[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 80 (Thursday, May 11, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D443-D444]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a 
hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for 
fiscal year 2024 for the Department of Defense, after receiving 
testimony from Lloyd J. Austin III, Secretary, and General Mark A. 
Milley, USA, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, both of the 
Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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 Department of Education, after receiving testimony from 
Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported 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.
CANNABIS BANKING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine cannabis banking challenges of small businesses and 
workers, including S. 1323, to create protections for financial 
institutions that provide financial services to State-sanctioned 
marijuana businesses and service providers for such businesses, after 
receiving testimony from Senators Merkley and Daines; Ademola Oyefeso, 
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Washington, 
D.C.; Michelle Sullivan, Dama Financial, San Francisco, California; 
Kevin A. Sabet, Smart Approaches to Marijuana, New Haven, Connecticut; 
and Cat Packer, Cannabis Regulators of Color Coalition, Denver, 
Colorado, on behalf of the Drug Policy Alliance.
UNIVERSAL SERVICE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Communications, Media, and Broadband concluded a hearing to examine the 
state of universal service, after receiving testimony from Timothy 
Chavez, Cuba Independent School District, Cuba, New Mexico; Angie 
Kronenberg, INCOMPAS, Silver Spring, Maryland; Daniel A. Lyons, Boston 
College Law School, Newton, Massachusetts, on behalf of the American 
Enterprise Institute; Denny Law, Golden West Telecommunications 
Cooperative, Inc., Wall, South Dakota; and Greg Guice, Public 
Knowledge, Arlington, Virginia.
PERMITTING PROCESS REFORM
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine opportunities for Congress to reform the permitting 
process for energy and mineral projects, after receiving testimony from 
Jason Grumet, American Clean Power Association, Rich Nolan, National 
Mining Association, and Elizabeth H. Shuler, AFL-CIO, all of 
Washington, D.C.; and Paul Ulrich, Jonah Energy LLC, Pinedale, on 
behalf of the Wyoming Energy Authority.

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CROSS-BORDER PRESCRIPTIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine cross-
border prescriptions, focusing on pharmaceutical manufacturers and 
United States international tax policy, after receiving testimony from 
Brad W. Setser, Council on Foreign Relations, Daniel Bunn, Tax 
Foundation, and William H. Morris, PwC, all of Washington, D.C.; and 
Diane M. Ring, Boston College Law School, Boston, Massachusetts.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1067, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with 
respect to citizen petitions, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 1114, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with 
respect to the 180-day exclusivity period, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 1214, to set forth limitations on exclusive approval or licensure 
of drugs designated for rare diseases or conditions; and
  S. 1339, to provide for increased oversight of entities that provide 
pharmacy benefit management services on behalf of group health plans 
and health insurance coverage, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 1199, to combat the sexual exploitation of children by supporting 
victims and promoting accountability and transparency by the tech 
industry, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 412, to provide that it is unlawful to knowingly distribute 
private intimate visual depictions with reckless disregard for the 
individual's lack of consent to the distribution, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1170, to reauthorize and update the Project Safe Childhood 
program, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Charnelle Bjelkengren, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, S. Kato Crews, 
to be United States District Judge for the District of Colorado, Jeremy 
C. Daniel, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District 
of Illinois, Marian F. Gaston, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of California, Brendan Abell Hurson, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Maryland, and Darrel James 
Papillion, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Louisiana.