[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 24, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D156-D158]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FUTURE DEFENSE SPENDING
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing 
entitled ``Future Defense Spending''.

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Testimony was heard from Elizabeth Field, Director of Defense 
Capabilities and Management, Government Accountability Office; and 
public witnesses.
APPROPRIATIONS--JUDICIARY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government held a budget hearing on the Judiciary. Testimony 
was heard from John W. Lungstrum, Chair, Committee on the Budget, 
Judicial Conference of the United States; and Roslynn R. Mauskopf, 
Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
READY OR NOT: U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies held a 
hearing entitled ``Ready or Not: U.S. Public Health Infrastructure''. 
Testimony was heard from Marilyn Bibbs-Freeman, Deputy Director, 
Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services, Office of the Secretary 
of Administration, Virginia; Jennifer Kertanis, Director of Health, 
Farmington Valley Health District, Connecticut; Umair Shah, M.D., 
Secretary of Health, Washington; and Kathryn Turner, Deputy State 
Epidemiologist and Chief, Bureau of Communicable Disease Prevention, 
Idaho Division of Public Health.
HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF EMPLOYEES AND STATE OF DAMAGE AND PRESERVATION 
AS A RESULT OF THE JANUARY 6 INSURRECTION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch held a 
hearing entitled ``Health and Wellness of Employees and State of Damage 
and Preservation as a Result of the January 6 Insurrection''. Testimony 
was heard from Brett Blanton, Architect of the Capitol; Farar Elliott, 
Curator, U.S. House of Representatives; and Catherine Szpindor, Chief 
Administrative Officer, U.S. House of Representatives.
FANNING THE FLAMES: DISINFORMATION AND EXTREMISM IN THE MEDIA
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Communications and 
Technology held a hearing entitled ``Fanning the Flames: Disinformation 
and Extremism in the Media''. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
MONETARY POLICY AND THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY
Committee on Financial Services: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy''. Testimony was heard 
from Jerome H. Powell, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System.
HOW INVIDIOUS DISCRIMINATION WORKS AND HURTS: AN EXAMINATION OF LENDING 
DISCRIMINATION AND ITS LONG-TERM ECONOMIC IMPACTS ON BORROWERS OF COLOR
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``How Invidious Discrimination 
Works and Hurts: An Examination of Lending Discrimination and Its Long-
term Economic Impacts on Borrowers of Color''. Testimony was heard from 
Cheryl Cooper, Analyst, Financial Economics Division, Congressional 
Research Service, Library of Congress; and public witnesses.
AMERICA FORWARD: RESTORING DIPLOMACY AND DEVELOPMENT IN A FRACTURING 
WORLD
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``America Forward: Restoring Diplomacy and Development in a Fracturing 
World''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
CONFRONTING THE CORONAVIRUS: PERSPECTIVES ON THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ONE 
YEAR LATER
Committee on Homeland Security: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``Confronting the Coronavirus: Perspectives on the COVID-19 Pandemic 
One Year Later''. Testimony was heard from A. Nicole Clowers, Managing 
Director, Health Care Team, Government Accountability Office; Ngozi O. 
Ezike, M.D., Director, Illinois Department of Public Health; J. Ryan 
McMahon II, County Executive, Onondaga County, New York; and a public 
witness.
THE NEED FOR NEW LOWER COURT JUDGESHIPS, 30 YEARS IN THE MAKING
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual 
Property, and the Internet held a hearing entitled ``The Need for New 
Lower Court Judgeships, 30 Years in the Making''. Testimony was heard 
from public witnesses.
THE RISE OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM IN AMERICA
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security held a hearing entitled ``The Rise of Domestic 
Terrorism in America''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

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LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS TO PUT THE POSTAL SERVICE ON SUSTAINABLE 
FINANCIAL FOOTING
Committee on Oversight and Reform: Full Committee held a hearing 
entitled ``Legislative Proposals to Put the Postal Service on 
Sustainable Financial Footing''. Testimony was heard from Ron Bloom, 
Chairman, U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors; Louis DeJoy, 
Postmaster General, U.S. Postal Service; Tammy Whitcomb, Inspector 
General, U.S. Postal Service; and public witnesses.
PERSPECTIVES FROM MAIN STREET: RAISING THE WAGE
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, 
and Regulations held a hearing entitled ``Perspectives from Main 
Street: Raising the Wage''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
EXAMINING EQUITY IN TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ENFORCEMENT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit held a hearing entitled ``Examining Equity in 
Transportation Safety Enforcement''. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.