[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 20, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D374]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a 
hearing to examine Defense Health Program, after receiving testimony 
from Terry Adirim, Acting Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs, 
Lieutenant General R. Scott Dingle, Surgeon General of the Army, Rear 
Admiral Bruce L. Gillingham, Surgeon General of the Navy, and 
Lieutenant General Dorothy A. Hogg, Surgeon General of the Air Force, 
all of the Department of Defense.
AMERICAN JOBS PLAN
Committee on Appropriations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the American Jobs Plan, focusing on infrastructure, climate change, and 
investing in our nation's future, after receiving testimony from Pete 
Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation; Michael Regan, Administrator, 
Environmental Protection Agency; Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce; 
and Marcia Fudge, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine United States Strategic Command and United States 
Space Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal 
year 2022 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving 
testimony from Admiral Charles A. Richard, USN, Commander, United 
States Strategic Command, and General James H. Dickinson, USA, 
Commander, United States Space Command, both of the Department of 
Defense.
INVESTING IN RURAL COMMUNITIES
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine investing in rural communities, after receiving 
testimony from Wyoming State Senator Affie Ellis, Jackson Hole; William 
J. Bynum, HOPE, Jackson, Mississippi; Stacy Mitchell, Institute for 
Local Self-Reliance, Washington, D.C.; Marcia Erickson, GROW South 
Dakota, Sisseton; and Kathleen Sgamma, Western Energy Alliance, Denver, 
Colorado.
FTC AUTHORITY TO PROTECT CONSUMERS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine strengthening the Federal Trade Commission's 
authority to protect consumers, after receiving testimony from Noah 
Joshua Phillips, Rohit Chopra, and Christine S. Wilson, each a 
Commissioner, and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Acting Commissioner, all of 
the Federal Trade Commission.
TAX CODE DISPARITIES
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
combatting inequality, focusing on the tax code and racial, ethnic, and 
gender disparities, after receiving testimony from Dorothy A. Brown, 
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; Mihir A. Desai, Harvard University, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts; Himalaya Rao-Potlapally, Black Founders 
Matter Fund, Salem, Oregon; and Shay Hawkins, Opportunity Funds 
Association, Washington, D.C.
COVID-19 RECOVERY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine COVID-19 recovery, focusing on 
supporting workers and modernizing the workforce through quality 
education, training, and employment opportunities, after receiving 
testimony from Deniece Thomas, Tennessee Department of Labor and 
Workforce Development, Nashville; Maria K. Flynn, Jobs For the Future, 
Boston, Massachusetts; Scott Ralls, Wake Technical Community College, 
Raleigh, North Carolina; and Alejandro Mendoza, Optimax Systems, 
Ontario, New York.
VOTING RIGHTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
voting rights, after receiving testimony from Senator Warnock; 
Representative Owens; Bill Gardner, New Hampshire Secretary of State, 
Concord; Georgia Representative Jan Jones, Milton; Stacey Y. Abrams, 
Fair Fight Action, and Carol Anderson, Emory University, both of 
Atlanta, Georgia; and Sherrilyn Ifill, NAACP Legal Defense and 
Educational Fund, Inc., Washington, D.C.