[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 27 (Thursday, February 9, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D115-D118]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
2023 FARM BILL
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the 2023 Farm Bill, focusing on commodity 
programs, crop insurance, and credit, after receiving testimony from 
Robert Bonnie, Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, 
Marcia Bunger, Administrator, Risk Management Agency, and Zach 
Ducheneaux, Administrator, Farm Service Agency, all of the Department 
of Agriculture.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee, and 
adopted its rules of procedure for the 118th Congress.
HIGH ALTITUDE SURVEILLANCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense received a 
briefing on the People's Republic of China's high altitude surveillance 
efforts against the United States from Melissa Dalton, Assistant 
Secretary for Homeland Defense and Hemispheric Affairs, Jedidiah Royal, 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, 
Lieutenant General Douglas Sims II, Director for Operations, Joint 
Staff J3, and Vice Admiral Sara Joyner, Director of Force Structure, 
Resources and Assessments, Joint Staff J8, all of the Department of 
Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee; and

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  The nominations of Radha Iyengar Plumb, of New York, to be a Deputy 
Under Secretary, and Laura Taylor-Kale, of California, to be an 
Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of Defense.
  Also, Committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 118th 
Congress, and announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Airland: Senators Kelly (Chair), Blumenthal, King, 
Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, Cotton, Fischer, Ernst, Scott (FL), and 
Mullin.
  Subcommittee on Cybersecurity: Senators Manchin (Chair), 
Gillibrand, Peters, Duckworth, Rosen, Rounds, Ernst, Budd, and 
Schmitt.
  Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities: Senators 
Gillibrand (Chair), Shaheen, Warren, Peters, Rosen, Kelly, Ernst, 
Cotton, Mullin, Budd, and Schmitt.
  Subcommittee on Personnel: Senators Warren (Chair), Blumenthal, 
Hirono, Kaine, Duckworth, Scott (FL), Rounds, Sullivan, and Budd.
  Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support: Senators Hirono 
(Chair), Shaheen, Blumenthal, Kaine, Duckworth, Kelly, Sullivan, 
Fischer, Cramer, Tuberville, and Mullin.
  Subcommittee on Seapower: Senators Kaine (Chair), Shaheen, 
Blumenthal, Hirono, King, Peters, Cramer, Sullivan, Scott (FL), 
Tuberville, and Schmitt.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces: Senators King (Chair), 
Gillibrand, Warren, Manchin, Rosen, Kelly, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, 
Cramer, and Tuberville.
  Senators Reed and Wicker are ex officio members of each subcommittee.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported an original resolution authorizing expenditures by 
the committee, and adopted its rules of procedure for the 118th 
Congress.
  Also, Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment: Senators 
Menendez (Chair), Reed, Tester, Warner, Warren, Sinema, Warnock, 
Rounds, Crapo, Tillis, Kennedy, Hagerty, Vance.
  Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and 
Finance: Senators Warner (Chair), Tester, Van Hollen, Cortez Masto, 
Sinema, Hagerty, Britt, Cramer, and Daines.
  Subcommittee on Economic Policy: Senators Warren (Chair), Reed, 
Menendez, Van Hollen, Smith, Fetterman, Kennedy, Rounds, Tillis, 
Lummis, and Daines.
  Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community 
Development: Senators Smith (Chair), Reed, Menendez, Tester, Cortez 
Masto, Sinema, Warnock, Fetterman, Lummis, Crapo, Rounds, Kennedy, 
Hagerty, Vance, and Britt.
  Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection: 
Senators Warnock (Chair), Warner, Warren, Van Hollen, Cortez Masto, 
Smith, Fetterman, Tillis, Crapo, Lummis, Vance, Britt, and Cramer.
  Senators Brown and Scott (SC) are ex officio members of each 
subcommittee.
HOUSING IN 2023
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the state of housing in 2023, after receiving 
testimony from Christopher Herbert, Harvard Joint Center for Housing 
Studies, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Robert Dietz, National 
Association of Home Builders, and Lance George, Housing Assistance 
Council, both of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee, and 
adopted its rules of procedure for the 118th Congress.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported an original resolution authorizing expenditures by 
the committee, and adopted its rules of procedure for the 118th 
Congress.
AIRLINE OPERATIONS AND CONSUMER PROTECTIONS
Committee on Commerce: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
strengthening airline operations and consumer protections, after 
receiving testimony from Andrew Watterson, Southwest Airlines Co., and 
Captain Casey Murray, Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, both of 
Dallas, Texas; Paul Hudson, FlyersRights, Sarasota, Florida; and Sharon 
Pinkerton, Airlines for America, and Clifford Winston, The Brookings 
Institution, both of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the 
committee, and adopted its rules of procedure for the 118th Congress.
U.S. TERRITORIES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the state of the United States Territories, after 
receiving testimony from United States Virgin Islands Governor Albert 
Bryan Jr., Charlotte Amalie; Guam Governor Lou Leon Guerrero, Hagatna; 
American Samoa Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga, Pago Pago; Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands Governor Arnold I. Palacios, Saipan; and 
Puerto Rico Governor Pedro R. Pierluisi, San Juan.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported an original 
resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee, adopted its rules 
of procedure for the 118th Congress, and designated members to serve on 
the Joint Committee on Taxation and members to serve as Congressional 
Trade Advisors on Trade Policy and Negotiations.
  Also, Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments for 
the 118th Congress:
  Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure: 
Senators Stabenow (Chair), Wyden, Carper, Bennet, Whitehouse, Cortez 
Masto, Lankford, Cornyn, Scott (SC), Daines, and Barrasso.
  Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global 
Competitiveness: Senators Carper (Chair), Wyden, Stabenow, Menendez, 
Cardin, Brown, Bennet, Casey, Warner, Cortez Masto, Cornyn, Thune, 
Scott (SC), Cassidy, Daines, Young, Barrasso, Johnson, and Tillis.
  Subcommittee on Health Care: Senators Cardin (Chair), Wyden, 
Stabenow, Menendez, Carper, Casey, Warner, Whitehouse, Hassan, 
Cortez Masto, Warren, Daines, Grassley, Thune, Scott (SC), Cassidy, 
Lankford, Young, Barrasso, Johnson, and Blackburn.
  Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy: 
Senators Brown (Chair), Wyden, Casey, Hassan, Warren, Tillis, 
Cassidy, Young, and Blackburn.
  Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight: Senators Bennet 
(Chair), Wyden, Menendez, Cardin, Warner, Whitehouse, Warren, Thune, 
Grassley, Cornyn, Lankford, Johnson, and Blackburn.
  Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth: 
Senators Hassan (Chair), Wyden, and Grassley.
  Senators Wyden and Crapo are ex officio members of each subcommittee.
U.S.-CHINA POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine U.S.-China policy in the era of strategic competition, after 
receiving testimony from Wendy Sherman, Deputy Secretary of State; and 
Ely S. Ratner, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security 
Affairs.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported an original resolution authorizing 
expenditures by the Committee, and adopted its rules of procedure for 
the 118th Congress.
  Also, Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments for 
the 118th Congress:
  Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations: Senators Blumenthal 
(Chair), Carper, Hassan, Padilla, Ossoff, Johnson, Scott (FL), 
Hawley, and Marshall.
  Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight: Senators 
Hassan (Chair), Sinema, Rosen, Ossoff, Romney, Lankford, and Scott 
(FL).
  Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management: 
Senators Sinema (Chair), Carper, Padilla, Blumenthal, Lankford, 
Johnson, and Romney.
  Senators Peters and Paul are ex-officio members of each subcommittee.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported an original resolution authorizing expenditures by 
the Committee, and adopted its rules of procedure for the 118th 
Congress.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee elected Senator Schatz to be 
Chair and Senator Murkowski to be Vice Chair, ordered favorably 
reported an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the 
Committee, and adopted its rules of procedure for the 118th Congress.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee adopted its rules of procedure 
for the 118th Congress, and ordered favorably reported the following 
business items:
  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, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  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, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  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, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 150, to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to prohibit product 
hopping; and

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  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 Ernesto 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 Jill E. Steinberg, to be United 
States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, Department of 
Justice.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee, and 
adopted its rules of procedure for the 118th Congress.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee for 
the 118th Congress.