[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 15, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D265-D266]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. CENTRAL AND AFRICA COMMANDS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine the posture of United States Central Command and 
United States Africa Command, after receiving testimony from General 
Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr., USMC, Commander, United States Central 
Command, and General Stephen J. Townsend, USA, Commander, United States 
Africa Command, both of the Department of Defense.
ADVANCING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine advancing public transportation under the Bipartisan 
Infrastructure Law, after receiving testimony from Joanna M. Pinkerton, 
Central Ohio Transit Authority, Columbus; Collie Greenwood, 
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Atlanta, Georgia; Greg 
Regan, Transportation Trades Department, Washington, D.C.; Dorothy 
Moses Schulz, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, New York, New 
York; and Randal O'Toole, Thoreau Institute, Concord, Massachusetts.
INDO-PACIFIC REGION TRADE
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
promise and challenge of strategic trade engagement in the Indo-Pacific 
region, after receiving testimony from Sharon Bomer Lauritsen,

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AgTrade Strategies LLC, Emma Llanso, Center for Democracy and 
Technology, Kelly Ann Shaw, Hogan Lovells US LLP, and Michael Wessel, 
The Wessel Group, all of Washington, D.C.
COMBATTING AUTHORITARIANISM
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine combatting authoritarianism, focusing on United States tools 
and responses, after receiving testimony from Uzra Zeya, Under 
Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, and 
Jennifer Hall Godfrey, Senior Official for Public Diplomacy and Public 
Affairs, both of the Department of State; and Anne Applebaum, Johns 
Hopkins University, and Daniel Twining, International Republican 
Institute, both of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Bernadette M. Meehan, of New York, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Chile, John N. Nkengasong, of Georgia, to 
be Ambassador at Large, Coordinator of United States Government 
Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally, and Rebecca Eliza Gonzales, of 
Texas, to be Director of the Office of Foreign Missions, with rank of 
Ambassador, all of the Department of State, Monde Muyangwa, of 
Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
REFORMING RECORDS MANAGEMENT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine reforming Federal and Presidential 
records management, after receiving testimony from Jason R. Baron, 
University of Maryland College of Information Studies, and Anne L. 
Weismann, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, both of 
Bethesda, Maryland; and Jonathan Turley, The George Washington 
University Law School, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported S. 3799, to prepare for, and respond to, existing 
viruses, emerging new threats, and pandemics, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
REMOVING BARRIERS TO LEGAL MIGRATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, 
and Border Safety concluded a hearing to examine removing barriers to 
legal migration to strengthen our communities and economy, after 
receiving testimony from Athulya Rajakumar, Improve The Dream, Dallas, 
Texas; Stephen H. Legomsky, Washington University School of Law, St. 
Louis, Missouri; and Lynden D. Melmed, Berry Appleman and Leiden LLP, 
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.