[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 15, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D232-D233]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: CBO, GAO, GPO
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2024 for the Congressional Budget Office, 
the Government Accountability Office, and the Government Publishing 
Office, after receiving testimony from Phillip L. Swagel, Director, 
Congressional Budget Office; Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the 
United States, Government Accountability Office; and Hugh Nathanial 
Halpern, Director, Government Publishing Office.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Ronald T. Keohane, of New York, to be an Assistant 
Secretary, and Nickolas Guertin, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of the Navy, both of the Department of Defense, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a 
hearing to examine military and civilian personnel programs in the 
Department of Defense in review of the Defense Authorization Request 
for Fiscal Year 2024 and the Future Years Defense Program, after 
receiving testimony from Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr., Under Secretary for 
Personnel and Readiness, Shawn G. Skelly, Assistant Secretary for 
Readiness, Thomas A. Constable, performing the duties of the Assistant 
Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Lester Martinez-Lopez, 
Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs, Elizabeth B. Foster, Executive 
Director of Force Resiliency, Agnes G. Schaefer, Assistant Secretary of 
the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Franklin R. Parker, 
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and 
Alex Wagner, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and 
Reserve Affairs, all of the Department of Defense.
BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2024, after 
receiving testimony from Shalanda D. Young, Director, Office of 
Management and Budget.
DRINKING WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine implementing the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 
Act, focusing on perspectives on the Drinking Water and Wastewater 
Infrastructure Act, after receiving testimony from Radhika Fox, 
Assistant Administrator for Water, Environmental Protection Agency; 
Katheryn Emery, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection 
Division of Water and Waste Management Director, Charleston; Randy E. 
Hayman, Philadelphia Water Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 
behalf of the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies; and Thomas W. 
Sigmund, NEW Water, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the National 
Association of Clean Water Agencies.
U.S.-BRAZIL RELATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the future of U.S.-Brazil relations, after receiving testimony 
from Brian A. Nichols. Assistant Secretary for Bureau of Western 
Hemisphere Affairs, and Rick Duke, Deputy Special Envoy for Climate, 
both of the Department of State.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Karen Sasahara, of Massachusetts, to be 
Ambassador to the State of Kuwait, Elizabeth Rood, of Pennsylvania, to 
be Ambassador to Turkmenistan, who was introduced by Senator Casey, 
Martina Anna Tkadlec Strong, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the United 
Arab Emirates, who was introduced by Senator Sullivan, Elizabeth Allen, 
of New York, to be Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy, who was 
introduced by Senator Shaheen, and Hugo Yue-Ho Yon, of California, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Maldives, all of the Department of 
State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 559, to amend the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 
to authorize appropriations for the United States Fire Administration 
and firefighter assistance grant programs, with amendments; and
  The nominations of Colleen Joy Shogan, of Pennsylvania, to be 
Archivist of the United States, Cathy Ann Harris, of Maryland, to be 
Chairman of the

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Merit Systems Protection Board, and Adrienne Jennings Noti, to be an 
Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
PROTECTING PUBLIC SAFETY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
protecting public safety after New York State Rifle and Pistol 
Association v. Bruen, after receiving testimony from Ruth M. Glenn, 
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence/National Domestic Violence 
Hotline, Denver, Colorado; Eric Ruben, SMU Dedman School of Law, 
Dallas, Texas; Stephen J. Lindley, Brady Combating Crime Guns 
Initiative, Los Angeles, California; Amy E. Swearer, Heritage 
Foundation Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, 
Washington, D.C.; and Rafael A. Mangual, Manhattan Institute for Policy 
Research, New York, New York.
VA ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD MODERNIZATION PROGRAM
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the future path of the VA's Electronic Health Record 
Modernization program, including the need to address change management 
challenges, user satisfaction, and system issues, after receiving 
testimony from Neil Evans, Acting Program Executive Director, 
Electronic Health Record Modernization Integration Office, Shereef M. 
Elnahal, Under Secretary for Health, Kurt DelBene, Assistant Secretary 
for Information and Technology and Chief Information Officer, and 
Michael D. Parrish, Chief Acquisition Officer and Principal Executive 
Director, Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction, all of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs; Carol C. Harris, Director, 
Information Technology and Cybersecurity, Government Accountability 
Office; and Mike Sicilia, Oracle Global Industries, Austin, Texas.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.