[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 165 (Thursday, September 23, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1032]
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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nomination of Homer L. Wilkes, of Mississippi, 
to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and 
Environment.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of General Jacqueline D. Van Ovost, USAF, for 
reappointment to the grade of general and to be Commander, United 
States Transportation Command, Department of Defense, after the nominee 
testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY STRATEGY
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine national cybersecurity strategy, 
focusing on protection of Federal and critical infrastructure systems, 
after receiving testimony from J. Chris Inglis, National Cyber 
Director; Jen Easterly, Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security; and Christopher J. 
DeRusha, Federal Chief Information Security Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 1787, to amend title 28 of the United States Code to prevent the 
transfer of actions arising under the antitrust laws in which a State 
is a complainant;
  S. 2502, to provide first-time, low-level, nonviolent simple 
possession offenders an opportunity to expunge that conviction after 
successful completion of court-imposed probation; and
  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, Sarala Vidya Nagala, and Omar Antonio 
Williams, both to be a United States District Judge for the District of 
Connecticut, and Hampton Y. Dellinger, of North Carolina, to be an 
Assistant Attorney General, Erek L. Barron, to be United States 
Attorney for the District of Maryland, Nicholas W. Brown, to be United 
States Attorney for the Western District of Washington, Matthew M. 
Graves, to be United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, 
Clifford D. Johnson, to be United States Attorney for the Northern 
District of Indiana, Zachary A. Myers, of Maryland, to be United States 
Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, Trini E. Ross, to be 
United States Attorney for the Western District of New York, and 
Vanessa Waldref, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District 
of Washington, all of the Department of Justice.
FRAUD, SCAMS, AND COVID-19
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
fraud, scams, and COVID-19, focusing on how older Americans have been 
targeted during the pandemic, after receiving testimony from Lois 
Greisman, Associate Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal 
Trade Commission; Odette Williamson, National Consumer Law Center, 
Boston, Massachusetts; Vee Daniel, Better Business Bureau Serving 
Upstate South Carolina, Greenville; and Kate Kleinert, Glenolden, 
Pennsylvania.