[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 100 (Thursday, June 8, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D583-D584]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
JUNK FEES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security concluded a 
hearing to examine protecting consumers from junk fees, after receiving 
testimony from Vicki G. Morwitz, Columbia Business School, New York, 
New York; Todd Zywicki, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law 
School, Arlington, Virginia; and Sally Greenberg, National Consumers 
League, Washington, D.C.
ESCALATING WILDFIRES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Federal response to escalating wildfires and to 
evaluate reforms to land management and wildland firefighter 
recruitment and retention, after receiving testimony from Jeffery 
Rupert, Director, Office of Wildland Fire, Department of the Interior; 
Jaelith Hall-Rivera,

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Deputy Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Cardell D. 
Johnson, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, Government 
Accountability Office; and Kelly Norris, Wyoming Forestry Division, 
Cheyenne.
CONSOLIDATION AND CORPORATE OWNERSHIP IN HEALTH CARE
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
consolidation and corporate ownership in health care, focusing on 
trends and impacts on access, quality, and costs, after receiving 
testimony from Zack Cooper, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut; R. 
Shawn Martin, American Academy of Family Physicians, Leawood, Kansas; 
Karen E. Joynt Maddox, Washington University in St. Louis School of 
Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; Chris Thomas, Community Hospital, Grand 
Junction, Colorado; and Caroline Pearson, Peterson Center on 
Healthcare, New York, New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 920, to reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000;
  S. 1074, to require a strategy for countering the People's Republic 
of China, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 308, to end the treatment of the People's Republic of China as a 
developing nation, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. Res. 174, condemning the human rights record of the Government of 
the Kingdom of Eswatini and the brutal killing of Eswatini activist 
Thulani Maseko on January 21, 2023, with amendments;
  S. Res. 156, calling on the Government of the Russian Federation to 
release United States citizen Paul Whelan, with amendments;
  S. Res. 158, condemning the deportation of children from Ukraine to 
the Russian Federation and the forcible transfer of children within 
territories of Ukraine that are temporarily occupied by Russian forces, 
with amendments;
  S. Res. 126, recognizing the vital importance of the Mekong River to 
Southeast Asia and the role of the Mekong-United States Partnership in 
supporting the prosperity of the region, with amendments; and
  The nominations of Bryan David Hunt, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Sierra Leone, Heather Roach Variava, of Iowa, to be 
Ambassador to the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Matthew D. Murray, 
of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as 
United States Senior Official for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 
(APEC), Jennifer M. Adams, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Cabo Verde, and Jennifer L. Johnson, of New York, to be 
Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia, all of the Department 
of State, and routine lists in the Foreign Service.
FASTA
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine FASTA implementation and optimizing the 
efficient use of Federal property, after receiving testimony from after 
receiving testimony from Nina Albert, Commissioner, Public Buildings 
Service, General Services Administration; David Marroni, Acting 
Director, Physical Infrastructure, Government Accountability Office; 
and Nick Rahall, Board Member, Public Buildings Reform Board.
YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the American youth mental health crisis, 
focusing on causes and solutions, after receiving testimony from Vice 
Admiral Vivek H. Murthy, Surgeon General, Department of Health and 
Human Services; Katy Neas, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Education, 
Office of Special and Rehabilitative Education Services; Charlene 
Russell-Tucker, Connecticut Commissioner of Education, Hartford; Josh 
Garcia, Tacoma School District, Tacoma, Washington; and Joy D. Osofsky, 
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Ana de Alba, of California, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Ninth Circuit, and Irma Carrillo S. Ramirez, of Texas, to 
be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit.