[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 20, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D271-D272]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
PLANNING, PROGRAMMING, BUDGETING, AND EXECUTION REFORM COMMISSION 
REPORT
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the final report of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution 
Reform Commission, after receiving testimony from Robert F. Hale, 
Chair, Ellen M. Lord, Vice Chair, and Lara C. Sayer, Executive 
Director, all of the Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting, 
and Execution Reform.
DEFENSE ACQUISITION SYSTEM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support concluded a hearing to examine an update on the state of the 
Department of Defense acquisition system, after receiving testimony 
from Peter K. Levine, Institute for Defense Analyses; Moshe Schwartz, 
National Defense Industrial Association; and William C. Greenwalt, 
American Enterprise Institute.
CLIMATE COSTS
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nature of climate costs, after receiving testimony from Theresa 
McKenney, NEMO Equipment, Inc., Dover, New Hampshire; Joao Gomes, 
University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, Philadelphia; Scott Walter, 
Capital Research Center, Washington, D.C.; Hilary Hutcheson, Columbia 
Falls, Montana; and Gus Schumacher, Anchorage, Alaska.
U.S. ATHLETICS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security concluded a 
hearing to examine promoting a safe environment in United States 
athletics, after receiving testimony from Ju'Riese Colon, U.S. Center 
for SafeSport, Denver, Colorado; Dionne Koller, Commission on the State 
of U.S. Olympics and Paralympics, Baltimore, Maryland; Grace French, 
The Army of Survivors, Lansing, Michigan; and Pat Kelleher, USA Hockey, 
Colorado Springs, Colorado.
PFAS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine PFAS as hazardous substances, after receiving 
testimony from Kate R. Bowers, Legislative Attorney, Congressional 
Research Service, Library of Congress; James C. Kenney, New Mexico 
Environment Department Cabinet Secretary, Santa Fe; Scott Faber, 
Environmental Working Group, Washington, D.C.; Michael Witt, Passaic 
Valley Sewerage Commission, Newark, New Jersey; and Robert D. Fox, 
Solid Waste Association of North America, and the National Waste 
Recycling Association, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.

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SOCIAL SECURITY BUDGET
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2025 for the Social 
Security Administration, after receiving testimony from Martin 
O'Malley, Commissioner, Social Security Administration.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of Margaret L. Taylor, of Maryland, to be Legal 
Adviser, Robert William Forden, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Kingdom of Cambodia, Erik John Woodhouse, of Virginia, to be Head of 
the Office of Sanctions Coordination, with the rank of Ambassador, and 
Michael Sfraga, of Alaska, to be Ambassador at Large for Arctic 
Affairs, all of the Department of State.
REFORMING FEDERAL RECORDS MANAGEMENT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine reforming Federal records management to 
improve transparency and accountability, after receiving testimony from 
Anne L. Weismann, George Washington University Law School, Bethesda, 
Maryland; and Gary Ruskin, U.S. Right to Know, Oakland, California.
FENTANYL
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight concluded a hearing to 
examine strengthening international cooperation to stop the flow of 
fentanyl into the United States, after receiving testimony from Vanda 
Felbab-Brown, The Brookings Institution, Celina B. Realuyo, National 
Defense University William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense 
Studies, and Christopher J. Urben, Nardello and Co., all of Washington, 
D.C.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE RESOURCES IN NATIVE COMMUNITIES
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee received a briefing on public 
safety and justice resources in Native communities from public 
witnesses.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Nancy L. Maldonado, of Illinois, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, Georgia N. Alexakis, to be 
United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 
Krissa M. Lanham, and Angela M. Martinez, both to be a United States 
District Judge for the District of Arizona, who were introduced by 
Senator Sinema, and Sparkle L. Sooknanan, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Columbia, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOMS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
post Dobbs America and reproductive freedoms, after receiving testimony 
from Representative Fischbach; Senator Duckworth; O. Carter Snead, and 
Monique C. Wubbenhorst, both of the University of Notre Dame de Nicola 
Center for Ethics and Culture, South Bend, Indiana; Lourdes A. Rivera, 
Pregnancy Justice, New York, New York; Jamie Heard, Birmingham, 
Alabama; and Austin Dennard, Dallas, Texas.
SBA BUDGET
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request 
for fiscal year 2025 for the Small Business Administration, including 
S. 673, to allow nonprofit child care providers to participate in 
certain loan programs of the Small Business Administration, and S. 
3971, to amend the Small Business Act to require reporting on 
additional information with respect to small business concerns owned 
and controlled by women, qualified HUBZone small business concerns, and 
small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans, after 
receiving testimony from Isabella Guzman, Administrator, Small Business 
Administration.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
keeping our promise to older adults and people with disabilities, 
focusing on the status of Social Security today, after receiving 
testimony from Martin O'Malley, Commissioner, Social Security 
Administration.