[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 133 (Thursday, July 29, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D864-D865]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Xochitl Torres Small, of New 
Mexico, to be Under Secretary for Rural Development, who was introduced 
by Senator Lujan, and Robert Farrell Bonnie, of Virginia, to be Under 
Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, both of the Department 
of Agriculture, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
KOREAN PENINSULA
Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a closed briefing on 
the security situation on the Korean Peninsula from national security 
briefers.
PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM DEBT TRAPS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine protecting Americans from debt traps by extending 
the military's 36% interest rate cap to everyone, including S. 2508, to 
amend the Truth in Lending Act to extend the consumer credit 
protections provided to members of the Armed Forces and their 
dependents under title 10, United States Code, to all consumers, after 
receiving testimony from Representatives Grothman, Garcia (IL), and 
Loudermilk; Hollister K. Petraeus, former Assistant Director for 
Servicemember Affairs, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, William M. 
Himpler, American Financial Services Association, and David Pommerehn, 
Consumer Bankers Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Ashley C. 
Harrington, Center for Responsible Lending, Durham, North Carolina; 
Richard Williams, Essential Federal Credit Union, Baton Rouge, 
Louisiana; and Thomas Miller, Jr., Mississippi State University, 
Mississippi.
PROMESA
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 375 and H.R. 1192, bills to impose requirements 
on the payment of compensation to professional persons employed in 
voluntary cases commenced under title III of the Puerto Rico Oversight 
Management and Economic Stability Act (commonly known as ``PROMESA''), 
after receiving testimony from Senator Menendez; Arthur J. Gonzalez, 
New York University School of Law, New York, New York; Stephen J. 
Lubben, Seton Hall Law School, Newark, New Jersey; and Anthony Suarez, 
Suarez Law Group, Orlando, Florida.

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NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Chemical 
Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory 
Oversight concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Stephen A. 
Owens, of Arizona, Jennifer Beth Sass, of Maryland, and Sylvia E. 
Johnson, of North Carolina, each to be a Member of the Chemical Safety 
and Hazard Investigation Board, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 1425, to enable the Federal Trade Commission to deter filing of 
sham citizen petitions to cover an attempt to interfere with approval 
of a competing generic drug or biosimilar, to foster competition, and 
facilitate the efficient review of petitions filed in good faith to 
raise legitimate public health concerns;
  S. 1428, to prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating 
generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the 
market, and to prohibit biological product manufacturers from 
compensating biosimilar and interchangeable companies to delay the 
entry of biosimilar biological products and interchangeable biological 
products, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1388, to require the Federal Trade Commission to study the role of 
intermediaries in the pharmaceutical supply chain and provide Congress 
with appropriate policy recommendations; and
  S. 1435, to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to prohibit 
product hopping, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.