[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 107 (Thursday, June 23, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D703]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NFIP REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance 
Program, focusing on Administration perspectives, including S. 3128, to 
reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program, after receiving 
testimony from David Maurstad, Deputy Associate Administrator for 
Insurance and Mitigation, Federal Insurance and Mitigation 
Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of 
Homeland Security.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of David Pressman, of New York, to be 
Ambassador to Hungary, Geoffrey R. Pyatt, of California, to be an 
Assistant Secretary (Energy Resources), and Robert A. Wood, of New 
York, to be Alternate Representative of the United States of America 
for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, with the rank of 
Ambassador, and to be an Alternate Representative of the United States 
of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United 
Nations, during his tenure of service as Alternate Representative of 
the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the 
United Nations, all of the Department of State, and Elizabeth Shortino, 
of the District of Columbia, to be United States Executive Director of 
the International Monetary Fund, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. Res. 674, celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Marshall Plan 
and recognizing the role of the Marshall Plan as the foundation of a 
transatlantic community committed to the preservation of peace, 
prosperity, and democracy;
  S. Res. 623, calling on the Secretary of State to designate the 
Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism, with amendments;
  S. Res. 669, condemning the use of hunger as a weapon of war and 
recognizing the effect of conflict on global food security and famine, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Francisco O. Mora, of Florida, to be Permanent 
Representative of the United States of America to the Organization of 
American States, with the rank of Ambassador, Reuben E. Brigety II, of 
Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa, Timmy T. 
Davis, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the State of Qatar, and Michael 
Alan Ratney, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi 
Arabia, all of the Department of State, Amanda Bennett, of the District 
of Columbia, to be Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency 
for Global Media, and routine lists in the Foreign Service.
BUILDING TRUST IN GOVERNMENT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine building trust in government through 
customer experience, focusing on putting people first, after receiving 
testimony from Martha A. Dorris, Dorris Consulting International, 
Ashburn, Virginia; William D. Eggers, Deloitte Center for Government 
Insights, Rosslyn, Virginia; and Mathew L. Lira, Hangar Capital, 
Alexandria, Virginia.
GRANDFAMILIES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
strengthening support for grandfamilies during the COVID-19 pandemic 
and beyond, after receiving testimony from Donna M. Butts, Generations 
United, Washington, D.C.; Kim Clifton, Helping and Lending Outreach 
Support, North Charleston, South Carolina; Gail Engel, Grand Family 
Coalition, Loveland, Colorado; and Ruth Stevens, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania.