[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 24, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D155]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: On Tuesday, February 23, 2021, Committee 
ordered favorably reported 237 nominations in the Army, Navy, Air 
Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Debra Anne Haaland, of New Mexico, 
to be Secretary of the Interior, after the nominee testified and 
answered questions in her own behalf.
INVESTING IN TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine investing in transportation while addressing climate 
change, improving equity, and fostering economic growth and innovation, 
after receiving testimony from Michigan Governor Gretchen E. Whitmer, 
Lansing; Maryland Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr., Annapolis; Mayor 
Michael B. Hancock, Denver, Colorado; and Victoria F. Sheehan, New 
Hampshire Department of Transportation Commissioner, Washington, D.C., 
on behalf of the American Association of State Highway and 
Transportation Officials.
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nomination of Xavier Becerra, of California, to be Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators 
Feinstein and Padilla, testified and answered questions in his own 
behalf.
NATIVE COMMUNITIES' PRIORITIES
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine native communities' priorities in focus for the 117th 
Congress, after receiving testimony from Carmen Lindsey, Board of 
Trustees Office of Hawaiian Affairs Chair, Honolulu, Hawaii; Fawn R. 
Sharp, National Congress of American Indians, Washington, D.C.; Leonard 
Forsman, Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, Portland, Oregon; and 
Julie Kitka, Alaska Federation of Natives, Anchorage.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nomination of Isabella Casillas Guzman, of 
California, to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
VACCINES FOR VETS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine vaccines for vets, focusing on ending the COVID-19 pandemic, 
after receiving testimony from Richard A. Stone, Acting Under Secretary 
for Health, Veterans Health Administration, Jane Kim, Chief Consultant 
for Preventive Medicine, Ralph T. Gigliotti, Network Director, Veterans 
Integrated Service Network 19: VA Rocky Mountain Network, and William 
P. Patterson, Network Director, Veterans Integrated Service Network 15: 
VA Heartland Network, all of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
NOMINATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine the nomination of William Joseph Burns, of 
Maryland, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, after the 
nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.