[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 14, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D343-D344]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FEMA RESPONSE TO COVID-19
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Security 
concluded a hearing to examine the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency's response to COVID-19 and other challenges, after receiving 
testimony from Robert J. Fenton, Jr., Senior Official performing the 
duties of Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security.
ENDLESS FRONTIER ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine an original bill entitled, ``Endless Frontier 
Act'', after receiving testimony from Kelvin Droegemeier, University of 
Oklahoma, Norman; Marie Lynn Miranda, University of Notre Dame, Notre 
Dame, Indiana; David Shaw, Mississippi State University, Mississippi 
State; Linden Rhoads, The W Fund, Seattle, Washington; Gary D. Butler, 
Camgian, Starkville, Mississippi; and William B. Bonvillian, MIT Office 
of Open Learning, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported S. 914, to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize programs under those Acts, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
HIGHWAY TRUST FUND
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund, 
focusing on lessons learned from the Surface Transportation System 
Funding Alternatives Program and other user-based revenue solutions, 
and how funding uncertainty affects the highway programs, after 
receiving testimony from Joseph Kile, Director of Microeconomic 
Analysis, Congressional Budget Office; Jack Basso, Mileage Based User 
Fee Alliance, Washington, D.C.; Patricia G. Hendren, The Eastern 
Transportation Coalition, Silver Spring, Maryland; Robert Poole, Reason 
Foundation, Plantation, Florida; and Douglas Shinkle, National 
Conference of State Legislatures, Denver, Colorado.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the nominations of Deanne Bennett Criswell, 
of New York, to be Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security, and Jason Scott Miller, of 
Maryland, to be Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management 
and Budget.
COVID-19 PREPAREDNESS OVERSIGHT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded an oversight hearing to examine preparedness for COVID-19, 
focusing on the initial pandemic response and lessons learned, after 
receiving testimony from Nicole Lurie, former Assistant Secretary for 
Preparedness and Response, and Julie L. Gerberding, former Director, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, both formerly of the 
Department of Health and Human Services; and Rear Admiral Joseph L. 
Nimmich, USCG (Ret.), former Deputy Administrator, and Elizabeth A. 
Zimmerman, former Associate Administrator, Office of Response and 
Recovery, both formerly of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security.

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COVID-19 RESPONSE IN NATIVE COMMUNITIES
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine the COVID-19 response in Native communities, focusing on 
Native health systems one year later, after receiving testimony from 
Rear Admiral Michael Toedt, Chief Medical Officer, Indian Health 
Service, Department of Health and Human Services; William Smith, 
National Indian Health Board, and Walter Murillo, National Council of 
Urban Indian Health, both of Washington, D.C.; Sheri-Ann Daniels, Papa 
Ola Lokahi, Honolulu, Hawaii; and Robert Onders, Alaska Native Tribal 
Health Consortium, Anchorage.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Kristen M. Clarke, who was introduced by Senator 
Gillibrand, and Todd Sunhwae Kim, who was introduced by Senator Booker, 
both of the District of Columbia, both to be an Assistant Attorney 
General, Department of Justice, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Richard A. Sauber, of the District of 
Columbia, to be General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs, after 
the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
WORLDWIDE THREATS
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine worldwide threats, after receiving testimony from 
Avril Haines, Director, Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence; William J. Burns, Director, Central Intelligence Agency; 
Christopher Wray, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department 
of Justice; General Paul Nakasone, Director, National Security Agency; 
and Lieutenant General Scott D. Berrier, Director, Defense Intelligence 
Agency, Department of Defense.