[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 190 (Wednesday, November 15, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1205-D1206]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
INDUSTRIAL DECARBONIZATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine opportunities in industrial decarbonization, 
focusing on delivering benefits for the economy and the climate, after 
receiving testimony from Leah Ellis, Sublime Systems, Somerville, 
Massachusetts; and Abigail Regitsky, Breakthrough Energy, and Shannon 
Angielski, Clean Hydrogen Future Coalition, both of Washington, D.C.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine United States leadership on artificial intelligence in an era 
of strategic competition, after receiving testimony from Nathaniel 
Fick, Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy, and 
Matthew Graviss, Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer, both 
of the Department of State.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported 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.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  S. 1898, to amend the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects 
Act to make improvements to that Act, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute; and
  S. 2088, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to complete all 
actions necessary for certain land to be held in restricted fee status 
by the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Sara E. Hill, and John David Russell, both to be a 
United States District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, who 
were introduced by Senator Lankford, and Ramona Villagomez Manglona, to 
be Judge for the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, who 
was introduced by Representative Sablan, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
VETERAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine veteran entrepreneurship, focusing on from service 
to small business success, including S. 38, to amend the Small Business 
Act to codify the Boots to Business Program, S. 2184, to amend the 
Small Business Act to improve the Women's Business Center Program, and 
S. 1469, to require certification of small business concerns as small 
business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans in 
order to be counted toward goals for contract awards, after receiving 
testimony from Colonel Timothy Green, USAF (Ret.), Acting Associate 
Administrator, Office of Veterans Business Development, Small Business 
Administration; J. Michael Haynie, Syracuse University D'Aniello 
Institute for Veterans and Military Families, Syracuse, New York; Lisa 
Shimkat, America's SBDC Iowa, Ames; Major Chris Guerrette, USAF (Ret.), 
Lickee's and Chewy's Candies and Creamery, Dover, New Hampshire; and 
Dustin Rhoades, Ability Tech, Sioux City, Iowa.
VA'S FOURTH MISSION: EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the VA's Fourth Mission, focusing on supporting our nation's 
emergency preparedness and response, after receiving testimony from 
Bobby Small, Jr., Acting Executive Director for Emergency Management 
and Resilience, Office of Human Resources and Administration/
Operations, Security and Preparedness, and Michelle Dorsey,

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Deputy Assistant Under Secretary for Health Operations, and Derrick 
Jaastad, Executive Director, Office of Emergency Management, both of 
the Veteran Health Administration, all of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs; and John M. Balbus, Office of Climate Change and Health Equity 
Director, Department of Health and Human Services.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.