[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 19, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D542-D543]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: CDC
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2022 for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, after 
receiving testimony from Rochelle Walensky, Director, and Anne 
Schuchat, Principal Deputy Director, both of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services.
DISASTER RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine rethinking disaster recovery and resiliency, focusing on 
protecting communities and accelerating assistance, after receiving 
testimony from Arthur Jemison, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development for Community Planning and Development; 
and John Pendleton, Director, Financial Markets and Community 
Investment, Government Accountability Office.
IRS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government concluded a hearing to examine the Internal Revenue 
Service, focusing on narrowing the tax gap and improving taxpayer 
services, after receiving testimony from Charles P. Rettig, 
Commissioner, Erin M. Collins, National Taxpayer Advocate, and Charles 
O. Rossotti, former Commissioner, all of the Internal Revenue Service, 
Department of the Treasury.
MILITARY INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine 
military infrastructure and climate resilience, after receiving 
testimony from Richard Kidd, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment 
and Energy Resilience, Jack Surash, Senior Official, performing the 
duties of Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy, 
and Environment, James Balocki, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy 
for Installations, Energy, and Facilities, and Mark Correll, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Environment, Safety, and 
Infrastructure, all of the Department of Defense.
DOE ATOMIC DEFENSE ACTIVITIES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing to examine the Department of Energy's atomic defense 
activities and programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request 
for fiscal year 2022 and future years defense program, after receiving 
testimony from Admiral James Caldwell, Deputy Administrator for Office 
of Naval Reactors, and Charles Verdon, Acting Administrator, both of 
the National Nuclear Security Administration, and William White, Acting 
Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, all of the Department 
of Energy.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Adrianne Todman, of the Virgin 
Islands, to be Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and 
Nuria I. Fernandez, of California, to be

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Federal Transit Administrator, Department of Transportation.
BIODIVERSITY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine biodiversity loss, focusing on drivers, impacts, and 
potential solutions, after receiving testimony from Leah Gerber, 
Arizona State University Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Tempe; 
Edmund Patrick Sullivan, Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency, Morgan 
Hill, California; Andy Treharne, Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation, 
Henrico, Virginia; and John Schmidt, PARTNERSCAPES, Elkins, West 
Virginia.
COVID-19
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine COVID-19 
health care flexibilities, focusing on perspectives, experiences, and 
lessons learned, after receiving testimony from Jessica Farb, Director, 
Health Care, Government Accountability Office; Kisha Davis, American 
Academy of Family Physicians, Leawood, Kansas; Linda V. DeCherrie, 
Mount Sinai at Home, New York, New York; Narayana Murali, America's 
Physician Groups, Marshfield, Wisconsin; and Robert A. Berenson, Urban 
Institute, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Brian A. Nichols, of Rhode Island, to be an 
Assistant Secretary (Western Hemisphere Affairs), who was introduced by 
Senator Whitehouse, and Michele Jeanne Sison, of Maryland, to be an 
Assistant Secretary (International Organization Affairs), who was 
introduced by Senator Van Hollen, both of the Department of State, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
MEDICAL SUPPLY CHAIN AND PANDEMIC RESPONSE GAPS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine COVID-19, focusing on evaluating the 
medical supply chain and pandemic response gaps, after receiving 
testimony from Shereef Elnahal, University Hospital, Newark, New 
Jersey; Robert B. Handfield, North Carolina State University Poole 
College of Management, Raleigh; Stephen W. Schondelmeyer, University of 
Minnesota College of Pharmacy, Minneapolis; and Kimberly Glas, National 
Council of Textile Organizations, Washington, D.C.
ANTITRUST APPLIED
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Competition Policy, 
Antitrust, and Consumer Rights concluded a hearing to examine antitrust 
applied, focusing on hospital consolidation concerns and solutions, 
after receiving testimony from Martin Gaynor, Carnegie Mellon 
University Heinz College, and Beth McCracken, both of Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania; Michael F. Cannon, Cato Institute, and Brian J. Miller, 
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Carey 
Business School, both of Washington D.C.; Rod Hochman, American 
Hospital Association, Renton, Washington; and Ahmer Qadeer, Service 
Employees International Union, New York, New York.
WOMEN AND MINORITY CONTRACTING
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine realizing the vision of Parren Mitchell, focusing on 
untapping the potential of minority and women contracting, after 
receiving testimony from Rosa Q. Caldas, ZemiTek, LLC, Bethesda, 
Maryland; and Euripides Rubio, Ops Tech Alliance, Bowie, Maryland.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Donald Michael Remy, of Louisiana, to be 
Deputy Secretary, who was introduced by Senator Cassidy, Matthew T. 
Quinn, of Montana, to be Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs, and 
Maryanne T. Donaghy, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary 
(Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection), who were both 
introduced by Senator Tester, and Patricia L. Ross, of Ohio, to be an 
Assistant Secretary (Congressional and Legislative Affairs), who was 
introduced by Representative Pelosi, all of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf.