[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D137]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           FEBRUARY 16, 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 nutrition 
programs, 10 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine bringing transparency and accountability to 
pharmacy benefit managers, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the impact of the Russian Federation's war in Ukraine on 
European and global energy security one year after the invasion, 10 
a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine ending trade 
that cheats American workers by modernizing trade laws and 
enforcement, fighting forced labor, eliminating counterfeits, and 
leveling the playing field, 10:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Richard R. Verma, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary 
of State for Management and Resources, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine health care workforce shortages, 10 a.m., SD-
430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider 
subcommittee assignments for the 118th Congress, and the nominations 
of Charnelle Bjelkengren, to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Washington, Matthew P. Brookman, to be United 
States District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana, Michael 
Farbiarz, and Robert Kirsch, both to be a United States District 
Judge for the District of New Jersey, Orelia Eleta Merchant, to be 
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 
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, 
and Ismail J. Ramsey, to be United States Attorney for the Northern 
District of California, all of the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., 
SH-216.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: business meeting to consider S. 
10, to improve the workforce of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
S. 30, to authorize major medical facility projects for the 
Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2023, S. 106, to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to award grants to States to improve outreach to 
veterans, S. 112, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
strengthen benefits for children of Vietnam veterans born with spina 
bifida, S. 132, to require a pilot program on activities under the 
pre-separation transition process of members of the Armed Forces for 
a reduction in suicide among veterans, S. 141, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to improve certain programs of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for home and community based services for veterans, 
S. 185, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 
program for direct housing loans made to Native American veterans, 
S. 216, to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the family 
caregiver program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to include 
services related to mental health and neurological disorders, and S. 
326, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a 
study and clinical trials on the effects of cannabis on certain 
health outcomes of veterans with chronic pain and post-traumatic 
stress disorder, 9:45 a.m., SR-418.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of 
Joshua David Jacobs, of Washington, to be Under Secretary for 
Benefits of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m., SR-418.


                                 House

  No hearings are scheduled.