[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 74 (Thursday, April 29, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D455]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DIVERSIFYING ON-FARM INCOME
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine diversifying on-farm income, focusing on 
opportunities to strengthen rural America, after receiving testimony 
from Davon Goodwin, Sandhills AgInnovation Center, Ellerbe, North 
Carolina; John Lucey, Center for Dairy Research, and Rebekah Sweeney, 
Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association, both of Madison; Jason Weller, 
Truterra LLC, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Brian Carroll, Grand Farm 
Education and Research Initiative, Fargo, North Dakota.
WORLDWIDE THREATS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine worldwide threats after receiving testimony from 
Avril D. Haines, Director of National Intelligence; and Lieutenant 
General Scott D. Berrier, USA, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, 
Department of Defense.
THE DIGNITY OF WORK
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the dignity of work, including S. 404, to provide 
funding for the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act, after 
receiving testimony from Heather McGhee, author of The Sum of Us: What 
Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, Chicago, 
Illinois; Lisa Donner, Americans for Financial Reform, Washington, 
D.C.; Trevon D. Logan, The Ohio State University, Columbus; Andrew F. 
Puzder, former CEO of CKE Restaurants, Franklin, Tennessee; and Vivek 
Ramaswamy, Roivant Sciences, Cincinnati, Ohio.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nomination of Eric S. Lander, of 
Massachusetts, to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology 
Policy, after the nominee testified an answered questions in his own 
behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Tommy P. Beaudreau, of Alaska, to 
be Deputy Secretary of the Interior, after the nominee testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
SOCIAL SECURITY DURING COVID
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine Social 
Security during COVID, focusing on how the pandemic hampered access to 
benefits and strategies for improving service delivery, after receiving 
testimony from Grace Kim, Deputy Commissioner for Operations, Social 
Security Administration; Kascadare Causeya, Central City Concern, 
Portland, Oregon; Peggy Murphy, National Council of Social Security 
Management Associations, Great Falls, Montana; and Tara McGuinness, New 
America, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Jennifer Ann Abruzzo, 
of New York, to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations 
Board, who was introduced by Senator Murray, and Seema Nanda, of 
Virginia, to be Solicitor for the Department of Labor, who was 
introduced by Senator Kaine, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  S.632, to amend chapter 11 of title 35, United States Code, to 
require the voluntary collection of demographic information for patent 
inventors, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  S.169, to amend title 17, United States Code, to require the Register 
of Copyrights to waive fees for filing an application for registration 
of a copyright claim in certain circumstances.
SUPPORTING OLDER WORKERS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
supporting older workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, after 
receiving testimony from Elise Gould, Economic Policy Institute, Takoma 
Park, Maryland; Ramsey Alwin, National Council on Aging, and Elizabeth 
White, both of Washington, D.C.; and David Poston, Palmetto Synthetics, 
Kingstree, South Carolina.