[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 24, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D70-D71]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
OCEAN INDUSTRIES
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine how 
the climate crisis threatens ocean industries, after receiving 
testimony from Andrea Dutton, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Rashid 
Sumaila, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Thomas K. 
Frazer, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg; Phil Levy, 
Flexport, New York, New York; and Kyle Schaefer, Kittery Point, Maine.
TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT OVERSIGHT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the Toxic Substances Control Act 
amendments implementation, after receiving testimony from Michal 
Freedhoff, Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and 
Pollution Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 2003, to authorize the Secretary of State to provide additional 
assistance to Ukraine using assets confiscated from the Central Bank of 
the Russian Federation and other sovereign assets of the Russian 
Federation, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Kurt Campbell, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Deputy Secretary, Cardell Kenneth Richardson, Sr., of Virginia, to be 
Inspector General, Nicole Shampaine, of California, for the rank of 
Ambassador during her tenure of service as United States Representative 
to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Sean 
Patrick Maloney, of New York, to be Representative of the United States 
of America to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and 
Development, with the rank of Ambassador, Jeffrey Prescott, of the 
District of Columbia, to be U.S. Representative to the United Nations 
Agencies for Food and Agriculture, with the rank of Ambassador, Charlie 
Crist, of Florida, to be Representative of the United States of America 
on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization, with 
the rank of Ambassador, and Joann M. Lockard, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to Burkina Faso, all of the Department of State, Robert 
David Gioia, of New York, to be a Commissioner on the part of the 
United States on the International Joint Commission, United States and 
Canada, and routine lists in the Foreign Service.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Susan M. Bazis, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Nebraska, who was introduced by Senator Fischer, 
Ernest Gonzalez, and Leon Schydlower, both to be a United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Texas, Ann Marie McIff 
Allen, to be United States District Judge for the District of Utah, 
Kelly Harrison Rankin, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Wyoming, who was introduced by Senators Barrasso and 
Lummis, and Robin Michelle Meriweather, of Virginia, to be a Judge of 
the United States Court of Federal Claims, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
AI IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND PROSECUTIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and 
Counterterrorism concluded a hearing to examine AI in criminal 
investigations and prosecutions, after receiving testimony from Karen 
L. Howard, Director, Science, Technology Assessment, and Analytics, 
Government Accountability Office; Armando R. Aguilar, Miami Police 
Department, Miami, Florida; and Rebecca Wexler, Berkeley Center for Law 
and Technology, Berkeley, California.
USE OF AI AT LOC, GPO, AND SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the use of Artificial Intelligence at the Library of Congress, 
Government Publishing Office, and Smithsonian Institution, after 
receiving testimony from Carla Hayden, Librarian of

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Congress; Hugh Nathanial Halpern, Director, Government Publishing 
Office; and Meroe Park, Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer, 
Smithsonian Institution.
SUCCESSION PLANNING
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine succession planning, focusing on opportunities to 
build wealth and keep jobs in local communities, including S. 1108, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the estate and 
generation-skipping transfer taxes, after receiving testimony from 
Scott Snider, Exit Planning Institute, Westlake, Ohio; Theresa 
Hildreth, Martin Hildreth Company, Inc., Rockwell City, Iowa; Tabitha 
Croscut, Devine, Millimet and Branch, P.A., Manchester, New Hampshire; 
and Palmer Schoening, Family Business Coalition, Washington, D.C.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.