[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 209 (Thursday, December 10, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1071-D1072]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COVID-19 VACCINE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Safety concluded a hearing to examine the logistics 
of transporting a COVID-19 vaccine, after receiving testimony from 
Rachel L. Levine, Pennsylvania Department of Health Secretary, 
Harrisburg, on behalf of the Association of State and Territorial 
Health Officials; Richard W. Smith, FedEx Express, Memphis, Tennessee; 
and Wes Wheeler, UPS Healthcare, Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina.
STOP ACT OVERSIGHT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations concluded a hearing to examine 
combatting the opioid crisis, focusing on oversight of the 
implementation of the STOP Act, after receiving testimony from Eric 
Green, Director, Office of Specialized and Technical Agencies, Bureau 
of International Organization Affairs, Department of State; Robert 
Cintron, Vice President, Logistics, United States Postal Service; and 
Thomas F. Overacker, Executive Director, Cargo and Conveyance Security, 
Office of Field Operations, Customs and Border Protection, Department 
of Homeland Security.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Thomas L. Kirsch II, of Indiana, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, Charles Edward Atchley, Jr., and 
Katherine A. Crytzer, both to be a United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Tennessee, Joseph Dawson III, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of South Carolina, and Zachary N. 
Somers, of the District of Columbia, to be a Judge of the United States 
Court of Federal Claims.
PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine small business in crisis, focusing on the 2020 
Paycheck Protection Program and its future, including S. 4818, to 
provide assistance to small businesses affected by COVID-19, S. 3814, 
to establish a loan program for

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businesses affected by COVID-19 and to extend the loan forgiveness 
period for paycheck protection program loans made to the hardest hit 
businesses, and S. 4227, to improve access to economic injury disaster 
loans and emergency advances under the CARES Act, after receiving 
testimony from Douglas Holtz-Eakin, American Action Forum, and Dafina 
Williams, Opportunity Finance Network, both of Washington, D.C.; Thomas 
G. Zernick, First Home Bank, St. Petersburg, Florida; and Iman 
McFarland, 21st Century Expo Group, Inc., Capitol Heights, Maryland.