[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 201 (Thursday, November 18, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1292]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
PERSONNEL IS POLICY: UN ELECTIONS AND US LEADERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL 
ORGANIZATIONS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International 
Development, International Organizations and Global Corporate Social 
Impact held a hearing entitled ``Personnel is Policy: UN Elections and 
US Leadership in International Organizations''. Testimony was heard 
from Erica Barks-Ruggles, Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of 
International Organization Affairs, Department of State.
BUILD BACK BETTER ACT
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 5376, the 
``Build Back Better Act''. The Committee granted, by record vote of 9-
3, a rule providing for further consideration of H.R. 5376, the ``Build 
Back Better Act''. The rule provides that the further amendment printed 
in the Rules Committee Report shall be considered as adopted.
MODERNIZING VA'S MEDICAL SUPPLY CHAIN: PROGRESS MADE?
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations; and Subcommittee on Technology Modernization held a 
joint hearing entitled ``Modernizing VA's Medical Supply Chain: 
Progress Made?''. Testimony was heard from Michael D. Parrish, 
Principal Executive Director, Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and 
Construction, Department of Veterans Affairs; Shelby Oakley, Director 
of Contracting and National Security Acquisitions, Government 
Accountability Office; and Leigh Ann Searight, Deputy Assistant 
Inspector General, Office of Inspector General, Department of Veterans 
Affairs.
TRIBAL VOICES, TRIBAL WISDOM: STRATEGIES FOR THE CLIMATE CRISIS
Select Committee on the Climate Crisis: Full Committee held a hearing 
entitled ``Tribal Voices, Tribal Wisdom: Strategies for the Climate 
Crisis''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
CONFRONTING THE KREMLIN AND COMMUNIST CORRUPTION
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Commission concluded 
a hearing to examine confronting the Kremlin and Communist corruption, 
after receiving testimony from Representatives Malinowski and Salazar; 
Leonid Volkov, Chief of Staff to Alexei Navalny, Vilnius, Lithuania; 
and Elaine K. Dezenski, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and 
Scott Greytak, Transparency International U.S. Office, both of 
Washington, D.C.