
COVID-19 fraud, focusing on law enforcement's response to those 
exploiting the pandemic, after receiving testimony from William Hughes, 
Associate Deputy Attorney General, Craig Carpenito, United States 
Attorney for the District of New Jersey, and Calvin A. Shivers, 
Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, all of the 
Department of Justice; and Michael D'Ambrosio, Assistant Director, 
Office of Investigations, United States Secret Service, Department of 
Homeland Security.
VA SUPPLY CHAIN
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine building a more resilient Department of Veterans Affairs supply 
chain, including supply chain management and COVID-19 response, after 
receiving testimony from Richard A. Stone, Executive in Charge, Deborah 
Kramer, Acting Under Secretary for Health for Support Services, and 
Andrew Centineo, Executive Director, Procurement and Logistics Office, 
all of the Veterans Health Administration, and Karen Brazell, Principal 
Executive Director, Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction 
and Chief Acquisition Officer, and Acting Assistant Secretary for 
Enterprise Integration, all of the Department of Veterans Affairs; 
Shelby S. Oakley, Director, Contracting and National Security 
Acquisitions, Government Accountability Office; Roger D. Waldron, 
Coalition for Government Procurement, and Michael S. McDonald, 3M, both 
of Washington, D.C.; and Kurt F. Heyssel, Sightline Performance 
Advisors, LLC, Richmond, Virginia.