[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 177 (Thursday, October 26, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1093-D1094]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Patricia L. Lee, of South Carolina, to be a Member of the 
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, and 185 nominations in the 
Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force.
ILLICIT FINANCE AND TERRORISM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine combating the networks of illicit finance and 
terrorism, including S. 3049, to freeze $6,000,000,000 of Iranian funds 
held in Qatar, S. 2355, to clarify the applicability of sanctions and 
antimoney laundering compliance obligations to United States persons in 
the decentralized finance technology sector and virtual currency kiosk 
operators, S. 2281, to provide for consumer protection and responsible 
financial innovation, to bring crypto assets within the regulatory 
perimeter, and S. 2669, to require the Financial Crimes Enforcement 
Network to issue guidance on digital asset, after receiving testimony 
from Matthew Levitt, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and 
Danielle Pletka, American Enterprise Institute, both of Washington, 
D.C.; and Shlomit Wagman, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts.
FEDERAL OFFSHORE ENERGY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine Federal offshore energy strategy and policies, after 
receiving testimony from Elizabeth Klein, Director, Bureau of Ocean 
Energy Management, Department of the Interior; and Janet Coit, 
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of 
Commerce.
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Chemical 
Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory 
Oversight concluded a hearing to examine evaluating alternative 
materials for single-use plastics, after receiving testimony from 
Marcus Eriksen, The 5 Gyres Institute, Santa Monica, California; Erin 
Simon, World Wildlife Fund, Washington, D.C.; and Humberto Kravetz, GSF 
Upcycling, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of John A. Kazen, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of Texas, Shanlyn A.S. Park, and Micah W.J. 
Smith, both to be a United States District Judge for the District of 
Hawaii, and Jamel Semper, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of New Jersey.
RARE, PROGRESSIVE, AND SERIOUS DISEASE THERAPIES
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
access to therapies for people with rare, progressive, and serious 
diseases, after receiving testimony from Brian Wallach, I AM ALS, 
Kenilworth, Illinois; Margaret Plews-Ogan, University of Virginia, 
Charlottesville; Anish Bhatnagar, Soleno Therapeutics, Redwood City, 
California; Holly Fernandez Lynch, University of Pennsylvania Perelman 
School of Medicine and Carey Law School, Philadelphia; Keith Desserich, 
The Cure Starts Now, Cincinnati, Ohio; and Maureen Bell, Chalfont, 
Pennsylvania.