[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 185 (Wednesday, November 8, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1152-D1153]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
HHS AND DHS SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST
Committee on Appropriations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the President's supplemental request for the Departments of Health and 
Human Services and Homeland Security, after receiving testimony from 
Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services; and Alejandro 
N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security.
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
fairness and fiscal responsibility, after receiving testimony from 
Natasha Sarin, Yale Law School and School of Management, New Haven, 
Connecticut; Nathaniel Hendren, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and 
Chris Edwards, Cato Institute, Washington, D.C.
CLEAN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine accessing clean water infrastructure assistance, 
focusing on small, rural, disadvantaged and underserved communities, 
after receiving testimony from Shellie R. Chard, Oklahoma Department of 
Environmental Quality Water Quality Division Director, Oklahoma City; 
Olga Morales-Pate, Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated, 
Washington, D.C.; and John J. Byrum II, Nueces River Authority, Uvalde, 
Texas.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported an original 
bill entitled, ``Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and 
Extenders Act''.
UKRAINE: U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine U.S. national security interests in Ukraine, after receiving 
testimony from James C. O'Brien, Assistant Secretary for European and 
Eurasian Affairs, and Geoffrey R. Pyatt, Assistant Secretary for Energy 
Resources, both of the Department of State; and Erin McKee, Assistant 
Administrator, Europe and Eurasia, United States Agency for 
International Development.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the philosophy of AI, focusing on 
learning from history and shaping our future, after receiving testimony 
from Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; 
Margaret Hu, William and Mary Law School Digital Democracy Lab, 
Williamsburg, Virginia; and Shannon Valor, The University of Edinburgh, 
Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
AI IN HEALTH CARE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Primary Health and Retirement

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Security concluded a hearing to examine policy considerations for 
Artificial Intelligence in health care, after receiving testimony from 
Tom Inglesby, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Bloomberg School 
of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland; Kenneth D. Mandl, Boston 
Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; 
Christine J. Huberty, Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resources, 
Madison; and Keith Sale, The University of Kansas Health System, Kansas 
City.
FENTANYL IN NATIVE COMMUNITIES
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine fentanyl in Native communities, focusing on Native 
perspectives on addressing the growing crisis, after receiving 
testimony from Anthony Hillaire, Lummi Nation, Bellingham, Washington; 
Jamie Azure, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, Belcourt, North 
Dakota; Bryce Kirk, Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck 
Reservation, Poplar, Montana; A. Aukahi Austin Seabury, I Ola Lahui, 
Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii; Eric Gettis, and Corey P. Cox, both of the 
Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, Juneau; and Claradina 
Soto, University of Southern California Initiative for California 
American Indian Health Research and Evaluation, Los Angeles.
PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Intellectual Property 
concluded a hearing to examine reforming the Patent Trial and Appeal 
Board, focusing on the PREVAIL Act and proposals to promote U.S. 
innovation leadership, after receiving testimony from former 
Representative Lamar Smith; Michelle E. Armond, Armond Wilson LLP, 
Newport Beach, California; Joseph Matal, Clear IP, LLC, Washington, 
D.C.; and Joe Kiani, Masimo Corp, Irvine, California.