[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 28, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D851-D853]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the nominations of Alexander Hoehn-Saric, of 
Maryland, Mary T. Boyle, of Maryland, and Richard Trumka, Jr., of 
Maryland, each to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, and Grant T. Harris, of California, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
IMPACTS OF OVERCROWDING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded a hearing to examine the impacts of overcrowding in our 
national parks on park resources and visitor experiences, focusing on 
strategic approaches to visitor use management, after receiving 
testimony from Michael T. Reynolds, Regional Director for Interior 
Regions 6, 7, and 8, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; 
Kristen Brengel, National Parks Conservation Association, Washington, 
D.C.; and Kevin O. Gartland, Chamber of Commerce, Whitefish, Montana.
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
to examine the benefits of investing in United States Army Corps of 
Engineers water infrastructure projects, after receiving testimony from 
Collin O'Mara, National Wildlife Federation, Washington, D.C.; Mario 
Cordero, Port of Long Beach, Long Beach, California, on behalf of the 
American Association of Port Authorities; Amy W. Larson, Larson 
Strategies, Arlington, Virginia; and Robert McCoy, Amherst Madison, 
Charleston, West Virginia, on behalf of the Waterways Council, Inc.
BIPARTISAN RETIREMENT LEGISLATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine building 
on bipartisan retirement legislation, focusing on how Congress can 
help, after receiving testimony from Tobias Read, Oregon State 
Treasurer, Salem; Aliya Robinson, The ERISA Industry Committee, and 
David Certner, AARP, both of Washington, D.C.; and Brian H. Graff, 
American Retirement Association, Arlington, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 2297, to improve global health, with an amendment;
  S. 812, to direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to 
regain observer status for Taiwan in the World Health Organization;
  S. Res. 310, expressing solidarity with Cuban citizens demonstrating 
peacefully for fundamental freedoms, condemning the Cuban regime's acts 
of repression, and calling for the immediate release of arbitrarily 
detained Cuban citizens, with an amendment; and
  Routine lists in the Foreign Service.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Kenneth Lee Salazar, of Colorado, to be 
Ambassador to the United Mexican States, who was introduced by Senators 
Bennet and Hickenlooper, Jessica Lewis, of Ohio, to be an Assistant 
Secretary (Political-Military Affairs), who was introduced by Senator 
Menendez,

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and Donald Lu, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for South Asian 
Affairs, all of the Department of State, and Marcela Escobari, of 
Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
AFRICA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Africa and Global 
Health Policy concluded a hearing to examine U.S. trade and investment 
in Africa, after receiving testimony from Florie Liser, Corporate 
Council on Africa, Landry Signe, Brookings Institution, and Aubrey 
Hruby, Atlantic Council, all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Toby J. Heytens, of Virginia, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, Patricia Tolliver Giles, and 
Michael S. Nachmanoff, both to be a United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Virginia, who were all introduced by Senators 
Warner and Kaine, Sarala Vidya Nagala, and Omar Antonio Williams, both 
to be a United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut, 
who were introduced by Senators Blumenthal and Murphy, and Hampton Y. 
Dellinger, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Attorney General, 
Department of Justice, who was introduced by Senator Coons, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
AMERICA'S FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
America's food supply chain, after receiving testimony from Jon 
Schaben, Iowa Cattlemen's Association, Dunlap; Rob Larew, National 
Farmers Union, and George P. Slover, Consumer Reports, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Shane Miller, Tyson Foods, Dakota Dunes, South 
Dakota; Tim Schellpeper, JBS USA, Greeley, Colorado; and David Smith, 
Associated Wholesale Grocers, Kansas City, Kansas, on behalf of the 
National Grocers Association.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following bills:
  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. 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. 887, make certain improvements relating to the supply chain of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs;
  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. 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. 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.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:

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  An original bill entitled ``Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2022''; and
   The nominations of Stacey A. Dixon, of the District of Columbia, to 
be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, and Thomas 
Andrew Monheim, of Virginia, to be Inspector General of the 
Intelligence Community, Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence.