[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 186 (Thursday, December 1, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1162-D1163]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FTX COLLAPSE
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine lessons learned from the FTX collapse, focusing on 
why Congress needs to act, after receiving testimony from Rostin 
Behnam, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
FAIRNESS IN FINANCIAL SERVICES
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine fairness in financial services, focusing on racism 
and discrimination in banking, 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 Representative Donalds; 
and Lisa C. Rice, National Fair Housing Alliance, Marc H. Morial, 
National Urban League, Devon Westhill, Center for Equal Opportunity, 
and Janai Nelson, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., all 
of Washington, D.C.
LANDSAT AT 50
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Space and Science concluded a hearing to examine Landsat at 50 and the 
future of U.S. satellite-based earth observation, after receiving 
testimony from Stephen M. Volz, Assistant Administrator, National 
Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Kate 
Calvin, Chief Scientist, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; 
Kevin Gallagher, Associate Director for Core Science Systems, United 
States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior; Dan Jablonsky, 
Maxar Technologies, Westminster, Colorado; and Waleed Abdalati, 
University of Colorado Cooperative Institute for Research in 
Environmental Sciences, Boulder.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nominations of David Crane, of New Jersey, to be Under 
Secretary, Jeffrey Matthew Marootian, of the District of Columbia, to 
be an Assistant Secretary (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy), and 
Gene Rodrigues, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary 
(Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability), all of the Department of 
Energy.
LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 3112, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to 
establish a Hydrogen Technologies for Heavy Industry Grant Program, S. 
3152, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to disqualify certain 
borrowers from receiving a guarantee for a project, S. 3915, to require 
the Secretary of Energy to provide technology grants to

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strengthen domestic mining education, S. 3957, to amend the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to make certain activities 
eligible for grants from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund, S. 3978, 
to require the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program to operate a 
uranium reserve consisting of uranium produced and converted in the 
United States and a program to ensure the availability of uranium 
produced, converted, and enriched in the United States, S. 4420, to 
provide for advancements in carbon removal research, quantification, 
and commercialization, including by harnessing natural processes, S. 
4424, to amend the Recreation and Public Purposes Act to authorize 
sales and leases of certain Federal land to federally recognized Indian 
Tribes, S. 4515, to require the Secretary of Energy to stipulate, as a 
condition on the sale at auction of any crude oil from the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve, that the crude oil not be exported to certain 
countries, S. 4542, to establish the Dolores River National 
Conservation Area and the Dolores River Special Management Area in the 
State of Colorado, to protect private water rights in the State, S. 
4579, to amend the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2015, to extend certain deadlines applicable to 
pilot projects to increase Colorado River System water to address 
effects of historic drought conditions, S. 4651, to amend the Energy 
Policy and Conservation Act to require the Secretary of Energy to 
stipulate, as a condition on the sale at auction of any petroleum 
products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, that the petroleum 
products not be exported to certain countries, to prohibit such sales 
to certain state-owned entities, S. 4732, to authorize the Georgetown 
African American Historic Landmark Project and Tour to establish a 
commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, S. 
4860, to provide for the establishment of a grazing management program 
on Federal land in Malheur County, Oregon, S. 4995, to require the 
Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to 
prioritize the completion of the Continental Divide National Scenic 
Trail, S. 5129, to modify the boundary of the Mammoth Cave National 
Park in the State of Kentucky, and S.J. Res. 62, approving the location 
of a memorial to commemorate the commitment of the United States to a 
free press by honoring journalists who sacrificed their lives in 
service to that cause, and an original bill to establish a new 
organization to manage nuclear waste, provide a consensual process for 
siting nuclear waste facilities, ensure adequate funding for managing 
nuclear water, after receiving testimony from Senator Bennet; Kathryn 
Huff, Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, and Douglas MacIntyre, 
Deputy Director for the Office of Petroleum Reserves, both of the 
Department of Energy; and Nada Wolff Culver, Principal Deputy Director, 
Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 2773, to amend the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to address 
satellite offices of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Anthony Devos Johnstone, of Montana, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Maria Araujo Kahn, of 
Connecticut, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, 
Daniel J. Calabretta, to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of California, Matthew L. Garcia, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of New Mexico, Margaret R. Guzman, to 
be United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, 
Jeffery Paul Hopkins, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Ohio, Lindsay C. Jenkins, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, Araceli Martinez-
Olguin, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
California, Adrienne C. Nelson, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Oregon, Jamar K. Walker, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, Jamal N. Whitehead, to be 
United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington, 
and Jaime E. Esparza, to be United States Attorney for the Western 
District of Texas, Alamdar S. Hamdani, to be United States Attorney for 
the Southern District of Texas, Roger B. Handberg, to be United States 
Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, to be 
United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Terry J. 
Burgin, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of North 
Carolina, and Glenn M. McNeill, Jr., to be United States Marshal for 
the Eastern District of North Carolina, all of the Department of 
Justice.