[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 129 (Thursday, July 22, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D814]
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 Armed Services: On Wednesday, July 21, 2021, Committee 
ordered favorably reported an original bill entitled, ``National 
Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2022''.
FUTURE PANDEMIC RISK
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities, Insurance, and Investment concluded a hearing to examine 
frameworks to address future pandemic risk, after receiving testimony 
from Evan G. Greenberg, Chubb, and Martin South, Marsh, both of New 
York, New York; Robert P. Hartwig, University of South Carolina Darla 
Moore School of Business, Columbia; Adenah Bayoh, Adenah Bayoh and 
Companies, Irrvington, New Jersey; and Robert M. Gordon, American 
Property Casualty Insurance Association, and L. Charles Landgraf, 
Arnold and Porter, on behalf of the Business Continuity Coalition, both 
of Washington, D.C.
SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Space and Science concluded a hearing to examine space situational 
awareness, space traffic management, and orbital debris, focusing on 
solutions for emerging threats, after receiving testimony from Karina 
Drees, Commercial Spaceflight Federation, Kevin M. O'Connell, Space 
Economy Rising, LLC, and Tom Stroup, Satellite Industry Association, 
all of Washington, D.C.; Marcus J. Holzinger, University of Colorado, 
Boulder; and Paul Graziani, COMSPOC Corp, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nominations of Robert T. Anderson, of Washington, to be 
Solicitor, Department of the Interior, and Shalanda H. Baker, of Texas, 
to be Director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact, Samuel T. 
Walsh, of New York, to be General Counsel, and Andrew Eilperin Light, 
of Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary (International Affairs), all 
of the Department of Energy.
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE POPULATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Chemical 
Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory 
Oversight concluded a hearing to examine current issues adversely 
affecting environmental justice populations, after receiving testimony 
from Laura Pulido, University of Oregon, Eugene; Catherine Coleman 
Flowers, Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice, 
Montgomery, Alabama; Tracy Harden, Chuck's Dairy Bar, Rolling Fork, 
Mississippi; and Delbert J. Rexford, Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation, 
Utqiagvik, Alaska.
21ST CENTURY ECONOMY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine American workers in a 21st century 
economy, focusing on the right to organize, after receiving testimony 
from Mark Gaston Pearce, Georgetown Law Center Workers' Rights 
Institute, and Heidi Shierholz, Economic Policy Institute, both of 
Silver Spring, Maryland; Jyoti Sarolia, Ellis Hospitality, Temecula, 
California, on behalf of the International Franchise Association; and 
Gracie Heldman, Pandora, Ohio.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported 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, Christine P. O'Hearn, 
to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, and 
Helaine Ann Greenfeld, of Maryland, and Christopher H. Schroeder, of 
North Carolina, both to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of 
Justice.