[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 22, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D249-D252]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: USFS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates and justification for fiscal year 2024 for the Forest 
Service, after receiving testimony from Randy Moore, Chief, Forest 
Service, Department of Agriculture.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates and justification for fiscal year 2024 for the Department

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of State, after receiving testimony from Antony J. Blinken, Secretary 
of State.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates and justification for fiscal year 2024 for the Department of 
the Treasury, after receiving testimony from Janet L. Yellen, Secretary 
of the Treasury.
APPROPRIATIONS: HHS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2024 for the Department of Health and Human Services, after receiving 
testimony from Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
APPROPRIATIONS: LOC AND AOC
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2024 for the Library of the Congress and 
the Architect of the Capitol, after receiving testimony from Carla 
Hayden, Librarian of Congress; and Chere Rexroat, Acting Architect of 
the Capitol and Chief Engineer.
MILITARY RECRUITING CHALLENGES
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the recruiting challenges facing the United States military, after 
receiving testimony from Gabe Camarillo, Under Secretary of the Army, 
Erik K. Raven, Under Secretary of the Navy, and Kristyn E. Jones, 
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management), performing 
the duties of the Under Secretary of the Air Force, all of the 
Department of Defense.
ENHANCING THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support concluded a hearing to examine Department of Defense small 
business tools for enhancing the industrial base, after receiving 
testimony from Farooq A. Mitha, Director, Office of Small Business 
Programs, Kimberly Buehler, Director, Army Small Business Programs, 
Jimmy D. Smith, Director, Office of Small Business Programs, Department 
of the Navy, and Scott A. Kiser, Director, Small Business Programs, 
Department of the Air Force, all of the Department of Defense.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine how 
climate change is changing insurance markets, after receiving testimony 
from Eric Andersen, Aon, Chicago, Illinois; Nancy Watkins, Milliman 
Inc., San Francisco, California; Benjamin J. Keys, University of 
Pennsylvania Wharton School, Philadelphia; Judith A. Curry, Climate 
Forecast Applications Network, Atlanta, Georgia; and Jerry Theodorou, R 
Street Institute, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 66, to establish a task force on improvements for notices to air 
missions, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 90, to require the disclosure of a camera or recording capability 
in certain internet-connected devices, with amendments;
  S. 127, to prevent unfair and deceptive acts or practices and the 
dissemination of false information related to pharmacy benefit 
management services for prescription drugs, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 318, to amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to improve the 
administration of the Marine Debris Foundation, to amend to Marine 
Debris Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Program 
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  S. 467, to modify the age requirement for the Student Incentive 
Payment Program of the State maritime academies, with amendments.
  Also, Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments for 
the 118th Congress:
  Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations, and Innovation: Senators 
Duckworth (Chair), Tester, Sinema, Rosen, Hickenlooper, Warnock, Moran, 
Thune, Wicker, Sullivan, and Young.
  Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband: Senators Lujan 
(Chair), Klobuchar, Schatz, Markey, Peters, Baldwin, Duckworth, Tester, 
Sinema, Rosen, Hickenlooper, Warnock, Welch, Thune, Wicker, Fischer, 
Moran, Sullivan, Blackburn, Young, Budd, Schmitt, Vance, Capito, and 
Lummis.
  Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data 
Security: Senators Hickenlooper (Chair), Klobuchar, Schatz, Markey, 
Baldwin, Duckworth, Lujan, Welch, Blackburn, Fischer, Moran, 
Sullivan, Young, Budd, and Lummis.
  Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries, Climate Change, and Manufacturing: 
Senators Baldwin (Chair), Schatz,

