[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 29, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D674-D676]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's semi-
annual report to Congress, including S. 3975, to amend the Consumer 
Financial Protection Act of 2010 to provide for whistleblower 
incentives and protection, after receiving testimony from Kathleen L. 
Kraninger, Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
SEAFOOD SECTOR
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine building a stronger and more resilient seafood 
sector, after receiving testimony from Paul Doremus, Deputy Assistant 
Administrator for Operations, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, Department of Commerce; Leann Bosarge, Gulf of Mexico 
Fishery Management Council, Tampa, Florida; Cora Campbell, North 
Pacific Fishery Management Council, Anchorage, Alaska; and Philip 
Anderson, Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon.
REMOTE WORKING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine lessons learned from remote working during COVID-19, 
focusing on if the government can maximize use of leased space, after 
receiving testimony from Michael T. Benjamin, California Air Resources 
Board Air Quality Planning and Science Division, Sacramento; Mark 
Pringle, Dell Technologies, Round Rock, Texas; and Kate Lister, Global 
Workplace Analytics, Carlsbad, California.
WTO REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine WTO 
reform, focusing on making global rules work for global challenges, 
after receiving testimony from Jennifer A. Hillman, Council on Foreign 
Relations, Thomas R. Graham, Cassidy Levy Kent, Laura J. Lane, UPS, 
Joseph W. Glauber, International Food Policy Research Institute, and 
Michele

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Kuruc, World Wildlife Fund, all of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of Natalie E. Brown, of Nebraska, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Uganda, Sandra E. Clark, of Maryland, to be Ambassador 
to Burkina Faso, William Ellison Grayson, of California, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia, Joseph Manso, of New York, for 
the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as United States 
Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical 
Weapons, Richard M. Mills, Jr., of Texas, to be the Deputy 
Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, 
with the rank and status of Ambassador and the Deputy Representative of 
the United States of America in the Security Council of the United 
Nations, and to be Representative of the United States of America to 
the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, during his 
tenure of service as Deputy Representative of the United States of 
America to the United Nations, Henry T. Wooster, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, William W. Popp, of 
Missouri, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Guatemala, Aldona Z. Wos, 
of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to Canada, C.J. Mahoney, of Kansas, 
to be Legal Adviser, Leora Rosenberg Levy, of Connecticut, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Chile, Carlos Trujillo, of Florida, to be 
an Assistant Secretary (Western Hemisphere Affairs), Lisa S. Kenna, of 
Vermont, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Peru, Marshall 
Billingslea, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Arms Control and 
International Security, and promotion lists in the Foreign Service, all 
of the Department of State, Jason Myung-lk Chung, of Virginia, to be 
United States Director of the Asian Development Bank, with the rank of 
Ambassador, J. Steven Dowd, of Florida, to be United States Director of 
the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and Ramsey Coats 
Day, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator, and Jenny A. McGee, 
of Texas, to be an Associate Administrator, both of the of the United 
States Agency for International Development.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 2165, to enhance protections of Native American tangible cultural 
heritage, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2610, to reauthorize certain programs under the Office of Indian 
Energy Policy and Programs of the Department of Energy, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2716, to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act, with an amendment;
  S. 2891, to require the Secretary of the Interior to establish Tribal 
Wildlife Corridors;
  S. 2912, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to take certain land 
located in Pinal County, Arizona, into trust for the benefit of the 
Gila River Indian Community;
  S. 3019, to protect access to water for all Montanans, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3044, to amend the American's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 to 
expand the Indian reservation drinking water program, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 3099, to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the 
Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium located in Sitka, Alaska;
  S. 3100, to convey land in Anchorage, Alaska, to the Alaska Native 
Tribal Health Consortium, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 3650, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to deem 
employees of urban Indian organizations as part of the Public Health 
Service for certain purposes, with an amendment; and
  S. 3948, to amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff 
Commission on Native Children Act to extend the deadline for a report 
by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native 
Children.
BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION SCHOOLS OVERSIGHT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine how to safely reopen Bureau of Indian Education schools, 
focusing on preparing to head back to class, after receiving testimony 
from Tony L. Dearman, Director, Bureau of Indian Education, Department 
of the Interior; Marita Hinds, National Indian Education Association, 
Washington, D.C.; and David Yarlott, American Indian Higher Education 
Consortium, Alexandria, Virginia.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of J. Philip Calabrese, and James Ray Knepp II, both to 
be a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, 
and Michael Jay Newman, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Ohio, who were all introduced by Senator Portman, 
Aileen Mercedes Cannon, to be United States District Judge for the 
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Florida, and Toby Crouse, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Kansas, who was introduced by Senators Roberts and Moran, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
VA TELEHEALTH
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine Department of Veterans Affairs telehealth during and beyond 
COVID-19, focusing on challenges and opportunities in rural America, 
after receiving testimony from Kameron Matthews, Assistant Under 
Secretary for Health for Community Care, Kevin Galpin, Executive 
Director of Telehealth Services, and Thomas Klobucar, Executive 
Director, Office of Rural Health, all of the Veterans Health 
Administration, and Eddie Pool, Executive Director, Solution Delivery, 
IT Operations and Services, Office of Information and Technology, all 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nomination of Christopher C. Miller, of Virginia, to be Director of 
the National Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of 
National Intelligence.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.