[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 23, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D687-D689]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CATTLE MARKETS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine markets, transparency, and prices from cattle 
producer to consumer, after receiving testimony from Justin Tupper, St. 
Onge Livestock, St. Onge, South Dakota, on behalf of the United States 
Cattlemen's Association; Mark Gardiner, Gardiner Angus Ranch, Ashland, 
Kansas; Glynn T. Tonsor, Kansas State University Department of 
Agricultural Economics, Manhattan, Kansas; Dustin Aherin, Rabobank, 
Chesterfield, Missouri; and Mary Hendrickson, University of Missouri 
College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Columbia, Missouri.
APPROPRIATIONS: DOE AND NNSA
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 Department of Energy, 
including the National Nuclear Security Administration, after receiving 
testimony from Jennifer Granholm, Secretary, and Charles P. Verdon, 
Acting Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and Acting Administrator 
for the National Nuclear Security Administration, both of the 
Department of Energy.
APPROPRIATIONS: VA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine 
proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2022 and 
2023 advance appropriations requests for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, after receiving testimony from Denis McDonough, Secretary, and 
Jon J. Rychalski, Assistant Secretary for Management and Chief 
Financial Officer, both of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
APPROPRIATIONS: FBI
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 Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, after receiving testimony from Christopher A. 
Wray, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates and justification for fiscal year 2022 for the Department of 
the Treasury, after receiving testimony from Janet L. Yellen, 
Secretary, and Noel Andres Poyo, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Community and Economic Development, both of the Department of the 
Treasury; Andy Anderson, Bank of Anguilla, Rolling Fork, Mississippi; 
and Joseph Haskins, Jr., Harbor Bankshares Corporation, Baltimore, 
Maryland.
RECENT RANSOMWARE ATTACKS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity concluded 
open and closed hearings to examine recent ransomware attacks, after 
receiving testimony from Mieke Eoyang, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Cyber Policy, Major General Kevin B. Kennedy, USAF, Director of 
Operations, United States Cyber Command, and Rear Admiral Ronald A. 
Foy, USN, Deputy Director for Global Operations, Joint Staff, all of 
the Department of Defense.
CHILD CARE
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Economic Policy concluded a hearing to examine the role of child care 
in an equitable post-pandemic economy, after receiving testimony from 
Fatima Goss Graves, National Women's Law Center, Rachel Greszler, The 
Heritage Foundation, and Abby M. McCloskey, McCloskey Policy LLC, all 
of Washington, D.C.; Betsey Stevenson, University of Michigan Gerald R. 
Ford School of Public Policy, Ann Arbor; and Bernadette Akum Ngoh, 
Trusted Care Family Day Care Home, West Haven, Connecticut.
AVIATION INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations, and 
Innovation concluded a hearing to examine aviation infrastructure for 
the 21st century, after receiving testimony from Danette Bewley, Tucson 
Airport Authority, Tucson, Arizona; Sean Donohue, Dallas Fort Worth 
International Airport, and Paul Cullen, Southwest Airlines Co., both of 
Dallas, Texas; Paul Rinaldi, National Air Traffic Controllers 
Association, AFL-CIO (NATCA), Washington, D.C.; and Benjamin M. Miller, 
RAND Corporation, Arlington, Virginia.

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NATIONAL PARKS LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded a hearing to examine S. 31, to limit the establishment 
or extension of national monuments in the State of Utah, S. 172, to 
authorize the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation to establish a 
commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, S. 
192, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain river 
segments in the State of Oregon as components of the National Wild and 
Scenic Rivers System, S. 270, to amend the Act entitled ``Act to 
provide for the establishment of the Brown v. Board of Education 
National Historic Site in the State of Kansas'' to provide for 
inclusion of additional related sites in the National Park System, S. 
491, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain river 
segments in the York River watershed in the State of Maine as 
components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 535, to 
authorize the location of a memorial on the National Mall to 
commemorate and honor the members of the Armed Forces that served on 
active duty in support of the Global War on Terrorism, S. 753, to 
reauthorize the Highlands Conservation Act, to authorize States to use 
funds from that Act for administrative purposes, S. 1317, to modify the 
boundary of the Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument in the State of 
Arizona, S. 1320, to establish the Chiricahua National Park in the 
State of Arizona as a unit of the National Park System, S. 1321, to 
modify the boundary of the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, S. 
1354, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Chilkoot 
National Historic Trail and to provide for a study of the Alaska Long 
Trail, S. 1526, to authorize the use of off-highway vehicles in certain 
areas of the Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, S. 1527, to amend title 
54, United States Code, to provide that State law shall apply to the 
use of motor vehicles on roads within a System unit, S. 1769, to adjust 
the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to 
include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, and S. 1771, to authorize 
reference to the museum located at Blytheville/Eaker Air Force Base in 
Blytheville, Arkansas, as the ``National Cold War Center'', after 
receiving testimony from Senator Ernst and Representative Golden; 
Michael A. Caldwell, Acting Associate Director, Park Planning, 
Facilities, and Lands, National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior; Jennifer Eberlien, Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest 
System, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Jennifer Hunter, 
York River Wild and Scenic Study, York, Maine; and Andrea Malmberg, 
Bunchgrass Land and Livestock, Union County, Oregon.
