[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 82 (Tuesday, May 16, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D460-D461]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: HYPERSONIC THREATS, MISSILE DEFENSE, AND PROTECTION OF 
U.S. HOMELAND
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a closed 
hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for 
fiscal year 2024 for hypersonic threats, missile defense, and the 
protection of the United States homeland, after receiving testimony 
from General Glen D. VanHerck, Commander, North American Aerospace 
Defense Command and Northern Command, and Vice Admiral Jon A. Hill, 
Director, Missile Defense Agency, both of the Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: SECURITY, COMPETITIVENESS, U.S.-CHINA RELATIONSHIP
Committee on Appropriations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2024, focusing 
on investing in United States security, competitiveness, and the path 
ahead for the United States-China relationship, after receiving 
testimony from Lloyd J. Austin III, Secretary of Defense; Antony J. 
Blinken, Secretary of State; and Gina M. Raimondo, Secretary of 
Commerce.
SILICON VALLEY BANK AND SIGNATURE BANK
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature 
Bank, 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, after receiving testimony from Gregory W. Becker, 
Silicon Valley Bank, Santa Clara, California; and Scott A. Shay, and 
Eric Howell, both of Signature Bank, New York, New York.
NASA BUDGET
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2024 for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, after 
receiving testimony from former Senator Bill Nelson, Administrator, 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE BUDGET
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2024 for the Fish and Wildlife Service, after receiving testimony 
from Martha Williams, Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department 
of the Interior.
WATER MANAGEMENT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure concluded a hearing to examine 
perspectives on new and existing Army Corps of Engineers authorities to 
respond to water management issues including drought and water 
conservation, after receiving testimony from Andrea Travnicek, North 
Dakota Department of Water Resources Director, Bismarck; Stephanie Roe 
Lewis, Gila River Indian Community, Arizona; Leslie A. Meyers, Salt 
River Project, Tempe, Arizona; Christy Plumer, Theodore Roosevelt 
Conservation Partnership, Washington, D.C.; and Jennifer L. Verleger, 
Western States Water Council, Murray, Utah.
IRS FUNDING CUTS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine House 
Republican supplemental IRS funding cuts, focusing on the impact on 
Federal law enforcement and the Federal deficit, after receiving 
testimony from Natasha Sarin, Yale Law School and Yale School of 
Management, New Haven, Connecticut; and Don Fort, former Chief, 
Criminal Investigation, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the 
Treasury, Pete Sepp, National Taxpayers Union, and Chris Edwards, Cato 
Institute, all of Washington, D.C.
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and 
Global Competitiveness concluded a hearing to examine economic 
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for a stronger and more resilient Western Hemisphere, after receiving 
testimony from Jonathan Fantini Porter, Partnership for Central 
America, Eric Farnsworth, Council of the Americas, Margaret Myers, 
Woodrow Wilson Center, Cathy Feingold, AFL-CIO, and Neil Herrington, 
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, all of Washington, D.C.
U.S. POLICY TOWARDS RUSSIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine U.S. policy towards Russia, after receiving testimony from 
Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Center for a New American Security Transatlantic 
Security Program, and John J. Sullivan, former Deputy Secretary of 
State and Ambassador to the Russian Federation, both of Washington, 
D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Ana A. Escrogima, of New York, to be 
Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman, Lisa A. Johnson, of Virginia, to 
be Ambassador to the Lebanese Republic, Ervin Jose Massinga, of 
Washington, to be Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of 
Ethiopia, Bryan David Hunt, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Sierra Leone, and William W. Popp, of Missouri, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Uganda, all of the Department of State, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN GOVERNMENT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine artificial intelligence in government, 
including key practices to help ensure accountability in Federal use of 
AI, after receiving testimony from Taka Ariga, Chief Data Scientist, 
Science, Technology Assessment and Analytics, Government Accountability 
Office; Ritchie Eppink, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, 
Boise, Idaho; Lynne E. Parker, University of Tennessee AI for Tennessee 
Initiative, Knoxville; Daniel E. Ho, Stanford University, Stanford, 
California; and Jacob Siegel, Brooklyn, New York.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and 
the Law concluded an oversight hearing to examine AI, focusing on rules 
for artificial intelligence, after receiving testimony from Sam Altman, 
OpenAI, San Francisco, California; Christina Montgomery, IBM, Cortlandt 
Manor, New York; and Gary Marcus, New York University, Vancouver, 
British Columbia, Canada.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.