[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 130 (Thursday, July 23, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D643]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. SPECTRUM POLICY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet concluded a 
hearing to examine the state of United States spectrum policy, after 
receiving testimony from Tom Power, CTIA, Washington, D.C.; H. Mark 
Gibson, CommScope, Inc., Ashburn, Virginia; Roslyn Layton, Aalborg 
University, Copenhagen, Denmark; and Michael Calabrese, New America 
Open Technology Institute, Palo Alto, California.
COVID-19 AND PUBLIC LANDS, FORESTS, AND NATIONAL PARKS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on 
users of public lands, forests, and national parks, after receiving 
testimony from Kelly R. Hepler, Association of Fish and Wildlife 
Agencies, Pierre, South Dakota; Douglas Kemper, Colorado Water 
Congress, Denver; and Ethan L. Lane, National Cattlemen's Beef 
Association, Will Shafroth, National Park Foundation, and Jessica 
Turner, Outdoor Recreation Roundtable, all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Lisa S. Kenna, of Vermont, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Peru, Leora Rosenberg Levy, of Connecticut, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Chile, who was introduced by Senator 
Murphy, Aldona Z. Wos, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to Canada, 
and William W. Popp, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Guatemala, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of John W. Holcomb, to be United States District Judge for 
the Central District of California, Brett H. Ludwig, to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, R. Shireen 
Matthews, and Todd Wallace Robinson, both to be a United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of California, and Christy 
Criswell Wiegand, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Pennsylvania.
MINORITY SMALL BUSINESSES
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine capital access for minority small businesses, 
focusing on COVID-19 resources for an equitable and sustainable 
recovery, including S. 3742, to establish a program in the Department 
of the Treasury to allocate funds to States, units of general local 
government, and Indian Tribes to provide assistance to certain small 
businesses, S. 2549, to allow nonprofit child care providers to 
participate in the loan programs of the Small Business Administration, 
H.R. 748, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 
excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage, and H.R. 
6800, making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2020, after receiving testimony from Talibah M. 
Bayles, TMB Tax and Financial Services, Birmingham, Alabama; Ron Busby, 
U.S. Black Chambers, Inc., and Marla Bilonick, Latino Economic 
Development Center, both of Washington, D.C.; and Fabiana Estrada, 
ACCION, Miami, Florida.