[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 25, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D567-D568]
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 Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Christine Elizabeth Wormuth, of Virginia, to be Secretary 
of the Army, Department of Defense, and 3,438 nominations in the Army, 
Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Frank Kendall III, of Massachusetts, to be Secretary 
of the Air Force, Heidi Shyu, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for 
Research and Engineering, and Susanna V. Blume, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, all 
of the Department of Defense, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
FINANCIAL SYSTEM SUPERVISION AND REGULATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the semiannual testimony on the Federal Reserve's 
supervision and regulation of the financial system, after receiving 
testimony from Randal K. Quarles, Vice Chair for Supervision, Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
AMERICA'S TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY WORKFORCE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Tourism, Trade, and Export Promotion concluded a hearing to examine 
investing in America's tourism and hospitality workforce and small 
businesses, after receiving testimony from D. Taylor, UNITE HERE, and 
Shaundell Newsome, Sumnu Marketing, on behalf of the Urban Chamber of 
Commerce Las Vegas, both of Las Vegas, Nevada; Bill Lupfer, Florida 
Attractions Association, Tallahassee; and Drew Daly, CruiseOne, Dream 
Vacations and Cruises Inc., Miami, Florida.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nominations of Lily Lawrence Batchelder, of Massachusetts, who was 
introduced by Senator Warren, and Benjamin Harris, of Virginia, both to 
be an Assistant Secretary, J. Nellie Liang, of Maryland, to be an Under 
Secretary, and Jonathan Davidson, of Maryland, who was introduced by 
Senator Bennet, to be Deputy Under Secretary, all of the Department of 
the Treasury, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. Res. 229, recognizing the devastating attack on a girls' school in 
Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 8, 2021, and expressing solidarity with the 
Afghan people; and
  The nominations of Bonnie D. Jenkins, of New York, to be Under 
Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, Jose W. 
Fernandez, of New York, to be an Under Secretary of State (Economic 
Growth, Energy, and the Environment), to be United States Alternate 
Governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, to be 
United States Alternate Governor of the International Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development, and to be United States Alternate 
Governor of the

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Inter-American Development Bank, and routine lists in the Foreign 
Service.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1675, to improve maternal health, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute;
  S. 1491, to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve obstetric 
care in rural areas, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1662, to increase funding for the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the 
Food and Drug Administration and for the Foundation for the National 
Institutes of Health;
  S. 1301, to provide for the publication by the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services of physical activity recommendations for Americans;
  S. 610, to address behavioral health and well-being among health care 
professionals, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  S. 1658, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to expand 
access to breastfeeding accommodations in the workplace, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
STOPPING GUN VIOLENCE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution concluded 
a hearing to examine stopping gun violence, focusing on safe storage, 
after receiving testimony from Maya Haasz, Children's Hospital 
Colorado, Aurora; Ted C. Bonar, End Family Fire at Brady, Washington, 
D.C.; Joseph H. Bartozzi, National Shooting Sports Federation, Newtown, 
Connecticut; Kristin Song, Guilford, Connecticut; and Stephen 
Willeford, Sutherland Springs, Texas.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.