[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 39 (Wednesday, March 1, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D175-D176]
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 conservation and 
forestry programs, after receiving testimony from Terry J. Cosby, 
Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Zach Ducheneaux, 
Administrator, Farm Service Agency, and Angela Coleman, Associate 
Chief, Forest Service, all of the Department of Agriculture.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nomination of Margo Schlanger, of Michigan, to 
be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
climate change and the economic risks to coastal communities, after 
receiving testimony from Sean Becketti, Elliott Bay Analytics, 
Alexandria, Virginia; Matthew Eby, First Street Foundation, New York, 
New York; Kate Michaud, Town of Warren, Rhode Island; Jessica Weinkle, 
University of North Carolina, Wilmington; and Marlo

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Lewis, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nomination of Phillip A. Washington, of 
Illinois, to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, 
after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Bennet and 
Hickenlooper, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Joseph Goffman, of Pennsylvania, 
to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own 
behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Vivek Hallegere Murthy, of Florida, to be 
Representative on the Executive Board of the World Health Organization, 
Kathleen A. FitzGibbon, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Niger, Eric W. Kneedler, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Rwanda, who was introduced by Senator Casey, Pamela M. 
Tremont, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe, and 
Richard Mills, Jr., of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Federal 
Republic of Nigeria, all of the Department of State, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
DOJ OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the Department of Justice, after receiving testimony from 
Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, Department of Justice.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.