[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 122 (Tuesday, July 13, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D761-D762]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: USPS OIG
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 USPS Office of 
Inspector General and USPS service issues, after receiving testimony 
from Tammy L. Whitcomb, Inspector General, United States Postal 
Service; Rania Dima, National Federation of the Blind, Frederick, 
Maryland; Brian McLaurin, American Postal Workers Union, Upper 
Marlboro, Maryland; and Karen Meyers, Baltimore, Maryland.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr., of California, to be 
Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness, who was introduced by 
Senator Kelly, Carlos Del Toro, of Virginia, to be Secretary of the 
Navy, who was introduced by Senator Warner, Kathleen S. Miller, of 
Virginia, to be a Deputy Under Secretary, who was introduced by former 
Representative John M. McHugh, Mara Elizabeth Karlin, of Wisconsin, to 
be an Assistant Secretary, and Michael Lee Connor, of Colorado, to be 
an Assistant Secretary of the Army, all of the Department of Defense, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Arun Venkataraman, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and 
Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, 
and Damon Y. Smith, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported 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.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Gentry O. Smith, of Virginia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary (Diplomatic Security), Rena Bitter, of the District 
of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary (Consular Affairs), Monica P. 
Medina, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Oceans and 
International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, who was introduced 
by Senator Markey, and Marc Evans Knapper, of California, to be 
Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, all of the Department 
of State, after the

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nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Catherine Elizabeth 
Lhamon, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, who 
was introduced by Senator Murray, Elizabeth Merrill Brown, of Maryland, 
to be General Counsel, who was introduced by Senator Van Hollen, and 
Roberto Josue Rodriguez, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development, who was 
introduced by former Representative George Miller, all of the 
Department of Education, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
ANTICOMPETITIVE CONDUCT IN PRESCRIPTION DRUG MARKETS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Competition Policy, 
Antitrust, and Consumer Rights concluded a hearing to examine 
anticompetitive conduct in prescription drug markets, after receiving 
testimony from Michael Kades, Washington Center for Equitable Growth, 
Geoffrey Levitt, DLA Piper, on behalf of Pharmaceutical Research and 
Manufacturers of America, and David E. Mitchell, Patients For 
Affordable Drugs, all of Washington, D.C.; Alden F. Abbott, George 
Mason University Mercatus Center, Arlington, Virginia; and Rachel 
Moodie, Fresenius Kabi, Baltimore, Maryland.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session with 
members of the Committee on Armed Services to receive a joint briefing 
on certain intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence 
community.