[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 18, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D335-D336]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: AIR FORCE AND SPACE FORCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a 
hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for 
fiscal year 2024 for the Air Force and Space Force, after receiving 
testimony from Frank Kendall, Secretary, and General Charles Q. Brown, 
Jr., Chief of Staff, both of the Air Force, and General B. Chance 
Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations, Space Force, all of the Department 
of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: NASA AND NSF
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed 
budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2024 for the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science 
Foundation, after receiving testimony from former Senator Bill Nelson, 
Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and 
Sethuraman Panchanathan, Director, National Science Foundation.
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 Navy in review 
of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2024 and the 
Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Carlos Del 
Toro, Secretary of the Navy, Admiral Michael M. Gilday, USN, Chief of 
Naval Operations, and General David H. Berger, USMC, Commandant of the 
Marine Corps, all of the Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland concluded a 
hearing to examine army modernization in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2024 and Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from Douglas R. Bush, Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, 
General James E. Rainey, USA, Commanding General, United States Army 
Futures Command, Major General Michelle A. Schmidt, USA, Director, 
Force Development, G-8, United States Army, all of the Department of 
Defense.

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DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing to examine the Department of Energy's atomic energy defense 
activities and Department of Defense nuclear weapons programs in review 
of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2024 and Future 
Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Jill M. Hruby, 
Administrator, Admiral James F. Caldwell Jr., USN, Deputy Administrator 
for Naval Reactors, and Marvin L. Adams, Deputy Administrator for 
Defense Programs, all of the National Nuclear Security Administration, 
and William White, Senior Advisor for Environmental Management, all of 
the Department of Energy; and General Thomas A. Bussiere, USAF, 
Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command, and Vice Admiral Johnny R. 
Wolfe, Jr., USN, Director, Navy Strategic Systems Programs, both of the 
Department of Defense.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Jared Bernstein, of Virginia, to 
be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Ron Borzekowski, of 
Maryland, to be Director, Office of Financial Research, Department of 
the Treasury, and Solomon Jeffrey Greene, of the District of Columbia, 
and David Uejio, of California, both to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
TAX DODGING BY THE WEALTHY
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine tax 
dodging by the wealthy and big corporations, after receiving testimony 
from Kimberly A. Clausing, University of California, Los Angeles; Danny 
Yagan, University of California, Berkeley; and William McBride, Tax 
Foundation, Washington, D.C.
USFS BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2024 for the Forest Service, after receiving testimony from Randy 
Moore, Chief, and Mark Lichtenstein, Director of Strategic Planning, 
Budget and Accountability, both of the Forest Service, Department of 
Agriculture.
CLEANER VEHICLES
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air, 
Climate, and Nuclear Safety concluded a hearing to examine cleaner 
vehicles, focusing on consumers and public health, after receiving 
testimony from Christopher Harto, Consumer Reports, and Kathy Harris, 
Natural Resources Defense Council, both of Washington, D.C.; and Andrew 
Boyle, Boyle Transportation, New York, New York, on behalf of the 
American Trucking Associations.
UKRAINE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on 
Ukraine from Dereck Hogan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 
of European and Eurasian Affairs, Jessica Lewis, Assistant Secretary, 
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, and Regina Faranda, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, all of the 
Department of State; and Laura Cooper, Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia.
DHS BUDGET
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request 
for fiscal year 2024 for the Department of Homeland Security, focusing 
on resources and authorities requested to protect and secure the 
homeland, after receiving testimony from Alejandro N. Mayorkas, 
Secretary of Homeland Security.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Jeremy C. Daniel, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Illinois, Brendan Abell Hurson, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, who was 
introduced by Senators Cardin and Van Hollen, and Darrel James 
Papillion, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Louisiana, who was introduced by Senators Cassidy and Kennedy, after 
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
FOREIGN COMPETITIVE THREATS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Intellectual Property 
concluded a hearing to examine foreign competitive threats to American 
innovation and economic leadership, after receiving testimony from Mark 
A. Cohen, University of California Berkeley Law School, Berkeley; 
Patrick Kilbride, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Matt Turpin, Palantir 
Technologies, both of Washington, D.C.; and Suzanne Harrison, 
Percipience LLC, San Francisco, California.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee received a closed briefing 
on certain intelligence matters from members of the intelligence 
community.