[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 164 (Wednesday, September 22, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1004-D1005]
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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Alexander Hoehn-Saric, of 
Maryland, and Richard Trumka, Jr., of Maryland, both to be a 
Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and Grant T. 
Harris, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nominations of Victoria Marie Baecher Wassmer, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Chief Financial Officer, Mohsin Raza Syed, of Virginia, 
to be an Assistant Secretary, and Amitabha Bose, of New Jersey, to be 
Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, all of the 
Department of Transportation, and Meera Joshi, of Pennsylvania, to be 
Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, after 
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 2205, to designate the United States courthouse located at 201 
South Evans Street in Greenville, North Carolina, as the ``Malcolm J. 
Howard United States Courthouse'';
  S. 2126, to designate the Federal Office Building located at 308 W. 
21st Street in Cheyenne, Wyoming, as the ``Louisa Swain Federal Office 
Building'';
  S. 1226, to designate the United States courthouse located at 1501 
North 6th Street in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as the ``Sylvia H. Rambo 
United States Courthouse'';
  S. 233, to designate the Rocksprings Station of the U.S. Border 
Patrol located on West Main Street in Rocksprings, Texas, as the 
``Donna M. Doss Border Patrol Station'';
  9 General Services Administration resolutions; and
  The nominations of Jeffrey M. Prieto, of California, to be an 
Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Stephen 
A. Owens, of Arizona, and Sylvia E. Johnson, of North Carolina, each to 
be a Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the circular economy as a concept for creating a 
more sustainable future, after receiving testimony from Elizabeth S. 
Biser, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Raleigh; and 
Roberta Elias, World Wildlife Fund, Brian Hawkinson, American Forest 
and Paper Association, and William H. Johnson, Institute of Scrap 
Recycling Industries, all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nominations of Christi A. Grimm, of Colorado, to be Inspector General, 
Department of Health and Human Services, and Neil Harvey MacBride, of 
Virginia, to be General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury, 
after the nominees, who were introduced by Senator Kaine, testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Thomas R. Nides, of Minnesota, to be 
Ambassador to the State of Israel, who was introduced by Senator 
Klobuchar, David L. Cohen, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to Canada, 
who was introduced by Senators Casey and Toomey, Cynthia Ann Telles, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica, who was 
introduced by Senator Padilla, Sarah Margon, of New York, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, who was 
introduced by former Senator Feingold, and Tom Udall, of New Mexico, to 
be Ambassador to New Zealand, and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to the Independent State of 
Samoa, who was introduced by Senators Heinrich

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and Lujan, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Cathy Ann Harris, of 
Maryland, to be Chairman and a Member, and Tristan Lynn Leavitt, of 
Idaho, who was introduced by Senator Grassley, and Raymond A. Limon, of 
Nevada, both to be a Member, all of the Merit Systems Protection Board, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING PROGRAMS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Employment and Workplace Safety concluded a hearing to examine 
successful on the job, apprenticeship training programs to help workers 
and business get ready to work, after receiving testimony from Noel 
Ginsburg, CareerWise, and Naarai Navarro, Pinnacol Assurance, both of 
Denver, Colorado; and Leah Curry, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, 
Inc., Princeton.
VOTING RIGHTS ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
restoring the Voting Rights Act, focusing on combating discriminatory 
abuses, after receiving testimony from Franita Tolson, University of 
Southern California Gould School of Law, and Thomas A. Saenz, MALDEF, 
both of Los Angeles, California; John C. Yang, Asian Americans 
Advancing Justice, and Hans A. von Spakovsky, The Heritage Foundation 
Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, both of Washington, D.C.; and 
Maureen S. Riordan, Public Interest Legal Foundation, Indianapolis, 
Indiana.
SBIR-STTR PROGRAM
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine a review of the Small Business Innovation Research-
Small Business Technology Transfer Program, including S. 2631, to amend 
the Small Business Act to create a program to provide funding for 
organizations that support startup businesses in formation and early 
growth stages by providing entrepreneurs with resources and services to 
produce viable businesses, after receiving testimony from Jere W. 
Glover, Small Business Technology Council, Washington, D.C.; and Bob 
Kavetsky, Energetics Technology Center, Indian Head, Maryland.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.