[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 75 (Thursday, May 5, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D472-D473]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine the posture of the Department of the Army in review 
of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2023 and the 
Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Christine 
E. Wormuth, Secretary of the Army, and General James C. McConville, 
Chief of Staff of the Army, both of the Department of Defense.
STUDENT LOAN SERVICERS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine student loan servicers and their impact on workers, 
including S. 1098, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to 
authorize borrowers to separate joint consolidation loans, after 
receiving testimony from Mike Pierce, Student Borrower Protection 
Center, and Neal McCluskey, Cato Institute Center for Educational 
Freedom, both of Washington, D.C.; and Jalil Mustaffa Bishop, Equity 
Research Cooperative, Villanova, Pennsylvania.
LABOR LAWS
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
whether taxpayer dollars should go to companies that violate labor 
laws, after receiving testimony from Thomas M. Costa, Director, 
Education, Workforce, and Income Security, Government Accountability 
Office; Christian Smalls, Amazon Labor Union, New York, New York; and 
Sean M. O'Brien, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Greg LeRoy, 
Good Jobs First, Rachel Greszler, The Heritage Foundation, and Glenn 
Spencer, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, all of Washington, D.C.

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ENSURING FAIRNESS IN THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG MARKET
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security concluded a 
hearing to examine ensuring fairness and transparency in the market for 
prescription drugs, after receiving testimony from David A. Balto, Law 
Offices of David Balto, Chevy Chase, Maryland; Robin Feldman, 
University of California Hastings Law, Palo Alto; Craig L. Garthwaite, 
Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, Evanston, 
Illinois; and Juan Carlos Scott, Pharmaceutical Care Management 
Association, Washington, D.C.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2023 for the Department of Energy, after receiving testimony from 
Jennifer M. Granholm, Secretary of Energy.
SECURING ORDER ON THE SOUTHWEST BORDER
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine securing and ensuring order on the 
southwest border, after receiving testimony from January Contreras, 
Assistant Secretary of the Administration for Children and Families, 
Department of Health and Human Services; Blas Nunez-Neto, Acting 
Assistant Secretary for Border and Immigration Policy, Office of 
Strategy, Policy, and Plans, MaryAnn Tierney, Senior Coordinating 
Official, Southwest Border Coordination Center, and Benjamine Huffman, 
Acting Chief Operating Officer, Customs and Border Protection, all of 
the Department of Homeland Security; and Emily Mendrala, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Department of 
State.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 977, to amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting 
cartels illegal; and
  The nomination of S. Lane Tucker, to be United States Attorney for 
the District of Alaska, Department of Justice.