[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 51 (Thursday, March 18, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D267-D268]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
     (Committees not listed did not meet)
           DOD PLANNING, PROGRAMMING, BUDGET AND EXECUTION PROCESS
 Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a closed briefing on 
    the planning, programming, budget, and execution process of the 
Department of Defense from Brendan W. McGarry, Defense Budget Analyst, 
 Pat Towell, Defense Policy and Budget Specialist, and Lawrence Kapp, 
Military Personnel Policy Specialist, all of the Congressional Research 
                     Service, Library of Congress.
         21ST CENTURY ECONOMY: FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the 21st century economy, focusing on protecting the 
 financial system from risks associated with climate change, including 
S. 563, to amend the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit certain financial 
service providers who deny fair access to financial services from using 
   taxpayer funded discount window lending programs, after receiving 
  testimony from Gregory Gelzinis, Center for American Progress, and 
  Benjamin Zycher, American Enterprise Institute, both of Washington, 
  D.C.; Nathaniel Keohane, Environmental Defense Fund, New York, New 
 York; Marilyn Waite, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Menlo 
                       Park, California; and John

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Cochrane, Stanford University Hoover Institution, Stanford, California.
                                             FIGHTING FORCED LABOR
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine fighting 
   forced labor, focusing on closing loopholes and improving customs 
 enforcement to mandate clean supply chains and protect workers, after 
 receiving testimony from Joe Wrona, United Steelworkers, Buffalo, New 
 York; Martina E. Vandenberg, The Human Trafficking Legal Center, and 
Julia K. Hughes, U.S. Fashion Industry Association, both of Washington, 
    D.C.; and Leonardo Bonanni, Sourcemap Inc., New York, New York.
                                    SOLARWINDS SUPPLY CHAIN ATTACK
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
  concluded a hearing to examine the SolarWinds supply chain attack, 
  focusing on the Federal perspective, after receiving testimony from 
  Christopher J. DeRusha, Federal Chief Information Security Officer, 
   Office of Management and Budget; Brandon Wales, Acting Director, 
    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of 
Homeland Security; and Tonya Ugoretz, Acting Assistant Director, Cyber 
   Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.
                                  COVID-19 FEDERAL RESPONSE UPDATE
    Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
 concluded a hearing to examine the COVID-19 response, focusing on an 
 update from Federal officials, after receiving testimony from Anthony 
Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 
 National Institutes of Health, David Kessler, Chief Science Officer, 
COVID Response, Peter Marks, Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation 
  and Research, Food and Drug Administration, and Rochelle Walensky, 
   Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, all of the 
                Department of Health and Human Services.
                                        COVID-19 HEALTH CARE NEEDS
 Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
 COVID-19 one year later, focusing on addressing health care needs for 
   at-risk Americans, after receiving testimony from Anand S. Iyer, 
     University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham; Amy Houtrow, 
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; 
   Anthony Jackson, Roper St. Francis Healthcare, Charleston, South 
Carolina; and Sandra Harris, AARP Massachusetts, Boston.

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