[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 212 (Wednesday, December 8, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1351-D1352]
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 Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of John Bradley Sherman, of Texas, to be Chief Information 
Officer, Ashish S. Vazirani, of Maryland, to be a Deputy Under 
Secretary, and Carrie Frances Ricci, of Virginia, to be General Counsel 
of the Department of the Army, all of the Department of Defense, and 
1,772 nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space 
Force.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Admiral Christopher W. Grady, USN, for reappointment 
to the grade of admiral and to be Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his 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 Instagram and 
reforms for young users, after receiving testimony from Adam Mosseri, 
Meta Platforms Inc., Menlo Park, California.
PITTMAN-ROBERTSON WILDLIFE RESTORATION ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 2372, to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife 
Restoration Act to make supplemental funds available for management of 
fish and wildlife species of greatest conservation need as determined 
by State fish and wildlife agencies, after receiving testimony from 
Senators Heinrich and Blunt; Sara Parker Pauley, Missouri Department of 
Conservation Director, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Association 
of Fish and Wildlife Agencies; Daniel M. Ashe, Association of Zoos and 
Aquariums, Silver Spring, Maryland; Collin O'Mara, National Wildlife 
Federation, Merrifield, Virginia; and Jonathan Wood, Property and 
Environment Research Center, Bozeman, Montana.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Maria Louise Lago, of

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New York, to be Under Secretary for International Trade, and Lisa W. 
Wang, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary, both 
of the Department of Commerce.
TAIWAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the future of United States policy on Taiwan, after receiving 
testimony from Daniel J. Kritenbrink, Assistant Secretary of State for 
East Asian and Pacific Affairs; and Ely Ratner, Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs.
ADDRESSING VIOLENCE IN NATIVE COMMUNITIES
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine addressing violence in Native communities through VAWA Title 
IX special jurisdiction, after receiving testimony from Allison L. 
Randall, Principal Deputy Director, Office on Violence Against Women, 
Department of Justice; Wizipan Garriott, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; J. Michael 
Chavarria, Santa Clara Pueblo, Espanola, New Mexico; Fawn R. Sharp, 
National Congress of American Indians, Washington, D.C.; Stacie 
Fourstar, Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, Poplar, Montana; 
Elizabeth A. Reese, Stanford Law School, Stanford, California; and 
Michelle Demmert, Alaska Native Women's Resource Center, Fairbanks.
NOMINATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Kurt D. DelBene, of Washington, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Information and Technology), 
after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Murray, testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.