[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 203 (Wednesday, December 2, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1031-D1032]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND FOOD SUPPLY
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine agricultural research and securing the United 
States food supply, after receiving testimony from Amy France, National 
Sorghum Producers, Marienthal, Kansas; Dan Glickman, The Aspen 
Institute, Washington, D.C.; Stephen Higgs, Kansas State University 
Biosecurity Research Institute, Manhattan; and Steven Rosenzweig, 
General Mills, Golden Valley, Minnesota.
NAVY AND MARINE CORPS READINESS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support concluded a hearing to examine Navy and Marine Corps readiness, 
after receiving testimony from Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the 
Navy, Admiral Michael M. Gilday, Chief of Naval Operations, and General 
David H. Berger, Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, all of 
the Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Gregory Autry, of California, to 
be Chief Financial Officer, National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, Daniel Huff, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce, and Nathan A. Simington, of Virginia, to be a 
Member of the Federal Communications Commission.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 4897, to reestablish United States global leadership in nuclear 
energy, revitalize domestic nuclear energy supply chain infrastructure, 
support the licensing of advanced nuclear technologies, and improve the 
regulation of nuclear energy, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute; and
  General Services Administration resolutions.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of C. Kevin Blackstone, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Cynthia Kierscht, 
of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, 
Brian D. McFeeters, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Malaysia, Geeta 
Pasi, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic 
of Ethiopia, and David Reimer, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Sierra Leone, all of the Department of State, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
CYBER THREATS AMID COVID-19
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management concluded a 
hearing to examine state and local cybersecurity, focusing on defending 
our communities from cyber threats amid COVID-19, after receiving 
testimony from Brandon

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Wales, Acting Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security; Denis Goulet, New Hampshire 
Department of Information Technology Commissioner, Concord; Leslie 
Torres-Rodriguez, Hartford Public Schools, Hartford, Connecticut; John 
Riggi, American Hospital Association, Washington, D.C.; and Bill 
Siegel, Coveware Inc., Westport, Connecticut.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.