[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 101 (Thursday, June 10, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D625-D626]
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 the nomination of Janie Simms Hipp, of Arkansas, to 
be General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture.
APPROPRIATIONS: HUD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2022 for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, after 
receiving testimony from Marcia Fudge, Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development.
APPROPRIATIONS: FDA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2022 for the Food and Drug 
Administration, after receiving testimony from Janet Woodcock, Acting 
Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 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, Susanna V. Blume, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, and 
Deborah G. Rosenblum, of the District of Columbia, and Christopher Paul 
Maier, of California, both to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the 
Department of Defense, and Jill Hruby, of New Mexico, to be Under 
Secretary for Nuclear Security, and Frank A. Rose, of Massachusetts, to 
be Principal Deputy Administrator, National Nuclear Security 
Administration, both of the Department of Energy.
DOD BUDGET POSTURE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine the Department of Defense budget posture in review 
of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2022, after 
receiving testimony from Lloyd J. Austin III, Secretary, Michael J. 
McCord, Under Secretary (Comptroller), and General Mark A. Milley, USA, 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, all of the Department of 
Defense.
HHS BUDGET
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2022 for the 
Department of Health and Human Services, after receiving testimony from 
Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Lily Lawrence Batchelder, of Massachusetts, 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, to be Deputy Under Secretary, all of the Department of the 
Treasury.

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XINJIANG
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, 
and International Cybersecurity Policy with the Subcommittee on Western 
Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Global Women's Issues, concluded a joint hearing to examine 
atrocities in Xinjiang, after receiving testimony from Adrian Zenz, 
Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, Rushan Abbas, Campaign for 
Uyghurs, and Sophie Richardson, Human Rights Watch, all of Washington, 
D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Robin Carnahan, of 
Missouri, to be Administrator of General Services, who was introduced 
by Senator Blunt, Jen Easterly, of New York, to be Director of the 
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of 
Homeland Security, who was introduced by Representative Gallagher, and 
Chris Inglis, of Maryland, to be National Cyber Director, who was 
introduced by Senator King, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported S. 1927, to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 601, to amend section 3661 of title 18, United States Code, to 
prohibit the consideration of acquitted conduct at sentencing, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1014, to reform sentencing laws and correctional institutions, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Deborah L. Boardman, and Lydia Kay Griggsby, both 
to be a United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, and 
Ronald L. Davis, of California, to be Director of the United States 
Marshals Service, Department of Justice.