[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 74 (Wednesday, May 4, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D467-D469]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: HHS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2023 for the Department of Health and Human Services, after receiving 
testimony from Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health And Human Services.
APPROPRIATIONS: DOE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates 
and justification for fiscal year 2023 for the Department of Energy, 
after receiving testimony from Jennifer M. Granholm, Secretary of 
Energy.
APPROPRIATIONS: DHS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Security 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2023 for the Department of Homeland 
Security, after receiving testimony from Alejandro N. Mayorkas, 
Secretary of Homeland Security.
APPROPRIATIONS: USFS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates and justification for fiscal year 2023 for the Forest 
Service, after receiving testimony from Randy Moore, Chief, Forest 
Service, Department of Agriculture.
APPROPRIATIONS: VA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction, 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine 
proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2023 for 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, after receiving testimony from 
Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
NUCLEAR WEAPONS COUNCIL
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing to examine the Nuclear Weapons Council, after receiving 
testimony from Jill Hruby, Administrator, National Nuclear Security 
Administration, Department of Energy, Heidi Shyu, Under Secretary of 
Defense for Research and Engineering, William LaPlante, Chairman, John 
Plumb, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, Admiral 
Christopher Grady, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Admiral 
Charles Richard, Commander, United States Strategic Command, all of the 
Nuclear Weapons Council.
OVERDRAFT FEES
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection concluded a hearing to 
examine overdraft fees and their effects on working families, including 
S. 2677, to amend the Truth in Lending Act to limit overdraft fees and 
establish fair and transparent practices related to the marketing and 
provision of overdraft coverage programs at depository institutions, 
after receiving testimony from Aaron Klein, Brookings Institution, and 
David Pommerehn, Consumer Bankers Association, both of Washington, 
D.C.; and Jason Wilk, Dave, Los Angeles, California.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Ventris C. Gibson, of Virginia, 
to be Director of the Mint, and Paul M. Rosen, of California, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Investment Security, both of the Department of 
the Treasury.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  An original bill entitled, ``Water Resources Development Act'';
  6 General Services Administration resolutions; and
  The nomination of Benny R. Wagner, of Tennessee, to be Inspector 
General of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF TAX EXEMPT ENTITIES
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight 
concluded a hearing to examine laws and enforcement governing the 
political activities of tax exempt entities, after receiving testimony 
from Philip Hackney, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Bradley A. Smith, Institute for Free Speech, 
and Scott Walter, Capital Research Center, both of Washington, D.C.; 
and Ann Ravel, former Chair of the Federal Election Commission, Los 
Gatos, California.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  Amendments to the Treaty on Fisheries between the Governments of 
Certain Pacific Island States and the Government of the United States 
of America (Treaty Doc.115-3);

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  Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and 
the Government of the Republic of Croatia comprising the instrument as 
contemplated by Article 3(2) of the Agreement on Extradition between 
the United States of America and the European Union, signed June 25, 
2003, as to the Application of the Treaty on Extradition signed on 
October 25, 1901 (the ``U.S.-Croatia Extradition Agreement''), and the 
Agreement between the Government of the United States and the 
Government of the Republic of Croatia comprising the Instrument as 
contemplated by Article 3(3) of the Agreement on Mutual Legal 
Assistance between the United States of America and the European Union 
signed at Washington on June 25, 2003 (the ``U.S.-Croatia Mutual Legal 
Assistance Agreement''), both signed at Washington on December 10, 2019 
(Treaty Doc.116-2);
  Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the 
Ozone Layer (the ``Montreal Protocol''), adopted at Kigali on October 
15, 2016, by the Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal 
Protocol (the ``Kigali Amendment'') (Treaty Doc.117-1); and
  The nominations of John N. Nkengasong, of Georgia, to be Ambassador 
at Large, Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat 
HIV/AIDS Globally, Marc B. Nathanson, of California, to be Ambassador 
to the Kingdom of Norway, MaryKay Loss Carlson, of Arkansas, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines, Philip S. Goldberg, of 
the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, 
and Caroline Kennedy, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Commonwealth 
of Australia, all of the Department of State.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Jane Hartley, of New York, to be Ambassador 
to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and 
Constance J. Milstein, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Malta, who were both introduced by Senator Schumer, Alan M. Leventhal, 
of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark, who was 
introduced by Senator Markey, and Bruce I. Turner, of Colorado, for the 
rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as U.S. Representative 
to the Conference on Disarmament, all of the Department of State, after 
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BUDGET
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request 
for fiscal year 2023 for the Department of Homeland Security, after 
receiving testimony from Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland 
Security.
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine implementing the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for 
Native communities, focusing on setting new foundations, after 
receiving testimony from Wizipan Garriott, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; Elizabeth A. Fowler, 
Acting Director, and Rear Admiral Mark Calkins, Public Health Service, 
Assistant Surgeon General, Director, Division of Sanitation Facilities 
Construction, both of the Indian Health Service, Department of Health 
and Human Services; Timothy Hess, Associate Administrator, Office of 
Federal Lands Highway, Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
Transportation; Adam Geisler, Division Chief, Tribal Connectivity and 
Nation To Nation Coordination Division, Office of Internet Connectivity 
and Growth, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 
Department of Commerce; Mark Mitchell, All Pueblo Council of Governors, 
Albuquerque, New Mexico; Harold C. Frazier, Great Plains Tribal 
Chairmen's Association, and Dakota Longbrake, Tribal Transportation 
Program Coordinating Committee, both of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, 
Eagle Butte, South Dakota; Garret T. Yoshimi, University of Hawai'i 
System, Honolulu; and Nicole Borromeo, Alaska Federation of Natives, 
Anchorage.
SWIPE FEES
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
excessive swipe fees and barriers to competition in the credit and 
debit card systems, after receiving testimony from Doug Kantor, 
National Association of Convenience Stores, Alexandria, Virginia; Laura 
Karet, Giant Eagle, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Charles G. Kim, 
Commerce Bancshares, Kansas City, Missouri; Linda Kirkpatrick, 
Mastercard International Incorporated, Purchase, New York, New York; Ed 
Mierzwinski, U.S. PIRG, Washington, D.C.; and Bill Sheedy, Visa Inc., 
San Francisco, California.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and 
the Law concluded a hearing to examine platform transparency, focusing 
on understanding the impact of social media, after receiving testimony 
from Brandon Silverman, CrowdTangle, Oakland, California; Nathaniel 
Persily, and Daphne

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Keller, both of Stanford University Cyber Policy Center, Stanford, 
California; Jim Harper, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, 
D.C.; and Jonathan Haidt, New York University Stern School of Business, 
New York, New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nomination of Shereef M. Elnahal, of New Jersey, to be Under 
Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.