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Markey, Lujan, Warnock, Welch, Sullivan, Wicker, Moran, Blackburn, and 
Vance.
  Subcommittee on Space and Science: Senators Sinema (Chair), Markey, 
Peters, Lujan, Hickenlooper, Schmitt, Fischer, Vance, and Lummis.
  Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Maritime, Freight, and Ports: 
Senators Peters (Chair), Klobuchar, Schatz, Markey, Baldwin, Duckworth, 
Warnock, Welch, Young, Thune, Wicker, Fischer, Schmitt, Capito, and 
Budd.
  Subcommittee on Tourism, Trade, and Export Promotion: Senators Rosen 
(Chair), Klobuchar, Duckworth, Sinema, Hickenlooper, Budd, Thune, 
Blackburn, and Capito.
  Senators Cantwell and Cruz are ex officio members of each 
subcommittee.
RAIL SAFETY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine improving rail safety in response to the East 
Palestine derailment, after receiving testimony from Senators Brown and 
Vance; Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Columbus; Jennifer L. Homendy, Chair, 
National Transportation Safety Board; David Comstock, National 
Volunteer Fire Council, Poland, Ohio; Clyde Whitaker, SMART-
Transportation Division, Gahanna, Ohio; Alan Shaw, Norfolk Southern 
Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia; Ian Jeffries, Association of American 
Railroads, Washington, D.C.; and Misti Allison, East Palestine, Ohio.
EPA BUDGET
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2024 for the Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving 
testimony from Michael S. Regan, Administrator, Environmental 
Protection Agency.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BUDGET
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2024 for the 
Department of Health and Human Services, after receiving testimony from 
Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUDGET
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2024 
for the Department of State, focusing on American diplomacy and global 
leadership, after receiving testimony from Antony J. Blinken, Secretary 
of State.
DRUG SHORTAGE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine drug shortage health and national 
security risks, focusing on underlying causes and needed reforms, after 
receiving testimony from Andrew G. Shuman, University of Michigan 
Medical School Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine, 
Ann Arbor; Vimala Raghavendran, U.S. Pharmacopeia, Rockville, Maryland; 
Erin R. Fox, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City; and John C. 
Goodman, Goodman Institute for Public Policy Research, Dallas, Texas.
COVID VACCINE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine Moderna considering quadrupling the 
price of the COVID vaccine, after receiving testimony from Stephane 
Bancel, Moderna, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts; Christopher J. Morten, 
Columbia Law School, New York, New York; Ameet Sarpatwari, Harvard 
Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; and Craig L. Garthwaite, 
Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, Evanston, 
Illinois.
NATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THE 2023 FARM BILL
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
Native priorities for the 2023 Farm Bill reauthorization, after 
receiving testimony from Madeline Soboleff Levy, Central Council of 
Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, Juneau; Mahina Paishon-
Duarte, Aina Aloha Economic Futures, Honolulu, Hawaii; Kelsey Scott, 
Intertribal Agriculture Council, Gettysburg, South Dakota; Ryan 
Lankford, Montana State FSA Committee and Island Mountain Development 
Group, Chinook, Montana; Vincent Cowboy, Navajo Agricultural Products 
Industry, Farmington, New Mexico; Trenton Kissee, Agriculture and 
Natural Resources for Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Claremore, Oklahoma; 
Mary Greene Trottier, National Association of Food Distribution 
Programs on Indian Reservations, Fort Totten, North Dakota; and Dustin 
Schmidt, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, White River, South Dakota.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Amanda K. Brailsford, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Idaho, who was introduced by Senators Crapo 
and Risch, S. Kato Crews, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Colorado, who was introduced by Senators Bennet and 
Hickenlooper, and Molly R. Silfen, of the District of Columbia, to

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be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
U.S. REFUGEE ADMISSIONS PROGRAM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, 
and Border Safety concluded a hearing to examine the need to bolster 
the United States Refugee Admissions Program, after receiving testimony 
from Brigadier General Christopher M. Burns, USA (Ret.), Department of 
Defense; William Canny, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 
Washington, D.C.; and Dauda Sesay, Refugee Congress, Baton Rouge, 
Louisiana.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nomination of Dilawar Syed, of California, to be 
Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION BUDGET
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the Small Business Administration and 
the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2024, after 
receiving testimony from Isabella Casillas Guzman, Administrator, Small 
Business Administration.
RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION FOR THE VA WORKFORCE
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine strengthening methods of recruitment and retention for the VA's 
workforce, after receiving testimony from Tracey Therit, Office of 
Human Resources and Administration, Operations, Security and 
Preparedness, and Jessica Bonjorni, Chief, Human Capital Management, 
Veterans Health Administration, both of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.