[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. [[Page D419]] 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.