[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 8, 2023)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D204-D205] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) CFTC OVERSIGHT Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, after receiving testimony from Rostin Behnam, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission. PREVENTING AND ENDING HOMELESSNESS Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development concluded a hearing to examine the Federal strategic plan to prevent and end homelessness, after receiving testimony from Jeff Olivet, Executive Director, United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, Los Angeles, California; and Richard Cho, Senior Advisor for Housing and Services, Department of Housing and Urban Development. ECONOMIC COSTS OF WILDFIRES Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the economic costs of wildfires, after receiving testimony from Veronica Serna, Mora County Commissioner, District 1, Mora, New Mexico; David Burt, DeltaTerra Capital, Natick, Massachusetts; Michael Wara, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment Climate and Energy Policy Program, Stanford, California; Morgan Varner, Tall Timbers, Tallahassee, Florida; and Nicolas Loris, C3 Solutions, Falls Church, Virginia. AIRCRAFT, CERTIFICATION, SAFETY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing to examine implementation of the Aircraft, Certification, Safety, and Accountability Act, after receiving testimony from Billy Nolen, Acting Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: S. 316, to repeal the authorizations for use of military force against Iraq; S. 509, to provide resources for United States nationals unlawfully or wrongfully detained abroad; and The nominations of Stephanie Sanders Sullivan, of Maryland, to be Representative to the African Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador, Michael Alan Ratney, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Geeta Rao Gupta, of Virginia, to be Ambassador at Large for Global Women's Issues, Eric M. Garcetti, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of India, and Richard R. Verma, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources, all of the Department of State, L. Felice Gorordo, of Florida, to be Alternate Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Richard L.A. Weiner, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Leopoldo Martinez Nucete, of Virginia, to be Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank. CENTRAL ASIA Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism concluded a hearing to examine geopolitical competition and energy security in Central Asia, after receiving testimony from Donald Lu, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs, and Geoffrey Pyatt, Assistant Secretary for Energy Resources, both of the Department of State. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine artificial intelligence, focusing on risks and opportunities, after receiving testimony from Alexandra Reeve Givens, Center for Democracy and Technology, Washington, D.C.; Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Brown University Center for Technological Responsibility, Providence, Rhode Island; and Jason Matheny, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California. RIGHT OF WORKERS Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine defending the right of workers to organize unions free from [[Page D205]] illegal corporate union-busting, after receiving testimony from Elizabeth H. Shuler, AFL-CIO, Mary Kay Henry, Service Employees International Union, Sean M. O'Brien, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and John F. Ring, Morgan, Lewis and Bockius LLP, former Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, all of Washington, D.C.; and Mark A. Mix, National Right to Work Committee, Springfield, VA. NATIVE COMMUNITIES' PRIORITIES Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine Native communities' priorities for the 118th Congress, after receiving testimony from Carmen Lindsey, Chair, Board of Trustees Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Honolulu, Hawaii; Shannon Holsey, National Congress of American Indians, Rico Frias, Native American Financial Officers Association, and Tesia Zientek, National Indian Education Assistance, all of Washington, D.C.; Thomas Lozano, National American Indian Housing Council, Oroville, California; Nicole Borromeo, Alaska Federation of Natives, Anchorage; and Kari Jo Lawrence, Intertribal Agriculture Council, Billings, Montana. PLATFORM ACCOUNTABILITY Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law concluded a hearing to examine platform accountability, focusing on Gonzalez and reform, after receiving testimony from Mary Anne Franks, University of Miami Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, Miami, Florida; Hany Farid, University of California, Berkeley; Jennifer Bennett, Gupta Wessler PLLC, San Francisco, California; Andrew Sullivan, Internet Society, Reston, Virginia; and Eric Schnapper, University of Washington School of Law, Seattle. NOMINATION Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Dilawar Syed, of California, to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Joshua David Jacobs, of Washington, to be Under Secretary for Benefits of the Department of Veterans Affairs. WORLDWIDE THREATS Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded open and closed hearings to examine worldwide threats, after receiving testimony from Avril Haines, Director, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; William J. Burns, Director, Central Intelligence Agency; Christopher Wray, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; General Paul Nakasone, Director, National Security Agency; and Lieutenant General Scott D. Berrier, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense.