[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1238]
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 nominations of Rostin Behnam, of Maryland, to be 
Chairman, and to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission.
CIVILIAN NUCLEAR ENERGY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the potential non-electric applications of civilian 
nuclear energy, after receiving testimony from Shannon Bragg-Sitton, 
Director, Integrated Energy and Storage Systems Division, Energy and 
Environment Science and Technology Directorate, Idaho National 
Laboratory, Department of Energy; Paul Chodak III, American Electric 
Power, Columbus, Ohio; and Michael J. Guastella, Council on 
Radionuclides and Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc., Washington, D.C.
COVID-19 RESPONSE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the road ahead for the COVID-19 
response, focusing on next steps, after receiving testimony from 
Rochelle P. Walensky, Director, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, Anthony S. Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy 
and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Janet Woodcock, 
Acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Food and Drug Administration, 
and Dawn O'Connell, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, 
all of the Department of Health and Human Services.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 2342, to amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to 
arbitration of disputes involving sexual assault and sexual harassment, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Clare E. Connors, to be United States Attorney for 
the District of Hawaii, Zachary A. Cunha, to be United States Attorney 
for the District of Rhode Island, Nikolas P. Kerest, to be United 
States Attorney for the District of Vermont, Cole Finegan, to be United 
States Attorney for the District of Colorado, and Kenneth L. Parker, to 
be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, all of the 
Department of Justice.