[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 6, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D209-D210]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 1274, 
to permanently exempt payments made from the Railroad Unemployment 
Insurance Account from sequestration under the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
PRIMARY CARE
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine how 
primary care improves health care efficiency, after receiving testimony 
from Christopher F. Koller, Milbank Memorial Fund, New York, New York; 
Amol S. Navathe, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine 
and The Wharton School, Philadelphia; Bob Rauner, Partnership for a 
Healthy Nebraska, Lincoln, on behalf of the American Academy of Family 
Physicians; Lisa M. Grabert, Marquette University College of Nursing, 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Christina Taylor, Clover Health, Des Moines, 
Iowa.
NTSB INVESTIGATIONS REPORT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the National Transportation Safety Board 
Investigations Report, after receiving testimony from Jennifer Homendy, 
Chair, National Transportation Safety Board.

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CONSUMER PACKAGING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine extended producer responsibility policies for 
consumer packaging, after receiving testimony from Erin Simon, World 
Wildlife Fund, Washington, D.C.; H. Fisk Johnson, S. C. Johnson and 
Son, Inc., Racine, Wisconsin; and Dan Felton, AMERIPEN, Springfield, 
Massachusetts.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Corey Anne Tellez, of Illinois, to be a Deputy Under 
Secretary of the Treasury.
GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine global food security, after receiving testimony from Dina 
Esposito, Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Resilience, 
Environment, and Food Security, United States Agency for International 
Development; and Cary Fowler, Special Envoy for Global Food Security, 
Department of State.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 3664, to require executive branch employees to report certain 
royalties, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3558, to prohibit contracting with certain biotechnology 
providers, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1524, to ensure that whistleblowers, including contractors, are 
protected from retaliation when a Federal employee orders a reprisal, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  S. 3139, to ensure that Federal contractors comply with child labor 
laws, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Sanket Jayshukh Bulsara, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, who was introduced 
by Senator Schumer, Dena M. Coggins, to be United States District Judge 
for the Eastern District of California, and Eric C. Schulte, and Camela 
C. Theeler, both to be a United States District Judge for the District 
of South Dakota, who were both introduced by Senators Thune and Rounds, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.