[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 153 (Thursday, September 22, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1016-D1017]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Jose Emilio Esteban, of 
California, to be Under Secretary for Food Safety, and Alexis Taylor, 
of Iowa, to be Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural 
Affairs, both of the Department of Agriculture, and Vincent Garfield 
Logan, of New York, to be a Member of the Farm Credit Administration 
Board, Farm Credit Administration, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Milancy Danielle Harris, of Virginia, to be a Deputy 
Under Secretary, and Brendan Owens, of Virginia, and Laura Taylor-Kale, 
of California, both to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the Department 
of Defense, and 3,571 nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine 
Corps, and Space Force.
BANKS OVERSIGHT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the nation's largest banks, including 
S. 4619, to provide that all persons shall be entitled to the full and 
equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, and 
accommodations of financial institutions, after receiving testimony 
from Charles W. Scharf, Wells Fargo and Company, San Francisco, 
California; Brian Moynihan, Bank of America, and William H. Rogers Jr., 
Truist, both of Charlotte, North Carolina; Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase 
and Co., Washington, D.C.; Jane Fraser, Citi, New York, New York; Andy 
Cecere, U.S. Bancorp, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and William S. Demchak, 
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
BATTERY STORAGE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine opportunities and challenges in deploying innovative 
battery and non-battery technologies for energy storage, after 
receiving testimony from Timothy J. Hemstreet, PacifiCorp, Portland, 
Oregon; Spencer Nelson, ClearPath, Inc., Washington, D.C.; and Ted 
Wiley, Form Energy, Somerville, Massachusetts.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 673, to provide a temporary safe harbor for publishers of online 
content to collectively negotiate with dominant online platforms 
regarding the terms on which content may be distributed, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Thomas E. Brown, to be United States Marshal for 
the Northern District of Georgia, and Kirk M. Taylor, to be United 
States Marshal for the District of Colorado, both of the Department of 
Justice.
STOPPING SENIOR SCAMS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
stopping senior scams, focusing on empowering communities to fight 
fraud, after receiving testimony from Nancy Pham-Klingler, County of 
San Diego Health and Human Services Agency, San Diego, California; 
Marti DeLiema, University of Minnesota School of Social Work, St. Paul; 
Aurelia Costigan, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Polly Fehler, Seneca, 
South Carolina.