[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 217 (Thursday, December 16, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1394]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
OVERSIGHT OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: PROTECTING SMITHSONIAN 
FACILITIES AND COLLECTIONS AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on House Administration: Full Committee held a hearing 
entitled ``Oversight of the Smithsonian Institution: Protecting 
Smithsonian Facilities and Collections Against Climate Change''. 
Testimony was heard from Nancy J. Bechtol, Facilities Director, 
Smithsonian Institution; Cathy Helm, Inspector General, Smithsonian 
Institution; and a public witness.

Joint Meetings
UKRAINE
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Commission received a 
briefing on defending Ukraine and deterring Putin from Michael H. 
Cecire, United States Helsinki Commission; Andrew Bowen, Analyst in 
Russian and European Affairs, Congressional Research Service, Library 
of Congress; Robert Lee, Kings College London, and Maryna Vorotnyuk, 
Royal United Services Institute, both of London, United Kingdom; and 
Katsiaryna Shmatsina, European Values Center for Security Policy, 
Prague, Czech Republic.