[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 53 (Thursday, March 23, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D259-D260]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2024 for the Department of Transportation, after receiving testimony 
from Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 3,059 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space 
Force.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine the posture of United States Northern Command and 
United States Southern Command in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for Fiscal Year 2024 and the Future Years Defense Program, 
after receiving testimony from General Glen D. VanHerck, USAF, 
Commander, United States Northern Command and North American Aerospace 
Defense Command, and General Laura J. Richardson, USA, Commander, 
United States Southern Command, both of the Department of Defense.
AIR TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine enhancing consumer protections and connectivity in 
air transportation, after receiving testimony from Jeffrey N. Shane, 
former Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, Sara Nelson, 
Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO, William J. McGee, 
American Economic Liberties Project, and Heather Ansley, Paralyzed 
Veterans of America, all of Washington, D.C.; Trent Moyers, Chelan 
Douglas Regional Port Authority, East Wenatchee, Washington; and Diana 
L. Moss, American Antitrust Institute, Boulder, Colorado.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee announced the 
following subcommittee assignments for the 118th Congress:
  Subcommittee on Energy: Senators Sanders (Chair), Wyden, Heinrich, 
Hirono, King, Cortez Masto, Hickenlooper, Hawley, Risch, Murkowski, 
Hoeven, Cassidy, and Hyde-Smith.
  Subcommittee on National Parks: Senators King (Chair), Sanders, 
Heinrich, Hirono, Kelly, Daines, Lee, Murkowski, and Hyde-Smith.
  Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining: Senators Cortez 
Masto (Chair), Wyden, Heinrich, Hirono, King, Kelly, Hickenlooper, Lee, 
Risch, Daines, Murkowski, Cassidy, and Hawley.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power: Senators Wyden (Chair), Sanders, 
Cortez Masto, Kelly, Hickenlooper, Risch, Lee, Hoeven, and Cassidy.
  Senators Manchin and Barrasso are ex-officio members of all 
subcommittees.
CYBERSECURITY VULNERABILITIES TO ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the steps needed to address the cybersecurity 
vulnerabilities in the United States' energy infrastructure, after 
receiving testimony from Puesh Kumar, Director, Office of 
Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response, Department of 
Energy; Robert M. Lee, Dragos, Inc., Hanover, Maryland; and Stephen L. 
Swick, American Electric Power, Columbus, Ohio.
2023 TRADE POLICY AGENDA
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's 2023 trade policy agenda,

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after receiving testimony from Katherine Tai, United States Trade 
Representative.
MODERNIZING THE GOVERNMENT'S CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine modernizing the government's 
classification system, after receiving testimony from Elizabeth 
Goitein, Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of 
Law Liberty and National Security Program, Thomas Blanton, George 
Washington University National Security Archive, and Patrick G. 
Eddington, Cato Institute, all of Washington, D.C.; and John P. 
Fitzpatrick, former Director, Information Security Oversight Office, 
Westminster, Colorado.