[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 17, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D45-D46]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CLOSING CORPORATE LOOPHOLES
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
closing corporate loopholes that reward offshoring jobs and profits, 
after receiving testimony from Kimberly A. Clausing, University of

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California, Los Angeles; Roy Houseman, United Steel, Paper and 
Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service 
Workers International Union, and John Arensmeyer, Small Business 
Majority, both of Washington, D.C.; James R. Hines Jr., University of 
Michigan, Ann Arbor; and Mindy Herzfeld, University of Florida Levin 
College of Law, Gainesville.
2024 TAIWAN ELECTIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on 
strategic implications for cross-straits relations of the 2024 Taiwan 
elections from Daniel J. Kritenbrink, Assistant Secretary for East 
Asian and Pacific Affairs, and Brett M. Holmgren, Assistant Secretary 
for Intelligence and Research, both of the Department of State.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the nominations of Cathy Ann Harris, of 
Maryland, to be Chairman, and Henry J. Kerner, of Virginia, to be a 
Member, both of the Merit Systems Protection Board, Suzanne Elizabeth 
Summerlin, of Florida, to be General Counsel of the Federal Labor 
Relations Authority, Jeff Rezmovic, of Maryland, to be Chief Financial 
Officer, Department of Homeland Security, and Hampton Y. Dellinger, of 
North Carolina, to be Special Counsel, Office of Special Counsel.
CYBER SAFETY REVIEW BOARD
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the Cyber Safety Review Board, focusing 
on expectations, outcomes, and enduring questions, after receiving 
testimony from Tarah Wheeler, Red Queen Dynamics, Seattle, Washington; 
and John S. Miller, Information Technology Industry Council, and Trey 
Herr, Atlantic Council, both of Washington, D.C.
FIRST STEP ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
five years of the First Step Act, focusing on reimagining 
rehabilitation and protecting public safety, after receiving testimony 
from Ja'Ron Smith, former Deputy Assistant for Domestic Policy, 
Washington, D.C.; Steve Markle, Council of Prison Locals, Rockville, 
Indiana; J. Charles Smith III, National District Attorneys Association, 
Frederick, Maryland; and Matthew Charles, Nashville, Tennessee.