[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 32 (Thursday, February 17, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D187-D188]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Franklin R. Parker, of the District of Columbia, to 
be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Agnes Schaefer, of Pennsylvania, 
to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army, and Ravi Chaudhary, of 
Virginia, and Frank Calvelli, of Virginia, both to be an Assistant 
Secretary of the Air Force, all of the Department of Defense, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
AMERICAN ECONOMY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the state of the American economy, focusing on a 
year of unprecedented economic growth and future plans, after receiving 
testimony from Cecilia Rouse, Chair, and Jared Bernstein, and Heather 
Boushey, both a Member, all of the Council of Economic Advisers.

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WARRIOR MET AND WALL STREET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
Warrior Met and Wall Street, focusing on what corporate raiders are 
doing to workers and consumers, after receiving testimony from Senators 
Warren and Tuberville; Cecil E. Roberts, Triangle, Virginia, and 
Braxton Wright, Brookwood, Alabama, both of the United Mine Workers of 
America; James Kwak, University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford; 
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, American Action Forum, and Duncan Wood, Woodrow 
Wilson International Center for Scholars, both of Washington, D.C.; and 
Nomi Prins, Los Angeles, California.
IRS CUSTOMER SERVICE CHALLENGES
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine IRS 
customer service challenges, after receiving testimony from Erin M. 
Collins, National Taxpayer Advocate, Internal Revenue Service, 
Department of the Treasury; Jessica Lucas-Judy, Director, Strategic 
Issues, Government Accountability Office; and Jan F. Lewis, American 
Institute of CPAs, Washington, D.C.
BIOSECURITY PREPAREDNESS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the gaps in America's biosecurity 
preparedness, including opportunities to address national strategy and 
programmatic challenges, after receiving testimony from Chris P. 
Currie, Director, Homeland Security and Justice, Government 
Accountability Office; Asha M. George, Bipartisan Commission on 
Biodefense, Washington, D.C.; and Gerald W. Parker, Jr, Texas A&M 
University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 
College Station.