[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D109-D111]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            FEBRUARY 9, 2023

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to examine the 2023 Farm Bill, focusing on commodity 
programs, crop insurance, and credit, 9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense, to hold 
hearings to examine the People's Republic of China's high altitude 
surveillance efforts against the United States, 10:15 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: business meeting to consider 
committee rules, an original resolution authorizing expenditures by 
the committee for the 118th Congress, and the nominations of Radha 
Iyengar Plumb, of New York, to be a Deputy Under Secretary, and 
Laura Taylor-

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Kale, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the 
Department of Defense, 11 a.m., SVC-208/209.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: organizational 
business meeting to consider committee rules, an original resolution 
authorizing expenditures by the committee for the 118th Congress, 
and subcommittee assignments; to be immediately followed by a 
hearing to examine the state of housing in 2023, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: organizational 
business meeting to consider committee rules, an original resolution 
authorizing expenditures by the committee for the 118th Congress, 
and subcommittee assignments; to be immediately followed by a 
hearing to examine strengthening airline operations and consumer 
protections, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: organizational business 
meeting to consider committee rules and an original resolution 
authorizing expenditures by the committee for the 118th Congress; to 
be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the state of the 
U.S. Territories, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine U.S.-
China policy in the era of strategic competition, 10:30 a.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: 
organizational business meeting to consider committee rules, an 
original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee for 
the 118th Congress, and other pending calendar business, 10 a.m., 
SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
organizational business meeting to consider committee rules and an 
original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee for 
the 118th Congress, 11 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: organizational business meeting to 
consider the selection of Chairman and Vice Chairman, committee 
rules, and an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the 
committee for the 118th Congress, 11 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider committee 
rules, an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the 
committee for the 118th Congress, S. 79, to amend title 35, United 
States Code, to establish an interagency task force between the 
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Food and Drug 
Administration for purposes of sharing information and providing 
technical assistance with respect to patents, S. 113, to require the 
Federal Trade Commission to study the role of intermediaries in the 
pharmaceutical supply chain and provide Congress with appropriate 
policy recommendations, S. 142, to prohibit brand name drug 
companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the 
entry of a generic drug into the market, and to prohibit biological 
product manufacturers from compensating biosimilar and 
interchangeable companies to delay the entry of biosimilar 
biological products and interchangeable biological products, S. 148, 
to enable to Federal Trade Commission to deter filing of sham 
citizen petitions to cover an attempt to interfere with approval of 
a competing generic drug or biosimilar, to foster competition, and 
facilitate the efficient review of petitions filed in good faith to 
raise legitimate public health concerns, S. 150, to amend the 
Federal Trade Commission Act to prohibit product hopping, and the 
nominations of Nancy G. Abudu, of Georgia, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, Rachel Bloomekatz, of Ohio, 
to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, Anthony 
Devos Johnstone, of Montana, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Ninth Circuit, Julie Rikelman, of Massachusetts, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit, Robert Stewart Ballou, 
to be United States District Judge for the Western District of 
Virginia, Nusrat Jahan Choudhury, Natasha C. Merle, and Ramon Ernes 
to Reyes, Jr., each to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of New York, Jessica G. L. Clarke, Dale E. Ho, and 
Arun Subramanian, each to be a United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of New York, Todd E. Edelman, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Columbia, Kymberly Kathryn 
Evanson, to be United States District Judge for the Western District 
of Washington, Gordon P. Gallagher, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Colorado, Jonathan James Canada Grey, to 
be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
Michigan, Myong J. Joun, and Julia E. Kobick, both to be a United 
States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, Kenly Kiya 
Kato, and Hernan D. Vera, both to be a United States District Judge 
for the Central District of California, Colleen R. Lawless, to be 
United States District Judge for the Central District of Illinois, 
Rita F. Lin, and P. Casey Pitts, both to be a United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of California, Andrew G. Schopler, 
and James Edward Simmons, Jr., both to be a United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of California, and Rosemarie 
Hidalgo, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the Violence 
Against Women Office, Amy Lefkowitz Solomon, of the District of 
Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Kate E. Brubacher, to 
be United States Attorney for the District of Kansas, Ismail J. 
Ramsey, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of 
California, and Jill E. Steinberg, to be United States Attorney for 
the Southern District of Georgia, all of the Department of Justice, 
9 a.m., SH-216.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to 
consider pending intelligence matters, 11:30 a.m., S-216, Capitol.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Cyber, Information 
Technologies, and Innovation, hearing entitled ``The Future of War: 
Is the Pentagon Prepared to Deter and Defeat America's 
Adversaries?'', 8:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, Full Committee, organizational meeting, 
9:30 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Full Committee, business meeting 
on the Committee Authorization and Oversight Plan for the 118th 
Congress, 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.

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  Committee on House Administration, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Looking Ahead Series: The Architect of the Capitol's 
Strategic Plan for the 118th Congress'', 9 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Select Subcommittee on the 
Weaponization of the Federal Government, hearing entitled ``Hearing 
on the Weaponization of the Federal Government'', 12 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Dependence on Foreign 
Adversaries: America's Critical Minerals Crisis'', 9 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.