[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 100 (Wednesday, June 9, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D616-D618]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: USACE AND USBR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates 
and justification for fiscal year 2022 for the Army Corps of Engineers, 
and the Bureau of Reclamation, after receiving testimony from Jaime A. 
Pinkham, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, 
Lieutenant General Scott A. Spellmon, USA, Chief of Engineers and 
Commanding General, Army Corps of Engineers, both of the Department of 
Defense; and David Palumbo, Deputy Commissioner of Operations, Bureau 
of Reclamation, Department of the Interior.
APPROPRIATIONS: EPA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates and

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justification for fiscal year 2022 for the Environmental Protection 
Agency, after receiving testimony from Michael S. Regan, Administrator, 
Environmental Protection Agency.
APPROPRIATIONS: HHS
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 Department of Health and Human Services, after receiving 
testimony from Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health And Human Services.
APPROPRIATIONS: DOJ
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed 
budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2022 for the 
Department of Justice, after receiving testimony from Merrick B. 
Garland, Attorney General, Department of Justice.
MISSILE DEFENSE STRATEGY
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing to examine missile defense strategy, policies, and programs 
in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2022 and 
the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Leonor 
Tomero, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear and Missile Defense 
Policy, General Glen D. VanHerck, USAF, Commander, United States 
Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, Vice 
Admiral Jon A. Hill, USN, Director, Missile Defense Agency, and 
Lieutenant General Daniel L. Karbler, USA, Commanding General, Army 
Space and Missile Defense Command, Commander, Joint Functional 
Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense, all of the Department 
of Defense; Robert M. Soofer, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Nuclear and Missile Defense Policy; and Ankit Panda, 
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Economic Policy concluded a hearing to examine building a stronger 
financial system, focusing on opportunities of a central bank digital 
currency, after receiving testimony from Neha Narula, Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology Digital Currency Initiative, Cambridge; Lev 
Menand, Columbia Law School, and J. Christopher Giancarlo, Willkie Farr 
and Gallagher, both of New York, New York; and Darrell Duffie, Stanford 
University Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California.
NCAA ATHLETE NIL RIGHTS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine NCAA athlete NIL rights, after receiving testimony 
from Mark Few, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington; Mark Emmert, 
National Collegiate Athletic Association, Indianapolis, Indiana; Rod 
Gilmore, ESPN, Bristol, Connecticut; Wayne A.I. Frederick, Howard 
University, Washington, D.C., on behalf of Mid-Eastern Athletic 
Conference's Presidents and Chancellors; Michael McCann, University of 
New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law, Concord; and Matthew J. 
Mitten, Marquette University Law School, Los Angeles, California.
PFAS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine PFAS, focusing on the view from affected citizens 
and states, after receiving testimony from James C. Kenney, New Mexico 
Environment Department, Santa Fe; Scott Mandirola, West Virginia 
Department of Environmental Protection; Charleston; Joanne Stanton, 
Buxmont Coalition for Safer Water, Harleysville, Pennsylvania; and G. 
Tracy Mehan, III, American Water Works Association, Washington, D.C.
U.S. POLICY IN BELARUS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine United States policy in Belarus, after receiving testimony from 
Julie Fisher, Ambassador-Designate to Belarus, Department of State; 
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Democratic Belarus, Vilnius, Lithuania; and 
Jamie Fly, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Prague, Czech Republic.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Larry Edward Andre, Jr., of Texas, to be 
Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somalia, Maria E. Brewer, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Lesotho, Tulinabo S. 
Mushingi, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Angola, and 
to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador 
to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Elizabeth Moore 
Aubin, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the People's Democratic 
Republic of Algeria, Eugene S. Young, of New York, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of the Congo, and Christopher John Lamora, of Rhode 
Island, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cameroon, all of the 
Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the nominations of John K. Tien, of Georgia, 
to be Deputy Secretary, Robert Peter Silvers, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans, and 
Jonathan Eugene Meyer, of Ohio, to be General Counsel, all of the 
Department of Homeland Security.
NOMINATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Bryan Todd Newland, of Michigan, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior, after the nominee, who was introduced by 
Senator Peters, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Eunice C. Lee, of New York, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, who was introduced by Senators 
Schumer and Gillibrand, Veronica S. Rossman, of Colorado, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, who was introduced by 
Senators Bennet and Hickenlooper, and David G. Estudillo, Lauren J. 
King, and Tana Lin, each to be a United States District Judge for the 
Western District of Washington, who were introduced by Senator Murray, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT COMPANY PROGRAM
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine a review of the small business investment company 
program, including S. 1759, to establish a MicroCap small business 
investment company designation, after receiving testimony from Stacey 
R. Wittelsberger, Patriot Capital, Baltimore, Maryland; and Ivelisse 
Rodriguez Simon, Avante Capital Partner, Los Angeles, California.
INVESTING IN VA'S INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine a system to better serve America's veterans, focusing on 
investing in the Department of Veterans Affairs infrastructure, after 
receiving testimony from Brett Simms, Executive Director, Office of 
Asset Enterprise Management, Department of Veterans Affairs; Andrew Von 
Ah, Director, Physical Infrastructure, Government Accountability 
Office; Patrick D. Murray, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Washington, D.C.; 
and Donald Orndoff, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Oakland, 
California.
NOMINATIONS
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Christine Abizaid, of Maryland, to be 
Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Office of the 
Director of National Intelligence, and Robin C. Ashton, of Maryland, to 
be Inspector General, Central Intelligence Agency, who was introduced 
by former Senator Daniel Coats, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.