[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 204 (Tuesday, December 12, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1290-D1291]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DISASTER RECOVERY FUNDS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine communities in crisis, focusing on what happens when disaster 
recovery funds are delayed, after receiving testimony from Senator 
Welch; Ransford Reinhard, South Carolina Office of Resilience, 
Columbia; Shaun Donovan, Enterprise Community Partners, Washington, 
D.C.; and Jennifer Gray Thompson, After the Fire USA, Sonoma, 
California.
MINING LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands, Forests, and Mining concluded a hearing to examine S. 1281, to 
amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to provide for 
security of tenure for use of mining claims for ancillary activities, 
and S. 1742, to modify the requirements applicable to locatable 
minerals on public domain land, after receiving testimony from Steve 
Feldgus, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, 
Department of the Interior; Troy Heithecker, Associate Deputy Chief, 
National Forest Systems, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; 
Rich Haddock, Barrick Gold Corporation, Bountiful, Utah; Chris Wood, 
Trout Unlimited, Arlington, Virginia; and Katie Sweeney, National 
Mining Association, Washington, D.C.
IRAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on 
Iran and its proxy threat to U.S. policy and personnel post-October 7 
from John Bass, Under Secretary for Management, Barbara A. Leaf, 
Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, and Brett M. Holmgren, 
Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Research, all of the 
Department of State.
COAST GUARD ACADEMY WHISTLEBLOWERS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations concluded a hearing to examine Coast 
Guard Academy whistleblowers, focusing on stories of sexual assault and 
harassment, after receiving testimony from Commander Jennifer L. Yount, 
USCG, Ret., Coast Guard Academy, Class of 1981, Petaluma, California; 
Caitlin E. Maro, former member of Coast Guard Academy, Class of 2008, 
Collierville, Tennessee; Lieutenant Melissa K. McCafferty, USCG, Ret., 
Coast Guard Academy, Class of 2011, and Colonel Lorry M. Fenner, USAF, 
Ret., Service Women's Action Network, both of Washington, D.C.; and 
First Class Cadet Kyra Holmstrup, Coast Guard Academy, Class of 2024, 
New London, Connecticut, on behalf of Cadets Against Sexual Assault.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following bills:
  S. 1840, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and 
improve the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program 
for fiscal years 2024 through 2028, with an amendment in the nature of 
a substitute;
  S. 3392, to reauthorize the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, 
the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, and the National 
Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;

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  S. 3393, to reauthorize the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  S. 644, to expand the take-home prescribing of methadone through 
pharmacies, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR CORPORATE CRIMINALS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
cleaning up the C-Suite, focusing on ensuring accountability for 
corporate criminals, after receiving testimony from Nicole Argentieri, 
Acting Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, and Matthew 
Olsen, Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division, both of 
the Department of Justice; Andrew E. Lelling, former United States 
Attorney, District of Massachusetts, Boston; Brandon L. Garrett, Duke 
University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina; and Ryan Hampton, Las 
Vegas, Nevada.
GPO OVERSIGHT
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded an oversight 
hearing to examine the Government Publishing Office, after receiving 
testimony from Hugh Nathanial Halpern, Director, Government Publishing 
Office.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.