[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 45 (Thursday, March 9, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D214-D215]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine United States Strategic Command and United States 
Space Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal 
Year 2024 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving 
testimony from General Anthony J. Cotton, USAF, Commander, United 
States Strategic Command, and General James H. Dickinson, USA, 
Commander, United States Space Command, both of the Department of 
Defense.
NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nuclear fuel cycle, after receiving testimony 
from Kathryn Huff, Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, and John C. 
Wagner, Laboratory Director, Idaho National Laboratory, both of the 
Department of Energy; and Joseph Dominguez, Constellation Energy, 
Baltimore, Maryland.
NORFOLK SOUTHERN TRAIN DERAILMENT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine protecting public health and the environment in the 
wake of the Norfolk Southern train derailment and chemical release in 
East Palestine, Ohio, after receiving testimony from Senators Brown, 
Vance, and Casey; Debra Shore, Regional Administrator, Environmental 
Protection Agency; Anne Vogel, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency 
Director, Columbus; Alan Shaw, Norfolk Southern Corporation, Atlanta, 
Georgia; Richard B. Harrison, Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation 
Commission, Cincinnati; and Eric J. Brewer, Beaver County, Beaver, 
Pennsylvania.
USAID LOCALIZATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on State Department and 
USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International 
Development concluded a hearing to examine USAID localization, focusing 
on challenges, opportunities, and next steps to further development 
initiatives on the local level, after receiving testimony from Michele 
Sumilas, Assistant to the Administrator for the Bureau for Policy, 
Planning, and Learning, U.S. Agency for International Development; 
William R. Steiger, George W. Bush Institute, and Elana Aquino, Peace 
Direct, both of Washington, D.C.; and Bill O'Keefe, Catholic Relief 
Services, Baltimore, Maryland.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Matthew P. Brookman, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of Indiana, and Damien M. Diggs, to be United 
States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, Stephen K. Eberle, 
to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 
Justin L. Martinez, to be United States Marshal for the District of 
Utah, and Roy W. Minter, Jr., to be United States Marshal for the 
Southern District of Georgia, all of the Department of Justice.
UPLIFTING FAMILIES, WORKERS, AND OLDER ADULTS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
uplifting families, workers, and older adults, focusing on supporting 
communities of care, after receiving testimony from Kezia Scales, 
Paraprofessional Health Institute, Durham, North Carolina; Hannah 
Maxey, Indiana University School of Medicine Bowen Center for Health 
Workforce Research and Policy, Fishers; Pam Lowy, Great Bay Services, 
Dover, New Hampshire; and Jacinta Burgess, SEIU Healthcare 
Pennsylvania, Harrisburg.