[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 70 (Thursday, April 22, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D419-D420]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered 
favorably reported S. 1251, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture 
to develop a program to reduce barriers to entry for farmers, ranchers, 
and private forest landowners in certain voluntary markets.
NOMINATION
Committee on Agriculture: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nomination of Jewel Hairston Bronaugh, of Virginia, to be Deputy 
Secretary of Agriculture, after the nominee, who was introduced by 
Senator Warner, testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine United States Central Command and United States 
Africa Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for 
fiscal year 2022 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving 
testimony from General Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr. USMC, Commander, United 
States Central Command, and General Stephen J. Townsend, USA, 
Commander, United States Africa Command, both of the Department of 
Defense.
21ST CENTURY COMMUNITIES
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine 21st century communities, focusing on capitalizing 
on opportunities in the clean energy economy, after receiving testimony 
from Ernest Moniz, former Secretary of Energy, Energy Futures 
Initiative; Khalil Shahyd, Natural Resources Defense Council, New

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York, New York; Zoe Lipman, BlueGreen Alliance, and David W. Kreutzer, 
Institute for Energy Research, both of Washington, D.C.; and Neal 
Crabtree, Pipeliners Local Union 798, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
CARBON AND CARBON-DIOXIDE UTILIZATION TECHNOLOGIES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the opportunities and challenges that exist for 
advancing and deploying carbon and carbon-dioxide utilization 
technologies in the United States, after receiving testimony from Brian 
Anderson, Director, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Department 
of Energy; Jason Begger, Wyoming Integrated Test Center, Cheyenne; 
Randall W. Atkins, Ramaco Coal, Sheridan, Wyoming; and Gaurav N. Sant, 
University of California Department of Civil and Environmental 
Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Los Angeles.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Andrea Joan Palm, of Wisconsin, to be Deputy Secretary of 
Health and Human Services.
U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine U.S.-
China relations, focusing on improving U.S. competitiveness through 
trade, after receiving testimony from Michael R. Wessel, Commissioner, 
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission; Aynne Kokas, 
University of Virginia Miller Center for Public Affairs, 
Charlottesville; Clete R. Willems, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld, 
Washington, D.C.; and David Baer, Element Electronics, Winnsboro, South 
Carolina.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Kiran Arjandas Ahuja, 
of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management, 
and Anton George Hajjar, of Maryland, Amber Faye McReynolds, of 
Colorado, and Ronald Stroman, of the District of Columbia, each to be a 
Governor of the United States Postal Service, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
PROTECTING U.S. BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine protecting U.S. biomedical research, 
focusing on efforts to prevent undue foreign influence, after receiving 
testimony from Michael S. Lauer, Deputy Director for Extramural 
Research, National Institutes of Health, Lisa Aguirre, Acting Director, 
Office of National Security, and Gary Cantrell, Deputy Inspector 
General for Investigations, Office of Investigations, Office of 
Inspector General, all of the Department of Health and Human Services; 
and Candice N. Wright, Acting Director, Science, Technology Assessment, 
and Analytics, Government Accountability Office.
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND POLICING
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and 
Counterterrorism concluded a hearing to examine behavioral health and 
policing, focusing on interactions and solutions, after receiving 
testimony from Major Martin A. Bartness, Baltimore Police Department, 
Baltimore, Maryland; Sheriff Margaret Mims, Fresno, California; Keris 
Jan Myrick, The Mental Health Strategic Impact Initiative, Los Angeles, 
California; Ebony C. Morgan, Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The 
Streets (CAHOOTS), Eugene, Oregon; Kevin Martone, Technical Assistance 
Collaborative, Boston, Massachusetts; Rafael A. Mangual, Manhattan 
Institute for Policy Research, New York, New York; and Terri O'Connor, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nomination of Richard A. Sauber, of the District of Columbia, to be 
General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs.