[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 76 (Thursday, May 4, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D418-D419]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COMMODITY PROGRAMS, CREDIT, AND CROP INSURANCE
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on 
Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade concluded a hearing to examine 
commodity programs, credit, and crop insurance, focusing on industry 
perspectives on risk management and access to credit, after receiving 
testimony from Verlin Barker, First Community Bank, Newell, Iowa, on 
behalf of the Independent Community Bankers of America; Phillip D. 
Morgan, Southern AgCredit, Ridgeland, Mississippi, and Jase Wagner, 
Compeer Financial, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, both on behalf of the Farm 
Credit Council; William Cole, Cole Agency, Batesville, Mississippi, on 
behalf of the Crop Insurance Professionals Association; James R. Korin, 
NAU Country Insurance Company, Ramsey, Minnesota, on behalf of the 
American Association of Crop Insurers; and Jason Meador, Rural 
Community Insurance Services, Anoka, Minnesota and Schaumburg, 
Illinois, on behalf of the Crop Insurance and Reinsurance Bureau.
APPROPRIATIONS: NIH
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 National Institutes of Health, after receiving testimony 
from Lawrence A. Tabak, Performing the Duties of the Director, Douglas 
R. Lowy, Deputy Director, National Cancer Institute, Joshua A. Gordon, 
Director, National Institute for Mental Health, Richard J. Hodes, 
Director, National Institute on Aging, and Nora D. Volkow, Director, 
National Institute on Drug Abuse, all of the National Institutes of 
Health, Department of Health and Human Services.
WORLDWIDE THREATS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine worldwide threats, after receiving testimony from 
Avril D. Haines, Director of National Intelligence; and Lieutenant 
General Scott Berrier, USA, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, 
Department of Defense.
RECENT BANK FAILURES
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine holding executives accountable after recent bank 
failures, including S. 1045, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act 
to clarify that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and 
appropriate Federal regulators have the authority to claw back certain 
compensation paid to executives, and S. 1181, to amend the Federal 
Deposit Insurance Act to improve financial stability, after receiving 
testimony from Da Lin, University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, 
Virginia; and Tom Quaadman, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Center for Capital 
Market Competitiveness, and Heidi Mandanis Schooner, The Catholic 
University of America Columbus School of Law, both of Washington, D.C.
DEBT LIMIT LEGISLATION
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine H.R. 
2811, to provide for a responsible increase to the debt ceiling, after 
receiving testimony from Mark Zandi, Moody's Analytics, Malvern, 
Pennsylvania; Fred Krupp, Environmental Defense Fund, and Brian Riedl, 
The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, both of New York, New 
York; and Abigail Ross Hopper, Solar Energy Industries Association, and 
Jason J. Fichtner, Bipartisan Policy Center, both of Washington, D.C.

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FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION OVERSIGHT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
after receiving testimony from Willie Phillips, Chairman, and James P. 
Danly, Allison Clements, and Mark C. Christie, each a Commissioner, all 
of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath, of Texas, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Peru, Arthur W. Brown, of Pennsylvania, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Ecuador, Yael Lempert, of New York, 
to be Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and Roger F. 
Nyhus, of Washington, to be Ambassador to Barbados, and to serve 
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the 
Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, 
the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, and Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines, who was introduced by Senator Cantwell, all of the 
Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
PANDEMIC AND ALL-HAZARDS PREPAREDNESS ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine preparing for the next public health 
emergency, focusing on reauthorizing the Pandemic and All-Hazards 
Preparedness Act, after receiving testimony from Dawn O'Connell, 
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Administration for 
Strategic Preparedness and Response, Rochelle P. Walensky, Director, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Robert M. Califf, 
Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Food and Drug Administration, all of 
the Department of Health and Human Services; Reshma Ramachandran, Yale 
School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; Robert Weissman, Public 
Citizen, Washington, D.C.; and Marty Makary, Johns Hopkins University 
School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 1207, to establish a National Commission on Online Child Sexual 
Exploitation Prevention, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute; and
  The nominations of Molly R. Silfen, of the District of Columbia, to 
be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, Eric G. 
Olshan, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania, and Craig J. Anderson, to be United States Marshal for 
the District of Montana.