CLEAN ENERGY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy 
concluded a hearing to examine existing programs and future 
opportunities to ensure access to affordable, reliable, and clean 
energy for rural and low-income communities, after receiving testimony 
from Alejandro Moreno, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy for 
Renewable Power, Office of the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; 
Brian Kealoha, Hawai`i Energy/Leidos, Honolulu; and Mac McLennan, 
Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc., Grand Forks, North Dakota.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
building a successful foundation for Native communities' infrastructure 
development, after receiving testimony from Anthony Rodman, Executive 
Director, White House Council on Native American Affairs; Jason 
Freihage, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Management, 
Indian Affairs; David Flute, South Dakota Department of Tribal 
Relations Secretary, Pierre; William Aila, Jr., Department of Hawaiian 
Home Lands Chairman, Kapolei; Janet Davis, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, 
Nixon, Nevada; Anthony Walters, National American Indian Housing 
Council, Washington, D.C.; Carol Gore, Cook Inlet Housing Authority, 
Anchorage, Alaska; and Godfrey Enjady, National Tribal 
Telecommunications Association, Chandler, Arizona.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Gustavo A. Gelpi, of Puerto Rico, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit, Angel Kelley, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, who was 
introduced by Senators Warren and Markey, Christine P. O'Hearn, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, who was 
introduced by Senators Menendez and Booker, and Helaine Ann Greenfeld, 
of Maryland, who was introduced by Senators Leahy and Hirono, and 
Christopher H. Schroeder, of North Carolina, both to be an Assistant 
Attorney General, Department of Justice, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP POLICIES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, 
and Border Safety concluded a hearing to examine immigration and 
citizenship policies for United States military service members, 
veterans, and their families, after receiving testimony from Senator 
Duckworth; Margaret D. Stock,

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Cascadia Cross Border Law Group, Anchorage, Alaska; Ryan Crocker, 
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, D.C.; and 
Howard Bailey, Jamaica.
VETERANS LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine S. 372, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter 
into a contract or other agreement with a third party to review 
appointees in the Veterans Health Administration who had a license 
terminated for cause by a State licensing board for care or services 
rendered at a non-Veterans Health Administration facility and to 
provide individuals treated by such an appointee with notice if it is 
determined that an episode of care or services that they received was 
below the standard of care, S. 539, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to submit to Congress a report on the use of video cameras for 
patient safety and law enforcement at medical centers of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, S. 544, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to designate one week each year as ``Buddy Check Week'' for the 
purpose of outreach and education concerning peer wellness checks for 
veterans, S. 612, to require the Under Secretary for Health of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to provide certain information to 
medical center staff and homelessness service providers of the 
Department regarding the coordinated entry processes for housing and 
services operated under the Continuum of Care Program of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, S. 613, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy 
and to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary 
to provide service dogs to veterans with mental illnesses who do not 
have mobility impairments, S. 727, to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical 
care under the CHAMPVA program, S. 796, to codify maternity care 
coordination programs at the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 887, 
make certain improvements relating to the supply chain of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 951, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to make grants to eligible organizations to provide 
service dogs to veterans with severe post-traumatic stress disorder, S. 
1040, to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for 
hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care from the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to include veterans of World War II, S. 
1198, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve and expand the 
Solid Start program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 1220, to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to recognize and honor the service 
of individuals who served in the United States Cadet Nurse Corps during 
World War II, S. 1280, to improve the reproductive assistance provided 
by the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to 
certain members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their spouses or 
partners, S. 1319, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make 
certain information publicly available on one internet website of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 1467, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to carry out a series of clinical trials on the 
effects of cannabis on certain health outcomes of veterans with chronic 
pain and post-traumatic stress disorder, S. 1863, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to improve access to health care for veterans, S. 
1875, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a deadline of 
180 days for the filing of claims for payment for emergency treatment 
furnished to veterans, S. 1965, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to improve long-term care provided to veterans by the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 2041, to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enforce the 
licensure requirement for medical providers of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, S. 2102, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
direct the Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs to provide mammography screening for veterans who served in 
locations associated with toxic exposure, and S. 2172, to amend title 
38, United States Code, to improve grants, payments, and technical 
assistance provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to serve 
homeless veterans, after receiving testimony from Mark Upton, Acting 
Assistant Under Secretary of Health for Community Care, Gerard Cox, 
Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Quality and Patient Safety, 
Clifford Smith, Deputy Director, Office of Mental Health Operations, 
Theresa Gleason, Director, Clinical Science Research and Development 
Service, all of the Veterans Health Administration, Department of 
Veterans Affairs; and Joy J. Ilem, Disabled American Veterans, Kathryn 
Monet, National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, and Mario Marquez, The 
American Legion, all of Washington, D.C.
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.