[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 41 (Thursday, March 4, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D196-D197]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Colin Hackett Kahl, of California, to be Under 
Secretary of Defense for Policy, after the nominee testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM, WORKERS, AND THE RACIAL WEALTH GAP
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine how the financial system hurts workers and widens 
the racial wealth gap, after receiving testimony from Abbye Atkinson, 
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law; Darrick Hamilton, 
The New School and the Institute on Race and Political Economy, New 
York, New York; and Glenn Cartman Loury, Brown University, Providence, 
Rhode Island.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nomination of Debra Anne Haaland, of New Mexico, to be 
Secretary of the Interior.
  Also, Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments for 
the 117th Congress:

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   Subcommittee on Energy: Senators Hirono (Chair), Wyden, Sanders, 
Heinrich, King, Cortez Masto, Hickenlooper, Hoeven, Risch, Murkowski, 
Lankford, Cassidy, Hyde-Smith, and Marshall.
  Subcommittee on National Parks: Senators King (Chair), Sanders, 
Heinrich, Hirono, Kelly, Daines, Lee, Murkowski, Hoeven, and Lankford.
   Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining: Senators Cortez 
Masto (Chair), Wyden, Heinrich, Hirono, King, Kelly, Hickenlooper, Lee, 
Risch, Daines, Murkowski, Lankford, Cassidy, and Hyde-Smith.
   Subcommittee on Water and Power: Senators Wyden (Chair), Sanders, 
Cortez Masto, Kelly, Hickenlooper, Hyde-Smith, Risch, Lee, Hoeven, and 
Marshall.
   Senators Manchin and Barrasso are ex officio members of each 
subcommittee.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of David Turk, of Maryland, to be 
Deputy Secretary of Energy, after the nominee, who was introduced by 
Senator Van Hollen and former Senator Conrad, testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Shalanda D. Young, of 
Louisiana, to be Deputy Director, who was introduced by Senators Leahy 
and Cassidy, and Jason Scott Miller, of Maryland, to be Deputy Director 
for Management, who was introduced by Representative Stevens, both of 
the Office of Management and Budget, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.