[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 15, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D645-D646]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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 Department of Agriculture, 
after receiving testimony from Tom Vilsack, Secretary, and John Rapp, 
Acting Director, Office of Budget and Program Analysis, both of the 
Department of Agriculture.
APPROPRIATIONS: NASA
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 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, after receiving 
testimony from Bill Nelson, Administrator, National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration.
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY POSTURE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the posture of the Department of the Army in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2022 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from Christine E. Wormuth, Secretary 
of the Army, and General James P. McConville, USA, Chief of Staff of 
the Army, both of the Department of Defense.
ARMY MODERNIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland concluded a 
hearing to examine Army modernization in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2022, after receiving testimony 
from Douglas R. Bush, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, General John M. Murray, USA, 
Commanding General, Army Futures Command, and Lieutenant General Erik 
C. Peterson, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army, G-8, all of the 
Department of Defense.
21ST CENTURY COMMUNITIES
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine 21st century communities, focusing on local leaders 
and the infrastructure needs facing America's states, cities, and 
towns, including S. 1991, to authorize a new type of housing choice 
voucher to help achieve the goals of ending homelessness among families 
with children, increasing housing opportunities, and

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improving life outcomes of poor children, and S. 1431, to prohibit the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget from raising the 
minimum urban area population to qualify a metropolitan statistical 
area from 50,000, after receiving testimony from Mayor Daniel Horrigan, 
Akron, Ohio; Mayor Cyndy Andrus, Bozeman, Montana; Mayor Corey Woods, 
Tempe, Arizona; Josh Parsons, Lancaster County Board of County 
Commissioners, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; and Brian Riedl, the Manhattan 
Institute for Policy Research, New York, New York.
OUTDOOR TOURISM, RECREATION, AND ECOTOURISM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Tourism, Trade, and Export Promotion concluded a hearing to examine the 
state of outdoor tourism, recreation, and ecotourism, after receiving 
testimony from Colin Robertson, Nevada Department of Conservation and 
Natural Resources, Reno; Glenn Hughes, American Sportfishing 
Association, Alexandria, Virginia; Joe Henry, Lake of the Woods 
Tourism, St. Cloud, Minnesota; and Zachary Hartman, Ducks Unlimited, 
Memphis, Tennessee.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2022 for the Department of Energy, after receiving testimony from 
Jennifer M. Granholm, Secretary of Energy.
MENTAL HEALTH CARE
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine mental 
health care in America, focusing on addressing root causes and 
identifying policy solutions, Benjamin F. Miller, Well Being Trust, 
Oakland, California; Chantay Jett, Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness, 
Enterprise, Oregon; Michelle P. Durham, Boston Medical Center 
Department of Psychiatry, Boston, Massachusetts; and Thomas Betlach, 
Speire Healthcare Strategies, Phoenix, Arizona.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Todd D. Robinson, of New Jersey, to be an 
Assistant Secretary (International Narcotics and Law Enforcement 
Affairs), Brett M. Holmgren, of Minnesota, to be an Assistant Secretary 
(Intelligence and Research), and Daniel J. Kritenbrink, of Virginia, to 
be an Assistant Secretary (East Asian and Pacific Affairs), all of the 
Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
AMERICAN DREAM AND PROMISE ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
H.R. 6, to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of 
status of certain aliens, after receiving testimony from Rony 
Ponthieux, Family Action Network Movement, Miami Gardens, Florida; Leon 
Rodriguez, Seyfarth Shaw, LLP, and Joseph B. Edlow, The Edlow Group, 
LLC, both of Washington, D.C.; Manuel Bernal Mejia, Chicago, Illinois; 
and Michelle Root, Modale, Iowa.
PROTECTING COMPETITION AND INNOVATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Competition Policy, 
Antitrust, and Consumer Rights concluded a hearing to examine 
protecting competition and innovation in home technologies, after 
receiving testimony from Ryan McCrate, Amazon, Seattle, Washington; 
Wilson White, Google LLC, Mountain View, California; Eddie Lazarus, 
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, California; Matthew B. Crawford, University 
of Virginia Institute For Advanced Studies In Culture, San Jose, 
California; and Jonathan L. Zittrain, Harvard University Berkman Klein 
Center for Internet and Society, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.