[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 180 (Wednesday, November 1, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1108-D1109]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
EXTREME EVENT ATTRIBUTION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the science of extreme event attribution, focusing 
on how climate change is fueling severe weather events, after receiving 
testimony from Michael Wehner, University of California Lawrence 
Berkeley National Laboratory, Department of Energy; Jennifer Jurado, 
Broward County Resilient Environment Department, Fort Lauderdale, 
Florida; and Paul M. Dabbar, Columbia University Center on Global 
Energy Policy and Bohr Quantum Technology, Scarsdale, New York.
UKRAINE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on 
Ukraine from Brett M. Holmgren, Assistant Secretary for Intelligence 
and Research, and Christopher W. Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Eastern Europe and Policy and Regional Affairs, both of the Department 
of State; and Laura K. Cooper, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense 
for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Seth Robert Aframe, of New Hampshire, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit, who was introduced by 
Senators Shaheen and Hassan, Edward Sunyol Kiel, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of New Jersey, who was introduced by 
Senators Menendez and Booker, Sarah French Russell, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Connecticut, who was introduced by 
Senator Blumenthal, and Christopher Charles Fonzone, of Pennsylvania, 
to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, who was 
introduced by Senator Durbin, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
THREATS TO ELECTION ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine ongoing threats to election administration, after receiving 
testimony

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from Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, Phoenix; Pennsylvania 
Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt, Harrisburg; Nebraska Deputy 
Secretary of State for Elections Wayne J. Bena, Lincoln; Alan Farley, 
Rutherford County Election Commission, Murfreesboro, Tennessee; and 
Elizabeth Howard, Brennan Center For Justice, Washington, D.C.
AMERICA'S OUTDOOR RECREATION ECONOMY
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine small businesses and America's outdoor recreation 
economy, including S. 1411, to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
require greater transparency for Federal regulatory decisions that 
impact small businesses, S. 1744, to amend the Small Business Act to 
reauthorize the SCORE program, S. 2185, to amend the Small Business Act 
to require an annual report on entrepreneurial development programs, S. 
873, to improve recreation opportunities on, and facilitate greater 
access to, Federal public land, and S. 2611, to require the Secretary 
of Agriculture to expand the snow survey and water supply forecasting 
program to serve the Northeastern United States, after receiving 
testimony from Jessica Wahl Turner, Outdoor Recreation Roundtable, 
Washington, D.C.; Rebecca Peters, Vacation Okoboji, Arnolds Park, Iowa; 
Andrew Drummond, Ski The Whites, LLC, Jackson, New Hampshire; and 
Christopher Fox, Ducks Unlimited, Johnston, Iowa.
VA RESEARCH
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine research at the Department of Veterans Affairs, after receiving 
testimony from Rachel Ramoni, Chief Research and Development Officer, 
Office of Research and Development, Veterans Health Administration, 
Department of Veterans Affairs; and Matt Kuntz, National Alliance on 
Mental Illness for Montana, Helena.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.