[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 163 (Tuesday, September 21, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D995-D996]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a closed briefing on 
Department of Defense support of Afghan Nationals who have recently 
left Afghanistan from Colin J. Kahl, Under Secretary for Policy, 
Michael J. McCord, Under Secretary (Comptroller)/Chief Financial 
Officer, and Rear Admiral Marc J. Miguez, USN, Deputy Director for 
Operations, J3, Joint Staff, all of the Department of Defense.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Alan F. Estevez, of Maryland, to 
be Under Secretary for Industry and Security, and Thea D. Rozman 
Kendler, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the 
Department of Commerce, and Alexia Marie Gabrielle Latortue, of the 
District of Columbia, and Graham Scott Steele, of California, both to 
be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
TRAVEL AND TOURISM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Tourism, Trade, and Export Promotion concluded a hearing to examine 
legislative solutions to revive travel and tourism and create jobs, 
after receiving testimony from Tori Emerson Barnes, U.S. Travel 
Association, Christopher R. Bidwell, Airports Council International--
North America, and Chirag Shah, American Hotel and Lodging Association, 
all of Washington, D.C.; and Suzanne Neufang, Global Business Travel 
Association, Alexandria, Virginia.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Laura Daniel-Davis, of Virginia, 
to be an Assistant Secretary, and M. Camille Calimlim Touton, of 
Nevada, to be Commissioner of Reclamation, who was introduced by 
Senator Cortez Masto, both of the Department of the Interior, and Sara 
C. Bronin, of Connecticut, to be Chairman of the Advisory Council on 
Historic Preservation, who was introduced by Senators Blumenthal and 
Murphy, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf.
POLICY OPTIONS FOR IMPROVING SSI
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and 
Family Policy concluded a hearing to examine policy options for 
improving Supplemental Security Income, including ongoing challenges 
with work incentives and improper payments, after receiving testimony 
from Elizabeth H. Curda, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income 
Security, Government Accountability Office; Stephen G. Evangelista, 
Acting Deputy Commissioner for Retirement and Disability Policy, Social 
Security Administration; and Mia Ives-Rublee, Director, Center for 
American Progress, and Kathleen Romig, Center on Budget and Policy 
Priorities, both of Washington, D.C.
20 YEARS AFTER 9/11
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the landscape 20 years after 9/11, 
focusing on threats to the homeland, after receiving testimony from 
Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security; Christopher A. 
Wray, Director, Federal Bureau

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of Investigation, Department of Justice; and Christine Abizaid, 
Director, National Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of 
National Intelligence.
BIG DATA
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Competition Policy, 
Antitrust, and Consumer Rights concluded a hearing to examine big data, 
focusing on implications for competition and consumers, after receiving 
testimony from Steve Satterfield, Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, 
California; Markham Erickson, Google, Mountain View, California; Sheila 
Colclasure, IPG Kinesso, Little Rock, Arkansas; John Robb, Global 
Guerrilla Special-Report, Acton, Massachusetts; and Charlotte Slaiman, 
Public Knowledge, Washington, D.C.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.