[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 2, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D182-D184]
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: Committee announced the following 
subcommittee assignments for the 117th Congress:
  Subcommittee on Airland: Senators Duckworth (Chair), King, Peters, 
Manchin, Kelly, Rosen, Cotton, Wicker, Tillis, Sullivan, Scott (FL), 
and Hawley.
  Subcommittee on Cybersecurity: Senators Manchin (Chair), Gillibrand, 
Blumenthal, Rosen, Rounds, Wicker, Ernst, and Blackburn.
  Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities: Senators Kelly 
(Chair), Shaheen, Kaine, Warren, Peters, Gillibrand, Ernst, Fischer, 
Cramer, Scott (FL), Blackburn, Tuberville.
  Subcommittee on Personnel: Senators Gillibrand (Chair), Hirono, 
Warren, Tillis, Hawley, and Tuberville.
  Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support: Senators Kaine 
(Chair), Shaheen, Blumenthal, Hirono, Duckworth, Sullivan, Fischer, 
Rounds, Ernst, and Blackburn.
  Subcommittee on Seapower: Senators Hirono, Shaheen, Blumenthal, King, 
Kaine, Peters, Cramer, Wicker, Cotton, Tillis, Scott (FL), and Hawley.

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  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces: Senators King, Warren, Manchin, 
Duckworth, Rosen, Kelly, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, Sullivan, Cramer, and 
Tuberville.
  Senators Reed and Inhofe are ex officio members of each subcommittee.
GLOBAL SECURITY CHALLENGES AND STRATEGY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
global security challenges and strategy, after receiving testimony from 
Thomas Wright, The Brookings Institution, and Lieutenant General H.R. 
McMaster, USA (Ret.), former United States National Security Advisor, 
Stanford University Hoover Institution, both of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Gary Gensler, of Maryland, to be 
a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, who was introduced 
by Senators Cardin and Van Hollen, and Rohit Chopra, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, who 
was introduced by Senator Blumenthal, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nomination of Shalanda D. Young, of Louisiana, to be Deputy Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senator Leahy, testified and answered questions in her 
own behalf.
GAO'S 2021 HIGH RISK LIST
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the Government Accountability Office's 
2021 High Risk List, focusing on addressing waste, fraud, and abuse, 
after receiving testimony from Eugene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of 
the United States, J. Christopher Mihm, Managing Director, Strategic 
Issues, Mark Gaffigan, Managing Director, Natural Resources and 
Environment, Nikki Clowers, Managing Director, Health Care, Nick 
Marinos, Director, Information Technology and Cybersecurity, and David 
Trimble, Managing Director, Physical Infrastructure, all of the 
Government Accountability Office.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
announced the following subcommittee assignments for the 117th 
Congress:
  Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security: Senators 
Sanders, Casey, Baldwin, Murphy, Kaine, Hassan, Rosen, Lujan, Collins, 
Paul, Murkowski, Marshall, Scott (SC), Moran, Cassidy, and Braun.
  Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety: Senators 
Hickenlooper (Chair), Baldwin, Smith, Rosen, Lujan, Braun, Tuberville, 
Paul, Scott (SC), and Romney.
  Subcommittee on Children and Families: Senators Casey (Chair), 
Sanders, Murphy, Kaine, Hassan, Smith, Hickenlooper, Cassidy, Romney, 
Collins, Murkowski, Moran, Marshall, and Tuberville.
  Senators Murray and Burr are ex officio members of each subcommittee.
FBI OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the Federal Bureau of Investigation, focusing on the January 6, 
2021 insurrection, domestic terrorism, and other threats, after 
receiving testimony from Christopher A. Wray, Director, Federal Bureau 
of Investigation, Department of Justice.
  Also, Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments for 
the 117th Congress:
  Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights: 
Senators Klobuchar (Chair), Leahy, Blumenthal, Booker, Ossoff, Lee, 
Hawley, Cotton, Tillis, and Blackburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety: Senators 
Padilla (Chair), Feinstein, Klobuchar, Coons, Blumenthal, Hirono, 
Booker, Cornyn, Graham, Cruz, Cotton, Kennedy, Tillis, and Blackburn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution: Senators Blumenthal (Chair), 
Feinstein, Whitehouse, Ossoff, Cruz, Cornyn, Lee, and Sasse.
  Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism: Senators 
Booker (Chair), Leahy, Feinstein, Whitehouse, Klobuchar, Padilla, 
Ossoff, Cotton, Graham, Cornyn, Lee, Cruz, Hawley, and Kennedy.
  Subcommittee on Intellectual Property: Senators Leahy (Chair), Coons, 
Hirono, Padilla, Tillis, Cornyn, Cotton, and Blackburn.
  Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal 
Rights: Senators Whitehouse (Chair), Leahy, Hirono, Booker, Padilla, 
Ossoff, Kennedy, Graham, Lee, Cruz, Sasse, and Tillis.
  Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law: Senators Feinstein (Chair), 
Coons, Blumenthal, Hawley, Sasse, and Kennedy.
  Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law: Senators Coons 
(Chair), Whitehouse, Klobuchar, Hirono, Ossoff, Sasse, Graham, Hawley, 
Kennedy, and Blackburn.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nomination of William Joseph Burns, of Maryland, to be Director of 
the Central Intelligence Agency.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.