[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 6 (Monday, January 10, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D28-D29]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of January 11 through January 14, 2022

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Alan Davidson, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
Communications and Information, post-cloture, and vote on confirmation 
thereon at 2:20 p.m.
  Following disposition of the nomination of Alan Davidson, Senate will 
vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Amitabha 
Bose, of New Jersey, to be Administrator of the Federal Railroad 
Administration, Department of Transportation.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: January 12, 
business meeting to consider the nominations of Chavonda J. Jacobs-
Young, of Georgia, to be Under Secretary for Research, Education, 
and Economics, and Margo Schlanger, of Michigan, to be an Assistant 
Secretary, both of the Department of Agriculture, Time to be 
announced, Room to be announced.
  Committee on Armed Services: January 13, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Celeste Ann Wallander, of Maryland, 
Melissa Griffin Dalton, of Virginia, and John F. Plumb, of New York, 
each to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: January 11, to 
hold hearings to examine the nomination of Jerome H. Powell, of 
Maryland, to be Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  January 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Lael Brainard, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System, and Sandra L. Thompson, of Maryland, to be Director of the 
Federal Housing Finance Agency, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: January 11, to hold 
hearings to examine the opportunities and challenges for maintaining 
existing hydropower capacity, expanding hydropower at non-powered 
dams, and increasing pumped storage hydropower, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: January 12, business 
meeting to consider the nominations of David M. Uhlmann, of 
Michigan, and Henry Christopher Frey, of North Carolina, both to be 
an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
Martha Williams, of Montana, to be Director of the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, and 18 GSA 
resolutions; to be immediately followed by an oversight hearing to 
examine the Water Resources Development Act, focusing on USACE 
implementation of water infrastructure projects, programs, and 
priorities, 2:45 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: January 12, business meeting to 
consider the nominations of Amy Gutmann, of Pennsylvania, to be 
Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, Donald Armin Blome, 
of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 
Christopher R. Hill, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Serbia, Joseph Donnelly, of Indiana, to be Ambassador to 
the Holy See, and Michele Taylor, of Georgia, for the rank of 
Ambassador during her tenure of service as United States 
Representative to the UN Human Rights Council, all of the Department 
of State, Alice P. Albright, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation, Enoh T. 
Ebong, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the Trade and 
Development Agency, and other pending calendar business; to be 
immediately followed by a hearing to examine the nominations of 
Sarah H. Cleveland, of New York, to be Legal Adviser, James C. 
O'Brien, of Nebraska, to be Head of the Office of Sanctions 
Coordination, with the rank of Ambassador, George J. Tsunis, of New 
York, to be Ambassador to Greece, and Beth Van Schaack, of 
California, to be Ambassador at Large for Global Criminal Justice, 
all of the Department of State, and other pending nominations, 9 
a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: January 11, 
to hold hearings to examine a Federal perspective on the COVID-19 
response, focusing on addressing new variants, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  January 12, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Robert McKinnon Califf, of North Carolina, to be 
Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human 
Services, Jose Javier Rodriguez, of Florida, and Lisa M. Gomez, of 
New Jersey, both to be an Assistant Secretary, and David Weil, of 
Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, 
all of the Department of Labor, Amy Loyd, of New Mexico, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education, 
Department of Education, Javier Ramirez, of Illinois, to be Federal 
Mediation and Conciliation Director, Linda A. Puchala, of Maryland, 
to be Member of the National Mediation

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Board, and Susan Harthill, of Maryland, to be a Member of the 
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, Time to be 
announced, Room to be announced.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: January 
13, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Margaret A. 
Burnham, of Massachusetts, Gabrielle M. Dudley, of Georgia, Henry 
Klibanoff, of Georgia, and Brenda E. Stevenson, of California, each 
to be a Member of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board, 
10:15 a.m., VTC.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: January 12, to hold hearings to 
examine closing the digital divide in Native communities through 
infrastructure investment, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: January 11, to hold hearings to 
examine the domestic terrorism threat one year after January 6, 10 
a.m., SH-216.
  January 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine pending 
nominations, 9 a.m., SD-226.
  January 13, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2992, 
to provide that certain discriminatory conduct by covered platforms 
shall be unlawful, and the nominations of Alison J. Nathan, of New 
York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, 
Leonard Philip Stark, of Delaware, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Federal Circuit, Bridget Meehan Brennan, Charles Esque 
Fleming, and David Augustin Ruiz, each to be a United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, Victoria Marie 
Calvert, and Sarah Elisabeth Geraghty, both to be a United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, John H. Chun, 
to be United States District Judge for the Western District of 
Washington, Jaqueline Scott Corley, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of California, Dale E. Ho, to be 
United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 
Charlotte N. Sweeney, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Colorado, Hernan D. Vera, to be United States District 
Judge for the Central District of California, Georgette Castner, to 
be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, Ruth 
Bermudez Montenegro, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of California, Julie Rebecca Rubin, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Maryland, Cristina D. 
Silva, and Anne Rachel Traum, both to be a United States District 
Judge for the District of Nevada, Katherine Vidal, of California, to 
be Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and 
Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and Ryan 
K. Buchanan, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District 
of Georgia, Andrew M. Luger, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Minnesota, Mark A. Totten, to be United States Attorney 
for the Western District of Michigan, and Jason M. Frierson, to be 
United States Attorney for the District of Nevada, all of the 
Department of Justice, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: January 11, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  January 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Kenneth L. Wainstein, of Virginia, to be Under 
Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland 
Security, 2 p.m., SD-G50.
  Special Committee on Aging: January 13, to hold hearings to 
examine financial literacy, focusing on addressing the unique just-
in-time decisions older Americans and people with disabilities face, 
9:30 a.m., VTC.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, January 12, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Implications of Electric Vehicle Investments for 
Agriculture and Rural America'', 10 a.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Appropriations, January 12, Subcommittee on Defense, 
hearing entitled ``Impact of Continuing Resolutions on the 
Department of Defense and Services'', 10 a.m., Webex.
  Committee on Small Business, January 12, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Review of SBA's Top Management and Performance Challenges 
in Fiscal Year 2022 and SBA OIG's Semiannual Report to Congress'', 
10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, January 12, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing entitled 
``Proposals for a Water Resources Development Act of 2022: 
Administration Priorities'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn and Zoom.