[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 28, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D184-D185]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the Department of Agriculture, after 
receiving testimony from Thomas J. Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture.
EVOLVING WORKFORCE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
evolving workforce dynamics and the challenges for defense acquisition 
and defense industrial base personnel, after receiving testimony from 
Johnny C. Taylor, SHRM; Julie A. Lockwood, Institute for Defense 
Analyses; and Simon Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
Shaping the Future of Work Initiative.
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND BLAST EXPOSURE CARE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a 
hearing to examine traumatic brain injury and blast exposure care, 
after receiving testimony from Lester Martinez-Lopez, Assistant 
Secretary for Health Affairs, Kathy M. Lee, Director, Warfighter Brain 
Health Policy, both of the Department of Defense; Carlos D. Williams, 
USN, National Intrepid Center of Excellence; Samantha McBirney, Pardee 
RAND Graduate School, Ross D. Zafonte, Home Base, and Frank J. Larkin, 
Lead of National Warrior Call Day Initiative.
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
reproductive health care, after receiving testimony from Caitlin Myers, 
Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont; Leilah Zahedi Spung, 
Physicians for Reproductive Health, Denver, Colorado; Leslie Ford, 
American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C.; Tamra Call, Obria 
Medical Clinic of Ames, Ames, Iowa; and Allie Phillips, Clarksville, 
Tennessee.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Daniel B. Maffei, of New York, 
and Rebecca F. Dye, of North Carolina, both to be a Federal Maritime 
Commissioner, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
GEOLOGIC HYDROGEN
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the opportunities and challenges associated with 
developing geologic hydrogen in the United States, after receiving 
testimony from Evelyn Wang, Director, Advanced Research Projects 
Agency--Energy, Department of Energy; Geoffrey S. Ellis, Energy 
Resources Program Lead for Geologic Hydrogen, Geological Survey, 
Department of the Interior; and Peter Johnson, Koloma, Denver, 
Colorado.
WRDA
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Water Resources Development Act, focusing on 
USACE water infrastructure projects, programs and priorities, after 
receiving testimony from Michael L. Connor, Assistant Secretary of the 
Army for Civil Works, and Lieutenant General Scott A. Spellmon, Chief 
of Engineers, Army Corps of Engineers, both of the Department of 
Defense.
TEHRAN'S SHADOW ARMY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine Tehran's shadow army, focusing on addressing Iran's proxy 
network in the Middle East, after receiving testimony from Suzanne 
Maloney, The Brookings Institution, and Brian Hook, former Special 
Representative for Iran and Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State, 
both of Washington, D.C.
RETIREMENT CRISIS IN AMERICA
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the retirement crisis in America, 
focusing on expanding defined benefit pension plans for workers, after 
receiving testimony from Sara Schambers, UAW Local 182, Livonia, 
Michigan; Teresa Ghilarducci, The New School for Social Research, New 
York, New York; Dan Doonan, National Institute on Retirement Security, 
and Rachel U. Greszler, The Heritage

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Foundation, both of Washington, D.C.; and Eric Stevenson, Nationwide 
Mutual Insurance Company, Columbus, Ohio.
FEDERAL PRISONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
preventing deaths of incarcerated individuals in Federal prisons, after 
receiving testimony from Michael E. Horowitz, Inspector General, and 
Colette S. Peters, Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons, both of the 
Department of Justice.
CORRECTIONAL STAFFING CRISIS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and 
Counterterrorism concluded a hearing to examine the nation's 
correctional staffing crisis, focusing on assessing the toll on 
correctional officers and incarcerated persons, after receiving 
testimony from John Wetzel, Keystone Restituere Justice Center, 
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Santia Nance, Sistas in Prison Reform, 
Richmond, Virginia; Brandy Moore White, Council of Prison Locals 33, 
Forest City, Arkansas; Stephen Walker, One Voice United, Sacramento, 
California; and Rafael A. Mangual, Manhattan Institute for Policy 
Research, New York, New York.
VA CEMETERIES
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine honoring America's veterans and their families at VA 
cemeteries, after receiving testimony from Matthew Quinn, Under 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Memorial Affairs; Kelly Ackerman, 
Montana Department of Military Affairs Veterans Affairs Division 
Administrator, Helena; William Turner, Kansas Commission on Veterans' 
Affairs Office Director, Manhattan; and Michael Figlioli, Veterans of 
Foreign Wars of the United States, 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.