[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 124 (Tuesday, July 26, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D849-D850]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Lieutenant General Bryan P. Fenton, USA, to be general 
and Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, and Lieutenant General 
Michael E. Langley, USMC, to be general and Commander, U.S. Africa 
Command, both of the Department of Defense, and 12 nominations in the 
Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.

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INDO-PACIFIC POLICY AND OPERATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee receive a closed briefing on 
Indo-Pacific policy and operations from Ely S. Ratner, Assistant 
Secretary for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, and Major General Brett G. 
Sylvia, USA, Vice Director for Strategy, Plans and Policy, Joint Staff 
J-5, both of the Department of Defense; and Daniel J. Kritenbrink, 
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.
DIVERSITY IN U.S. DIPLOMACY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in U.S. 
diplomacy and development, after receiving testimony from Gina K. 
Abercrombie-Winstanley, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, 
Department of State; and Neneh Diallo, Chief Diversity Equity Inclusion 
and Access Officer, U.S. Agency for International Development.
U.S. PENITENTIARY ATLANTA
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations concluded a hearing to examine 
corruption, abuse, and misconduct at United States Penitentiary 
Atlanta, after receiving testimony from Michael D. Carvajal, Director, 
and Erika Ramirez, former Chief Psychologist, and Terri Whitehead, 
retired Senior Manager, both of the United States Penitentiary Atlanta, 
all of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice; and 
Rebecca Shepard, Federal Defender Program, Inc. of the Northern 
District of Georgia, Atlanta.
FIGHTING FENTANYL
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine fighting fentanyl, focusing on the 
Federal response to a growing crisis, after receiving testimony from 
Miriam E. Delphin-Rittmon, Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and 
Substance Use, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration, Carole Johnson, Administrator, Health Resources and 
Services Administration, and Christopher Jones, Acting Director, 
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, all of the Department of Health and Human 
Services, and Kemp Chester, Senior Advisor, Office of National Drug 
Control Policy.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SAFETY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
law enforcement officer safety, focusing on protecting those who 
protect and serve, after receiving testimony from Angel Novalez, 
Chicago Police Department, Chicago, Illinois; Michael Harrison, 
Baltimore Police Department, Baltimore, Maryland; Dwight E. Henninger, 
Vail Police Department, Vail, Colorado, on behalf of the International 
Association of Chiefs of Police; Zachary Allen Andersen, City of Cedar 
Falls, Cedar Falls, Iowa; Michael J. Bouchard, Oakland County Sheriff, 
Oakland County, Michigan, on behalf of the Major County Sheriffs of 
America; and Tre Pennie, National Fallen Officer Foundation, 
Washington, D.C.
DECRIMINALIZING CANNABIS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and 
Counterterrorism concluded a hearing to examine decriminalizing 
cannabis at the Federal level, focusing on necessary steps to address 
past harms, after receiving testimony from Steven H. Cook, retired 
Associate Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice; Malik 
Burnett, Maryland Department of Health's Center for Harm Reduction 
Services, Baltimore; Edward Jackson, Annapolis Police Department, 
Annapolis, Maryland, on behalf of the Law Enforcement Action 
Partnership; Weldon Angelos, The Weldon Project, Salt Lake City, Utah; 
and Alex Berenson, Tell Your Children, Hudson Valley, New York.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.