[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 9, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D152-D153]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DIGITAL ASSETS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine digital assets, focusing on risks, regulation, and 
innovation, after receiving testimony from Rostin Behnam, Chairman, 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Sandra Ro, Global Blockchain 
Business Council, and Perianne Boring, Chamber of Digital Commerce, 
both of Washington, D.C.; Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX, Chicago, Illinois; 
and Kevin Werbach, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, 
Philadelphia.
SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection concluded a hearing to 
examine the role that community development financial institutions and 
minority depository institutions serve in supporting communities, 
including S. 1368, to make housing more affordable, after receiving 
testimony from Robert James II, National Bankers Association, Savannah, 
Georgia; Jeanne Kucey, JetStream Federal Credit Union, Miami Lakes, 
Florida, on behalf of the National Association of Federally-Insured 
Credit Unions; and Joel Griffith, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, 
D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Shalanda D. Young, of Louisiana, to be Director, and 
Nani A. Coloretti, of California, to be Deputy Director, both of the 
Office of Management and Budget.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nomination of Gigi B. Sohn, of the District of 
Columbia, to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission, 
after the nominee testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
NASA
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Space and Science concluded a 
hearing to examine NASA accountability and oversight, after receiving 
testimony from James Free, Associate Administrator, Exploration Systems 
Development Mission Directorate, James Reuter, Associate Administrator, 
Space Technology Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate 
Administrator, Science Mission Directorate, all of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration; W. William Russell, Director, 
Contracting and National Security Acquisitions, Government 
Accountability Office; and Scott Pace, George Washington University 
Space Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.
GREAT AMERICAN OUTDOORS ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded a hearing to examine the implementation of the Great 
American Outdoors Act, after receiving testimony from Shannon A. 
Estenoz, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and 
Parks; and Christopher French, Deputy Chief, National Forest System, 
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
NUCLEAR ENERGY LEGISLATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 2373, to reestablish United States global 
leadership in nuclear energy, revitalize domestic nuclear energy supply 
chain infrastructure, support the licensing of advanced nuclear 
technologies, and improve the regulation of nuclear energy, and S. 
1290, to assist communities affected by stranded nuclear waste, after 
receiving testimony from David A. Knabel, City of Zion, Zion, Illinois; 
Armond Cohen, Clean Air Task Force, Boston, Massachusetts; and Maria 
Korsnick, Nuclear Energy Institute, and Jeremy Harrell, ClearPath 
Action, on behalf of the U.S. Nuclear Industry Council, both of 
Washington, D.C.

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NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nominations of Robert Michael Gordon, of the District of Columbia, to 
be an Assistant Secretary, January Contreras, of Arizona, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Family Support, and Rebecca E. Jones Gaston, of 
Oregon, to be Commissioner on Children, Youth, and Families, all of the 
Department of Health and Human Services, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
IRAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on 
Iran, focusing on an update on Vienna discussions, from Robert Malley, 
Special Envoy for Iran, Department of State; Brett H. McGurk, Deputy 
Assistant to the President and Middle East and North Africa 
Coordinator, National Security Council; and a briefer from the Office 
of the Director of National Intelligence.
AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, 
Central Asia, and Counterterrorism concluded a hearing to examine 
Afghanistan, focusing on the humanitarian crisis and U.S. response, 
after receiving testimony from David Miliband, International Rescue 
Committee, New York, New York; and Graeme Smith, International Crisis 
Group, Brussels, Belgium.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the nominations of Shalanda D. Young, of 
Louisiana, to be Director, and Nani A. Coloretti, of California, to be 
Deputy Director, both of the Office of Management and Budget, and 
Dimitri Kusnezov, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Science and 
Technology, Department of Homeland Security.
DRONE STRIKES
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
``targeted killing'' and the rule of law, focusing on the legal and 
human costs of 20 years of United States drone strikes, after receiving 
testimony from General John P. Jumper (Ret.), former Chief of Staff of 
the Air Force, Department of Defense; Hina Shamsi, American Civil 
Liberties Union, New York, New York; Radhya al-Mutawakel, Mwatana for 
Human Rights, Sana'a, Yemen; and Stephen Pomper, International Crisis 
Group, and Nathan A. Sales, Fillmore Global Strategies LLC, both of 
Washington, D.C.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.