[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 138 (Tuesday, August 3, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D892-D893]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Lieutenant General Laura J. Richardson, USA, to be 
general and Commander, United States Southern Command, Department of 
Defense, after the nominee testified and answered questions in her own 
behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 31 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nomination of Damon Y. Smith, of Maryland, to be 
General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
OVERSIGHT OF REGULATORS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine regulators and our financial system, 
after receiving testimony from Todd M. Harper, Chairman, National 
Credit Union Administration; Jelena McWilliams, Chairman, Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation; and Michael J. Hsu, Acting Comptroller 
of the Currency, Department of the Treasury.
CONSUMER PROTECTION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection concluded a hearing to 
examine protecting consumers from financial fraud and scams in the 
pandemic recovery economy, after receiving testimony from Liz Coyle, 
Georgia Watch, Atlanta; and John Breyault, National Consumers League, 
and Rachel Greszler, The Heritage Foundation, both of Washington, D.C.
TOXIC MARKETING CLAIMS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security concluded a 
hearing to examine toxic marketing claims and their dangers, after 
receiving testimony from North Carolina Attorney General Joshua H. 
Stein, Raleigh; Robert K. Jackler, Stanford University School of 
Medicine, Stanford, California; Ariel Fox Johnson, Common Sense Media,

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San Francisco, California; and Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Baker Botts 
L.L.P., former Acting Chair, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Geraldine Richmond, of Oregon, to 
be Under Secretary for Science, who was introduced by Senator Wyden, 
and Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, of California, to be Director of the Office 
of Science, both of the Department of Energy, and Cynthia Weiner 
Stachelberg, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
AUTHORIZATIONS OF USE OF FORCE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine authorizations of use of force, focusing on administration 
perspectives, after receiving testimony from Wendy Sherman, Deputy 
Secretary, and Richard C. Visek, Acting Legal Adviser, both of the 
Department of State; and Caroline Krass, General Counsel, Department of 
Defense.
DOMESTIC TERRORISM AND VIOLENT EXTREMISM
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine domestic terrorism and violent 
extremism, focusing on the threat of racially, ethnically, religiously, 
and politically motivated attacks, after receiving testimony from Wade 
Henderson, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, John C. 
Yang, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, and Seth G. Jones, Center for 
Strategic and International Studies, all of Washington, D.C.; Eric 
Fingerhut, Jewish Federations of North America, New York, New York; and 
Paul Goldenberg, Rutgers University Miller Center on Community 
Resilience and Protection, Hamilton Township, New Jersey.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1486, to eliminate discrimination and promote women's health and 
economic security by ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for 
workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by 
pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1543, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide best 
practices on student suicide awareness and prevention training and 
condition State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and 
tribal educational agencies receiving funds under section 520A of such 
Act to establish and implement a school-based student suicide awareness 
and prevention training policy, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 2425, to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure the 
provision of high-quality service through the Suicide Prevention 
Lifeline, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2401, to reauthorize the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nomination of Javier Ramirez, of Illinois, to be Federal 
Mediation and Conciliation Director.
STUDENT LOAN BANKRUPTCY REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
student loan bankruptcy reform, after receiving testimony from Illinois 
Attorney General Kwame Raoul, Chicago; Elizabeth Gonzalez, Public Law 
Center, Santa Ana, California; Beth Akers, American Enterprise 
Institute, Washington, D.C.; Christopher P. Chapman, AccessLex 
Institute, West Chester, Pennsylvania; and Diane Barta, Richmond Hill, 
Georgia.
CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT AND EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, 
Agency Action, and Federal Rights concluded a hearing to examine 
principles and practice of congressional oversight and executive 
privilege, after receiving testimony from Kate Shaw, Yeshiva University 
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, New York; Jonathan David 
Shaub, University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law, 
Lexington; and Mark J. Rozell, George Mason University Schar School of 
Policy and Government, and Jennifer L. Mascott, George Mason University 
Antonin Scalia Law School, both of Arlington, Virginia.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.