[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 185 (Wednesday, November 30, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1154-D1155]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ELECTRONIC WARFARE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces received 
a closed briefing on electronic warfare from Department of Defense 
officials.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Martin J. Gruenberg, of Maryland, 
to be Chairperson, who was introduced by Senator Van Hollen, Travis 
Hill, of Maryland, to be a Member, and to be Vice Chairperson, who was 
introduced by Senator Crapo, and Jonathan McKernan, of Tennessee, to be 
a Member, who was introduced by former Senator Corker, all of the Board 
of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Kimberly 
Ann McClain, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development, after the nominees testified and answered questions 
in their own behalf.
BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine putting the Bipartisan Infrastructure law to work, 
focusing on the private sector perspective, after receiving testimony 
from David Bauer, American Road and Transportation Builders 
Association, and Jonathan Levy, EVgo, both of Washington, D.C.; Matt 
Stanberry, Highland Electric Fleets, Beverly, Massachusetts; Ali Mills, 
Plum Contracting, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the Associated 
General Contractors of America; and Gary W. Johnson, Land and Quarry 
Granite Construction Company, Cedar Park, Texas, on behalf of the 
National Stone, Sand, and Gravel Association.
TRADE POLICY IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and 
Global Competitiveness concluded a hearing to examine opportunities and 
challenges for trade policy in the digital economy, after receiving 
testimony from Christine Bliss, Coalition of Services Industries, David 
Feith, Center for a New American Security, Joshua P. Meltzer, Brookings 
Institution, and Patrick Woodall, AFL-CIO Technology Institute, all of 
Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Lynne M. Tracy, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to 
the Russian Federation, who was introduced by Senator Portman,

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Julie D. Fisher, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Cyprus, who was introduced by Senator Shaheen, Kristina A. Kvien, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia, and Cynthia 
Dyer, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat 
Trafficking, with the rank of Ambassador at Large, all of the 
Department of State, and Carol Spahn, of Maryland, to be Director of 
the Peace Corps, who was introduced by Senator Van Hollen, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
TRANSITION FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Children and Families concluded a hearing to examine caring for our 
kids, focusing on supporting mental health in the transition from high 
school to college, after receiving testimony from Sharon Hoover, 
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore; Curtis Wright, 
Xavier University of Louisiana, and Ashley Weiss, Tulane School of 
Medicine, both of New Orleans, Louisiana; and Brooklyn Williams, 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
Jonathan James Canada Grey, to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Michigan, who was introduced by Senators Stabenow 
and Peters, Julia E. Kobick, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Massachusetts, who was introduced by Senators Warren and 
Markey, Rita F. Lin, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of California, and James Edward Simmons, Jr., to be 
United States District Judge for the Southern District of California, 
who were both introduced by Senators Feinstein and Padilla, Ramon 
Ernesto Reyes, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of New York, who was introduced by Senator Schumer, and Amy 
Lefkowitz Solomon, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General, Department of Justice, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
NATIVE AMERICAN VETERANS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine Native American veterans, focusing on ensuring access to VA 
health care and benefits, after receiving testimony from Roselyn Tso, 
Director, and Benjamin Smith, Deputy Director, both of the Indian 
Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services; Mark Upton, 
Deputy to the Deputy Under Secretary for Health, Stephanie Birdwell, 
Director, Office of Tribal Government Relations, and John Bell, 
Executive Director, Home Loan Guaranty Program, Veterans Benefits 
Administration, all of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Leo Pollock, 
Blackfeet Veterans Alliance of the Blackfeet Nation, Browning, Montana; 
Larry Wright, Jr., National Congress of American Indians, Lincoln, 
Nebraska; Nickolaus Lewis, National Indian Health Board, Bellingham, 
Washington; and Sonya Tetnowski, National Council of Urban Indian 
Health, San Jose, California.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.