[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 194 (Wednesday, December 14, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1226-D1227]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 766 
military nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and 
Space Force.
FTX
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine why the FTX bubble burst and the harm to consumers, 
including S. 4857, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to 
require companies to file public reports after meeting certain 
quantitative thresholds, after receiving testimony from Hilary J. 
Allen, American University Washington College of Law, and Jennifer J. 
Schulp, Cato Institute Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, 
both of Washington, D.C.; Kevin O'Leary, O'Shares, Toronto, Ontario; 
and Ben McKenzie Schenkkan, Los Angeles, California.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 
4439, to take certain Federal land located in Siskiyou County, 
California, and Humboldt County, California, into trust for the benefit 
of the Karuk Tribe.
ACCESS TO CAPITAL
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine improving access to capital in underserved 
communities, focusing on the Community Advantage program, microloans, 
and other Small Business Administration initiatives, including S. 5102, 
to authorize the Community Advantage Loan Program of the Small Business 
Administration, S. 5022, to allow recipients of certain loans made or 
guaranteed by the Small Business Administration to use the loan 
proceeds to provide childcare services to employees, and S. 1587, to 
allow nonprofit child care providers to participate in the loan 
programs of the Small Business Administration, after receiving 
testimony from Jon Gaines, Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative 
Corporation, Milwaukee; Nick Schwellenbach, Project On Government 
Oversight, Washington, D.C.; Robert Villarreal, Momentus Capital and 
CDC Small Business Finance, Chula Vista, California; and Annemarie 
Murphy, First Bank of the Lake, Greenville, South Carolina.

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INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.