[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 171 (Thursday, September 30, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1078]
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 concluded a hearing to examine 
Afghanistan, after receiving testimony from Vali Nasr, Johns Hopkins 
University School of Advanced International Studies, and Thomas 
Joscelyn, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, both of Washington, 
D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Todd M. Harper, of Virginia, to 
be a Member of the National Credit Union Administration Board, and 
Judith DelZoppo Pryor, of Ohio, to be First Vice President, and Owen 
Edward Herrnstadt, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors, both of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, after 
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
PROTECTING KIDS ONLINE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security concluded a 
hearing to examine protecting kids online, focusing on Facebook, 
Instagram, and mental health harms, after receiving testimony from 
Antigone Davis, Facebook, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Laura S. H. Holgate, of Virginia, to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the International 
Atomic Energy Agency, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the Vienna Office of 
the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, who was introduced by 
former Senator Sam Nunn, Caryn R. McClelland, of California, to be 
Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam, David John Young, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Malawi, and Claire A. Pierangelo, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Madagascar, and to 
serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to 
the Union of the Comoros, all of the Department of State, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
SCHOOL REOPENING DURING COVID-19
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine school reopening during COVID-19, 
focusing on supporting students, educators, and families, after 
receiving testimony from Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human 
Services; and Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Jessica D. Aber, to be United States Attorney for the 
Eastern District of Virginia, Carla B. Freedman, to be United States 
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, William J. Ihlenfeld 
II, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of West 
Virginia, Christopher R. Kavanaugh, to be United States Attorney for 
the Western District of Virginia, Darcie N. McElwee, to be United 
States Attorney for the District of Maine, Breon S. Peace, of New 
Jersey, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New 
York, William S. Thompson, to be United States Attorney for the 
Southern District of West Virginia, and Damian Williams, to be United 
States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, all of the 
Department of Justice.