[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 21, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D410-D411]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: USCP, AOC, AND SAA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2022 for the Capitol Police, Architect of 
the Capitol, and Senate Sergeant at Arms, after receiving testimony 
from Yogananda D. Pittman, Acting Chief, United States Capitol Police; 
J. Brett Blanton, Architect of the Capitol; and Karen H. Gibson, 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.
TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION ACTIVITIES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities concluded a hearing to examine science and technology, 
technology maturation, and technology transition activities, after 
receiving testimony from Peter Highnam, Deputy Director, Defense 
Advanced Research Projects Agency, Major General John A. George, USA, 
Commanding General, Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, Rear 
Admiral Lorin C. Selby, USN, Chief, Naval Research, and Brigadier 
General Heather L. Pringle, USAF, Commander, Air Force Research 
Laboratory, all of the Department of Defense.
DOD CYBER WORKFORCE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a 
hearing to examine the current and future cyber workforce of the 
Department of Defense and the military services, after receiving 
testimony from John Sherman, Acting Chief Information Officer, Veronica 
E. Hinton, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Civilian Personnel 
Policy, Leonard G. Litton III, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Military Personnel Policy, and Lieutenant General Dennis A. Crall, 
USMC, Director, Command, Control Communications and Computers/Cyber and 
Chief Information Officer, Joint Staff, J6, all of the Department of 
Defense.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Bill Nelson, of Florida, to be 
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, who 
was introduced by Senator Rubio and former Senator Kay Bailey 
Hutchison, Lina M. Khan, of New York, to be a Federal Trade 
Commissioner, who was introduced by Senators Klobuchar and Blumenthal, 
and Leslie B. Kiernan, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of Commerce, who was introduced by Secretary of Commerce 
Penny Pritzker, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
AIR TRAVEL
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations, and 
Innovation concluded a hearing to examine America's safe return to air 
travel, after receiving testimony from Charlene Reynolds, City of 
Phoenix Aviation Department, Phoenix, Arizona; Sara Nelson, Association 
of Flight Attendants-CWA, and Nick Calio, Airlines for America, both of 
Washington, D.C.; and Leonard J. Marcus, Harvard T.H. Chan School of 
Public Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S.1169, to address issues involving the People's Republic of China, 
with amendments;
  S.814, to promote security partnership with Ukraine, with amendments; 
and
  The nominations of Victoria Nuland, of Virginia, to be an Under 
Secretary (Political Affairs), and Uzra Zeya, of Virginia, to be an 
Under Secretary (Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights), both 
of the Department of State.

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U.S. POLICY ON YEMEN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, 
Central Asia, and Counterterrorism concluded a hearing to examine 
United States policy on Yemen, after receiving testimony from Tim 
Lenderking, Special Envoy for Yemen, Department of State; and Lise 
Grande, United States Institute of Peace, and Amanda Catanzano, 
International Rescue Committee, both of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Julie A. Su, of California, to be 
Deputy Secretary of Labor, and Cynthia Minette Marten, of California, 
to be Deputy Secretary, and James Richard Kvaal, of Massachusetts, to 
be Under Secretary, both of the Department of Education.
PATENT SYSTEM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Intellectual Property 
concluded a hearing to examine improving access and inclusivity in the 
patent system, focusing on unleashing America's economic engine, after 
receiving testimony from Georgia Grace Edwards, SheFly, Burlington, 
Vermont; Mallun Yen, Operator Collective, Woodside, California; Angela 
J. Grayson, American Intellectual Property Law Association, 
Bentonville, Arkansas; and Lateef Mtima, Howard University School of 
Law, Washington, D.C.
COMPETITION IN APP STORES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Competition Policy, 
Antitrust, and Consumer Rights concluded a hearing to examine 
competition in app stores, focusing on antitrust, after receiving 
testimony from Kyle Andeer, Apple Inc., Cupertino, California; Wilson 
White, Google LLC., Mountain View, California; Horacio Gutierrez, 
Spotify, New York, New York; Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of 
America, Washington, D.C.; Kirsten Daru, Tile, Inc., San Mateo, 
California; and Jared Sine, Match Group, Dallas, Texas.
NOMINATION
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Dilawar Syed, of California, to be 
Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration, after the 
nominee, who was introduced by Senator Kaine, testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.