[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 147 (Tuesday, September 12, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D864]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of General David W. Allvin, USAF, for reappointment to 
the grade of general and to be Chief of Staff of the Air Force, 
Department of Defense, after the nominee testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.
SEC OVERSIGHT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the Securities and Exchange Commission, 
including S. 638, to amend the Securities Act of 1934 to require 
country-by-country reporting, after receiving testimony from Gary 
Gensler, Chair, Securities and Exchange Commission.
HOUSING SUPPLY AND INNOVATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing, Transportation, and Community Development concluded a hearing 
to examine housing supply and innovation, after receiving testimony 
from Jenny Schuetz, Brookings Metro, Washington, D.C.; Janne Flisrand, 
Neighbors for More Neighbors, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Gregory Good, 
Invest Newark, Newark, New Jersey; and Eric Schaefer, Fading West 
Development, Buena Vista, Colorado.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security concluded a 
hearing to examine the need for transparency in Artificial 
Intelligence, after receiving testimony from Victoria Espinel, BSA The 
Software Alliance, and Rob Strayer, Information Technology Industry 
Council, both of Washington, D.C.; Ramayya Krishnan, Carnegie Mellon 
University Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Sam Gregory, WITNESS, New York, New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the nominations of Robert G. Taub, of New 
York, to be a Commissioner of the Postal Regulatory Commission, and 
Tanya Monique Jones Bosier, Danny Lam Hoan Nguyen, and Kenechukwu 
Onyemaechi Okocha, each to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court 
of the District of Columbia.
BOOK BANS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
book bans, focusing on how censorship limits liberty and literature, 
after receiving testimony from Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois Secretary of 
State, Chicago; Max Eden, American Enterprise Institute, and Nicole 
Neily, Parents Defending Education, both of Arlington, Virginia; Emily 
J.M. Knox, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of 
Information Sciences, Bloomington; and Cameron J. Samuels, Students 
Engaged in Advancing Texas, Katy.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and 
the Law concluded an oversight hearing to examine A.I., focusing on 
legislating on artificial intelligence, after receiving testimony from 
Woodrow Hartzog, Boston University School of Law, Boston, 
Massachusetts; Bill Dally, NVIDIA, Santa Clara, California; and Brad 
Smith, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.