[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 1, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D86-D87]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
LIVES WORTH LIVING: ADDRESSING THE FENTANYL CRISIS, PROTECTING CRITICAL 
LIFELINES, AND COMBATTING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THOSE WITH 
DISABILITIES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
entitled ``Lives Worth Living: Addressing the Fentanyl Crisis, 
Protecting Critical Lifelines, and Combatting Discrimination Against 
Those with Disabilities''. Testimony was heard from Kemp Chester, 
Senior Advisor, International Relations and Supply Reduction, Office of 
National Drug Control Policy; Neerja Gandotra, Chief Medical Officer, 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department 
of Health and Human Services; Jon C. DeLena, Associate Administrator, 
Business Operations, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of 
Justice; and public witnesses.
ECONOMIC DANGER ZONE: HOW AMERICA COMPETES TO WIN THE FUTURE VERSUS 
CHINA
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and 
Commerce held a hearing entitled ``Economic Danger Zone: How America 
Competes to Win the Future Versus China''. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO INVESTIGATING THE ORIGINS OF PANDEMICS 
AND OTHER BIOLOGICAL EVENTS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Challenges and Opportunities 
to Investigating the Origins of Pandemics and Other Biological 
Events''. Testimony was heard from Karen L. Howard, Acting Chief 
Scientist, Director of Science and Technology Assessment Science, 
Technology Assessment, and Analytics, Government Accountability Office; 
and public witnesses.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Financial Services: Full Committee held an organizational 
meeting. The Committee adopted

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its rules for the 118th Congress. Subcommittee names and the Committee 
Authorization and Oversight Plan were approved.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Full Committee held an organizational 
meeting. The Committee adopted its rules for the 118th Congress. The 
subcommittee roster was approved.
THE BIDEN BORDER CRISIS: PART I
Committee on the Judiciary: Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The 
Biden Border Crisis: Part I''. Testimony was heard from Mark Dannels, 
Sheriff, Cochise County, Arizona; Ricardo Samaniego, County Judge, El 
Paso County, Texas; and a public witness.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Natural Resources: Full Committee held an organizational 
meeting. The Committee adopted its rules for the 118th Congress, as 
amended. The Staff Resolution was agreed to.
FEDERAL PANDEMIC SPENDING: A PRESCRIPTION FOR WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE; 
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Oversight and Accountability: Full Committee held a 
hearing entitled ``Federal Pandemic Spending: A Prescription for Waste, 
Fraud and Abuse''; and a business meeting on a resolution naming 
subcommittee chairs and ranking members for the 118th Congress. 
Testimony was heard from David Smith, Assistant Director, Office of 
Investigations, U.S. Secret Service, Department of Homeland Security; 
Michael E. Horowitz, Chair, Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, 
Inspector General, Department of Justice; and Gene L. Dodaro, 
Comptroller General of the United States, Government Accountability 
Office. Subcommittee chairs and ranking members were approved.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING; THE STATE OF TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND 
SUPPLY CHAIN CHALLENGES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Full Committee held an 
organizational meeting; and a hearing entitled ``The State of 
Transportation Infrastructure and Supply Chain Challenges''. The 
Committee adopted its rules for the 118th Congress. Subcommittee 
Chairs, ranking members, and subcommittee assignments were approved. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.