[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 99 (Wednesday, June 7, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D575-D576]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
THE FARM BILL AND SPECIALTY CROP PRODUCERS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on Food 
and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research concluded a 
hearing to examine how the Farm Bill works for specialty crop 
producers, focusing on the horticulture title, after receiving 
testimony from Chris Alonzo, Pietro Industries, Kennett Square, 
Pennsylvania, on behalf of American Mushroom; Nick Carter, Mud Creek 
Farm, Indianapolis, Indiana, on behalf of the Indiana Farm Bureau; 
Charles Wingard, Walter P. Rawl and Co, Pelion, South Carolina, on 
behalf of the International Fresh Produce Association; Margaret Leigh 
Worthington, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, 
Fayetteville, on behalf of the American Seed Trade Association; and 
Diana L. Kobus, PCO Certified Organic, Spring Mills, Pennsylvania.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE AND WARTIME STOCKPILES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense received a closed 
briefing on proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2024 for capacity of the defense industrial base and wartime stockpiles 
from Douglas R. Bush, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, 
Logistics and Technology, William A. LaPlante, Under Secretary for 
Acquisition and Sustainment, Vice Admiral Sara Joyner, Director, Force 
Structure, Resources and Assessment, J8, Joint Staff, and Major General 
David Odom, Deputy Director for Current and Integrated Operations, J3, 
Joint Staff, all of the Department of Defense.
THE CHANGING AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
changing agricultural landscape, focusing on cultivating stewardship, 
after receiving testimony from Brandon Willis, Utah State University, 
Logan; Martin Larsen, Larsen Family Farm and Byron Area Farmers Group, 
Byron, Minnesota; Brent Johnson, Iowa Farm Bureau, West Des Moines; and 
Bryan Sievers, Sievers Family Farms and Roeslein Alternative Energy, 
Stockton, Iowa.
USACE ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION PROJECTS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine perspectives on ecosystem restoration projects of 
the US Army Corps of Engineers, after receiving testimony from Lorianne 
Riggin, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Columbia; 
Tricia Balluff, City of Phoenix Environmental Programs Coordinator, 
Phoenix, Arizona; and Eric Eikenberg, The Everglades Foundation, 
Palmetto Bay, Florida.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE SERVICES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine Department of State services for the American people, focusing 
on an overview of consular affairs and programs, after receiving 
testimony from Rena Bitter, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of 
Consular Affairs.
TRANSATLANTIC APPROACHES ON CHINA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Europe and Regional 
Security Cooperation concluded a hearing to examine aligning 
transatlantic approaches on China, after receiving testimony from Noah 
Barkin, and Andrew Small, both of the German Marshall Fund of the 
United States, and Janka Oertel, European Council on Foreign Relations, 
all of Berlin, Germany.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 
1723, to establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding 
School Policies in the United States, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Loren L. AliKhan, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Columbia, Susan Kim DeClercq, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, who was introduced 
by Senators Stabenow and Peters, Julia Kathleen Munley, to be

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United States District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 
who was introduced by Senator Casey, and Vernon D. Oliver, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Connecticut, who was 
introduced by Senators Blumenthal and Murphy, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Intellectual Property 
concluded a hearing to examine artificial intelligence and intellectual 
property, focusing on patents, innovation, and competition, after 
receiving testimony from Corey Salsberg, Novartis, and Rama G. Elluru, 
Special Competitive Studies Project, both of Washington, D.C.; Laura 
Sheridan, Google, New York, New York; and Ryan Abbott, University of 
California David Geffen School of Medicine, and John Villasenor, 
University of California Institute for Technology, Law, and Policy, 
both of Los Angeles.
ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION OVERSIGHT
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded an oversight 
hearing to examine the Election Assistance Commission, after receiving 
testimony from Christy McCormick, Chairwoman, Ben Hovland, Vice Chair, 
and Donald Palmer, and Thomas Hicks, both a Commissioner, all of the 
Election Assistance Commission.
ACCESS TO LONG TERM CARE
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine veterans' access to long term care, after receiving testimony 
from M. Christopher Saslo, Assistant Under Secretary for Patient Care 
Services/Chief Nursing Officer, and Scotte R. Hartronft, Executive 
Director, Office of Geriatrics and Extended Care, both of the Veterans 
Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; Jonathan Blum, 
Principal Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer, Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human 
Services; Carl Blake, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Washington, D.C.; 
Whitney Bell, National Association of State Veterans Homes, 
Fayetteville, North Carolina; and Carla Wilton, Immanuel Lutheran 
Communities, Kalispell, Montana.
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.