[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 189 (Wednesday, October 27, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1195-D1196]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Rostin Behnam, of Maryland, to 
be Chairman, and to be a Commissioner, of the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission, who was introduced by Senator Stabenow, after the nominee 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Henry Christopher Frey, of North 
Carolina, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, and Jennifer Clyburn Reed, of South Carolina, to be 
Federal Cochairperson of the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the Department of State and Department of State authorizations, 
after receiving testimony from Brian P. McKeon, Deputy Secretary of 
State for Management and Resources.
BLACK SEA SECURITY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Europe and Regional 
Security Cooperation concluded a hearing to examine Black Sea security, 
focusing on reviving United States policy toward the region, after 
receiving testimony from James J. Townsend, Center for a New American 
Security, Alina Polyakova, Center for European Policy Analysis, and Ian 
Brzezinski, Atlantic Council, all of Washington, D.C.
ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Governmental Operations

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and Border Management concluded a hearing to examine strategies for 
improving critical energy infrastructure, after receiving testimony 
from Alexander Herrgott, The Permitting Institute, Washington, D.C.; 
Bryce Yonker, Grid Forward, Portland, Oregon; N. Levi Esquerra, 
University of Arizona, Tucson; Lanny Nickell, Southwest Power Pool, 
Inc., Little Rock, Arkansas; and Robert Bryce, Power Hungry Podcast, 
Austin, Texas.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported H.R. 
1688, to amend the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence 
Prevention Act.
VOTING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine voting matters in Native communities, after receiving 
testimony from Janet Davis, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, Nixon, Nevada; 
Julie Kitka, Alaska Federation of Natives, Anchorage; Aaron Payment, 
National Congress of American Indians, Washington, D.C.; Patty 
Ferguson-Bohnee, Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College 
of Law Indian Legal Clinic, Phoenix; Jacqueline De Leon, Native 
American Rights Fund, Boulder, Colorado; and Na`alehu Anthony, Paliku 
Films, Honolulu, Hawaii.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the Department of Justice, after receiving testimony from 
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, Department of Justice.
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine women entrepreneurs, including S. 1759, to establish 
a MicroCap small business investment company designation, and S. 2042, 
to reauthorize the Interagency Committee on Women's Business 
Enterprise, after receiving testimony from Candace Waterman, Women 
Impacting Public Policy, Washington, D.C.; and Tammira Lucas, The Cube 
Cowork, Baltimore, Maryland.
SUCCESS AFTER SERVICE
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine improving Veterans' employment, education, and home loan 
opportunities, focusing on success after service, after receiving 
testimony from Margarita Devlin, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Veterans' 
Employment and Training Service, Department of Labor; Ronald S. Burke, 
Jr., Deputy Under Secretary, Office of Policy and Oversight, Veterans 
Benefits Administration, and Ricardo Da Silva, Education Service 
Program Integration Officer, both of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs; Joseph Schumacher, Montana State University, Bozeman; 
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur DeGroat, USA (Ret.), Kansas State University, 
Manhattan, on behalf of the Kansas Governor's Military Council; and 
Patrick Murray, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, and 
Justin Monk, Student Veterans of America, both of 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.