[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 103 (Tuesday, June 13, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D600-D601]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: SPACE CAPABILITIES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense received a closed 
briefing on proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal 2024 
for space capabilities of the Department of Defense and intelligence 
community from Frank Calvelli, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for 
Space Acquisitions and Integration, and General David D. Thompson, Vice 
Chief of Space Operations, both of the Department of Defense; and Troy 
Meink, Principal Deputy Director, National Reconnaissance Office.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of General Eric M. Smith, USMC, for reappointment to the 
grade of general, after the nominee testified and answered questions in 
his own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 4,194 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space 
Force.
CFPB SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Semi-
Annual Report to Congress, after receiving testimony from Rohit Chopra, 
Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing, Transportation, and Community Development concluded a hearing 
to examine the state of Native American housing, including S.70, to 
require the Bureau of Indian Affairs to process and complete all 
mortgage packages associated with residential and business mortgages on 
Indian land by certain deadlines, after receiving testimony from 
Chelsea E. Fish, National American Indian Housing Council, Washington, 
D.C.; Tammy Moreland, Minnesota Tribal Collaborative to Prevent and End 
Homelessness, The Leech Lake Reservation, Minnesota; W. Patrick 
Goggles, Northern Arapaho Tribal Housing, Ethete, Wyoming; and Pete 
Upton, Native CDFI Network and Native360 Loan Fund, Grand Island, 
Nebraska.

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TRAVEL AND TOURISM LEGISLATION OVERSIGHT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Tourism, Trade, and Export Promotion concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine implementation of travel and tourism legislation, after 
receiving testimony from Brian Beall, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary 
of Commerce for Travel and Tourism; Carol A. Petsonk, Assistant 
Secretary of Transportation for Aviation and International Affairs; and 
Christopher L. Thompson, Brand USA, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Nisha Desai Biswal, of Virginia, to be 
Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the United States International 
Development Finance Corporation, who was introduced by Senator Warner, 
Edgard D. Kagan, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Malaysia, who was 
introduced by Senator Kaine, Mark W. Libby, of Massachusetts, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan, Joel Ehrendreich, of New 
York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Palau, who was introduced by 
Senator Hagerty, and Cynthia Kierscht, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Djibouti, all of the Department of State, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
FISA SECTION 702 OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and 
related surveillance authorities, after receiving testimony from Chris 
Fonzone, General Counsel, Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence; George Barnes, Deputy Director, National Security Agency; 
David Cohen, Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency; and Paul 
Abbate, Deputy Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Matt 
Olsen, Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division, both of 
the Department of Justice.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law 
concluded a hearing to examine artificial intelligence and human 
rights, after receiving testimony from Geoffrey Cain, Foundation for 
American Innovation, Chicago, Illinois; Alexandra Reeve Givens, Center 
for Democracy and Technology, Washington, D.C.; Aleksander Madry, 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; and Jennifer 
DeStefano, Scottsdale, Arizona.