[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 29, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1069]
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 Armed Services: On Tuesday, September 28, 2021, Committee 
ordered favorably reported 2,993 nomination in the Army, Navy, Air 
Force, and Marine Corps.
PROTECTING CONSUMER PRIVACY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine protecting consumer privacy, after receiving 
testimony from Maureen K. Ohlhausen, former Acting Chair, and Ashkan 
Soltani, former Chief Technologist, both of the Federal Trade 
Commission; and David C. Vladeck, Georgetown University Law Center, and 
Morgan Reed, ACT The App Association, both of Washington, D.C.
ENERGY SECURITY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on 
Administration efforts regarding energy security, including Nord Stream 
2 from Amos Hochstein, Senior Advisor for Energy Security, Department 
of State.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Atul Atmaram Gawande, of Massachusetts, to 
be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, who was introduced by Senator Barrasso, and 
C.B. Sullenberger III, of Texas, for the rank of Ambassador during his 
tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America on 
the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization, who was 
introduced by Senator Baldwin, Claire D. Cronin, of Massachusetts, to 
be Ambassador to Ireland, who was introduced by Senator Markey, Kent 
Doyle Logsdon, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Moldova, Sharon L. Cromer, of New York, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of The Gambia, Virginia E. Palmer, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana, and Howard A. Van Vranken, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Botswana, all of the 
Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
WORSENING NATURAL DISASTERS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the threat of worsening natural 
disasters, after receiving testimony from Sima Merick, National 
Emergency Managers Association and Ohio Emergency Management Agency, 
Columbus; Jerry Hancock, Michigan Stormwater Floodplain Association, 
Ann Arbor; Jennifer Pipa, American Red Cross, Washington, D.C.; and 
John S. Butler, International Association of Fire Chiefs, Chantilly, 
Virginia.
TEXAS ABORTION LAW
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
Texas's abortion law, after receiving testimony from Texas 
Representative Donna Howard, and Stephen I. Vladeck, University of 
Texas School of Law, both of Austin; Fatima Goss Graves, National 
Women's Law Center, Washington, D.C.; Jennifer L. Mascott, George Mason 
University Antonin Scalia Law School, Arlington, Virginia; and Alabama 
Solicitor General Edmund G. LaCour Jr., Montgomery.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.