[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 163 (Wednesday, October 4, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1025]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
UKRAINIAN AIR DEFENSES
Committee on Appropriations: Committee received a closed briefing on 
United States assistance to Ukrainian Air Defenses from William A. 
LaPlante, Under Secretary for Acquisition and Sustainment, Douglas R. 
Bush, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and 
Technology, Dana Stroul, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Middle 
East, and Lieutenant General Douglas Sims II, Director for Operations, 
Joint Staff, all of the Department of Defense.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nomination of Michael G. Whitaker, of Vermont, 
to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, Department 
of Transportation, after the nominee, who was introduced by 
Representative Sam Graves, testified and answered questions in his own 
behalf.
CHIPS AND SCIENCE IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine CHIPS and science implementation and oversight, 
after receiving testimony from Gina M. Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce; 
and Sethuraman Panchanathan, Director, National Science Foundation.
BUILD ACT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the BUILD Act reauthorization and Development Finance 
Corporation oversight, after receiving testimony from Scott Nathan, 
Chief Executive Officer, United States International Development 
Finance Corporation.
KOREAN PENINSULA SECURITY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, 
and International Cybersecurity Policy concluded a hearing to examine 
security on the Korean Peninsula, after receiving testimony from Victor 
D. Cha, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Scott A. 
Snyder, Council on Foreign Relations, and Jenny Town, Stimson Center, 
all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Mustafa Taher Kasubhai, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Oregon, who was introduced by Senators Wyden 
and Merkley, John A. Kazen, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Texas, who was introduced by Senator Cornyn, 
Shanlyn A.S. Park, and Micah W.J. Smith, both to be a United States 
District Judge for the District of Hawaii, who were both introduced by 
Senators Hirono and Schatz, and Jamel Semper, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of New Jersey, who was introduced by 
Senators Booker and Menendez, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.