[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 58 (Thursday, March 30, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D307-D308]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FARM BILL
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on 
Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources, to hold 
hearings to examine forestry in the Farm Bill, focusing on the 
importance of America's forests, after receiving testimony from

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Tony Cheng, Colorado State University Forest Restoration Institute, 
Fort Collins; Troy Harris, Jamestown, L.P., Atlanta, Georgia; Jason 
Hartman, National Association of State Foresters, Manhattan, Kansas; 
Jim Neiman, Neiman Enterprises, Hulett, Wyoming; and Sally Palmer, The 
Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine the posture of the Department of the Army in review 
of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2024 and the 
Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Christine 
E. Wormuth, Secretary, and General James C. McConville, USA, Chief of 
Staff, both of the Army, Department of Defense.
PETROCHEMICALS TO WASTE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Chemical 
Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory 
Oversight concluded a hearing to examine petrochemicals to waste, 
focusing on the lifecycle, environmental, and climate effects of 
plastic, after receiving testimony from Arvind P. Ravikumar, University 
of Texas Energy Emissions Modeling and Data Lab, Austin; Chelsea 
Rochman, University of Toronto Department of Ecology and Evolutionary 
Biology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and Hota GangaRao, West Virginia 
University Wadsworth Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 
Morgantown.
PRESCRIPTION DRUG SUPPLY CHAIN
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine pharmacy 
benefit managers and the prescription drug supply chain, focusing on 
the impact on patients and taxpayers, after receiving testimony from 
Robin Feldman, University of California College of the Law, San 
Francisco; Karen Van Nuys, University of Southern California Leonard D. 
Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, Los Angeles; Lawton 
Robert Burns, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, Philadelphia; 
Jonathan Levitt, Frier Levitt Attorneys at Law, Pine Brook, New Jersey; 
and Matthew Gibbs, Capital Rx Inc., New York, New York.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Nicole D. Theriot, of Louisiana, to be 
Ambassador to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, Ann Marie 
Yastishock, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Independent State 
of Papua New Guinea, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Solomon Islands and Ambassador to the 
Republic of Vanuatu, Robin Dunnigan, of California, to be Ambassador to 
Georgia, who was introduced by Senator Sullivan, and David J. 
Kostelancik, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Albania, 
all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
GUARDIANSHIP
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
guardianship and alternatives, focusing on protection and empowerment, 
after receiving testimony from Nick Parker, Indiana Adult Guardianship 
Office, Indianapolis; Karrie A. Shogren, Kansas University Center on 
Developmental Disabilities, Lawrence; Tina Paone, Lansdale, 
Pennsylvania; and Ryan H. King and Susie King, both of Washington, D.C.