[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 21, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1006-D1008]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
VA ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD MODERNIZATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction, 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine 
the VA's electronic health record modernization, focusing on rollout, 
cost, and schedule, after receiving testimony from Donald M. Remy, 
Deputy Secretary, Terry Adirim, Program Executive Director, Electronic 
Health Record Modernization Integration Office, Shereef Elnahal, Under 
Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Administration, Jon J. Rychalski, 
Assistant Secretary for Management and Chief Financial Officer, and 
David Case, Deputy Inspector General, Office of Inspector General, all 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Mike Sicilia, Oracle, Austin, 
Texas; and Brian Rieksts, Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, 
Virginia.

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RECRUITING AND RETENTION EFFORTS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a 
hearing to examine the status of military recruiting and retention 
efforts across the Department of Defense, after receiving testimony 
from Stephanie P. Miller, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Military 
Personnel Policy, Lieutenant General Douglas F. Stitt, USA, Deputy 
Chief of Staff, G-1, United States Army, Vice Admiral Rick J. 
Cheeseman, Jr., USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations Personnel, 
Manpower and Training, N1, United States Navy, Lieutenant General 
Caroline M. Miller, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, 
Personnel, and Services, United States Air Force, and Michael R. 
Strobl, Assistant Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, 
United States Marine Corps, all of the Department of Defense.
NATIONAL PARKS LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded a hearing to examine S. 305, to establish the 
Springfield Race Riot National Monument in the State of Illinois, S. 
1211, to establish the Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture National 
Historic Park in Collinsville, Illinois, Monroe, Madison, and St. Clair 
Counties, Illinois, and St. Louis City County, Missouri, S. 3447, to 
authorize the National Service Animals Monument Corporation to 
establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its 
environs, S. 3579, to authorize the Embassy of France in Washington, 
DC, to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and 
its environs to honor the extraordinary contributions of Jean Monnet to 
restoring peace between European nations and establishing the European 
Union, S. 3873, to designate the outdoor amphitheater at the Blue Ridge 
Music Center in Galax, Virginia, as the ``Rock Boucher Amphitheater'', 
S. 4122, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain 
segments of the Housatonic River in the State of Connecticut as 
components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 4168, to 
amend title 54, United States Code, to reauthorize the National Park 
Foundation, S. 4222, to establish the St. Croix National Heritage Area, 
S. 4371, to establish the Cesar E. Chavez and the Farmworker Movement 
National Historical Park in the States of California and Arizona, S. 
4377 and H.R. 4380, bills to designate the El Paso Community Healing 
Garden National Memorial, S. 4464 and H.R. 1908, bills to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability 
and feasibility of designating certain land as the Ka'ena Point 
National Heritage Area, S. 4693, to amend the National Trails System 
Act to include national discovery trails and designate the American 
Discovery Trail, S. 4784, to modify the boundary of the Katahdin Woods 
and Waters National Monument in the State of Maine, to improve public 
access to the National Monument, and S.J. Res. 57, redesignating the 
Robert E. Lee Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery as the 
``Arlington House National Historic Site'', after receiving testimony 
from Senator Padilla; Michael A. Caldwell, Associate Director, Park 
Planning, Facilities, and Lands, National Park Service, Department of 
the Interior; Will Shafroth, National Park Foundation, Washington, 
D.C.; and Steve Richardson, Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters 
National Monument, Patten, Maine.
BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine putting the Bipartisan Infrastructure law to work, 
focusing on state and local perspectives, after receiving testimony 
from Nicole Majeski, Delaware Department of Transportation Secretary, 
Dover; Jimmy D. Wriston, West Virginia Department of Transportation 
Secretary, and Commissioner of the Division of Highways, Charleston; 
Mayor Regina Romero, Tucson, Arizona; and Jim Tymon, American 
Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Washington, 
D.C.
WOMEN LEADERS COUNTERING AUTHORITARIANISM
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine women leaders countering authoritarianism, after receiving 
testimony from Rosa Maria Paya, Cuba Decide, Miami, Florida; Jewher 
Ilham, Worker Rights Consortium, Arlington, Virginia; and Roya 
Hakakian, New Haven, Connecticut.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Colleen Joy Shogan, 
of Pennsylvania, to be Archivist of the United States, who was 
introduced by Senator Capito, Vijay Shanker, to be an Associate Judge 
of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and Laura E. Crane, 
Leslie A. Meek, and Veronica M. Sanchez, each to be an Associate Judge 
of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
TRIBAL ACCESS TO SPECTRUM
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
promoting and supporting tribal access to spectrum and related benefits 
in Native communities, after receiving testimony from Heidi

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Todacheene, Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Department of the 
Interior; Umair Javed, Chief Counsel, and Priscilla Delgado Argeris, 
Chief Legal Advisor, both of the Office of the Chairwoman, Federal 
Communications Commission; Anna Maria Ortiz, Director, Natural 
Resources and Environment, and Sally Moino, Assistant Director, 
Physical Infrastructure, both of the Government Accountability Office; 
Tyler Iokepa Gomes, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Kapolei; Melanie 
Benjamin, and Keith Modglin, both of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, 
Onamia, Minnesota; and Chris Cropley, Central Council of the Tlingit 
and Haida Indian Tribes, Juneau, Alaska.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Maria Araujo Kahn, of Connecticut, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, who was introduced by 
Senator Blumenthal, Julie Rikelman, of Massachusetts, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit, who was introduced by 
Senator Markey, Margaret R. Guzman, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Massachusetts, who was introduced by Senators 
Warren and Markey, Araceli Martinez-Olguin, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of California, who was 
introduced by Senators Feinstein and Padilla, Jamar K. Walker, to be 
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, who 
was introduced by Senators Warner and Kaine, and Jamal N. Whitehead, to 
be United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington, 
who was introduced by Senator Murray, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
SBA STATE TRADE EXPANSION PROGRAM OVERSIGHT
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the SBA's State Trade Expansion 
Program, after receiving testimony from Gabriel J. Esparza, Associate 
Administrator, Office of International Trade, Small Business 
Administration; Shaun Akhavan, Allied International Corp., Glen Burnie, 
Maryland; and Grace Preston, Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc., Nashua, 
New Hampshire.
VETERANS' ACCESS TO CARE
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine ensuring veterans' timely access to care in VA and the 
community, after receiving testimony from Denis McDonough, Secretary, 
and Darin Selnick, former Senior Advisor to the Secretary, both of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs; Carrie M. Farmer, RAND Corporation, 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Joy J. Ilem, Disabled American Veterans, 
Washington, D.C.
PROTECTING AMERICAN INNOVATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine protecting American innovation, focusing on industry, academia, 
and the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, after 
receiving testimony from William R. Evanina, The Evanina Group, 
Alexandria, Virginia; Michelle Van Cleave, Jack Kemp Foundation, and 
Robert Sheldon, CrowdStrike, both of Washington, D.C.; and Kevin R. 
Gamache, Texas A and M University System, College Station.