[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 172 (Friday, October 2, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D899]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
STRENGTHENING BIOLOGICAL SECURITY: TRADITIONAL THREATS AND EMERGING 
CHALLENGES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and 
Nonproliferation; and Subcommittee on Intelligence and Emerging Threats 
and Capabilities of the House Committee on Armed Services held a joint 
hearing entitled ``Strengthening Biological Security: Traditional 
Threats and Emerging Challenges''. Testimony was heard from David 
Lasseter, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Countering Weapons 
of Mass Destruction, Department of Defense; Vayl Oxford, Director, 
Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Department of Defense; Jonathan Moore, 
Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Oceans and International 
Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State; and Phillip 
Dolliff, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nonproliferation Programs, 
Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Department of 
State.
HYBRID HEARING WITH SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ALEX M. AZAR 
II
Committee on Oversight and Reform: Select Subcommittee on the 
Coronavirus Crisis held a hearing entitled ``Hybrid Hearing with 
Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex M. Azar II.'' Testimony was 
heard from Alex M. Azar II, Secretary, Department of Health and Human 
Services.
DHS SENIOR OFFICIAL PERFORMING THE DUTIES OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR 
INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYSIS JOSEPH B. MAHER
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Full Committee held a 
hearing entitled ``DHS Senior Official Performing the Duties of the 
Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis Joseph B. Maher''. 
Testimony was heard from Joseph B. Maher, Senior Official Performing 
the Duties of the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, 
Department of Homeland Security. This hearing was closed.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.