[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 207 (Wednesday, December 1, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1317-D1318]
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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Jessica Rosenworcel, of 
Connecticut, to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission, 
Jainey Kumar Bavishi, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, Arun Venkataraman, of the District 
of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General 
of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, and routine lists 
in the Coast Guard.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nominations of Gigi B. Sohn, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
Member of the Federal Communications Commission, and Alan Davidson, of 
Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, 
Jed David Kolko, of California, to be Under Secretary for Economic 
Affairs, and Viquar Ahmad, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary, and 
to be Chief Financial Officer, all of the Department of Commerce, after 
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  H.R. 4660, to designate the Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse located at 1125 Chapline Street in Wheeling, West Virginia, 
as the ``Frederick P. Stamp, Jr. Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse'';
  H.R. 390, to redesignate the Federal building located at 167 North 
Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee as the ``Odell Horton Federal 
Building'';
  S. 2938, to designate the United States Courthouse and Federal 
Building located at 111 North Adams Street in Tallahassee, Florida, as 
the ``Joseph Woodrow Hatchett United States Courthouse and Federal 
Building''; and
  The nominations of Amanda Howe, of Virginia, David M. Uhlmann, of 
Michigan, and Henry Christopher Frey, of North Carolina, each to be an 
Assistant Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, and Jennifer 
Clyburn Reed, of South Carolina, to be Federal Cochairperson of the 
Southeast Crescent Regional Commission.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, after 
receiving testimony from Christopher T. Hanson, Chairman, and Jeff 
Baran, and David A. Wright, both a Commissioner, all of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Scott A. Nathan, of Massachusetts, to be 
Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development 
Finance Corporation, who was introduced by Senator Warner, and John R. 
Bass, of New York, to be an Under Secretary (Management), Mark 
Brzezinski, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Poland, 
and Michael M. Adler, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Belgium, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the nominations of Erik Adrian Hooks, of 
North Carolina, to be Deputy Administrator, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, Michael Kubayanda, 
of Ohio, to be a Commissioner of the Postal Regulatory Commission, 
Laurel A. Blatchford, of the District of Columbia, to be Controller, 
Office of Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and 
Budget, Ebony M. Scott, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, and Donald 
Walker Tunnage, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge 
of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Leonard Philip Stark, of Delaware, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, who was introduced by 
Senators Carper and Coons, Victoria Marie Calvert, and Sarah Elisabeth 
Geraghty, both to be a

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United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, who 
were both introduced by Senators Warnock and Ossoff, Jacqueline Scott 
Corley, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
California, and Katherine Vidal, of California, to be Under Secretary 
of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States 
Patent and Trademark Office, who were both introduced by Senators 
Feinstein and Padilla, and Dale E. Ho, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of New York, who was introduced by 
Senator Schumer, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
THE STATE OF THE VA
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine an end-of-year look at the state of VA, after receiving 
testimony from Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.