[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 23, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D286-D287]
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 Admiral John C. Aquilino, USN, for reappointment to 
the grade of admiral and to be Commander, United States Indo-Pacific 
Command, Department of Defense, after the nominee, who was introduced 
by Senator Hirono, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 4,113 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space 
Force.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Samantha Power, of Massachusetts, to be 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Markey, 
testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
BOLSTERING DEMOCRACY IN GEORGIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Europe and Regional 
Security Cooperation concluded a hearing to examine bolstering 
democracy in Georgia, after receiving testimony from George Kent, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, 
and Kara McDonald, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor, both of the Department of State.
2020 CENSUS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the 2020 census and current activities 
of the Census Bureau, including the need for the Census Bureau to 
ensure transparency over data quality and finalize plans for data 
protection, after receiving testimony from Ron S. Jarmin, Acting 
Director, Census Bureau, Department of Commerce; and J. Christopher 
Mihm, Managing Director, Strategic Issues, and Nick Marinos, Director, 
Information Technology and

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Cybersecurity, both of the Government Accountability Office.
PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Primary Health and Retirement Security concluded a hearing to examine 
why the U.S. pays the highest prices in the world for prescription 
drugs, including S. 908, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
Act to provide for the negotiation of lower covered part D drug prices 
on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries and the establishment and 
application of a formulary by the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services under Medicare part D, S. 909, to significantly lower 
prescription drug prices for patients in the United States by ending 
government-granted monopolies for manufacturers who charge drug prices 
that are higher than the median prices at which the drugs are available 
in other countries, and S. 920, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act to allow for the importation of affordable and safe drugs 
by wholesale distributors, pharmacies, and individuals, after receiving 
testimony from Aaron S. Kesselheim, Harvard Medical School and Brigham 
and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Nav Persaud, University of 
Toronto and St. Michael's Hospital, Ontario, Canada; Alex Brill, 
American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C.; and Elia Spates, 
Derby, Vermont.
GUN VIOLENCE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
constitutional and common sense steps to reduce gun violence, after 
receiving testimony from Chief Fernando Spagnolo, Waterbury Police 
Department, Waterbury, Connecticut; Selwyn Rogers, University of 
Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; Robyn Thomas, Giffords Law Center 
to Prevent Gun Violence, and Chris Cheng, both of San Francisco, 
California; Amy E. Swearer, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.; 
Geneva Solomon, Redstone Firearms, Burbank, California, on behalf of 
the National African American Gun Association; Robin Brule, 
Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Suzanna Gratia Hupp, Lampasas, Texas.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.