[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 20, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D901-D902]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine artificial intelligence in financial services, after 
receiving testimony from Melissa Koide, FinRegLab, and Daniel S. 
Gorfine, Gattaca Horizons LLC, both of Washington, D.C.; and Michael P. 
Wellman, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
CHILD CARE
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Economic Policy concluded a hearing to examine child care since the 
pandemic, focusing on macroeconomic impacts of public policy measures, 
after receiving testimony from J. Glenn Hopkins, Hopkins House--A 
Center for Children and Their Families, Alexandria, Virginia; Sarah 
Hardy, Bobbie, San Francisco, California; and Kathryn Anne Edwards, 
Washington, D.C.
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
public investment, after receiving testimony from Benjamin H. Harris, 
The Brookings Institution, and Shayna Strom, Washington Center for 
Equitable Growth, both of Washington, D.C.; Veronica Puentes, New 
Flyer, St. Cloud, Minnesota; Veronique de Rugy, George Mason University 
Mercatus Center, Arlington, Virginia; and Tyler Goodspeed, Stanford 
University, Stanford, California.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, of 
Maryland, Melissa Holyoak, of Utah, who was introduced by Senator Lee, 
and Andrew N. Ferguson, of Virginia, who was introduced by Senator 
McConnell,

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each to be a Federal Trade Commissioner, and Douglas Dziak, of 
Virginia, to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
DROUGHT IMPACTS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power concluded a hearing to examine drought impacts on drinking water 
access and water availability, after receiving testimony from Michael 
Brain, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water 
and Science; Kyle Jones, Community Water Center, Sacramento, 
California; Jonathan Smith, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Warm 
Springs, Oregon; and Albert Barker, Idaho Water Resources Board, Boise.
DRINKING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Fisheries, 
Water, and Wildlife concluded a hearing to examine drinking water 
infrastructure and tribal communities, after receiving testimony from 
Brian Bennon, Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc., Phoenix; Ken 
Norton, National Tribal Water Council, Flagstaff, Arizona; Jola 
WallowingBull, Northern Arapaho Tribal Engineering Department, Fort 
Washakie, Wyoming.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of James C. O'Brien, of Nebraska, to be an Assistant 
Secretary (European and Eurasian Affairs), Dennis B. Hankins, of 
Minnesota, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Haiti, Nathalie Rayes, 
of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia, and 
Tobin John Bradley, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Guatemala, all of the Department of State.
THE ACCOMMODATION PROCESS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, 
Agency Action, and Federal Rights concluded a hearing to examine 
restoring transparency and accountability in the accommodation process, 
after receiving testimony from Sean M. Stiff, Legislative Attorney, 
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; Mark J. Rozell, 
George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government, 
Arlington, Virginia; and James H. Townsend, Wayne State Law School 
Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy, Detroit, Michigan.
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE PREVENTION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine improving mental health and suicide prevention measures for our 
Nation's veterans, after receiving testimony from Matthew Miller, 
Executive Director, Suicide Prevention, Office of Mental Health and 
Suicide Prevention, Veterans Health Administration, and Susan Black, 
Suicide Prevention Officer, Outreach, Transition, and Economic 
Development Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, both of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs; John Eaton, Wounded Warrior Project, 
St. Augustine, Florida; and Gilly Cantor, Syracuse University D'Aniello 
Institute for Veterans and Military Families, Syracuse, New York.