[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 149 (Thursday, September 15, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D977-D978]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DIGITAL COMMODITY MARKET
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine S. 4760, to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to 
provide the Commodity Futures Trading Commission jurisdiction to 
oversee the spot digital commodity market, after receiving testimony 
from Rostin Behnam, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission; 
Todd Phillips, Center for American Progress, Sheila Warren, Crypto 
Council for Innovation, Christine Parker, Coinbase, and Denelle Dixon, 
Stellar Development Foundation, all of San Francisco, California; and 
Heath P. Tarbert, Citadel Securities, Chicago, Illinois.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of General Anthony J. Cotton, USAF, for reappointment to 
the grade of general and to be Commander of United States Strategic 
Command, Department of Defense, after the nominee testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the Securities and Exchange Commission, 
including S. 945, to provide temporary impact aid construction grants 
to eligible local educational agencies, S. 4356, to provide for 
responsible financial innovation and to bring digital assets within the 
regulatory perimeter, S. 4760, to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to 
provide the Commodity Futures

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Trading Commission jurisdiction to oversee the spot digital commodity 
market, S. 374, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require 
the submission by issuers of data relating to diversity, S. 3961, to 
permit a registered investment company to omit certain fees from the 
calculation of acquired fund fees and expenses, and S. 2009, to promote 
transparency by permitting the Public Company Accounting Oversight 
Board to allow its disciplinary proceedings to be open to the public, 
after receiving testimony from Gary Gensler, Chair, Securities and 
Exchange Commission.
FUSION ENERGY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Federal government's role in supporting the 
commercialization of fusion energy, after receiving testimony from 
Scott C. Hsu, Lead Fusion Coordinator, Office of the Undersecretary for 
Science and Innovation, Department of Energy; Steven Cowley, Princeton 
Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey; Tim Luce, ITER 
Organization, St. Paul lex Durance Cedex, France; and Bob Mumgaard, 
Commonwealth Fusion Systems, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
VENEZUELA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine assessing United States policy towards Venezuela, after 
receiving testimony from Brian A. Nichols, Assistant Secretary of State 
for Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; and Marcela Escobari, 
Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, 
U.S. Agency for International Development.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 4524, to limit the judicial enforceability of predispute 
nondisclosure and nondisparagement contract clauses relating to 
disputes involving sexual assault and sexual harassment, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Dana M. Douglas, of Louisiana, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Bradley N. Garcia, of Maryland, to 
be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, 
Frances Kay Behm, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Michigan, Jerry W. Blackwell, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Minnesota, Anne M. Nardacci, to be United 
States District Judge for the Northern District of New York, and Kevin 
G. Ritz, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of 
Tennessee, Department of Justice.