[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 165 (Wednesday, September 23, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D838-D839]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: NASA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed 
budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2021 for the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, after receiving 
testimony from James F. Bridenstine, Administrator, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration.
PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF U.S. NATIONAL ELECTIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a closed briefing on 
Department of Defense cyber operations in support of efforts to protect 
the integrity

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of United States national elections from malign actors from Kenneth P. 
Rapuano, Assistant Secretary for Homeland Defense and Global Security, 
and General Paul M. Nakasone, USA, Commander, U.S. Cyber Command and 
Director, National Security Agency, and Chief, Central Security 
Service, both of the Department of Defense.
BUDGET OUTLOOK
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
Congressional Budget Office's updated budget outlook, after receiving 
testimony from Phillip L. Swagel, Director, Congressional Budget 
Office.
FEDERAL DATA PRIVACY LEGISLATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the need for federal data privacy legislation, 
after receiving testimony from California Attorney General Xavier 
Becerra, Sacramento; and Julie Brill, William E. Kovacic, Maureen K. 
Ohlhausen, and Jon Leibowitz, all former Commissioners of the Federal 
Trade Commission.
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 4589, to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
to increase transparency, to support regulatory certainty, and to 
reauthorize that Act, focusing on modernizing the Endangered Species 
Act, after receiving testimony from Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon, 
Cheyenne; Liesa Priddy, Florida Cattlemen's Association, Immokalee, on 
behalf of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association; and Jamie 
Rappaport Clark, Defenders of Wildlife, Leesburg, Virginia.
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Chad F. Wolf, of 
Virginia, to be Secretary of Homeland Security, after the nominee, who 
was introduced by Senator Cruz, testified and answered questions in his 
own behalf.
COVID-19
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine COVID-19, focusing on an update on the 
federal response, after receiving testimony from Anthony S. Fauci, 
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 
National Institutes of Health, Robert Redfield, Director, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, Admiral Brett P. Giroir, Assistant 
Secretary for Health, and Stephen M. Hahn, Commissioner, Food and Drug 
Administration, all of the Department of Health and Human Services.
INDIAN AFFAIRS LEGISLATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
S. 3126, to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a special 
behavioral health program for Indians, S. 3264, to expedite and 
streamline the deployment of affordable broadband service on Tribal 
land, S. 3937, to amend section 330C of the Public Health Service Act 
to reauthorize special programs for Indians for providing services for 
the prevention and treatment of diabetes, S. 4079, to authorize the 
Seminole Tribe of Florida to lease or transfer certain land, and S. 
4556, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting 
through the Director of the Indian Health Service, to acquire private 
land to facilitate access to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center in 
Hemet, California, after receiving testimony from Rear Admiral Michael 
D. Weahkee, Director, Indian Health Service, Department of Health and 
Human Services; Marcellus Osceola Jr., Seminole Tribe of Florida, 
Hollywood; Timothy Nuvangyaoma, Hopi Tribe, Kykotsmovi, Arizona; and 
Michael Chavarria, Pueblo of Santa Clara, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 4393, to improve the provision of health care and other benefits 
from the Department of Veterans Affairs for veterans who were exposed 
to toxic substances, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; 
and
  S. 4511, to make certain improvements in the laws administered by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to education, burial benefits, 
and other matters.
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.