[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 26, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D409-D410]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY LEGISLATION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine S. 4030, to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act 
of 1946 to establish a cattle contract library, and S. 3870, to 
establish the Office of the Special Investigator for Competition 
Matters within the Department of Agriculture, after receiving testimony 
from Andy Green, Senior Advisor on Fair and Competitive Markets, and 
Bruce Summers, Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, both of 
the Department of Agriculture; William R. Ruffin, Ruffin Farms, Bay 
Springs, Mississippi, on behalf of the United States Cattlemen's 
Association; Shawn Tiffany, Tiffany Cattle Company, Herington, Kansas, 
on behalf of the Kansas Livestock Association; Shelly Ziesch, Ziesch 
Ranch, Jamestown, North Dakota, on behalf of the National Farmers 
Union; and Stephen R. Koontz, Colorado State University Department of 
Agricultural and Resource Economics, Fort Collins.
APPROPRIATIONS: DOJ
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed 
budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2023 for the 
Department of Justice, after receiving testimony from Merrick B. 
Garland, Attorney General, Department of Justice.
APPROPRIATIONS: MDA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a closed 
hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for 
fiscal year 2023 for the Missile Defense Agency, after receiving 
testimony from Vice Admiral Jon A. Hill, Director, Missile Defense 
Agency, Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 1,652 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space 
Force.
DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the health of the defense industrial base, after receiving testimony 
from Ellen M. Lord, former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition 
and Sustainment; and David J. Berteau, Professional Services Council, 
Arlington, Virginia.
NAVY AND MARINE CORPS INVESTMENT PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower concluded a 
hearing to examine Navy and Marine Corps investment programs in review 
of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2023 and the 
Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Frederick 
J. Stefany, Principal Civilian Deputy, Assistant Secretary of the Navy 
(Research, Development, and Acquisition), performing the duties of the 
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development, and 
Acquisition), Vice Admiral Scott Conn, Deputy Chief of Naval 
Operations, Warfighting Requirements and Capabilities (OPNAV N9), and 
Lieutenant General Karsten S. Heckl, Deputy Commandant, Combat 
Development and Integration, Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat 
Development Command, all of the Department of Defense.
CFPB SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Semi-
Annual Report to Congress, including, S. 3441, to amend the Community 
Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to 
reauthorize and improve the community development financial 
institutions bond guarantee program, S. 2315, to require the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services to establish a program to provide health 
care coverage to low-income adults in States that have not expanded 
Medicaid, and S. 2145, to ensure that irresponsible corporate 
executives, rather than shareholders, pay fines and penalties, after 
receiving testimony from Rohit Chopra, Director, Consumer Financial 
Protection Bureau.
CHILD CARE
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Economic Policy concluded a hearing to examine child care and other 
policy tools to combat bottlenecks and inflation, after receiving 
testimony from William E. Spriggs, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C.; Melissa 
Colagrosso, A Place To Grow Children's Center, Oak Hill, West Virginia; 
Kathleen Sgamma, Western Energy Alliance, Denver, Colorado; Brian 
Riedl, The Manhattan Institute for

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Policy Research, New York, New York; and Walt Rowen, Small Business for 
America's Future, Columbia, Pennsylvania.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUDGET
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2023 
for the Department of State, focusing on American diplomacy and global 
leadership, after receiving testimony from Antony J. Blinken, Secretary 
of State.
MILITARY FAMILIES
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations concluded a hearing to examine 
mistreatment of military families in privatized housing, after 
receiving testimony from Captain Samuel Choe, USA, Fort Gordon Army 
Base, and Technical Sergeant Jack Fe Torres, USAF, Sheppard Air Force 
Base, both of the Department of Defense; Rachel Christian, Armed Forces 
Housing Advocates, Holland, Pennsylvania; Richard Taylor, and Paula 
Cook, both of Balfour Beatty Communities, LLC, Malvern, Pennsylvania; 
and Jana Wanner, Grovetown, Georgia.
FDA USER FEE AGREEMENTS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine Food and Drug Administration user fee 
agreements, focusing on advancing medical product regulation and 
innovation for the benefit of patients and Food and Drug Administration 
Center Directors, after receiving testimony from Patrizia Cavazzoni, 
Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Peter Marks, 
Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, and Jeffrey E. 
Shuren, Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, all of 
the Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human 
Services.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.