[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 178 (Monday, October 30, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1100-D1101]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of October 31 through November 3, 2023

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Matthew James Maddox, of Maryland, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Maryland, post-cloture, and vote on confirmation 
thereon at 11:30 a.m.
  Following disposition of the nomination of Matthew James Maddox, 
Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of 
Jacob J. Lew, of New York, to be Ambassador to the State of Israel. If 
cloture is invoked on the nomination, Senate will vote on confirmation 
thereon at 2:30 p.m.
  Following disposition of the nomination of Jacob J. Lew, Senate will 
resume consideration of H.R. 4366, Military Construction, Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. Senators should 
expect additional roll call votes during Tuesday's session.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: October 31, to hold hearings to 
examine the national security supplemental request, 9:30 a.m., SD-
106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: November 2, to 
hold hearings to examine ensuring financial protection for 
servicemembers, veterans, and their families, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: November 2, to hold 
hearings to examine the opportunities and challenges in deploying 
carbon capture utilization and sequestration and direct air capture 
technologies on federal and non-Federal lands, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: November 1, to hold 
hearings to examine the science of extreme event attribution, 
focusing on how climate change is fueling severe weather events, 10 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: November 2, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Marjorie A. Rollinson, of Virginia, to be Chief 
Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service and an Assistant General 
Counsel in the Department of the Treasury, and Patricia Hart Neuman, 
of the District of Columbia, and Demetrios L. Kouzoukas, of 
Virginia, both to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the 
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, both to be a 
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance 
Trust Fund, and both to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the 
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
Disability Insurance Trust Fund, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  November 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Martin O'Malley, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of 
Social Security, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: November 1, to receive a closed 
briefing on Ukraine, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: October 31, 
Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, to hold hearings to 
examine AI and the future of work, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: October 
31, to hold hearings to examine threats to the homeland, 10 a.m., 
SD-562.
  November 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Harry Coker, Jr., of Kansas, to be National Cyber 
Director, Jeff Rezmovic, of Maryland, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
Department of Homeland Security, and Suzanne Elizabeth Summerlin, of 
Florida, to be General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations 
Authority, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on the Judiciary: November 1, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Seth Robert Aframe, of New Hampshire, to 
be United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit, Edward Sunyol 
Kiel, to be United States District Judge for the District of New 
Jersey, Sarah French Russell, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Connecticut, and Christopher Charles Fonzone, of 
Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of 
Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.

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  November 2, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Mustafa Taher Kasubhai, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Oregon, and Eumi K. Lee, to be United 
States District Judge for the Northern District of California, 10 
a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: November 1, to hold 
hearings to examine ongoing threats to election administration, 3 
p.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: November 1, to 
hold hearings to examine small businesses and America's outdoor 
recreation economy, 2:30 p.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: November 1, to hold hearings to 
examine research at the Department of Veterans Affairs, 3:30 p.m., 
SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: November 1, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Financial Services, November 2, Subcommittee on 
Capital Markets, hearing entitled ``Examining the SEC's Agenda: 
Unintended Consequences for U.S. Capital Markets and Investors'', 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  November 2, Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, hearing 
entitled ``The Factors Influencing the High Cost of Insurance for 
Consumers'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, November 3, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Member Day'', 11 a.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on the Judiciary, November 3, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Member Day'', 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, November 2, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Member Day'', 10:15 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, November 1, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 
4820, the ``Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024''; H.R. 4821, the 
``Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2024''; and legislation on the Israel Security 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024, 4 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, November 2, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Trust in 
Transparency: Holding VA Accountable and Protecting 
Whistleblowers'', 10 a.m., 360 Cannon.
  November 2, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing on H.R. 
522, the ``Deliver for Veterans Act''; H.R. 2830, the ``Veteran 
Improvement Commercial Driver License Act of 2023''; H.R. 3601, the 
``Student Veteran Work Study Modernization Act''; H.R. 3722, the 
``Daniel J. Harvey, Jr. and Adam Lambert Improving Servicemember 
Transition to Reduce Veteran Suicide Act''; H.R. 3738, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of 
Veterans Affairs the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition 
Administration, and for other purposes; H.R. 3816, the ``Veterans' 
Entry to Apprenticeship Act''; H.R. 5190, the ``Military Family 
Protection from Debt Act''; H.R. 5702, the ``Expanding Access for 
Online Veteran Students Act''; H.R. 5785, to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to modify the requirements of the Edith Nourse Rogers 
STEM Scholarship; H.R. 5913, the ``Consolidating Veteran Employment 
Services for Improved Performance Act of 2023''; H.R. 5914, to amend 
title, United States Code, to improve the processes to approve 
programs of education for purposes of the educational assistance 
programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 5956, the ``G.I. Bill Improvement Act of 2023''; and 
legislation to amend title 38, United States Code, to waive the fee 
for a housing loan guaranteed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
for a veteran with a service-connected disability who applied for 
such loan before receiving a disability rating from the Secretary, 2 
p.m., 360 Cannon.