[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 99 (Thursday, June 9, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D634-D636]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AGRICULTURAL TRADE
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on 
Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade concluded a hearing to examine 
agricultural trade, focusing on priorities and issues facing America's 
farmers, after receiving testimony from Neal Fisher, North Dakota Wheat 
Commission, Mandan; Gopinath Munisamy, University of Georgia College of 
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Athens; Karla Baker Thompson, 
JET Farms Georgia and Integrity Farms, Camilla; and Sheryl Meshke, 
Associated Milk Producers Inc., New Ulm, Minnesota, on behalf of the 
National Milk Producers Federation.
SAVING SOCIAL SECURITY
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
saving Social Security, after receiving testimony from Stephen C. Goss, 
Chief Actuary, Social Security Administration; and Nancy J. Altman, and 
Alex Lawson, both of Social Security Works, Robert Roach, Jr., Alliance 
for Retired Americans, Maya MacGuineas, Committee for a Responsible 
Federal Budget, and Shai Akabas, Bipartisan Policy Center, all of 
Washington, D.C.
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Communications, Media, and Broadband concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 
after receiving testimony from Alan Davidson, Assistant Secretary for 
Communications and Information, National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration, Department of Commerce.
USFS 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 Forest Service, after receiving testimony from Randy 
Moore, Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure concluded a hearing to examine S. 
4244, to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the 
manufacture, processing, use, and distribution in commerce of 
commercial asbestos and mixtures and articles containing commercial 
asbestos, after receiving testimony from Linda Reinstein, Asbestos 
Disease Awareness Organization, Redondo Beach, California; Danny Whu, 
International Association of Fire Fighters, and Robert J. Simon, 
American Chemistry Council, both of Washington, D.C.; and David Lee 
Boone, Copiah Water Association, Hazlehurst, Mississippi.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 4171, to reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1160, to prioritize efforts of the Department of State to combat 
international trafficking in covered synthetic drugs and new 
psychoactive substances, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 3211, to continue the whole-of-government approach to ending 
global wildlife poaching and trafficking by permanently reauthorizing 
the activities of the Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;

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  S. 3861, to require the Secretary of State to submit annual reports 
to Congress on the assistance provided to Somaliland and to conduct a 
feasibility study, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, on 
establishing a security partnership with Somaliland, without 
recognizing Somaliland as an independent state, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3895, to extend and authorize annual appropriations for the United 
States Commission on International Religious Freedom through fiscal 
year 2024, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 4250, to amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
1956 to provide for rewards for the arrest or conviction of certain 
foreign nationals who have committed genocide or war crimes;
  H.R. 6089, to clarify that section 107 of the Countering America's 
Adversaries Through Sanctions Act applies sanctions with respect to 
unmanned combat aerial vehicles following a 2019 change by the United 
Nations providing additional clarity to the United Nations Register of 
Conventional Arms, with amendments;
  H.R. 7276, to direct the President to submit to Congress a report on 
United States Government efforts to collect, analyze, and preserve 
evidence and information related to war crimes and other atrocities 
committed during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine since 
February 24, 2022;
  S. Con. Res. 40, welcoming the Prime Minister of Greece to the United 
States for an address to a joint meeting of Congress;
  S. Res. 124, celebrating the heritage of Romani Americans, S. Res. 
394, recognizing the 25th anniversary of Radio Free Asia and its 
mission to provide an independent source of news to closed societies in 
Asia, with amendments;
  S. Res. 394, recognizing the 25th anniversary of Radio Free Asia and 
its mission to provide an independent source of news to closed 
societies in Asia, with amendments;
  S. Res. 458, recognizing the 75th anniversary of the establishment of 
the United Nations Children's Fund, with amendments;
  S. Res. 540, supporting the goals of International Women's Day, with 
an amendment;
  S. Res. 568, supporting the goals and ideals of ``Countering 
International Parental Child Abduction Month'' and expressing the sense 
of the Senate that Congress should raise awareness of the harm caused 
by international parental child abduction;
  S. Res. 589, recognizing, honoring, and commending the women of 
Ukraine who have contributed to the fight for freedom and the defense 
of Ukraine, with amendments;
  S. Res. 638, commending the Government and people of the Republic of 
Moldova for their heroic efforts to support Ukrainian refugees fleeing 
President Putin's illegal war against Ukraine, with an amendment;
  S. Res. 646, expressing the Senate's support for Finland and Sweden's 
accession into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the 
expedited ratification of accession protocols, with an amendment;
  The nominations of Mari Carmen Aponte, of Puerto Rico, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, Michelle Kwan, of California, to 
be Ambassador to Belize, Elizabeth H. Richard, of Virginia, to be 
Coordinator for Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of 
Ambassador at Large, Michael J. Adler, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of South Sudan, Margaret C. Whitman, of Colorado, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Kenya, Michael Battle, of Georgia, to be 
Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania, John T. Godfrey, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Sudan, and Michael 
C. Gonzales, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zambia, 
and routine lists in the Foreign Service, all of the Department of 
State.
EUROPEAN ENERGY SECURITY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Europe and Regional 
Security Cooperation concluded a hearing to examine European energy 
security, focusing on America's role in supporting Europe's energy 
diversification agenda, after receiving testimony from Amos Hochstein, 
Presidential Coordinator, Department of State.
DOMESTIC EXTREMISM IN AMERICA
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine domestic extremism in America, focusing 
on white supremacist violence in the wake of recent attacks, after 
receiving testimony from Elizabeth Yates, Human Rights First, New York, 
New York; Eric K. Ward, Western States Center, Portland, Oregon; and 
Michael German, New York University Law School Brennan Center for 
Justice, and Nathan A. Sales, Fillmore Global Strategies LLC and former 
Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Department of 
State, both of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of John Z. Lee, of Illinois, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Seventh Circuit, Salvador Mendoza, Jr., of Washington, to 
be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Stephen Henley 
Locher, to be United States

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District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa, Nancy L. Maldonado, 
to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
Illinois, Gregory Brian Williams, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Delaware, and Gerard M. Karam, to be United States 
Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Jacqueline C. Romero, 
to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 
and Joshua D. Hurwit, of Idaho, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Idaho, all of the Department of Justice.