[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 212 (Tuesday, December 15, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1089-D1090]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DOD CYBER OPERATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity received a 
closed briefing on Department of Defense cyber operations from Thomas 
C. Wingfield, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cyber Policy, Office of 
the Under Secretary for Policy, Jeffrey R. Jones, Vice Director, 
Command, Control, Communications and Computers/Cyber, Joint Staff, J-6, 
Katherine E. Arrington, Chief Information Security Officer for the 
Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Acquisition and Sustainment, and Rear Admiral Jeffrey Czerewko, USN, 
Deputy

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Director, Global Operations, J39, J3, Joint Staff, all of the 
Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 999 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space 
Force.
COVID-19 AND LIVE EVENT ENTERTAINMENT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Manufacturing, Trade, and Consumer Protection concluded a hearing to 
examine the impact of COVID-19 on the live event entertainment 
industry, after receiving testimony from David Fay, The Bushnell Center 
for the Performing Arts, Rocky Hill, Connecticut; Adam Hartke, Wave and 
The Cotillion, Wichita, Kansas; Ron Laffitte, Patriot Management, 
Beverly Hills, California; Peter J. Pantuso, American Bus Association, 
Washington, D.C.; and Michael T. Strickland, Bandit Lites, Knoxville, 
Tennessee.
EXPANDING AMERICAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet concluded a 
hearing to examine expanding American entrepreneurship outside 
traditional hubs, after receiving testimony from Jan Garfinkle, 
Arboretum Ventures, Ann Arbor, Michigan; David Hall, Revolution's Rise 
of the Rest Seed Fund, Washington, D.C.; Raymond Hespen, Property Meld, 
Rapid City, South Dakota; and Dawn Lippert, Elemental Excelerator, 
Honolulu, Hawaii.
CURBING ONLINE PIRACY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Intellectual Property 
concluded a hearing to examine the role of private agreements and 
existing technology in curbing online piracy, after receiving testimony 
from Probir Mehta, Facebook, Mitch Glazier, Recording Industry 
Association of America, Joshua S. Lamel, Re:Create, Katherine Oyama, 
YouTube, and Keith Kupferschmid, Copyright Alliance, all of Washington, 
D.C.; and Ruth Vitale, CreativeFuture, Noah S. Becker, Adrev, and Dean 
S. Marks, Coalition for Online Accountability, all of Los Angeles, 
California.