[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 110 (Thursday, June 24, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D699-D701]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: NAVY AND MARINE CORPS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a 
hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for 
fiscal year 2022 for the Navy and Marine Corps, after receiving 
testimony from Thomas W. Harker, Acting Secretary of the Navy, Admiral 
Michael Gilday, Chief of Naval Operations, and General David H. Berger, 
Commandant of the Marine Corps, all of the Department of Defense.
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration 
on atomic energy defense activities in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2022 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from Jennifer Granholm, Secretary, 
and Charles Verdon, Acting Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, 
National Nuclear Security Administration, both of the Department of 
Energy.
HOUSING LEGISLATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine bipartisan bills to increase access to housing, 
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 improving life outcomes 
of poor children, S. 1820, to increase the number of landlords 
participating in the Housing Choice Voucher program, S. 1614, to 
require certain grantees under title I of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 to submit a plan to track discriminatory land 
use policies, S. 2049, to require a study and report on the housing and 
service needs of survivors of trafficking and individuals at risk for 
trafficking, S. 2008, to strengthen the United States Interagency 
Council on Homelessness, S. 2092, to

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permanently authorize the Native Community Development Financial 
Institutions lending program of the Department of Agriculture, S. 2131, 
to require a review of the effects of FHA mortgage insurance policies, 
practices, and products on small-dollar mortgage lending, S. 2182, to 
require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a 
national evictions database, S. 2179, to provide grants to owners of 
intergenerational dwelling units, S. 2190, to establish the Task Force 
on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis, S. 1860, to amend the 
Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act to provide for additional 
procedures for families with children under the age of 6, and S. 598, 
to authorize additional monies to the Public Housing Capital Fund of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, after receiving 
testimony from Lisa Mensah, Opportunity Finance Network, Nan Roman, 
National Alliance to End Homelessness, and Howard Husock, American 
Enterprise Institute, all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Jennifer L. Homendy, of 
Virginia, to be Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, 
who was introduced by Senator Blumenthal, Karen Jean Hedlund, of 
Colorado, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board, and 
Robert Cornelius Hampshire, of Michigan, and Carol Annette Petsonk, of 
the District of Columbia, both to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Transportation, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
ENERGY SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the infrastructure needs of the U.S. energy sector, 
western water, and public lands, including an original bill to invest 
in the energy and outdoor infrastructure of the United States to deploy 
new and innovative technologies, update existing infrastructure to be 
reliable and resilient, and secure energy infrastructure against 
physical and cyber threats, after receiving testimony from Kathleen 
Hogan, Acting Under Secretary, Office of Under Secretary for Science 
and Energy, Department of Energy; Tanya Trujillo, Assistant Secretary 
for Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Christopher French, 
Deputy Chief, National Forest System, U.S. Forest Service, Department 
of Agriculture; Douglas Holtz-Eakin, American Action Forum, and Collin 
O'Mara, National Wildlife Federation, both of Washington, D.C.; and 
Mark P. Mills, Manhattan Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland.
 NATURAL AND NATURE-BASED FEATURES IN WATER RESOURCES PROJECTS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the role of natural and nature-based features in 
water resources projects, after receiving testimony from Todd S. 
Bridges, Senior Research Scientist, Army Corps of Engineers, Department 
of the Army; Gerald E. Galloway, University of Maryland, and Julie A. 
Ufner, National Waterways Conference, both of Arlington, Virginia; 
Chett Chiasson, Greater Lafourche Port Commission, Cut Off, Louisiana; 
and Richard M. Johnson, Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, 
Sacramento, California.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nominations of Sarah Bianchi, of Virginia, to be Deputy United States 
Trade Representative (Asia, Africa, Investment, Services, Textiles, and 
Industrial Competitiveness), with the rank of Ambassador, Jayme Ray 
White, of Washington, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative 
(Western Hemisphere, Europe, the Middle East, Labor, and Environment), 
with the rank of Ambassador, and Melanie Anne Egorin, of the District 
of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
who was introduced by Representative Neal, 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. 65, to ensure that goods made with forced labor in the Xinjiang 
Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China do not enter 
the United States market, with an amendment;
  S. 1061, to encourage the normalization of relations with Israel, 
with an amendment; and
  The nominations of Michele Jeanne Sison, of Maryland, to be an 
Assistant Secretary (International Organization Affairs), 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, Christopher John Lamora, 
of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cameroon, Todd D. 
Robinson, of

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New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary (International Narcotics and 
Law Enforcement Affairs), and Daniel J. Kritenbrink, of Virginia, to be 
an Assistant Secretary (East Asian and Pacific Affairs), all of the 
Department of State.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 807, to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings;
  S. 818, to provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings; 
and
  The nominations of Ur Mendoza Jaddou, of California, to be Director 
of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department 
of Homeland Security, and Margaret Irene Strickland, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of New Mexico.