[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 21, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D624-D625]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
OCEAN PLASTIC POLLUTION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs concluded a hearing to examine United States 
government efforts to address ocean plastic pollution internationally, 
after receiving testimony from Senators Sullivan and Whitehouse; 
Jonathan Moore, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Oceans 
and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of 
State; and Michelle Bekkering, Assistant Administrator of the Bureau 
for Economic Growth, Education and Environment, United States Agency 
for International Development.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Hester Maria Peirce, of Ohio, and 
Caroline A. Crenshaw, of the District of Columbia, both to be a Member 
of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and Kyle Hauptman, of Maine, 
to be a Member of the National Credit Union Administration Board, after 
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Judy Shelton, of California, and 
Christopher Waller, of Minnesota, both to be a Member of the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Derek Kan, of California, to be Deputy Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget.
COVID-19 SCAMS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Manufacturing, Trade, and Consumer Protection concluded a hearing to 
examine protecting Americans from COVID-19 scams, after receiving 
testimony from Andrew Smith, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, 
Federal Trade Commission; Derek Schmidt, Kansas Attorney General, 
Topeka; Stu Sjouwerman, KnowBe4, Inc., Clearwater, Florida; and Laura 
MacCleery, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nominations of Michael N. Nemelka, of Utah, to be a Deputy United 
States Trade Representative (Investment, Services, Labor, Environment, 
Africa, China, and the Western Hemisphere), with the rank of 
Ambassador, and Christian N. Weiler, of Louisiana, and Alina I. 
Marshall, of Virginia, both to be a Judge of the United States Tax 
Court, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Marshall Billingslea, of Virginia, to be 
Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, C.J. 
Mahoney, of Kansas, to be Legal Adviser, who was introduced by Senators 
Roberts and Moran, and Carlos Trujillo, of Florida, to be an Assistant 
Secretary (Western Hemisphere Affairs), all of the Department of State, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
COVID-19, SENIORS, AND RACIAL HEALTH DISPARITIES
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the COVID-19 pandemic and seniors, focusing on racial health 
disparities, after receiving testimony from Dominic H. Mack, Morehouse 
School of Medicine National Center for Primary Care, Atlanta, Georgia; 
Mercedes R. Carnethon, Northwestern University Feinberg School of 
Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; Eugene A. Woods, Atrium Health, Charlotte, 
North Carolina; and Rodney B. Jones, Sr., East Liberty Family Health 
Care Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.