[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 105 (Thursday, June 15, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D621]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
IMPACTS OF PLASTIC PRODUCTION AND DISPOSAL
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Chemical 
Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory 
Oversight concluded a hearing to examine the impacts of plastic 
production and disposal on environmental justice communities, after 
receiving testimony from Sharon Lavigne, Rise St. James, Berkeley, 
California; Angelle Bradford, Sierra Club Delta Chapter, New Orleans, 
Louisiana; Chris Tandazo, New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance, 
Summit; Donna Jackson, Project 21, Kensington, Maryland; and Kevin 
Sunday, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, Harrisburg.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following bills:
  S. 133, to extend the National Alzheimer's Project, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 134, to require an annual budget estimate for the initiatives of 
the National Institutes of Health pursuant to reports and 
recommendations made under the National Alzheimer's Project Act;
  S. 265, to reauthorize the rural emergency medical service training 
and equipment assistance program, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 1844, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to 
reauthorize user fee programs relating to new animal drugs and generic 
new animal drugs, with an amendment;
  S. 1852, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a 
sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program; and
  S. 1855, to reauthorize the Special Diabetes Program for Type 1 
Diabetes and the Special Diabetes Program for Indians.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 
1094, to provide a temporary safe harbor for publishers of online 
content to collectively negotiate with dominant online platforms 
regarding the terms on which content may be distributed.
PLANNING FOR EMERGENCIES
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
planning for older Americans and people with disabilities in all phases 
of emergencies, after receiving testimony from DeeDee Bennett Gayle, 
State University of New York, Albany; Jonathan M. Bydlak, R Street 
Institute, Washington, D.C.; Mahshid Abir, The RAND Corporation, Ann 
Arbor, Michigan; and Annie Lloyd, Darlington, Pennsylvania.