[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 30, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D337-D338]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
APPROPRIATIONS--U.S. CAPITOL POLICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch held a 
budget hearing on the U.S. Capitol Police. Testimony was heard from J. 
Thomas Manger, Chief, U.S. Capitol Police.
NATIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES IN EUROPE
Committee on Armed Services: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``National Security Challenges in Europe''. Testimony was heard from 
General Tod Wolters, U.S. Air Force, Commander, U.S. European Command; 
and Celeste Wallander, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International 
Security Affairs, Department of Defense.
PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY OF CARE IN THE MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel held a 
hearing entitled ``Patient Safety and Quality of Care in the Military 
Health System''. Testimony was heard from Dez Del Barba, Veteran, U.S. 
Army; Sharon Silas, Director, Health Care Team, Government 
Accountability Office; Lieutenant General Ronald J. Place, Director, 
Defense Health Agency, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for 
Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense; Lieutenant General R. 
Scott Dingle, Surgeon General, U.S. Army; Rear Admiral (Upper Half) 
Bruce L. Gillingham, Surgeon General, U.S. Navy; Lieutenant General 
Robert I. Miller, Surgeon General, U.S. Air Force; and a public 
witness.
FDA USER FEE REAUTHORIZATION: ENSURING SAFE AND EFFECTIVE MEDICAL 
DEVICES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
entitled ``FDA User Fee Reauthorization: Ensuring Safe and Effective 
Medical Devices''. Testimony was heard from Jeff Shuren, M.D., 
Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and 
Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; and 
public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT OF AMERICA'S STOCK EXCHANGES: EXAMINING THEIR ROLE IN OUR 
ECONOMY
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Investor Protection 
and Capital Markets held a hearing entitled ``Oversight of America's 
Stock Exchanges: Examining Their Role in Our Economy''. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
MOVING BEYOND THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS: THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S 
PROGRESS IN COMBATING THE PANDEMIC AND A PLAN FOR THE NEXT PHASE
Committee on Oversight and Reform: Select Subcommittee on the 
Coronavirus Crisis held a hearing entitled ``Moving Beyond the 
Coronavirus Crisis: The Biden Administration's Progress in Combating 
the Pandemic and a Plan for the Next Phase''. Testimony was heard from 
Vice Admiral Vivik Murthy, M.D., Surgeon General of the United States, 
Department of Health and Human Services; Dawn O'Connell, Assistant 
Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human 
Services; and Rochelle Walensky, M.D., Director, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services.
MORE ACT; AFFORDABLE INSULIN NOW ACT
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 3617, the 
``MORE Act''; and H.R. 6833, the ``Affordable Insulin Now Act''. The 
Committee granted, by record vote of 9-4, a rule providing for 
consideration of H.R. 3617, the ``MORE Act'', and H.R. 6833, the 
``Affordable Insulin Now Act''. The rule provides for consideration of 
H.R. 3617, the ``MORE Act'', under a structured rule. The rule provides 
one hour of general debate on the bill equally divided and controlled 
by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the 
Judiciary or their designees. The rule waives all points of order 
against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee 
Print 117-37, modified by the amendment printed in part A of the Rules 
Committee report, shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as 
amended, shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of 
order against provisions in the bill, as amended. The rule makes in 
order only those further amendments to H.R. 3617 printed in part B of 
the Rules Committee report. Each such amendment may be offered only in 
the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member 
designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question. The rule waives all points of order against the amendments 
printed in part B of the report. The rule provides one motion to 
recommit. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 6833, the 
``Affordable Insulin Now Act'', under a closed rule. The rule provides 
one hour of general debate equally divided among

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and controlled by the chairs and ranking minority members of the 
Committees on Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and 
Means, or their respective designees. The rule waives all points of 
order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules 
Committee Print 117-38, modified by the amendment printed in part C of 
the Rules Committee report, shall be considered as adopted and the 
bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The rule waives all 
points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. The rule 
provides one motion to recommit. The rule provides that House 
Resolution 188, agreed to March 8, 2021, is amended by striking ``April 
1, 2022'' each place it appears and inserting ``April 29, 2022''. 
Testimony was heard from Chairman Pallone, Chairman Nadler, and 
Representatives Rodgers of Washington, Biggs, and Burgess.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing on H.R. 6052, the ``VA OIG Training 
Act''; legislation on the Faster Payments to Veterans' Survivors Act; 
legislation on the Improving Oversight of the Veterans Community Care 
Providers Act; legislation on the VA Preventing Duplicate Payments Act; 
legislation on the Improving VA Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access 
Act; legislation on the Improving VA Workforce Diversity Through 
Minority-Serving Institutions Act; legislation on the VA Inclusion, 
Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Data Improvement Act; H.R. 5776, 
the ``Serving Our LGBTQ Veterans Act''; H.R. 6638, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to make certain improvements to the Office of 
Accountability and Whistleblower Protection of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; and legislation to authorize 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out an information 
technology system to manage supply chains for medical facilities of 
Department of Veterans Affairs. Testimony was heard from Edward Murray, 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management and Deputy Chief 
Financial Officer, Office of Management, Department of Veterans 
Affairs; Christopher Wilbur, Counselor to the Inspector General/Acting 
Assistant Inspector General for Management and Administration, Office 
of Inspector General, Department of Veterans Affairs; Seto Bagdoyan, 
Director of Forensic Audits and Investigative Service, Government 
Accountability Office; and public witnesses.
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S 2022 TRADE POLICY AGENDA
Committee on Ways and Means: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``Biden Administration's 2022 Trade Policy Agenda''. Testimony was 
heard from Katherine Tai, United States Trade Representative, Executive 
Office of the President.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.