[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 46 (Thursday, March 11, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D230-D231]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FARMERS AND FORESTERS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine farmers and foresters, focusing on opportunities 
to lead in tackling climate change, after receiving testimony from Clay 
Pope, National Farmers Union, Loyal, Oklahoma; Mark Isbell, USA Rice, 
England, Arkansas; John Reifsteck, GROWMARK cooperative, Bloomington, 
Illinois, on behalf of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives; 
Stefanie Smallhouse, Arizona Farm Bureau Federation, Gilbert; and Cori 
Wittman Stitt, Environmental Defense Fund, Lapwai, Idaho.
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON MILITARY, NATIONAL, AND PUBLIC SERVICE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the final recommendations and report of the National Commission on 
Military, National, and Public Service, after receiving testimony from 
former Representative Joseph J. Heck, Chairman, Debra S. Wada, Vice 
Chair, Military Service, and Alan Khazei, Commissioner, all of the 
National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nomination of David Turk, of Maryland, to be Deputy 
Secretary of Energy.
ELECTRIC SERVICE AND EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the reliability, resiliency, and affordability of 
electric service in the United States amid the changing energy mix and 
extreme weather events, after receiving testimony from Mark A. Gabriel, 
Administrator, Western Area Power Administration, Department of Energy; 
James B. Robb, North American Electric Reliability Corporation, 
Atlanta, Georgia; Pat Wood, III, Hunt Energy Network, former Chairman 
of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Houston, Texas; Michael D. 
Shellenberger, Environmental Progress, Berkeley, California; and Manu 
Asthana, PJM Interconnection, Audubon, Pennsylvania.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of Wendy Ruth Sherman, of Maryland, to be Deputy 
Secretary, and Brian P. McKeon, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources, both of the Department 
of State.
U.S. OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES AROUND THE WORLD
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on 
opportunities and challenges for the United States around the world 
from Antony Blinken, Secretary of State.
COMPETITION POLICY AND ANTITRUST REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Competition Policy, 
Antitrust, and Consumer Rights concluded a hearing to examine 
competition policy for the twenty-first century, focusing on the case 
for antitrust reform, after receiving testimony from George P. Slover, 
Consumer Reports, Ashley Baker, The Committee for Justice, Barry C. 
Lynn, Open Markets Institute, and Jan M. Rybnicek, Freshfields 
Bruckhaus Deringer, all of Washington, D.C.; and Nancy L. Rose, 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.