[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 20, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D819-D820]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FDA AND FOOD SAFETY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine food safety and the Food and Drug 
Administration, after receiving testimony from Robert Califf, 
Commissioner, Frank Yiannas, Deputy Commissioner, Food Policy and 
Response, Susan T. Mayne, Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied 
Nutrition, and Michael C. Rogers, Assistant Commissioner for Human and 
Animal Food Operations, Office of Regulatory Affairs, all of the Food 
and Drug Administration, Department of Health and

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Human Services; Brian Ronholm, Consumer Reports, Washington, D.C.; and 
Sarah Gallo, Consumer Brands Association, Arlington, Virginia.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nomination of Arati Prabhakar, of California, 
to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, after 
the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Warren, testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the role 
of tax incentives in affordable housing, after receiving testimony from 
Andrea Bell, Oregon Housing and Community Services, Salem; Jerry 
Konter, National Association of Home Builders, and Benson Roberts, 
National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders, both of Washington, 
D.C.; Lee E. Ohanian, Stanford University Hoover Institution, Los 
Angeles, California; and Dana T. Wade, Walker and Dunlop, Bethesda, 
Maryland.
GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY CRISIS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the global food security crisis and the U.S. response, after 
receiving testimony from Samantha Power, Administrator, United States 
Agency for International Development; Linda Thomas-Greenfield, United 
States Ambassador to the United Nations; and David Beasley, UN World 
Food Programme, Rome, Italy.
LEGISLATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
S. 4104, to approve the settlement of water rights claims of the 
Hualapai Tribe and certain allottees in the State of Arizona, to 
authorize construction of a water project relating to those water 
rights claims, S. 4439, to take certain Federal land located in 
Siskiyou County, California, and Humboldt County, California, into 
trust for the benefit of the Karuk Tribe, and H.R. 5221, to amend the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act to establish an urban Indian 
organization confer policy for the Department of Health and Human 
Services, after receiving testimony from Senators Sinema and Padilla; 
Jason Freihage, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for 
Management for Indian Affairs; P. Benjamin Smith, Deputy Director, 
Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services; Damon 
Clarke, Hualapai Tribe, Peach Springs, Arizona; Russell A. Attebery, 
Karuk Tribe, Happy Camp, California; and Patrick Rock, Indian Health 
Board of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
MASS SHOOTINGS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Highland Park attack, focusing on protecting our communities from 
mass shootings, after receiving testimony from Senator Duckworth; Nancy 
R. Rotering, Mayor, Highland Park, Illinois; Kyleanne Hunter, RAND 
Corporation, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Joseph Blocher, Duke 
University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina; Philip T. Smith, 
National African American Gun Association, Atlanta, Georgia; and 
Russell Bentley, Safe Havens International, Macon, Georgia.
ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD MODERNIZATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the status of VA's electronic health record modernization 
program, after receiving testimony from Terry Adirim, Program Executive 
Director, Electronic Health Record Modernization Integration Office, 
Kurt DelBene, Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology and 
Chief Information Officer, Michael D. Parrish, Principal Executive 
Director for the Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction, 
Gerard R. Cox, Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Quality and 
Patient Safety, Veterans Health Administration, and David Case, Deputy 
Inspector General, Office of Inspector General, all of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs; and Mike Sicilia, Oracle Corporation, Austin, 
Texas.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
consider pending intelligence matters.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.