[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 30, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D416-D417]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BUDGET
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2025 for the Department of Education, after receiving testimony from 
Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education.
HUD BUDGET
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2025 for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, after 
receiving testimony from Adrianne Todman, Acting Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development.
SERVICEMEMBERS' ACCESS TO PHARMACEUTICALS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a 
hearing to examine the Department of Defense's efforts to ensure 
servicemembers' access to safe, high-quality pharmaceuticals, after 
receiving testimony from Lester Martinez-Lopez, Assistant Secretary for 
Health Affairs, David J. Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health 
Readiness Policy and Oversight, Mark Dertzbaugh, Principal Assistant 
for Research and Technology, United States Army Medical Research and 
Development Command, and Matthew R. Beebe, Director of Acquisition 
(J7), Defense Logistics Agency, all of the Department of Defense; Bryce 
H. P. Mendez, Specialist in Defense Health Care Policy, Congressional 
Research Service, Library of Congress; Melissa Barber, Yale School of 
Medicine, Yale Law School, and Yale Collaboration for Regulatory Rigor, 
Integrity, and Transparency; and Colonel Victor A. Suarez, USA (Ret.), 
The Council on Strategic Risks, Bluzone Bio, and Securing America's 
Medicines and Supply.
TAIWAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, 
and International Cybersecurity Policy concluded a hearing to examine 
United States policy on Taiwan, after receiving testimony from Daniel 
J. Kritenbrink, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs.
NO FAKES ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Intellectual Property 
concluded a hearing to examine the NO FAKES Act, focusing on protecting 
Americans from unauthorized digital replicas, after receiving testimony 
from Robert Kyncl, Warner Music Group, New York, New York; Duncan 
Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA, and Benjamin S. Sheffner, Motion Picture 
Association, Inc., both of Los Angeles, California; Graham Davies, 
Digital Media Association, Washington, D.C.; Lisa P. Ramsey, University 
of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, California; and Tahliah Debrett 
Barnett, London, United Kingdom.

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INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.
CHINESE MONEY LAUNDERING ORGANIZATIONS
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: Caucus 
concluded a hearing to examine Chinese money laundering organizations, 
focusing on cleaning cartel cash, after receiving testimony from Brian 
Nelson, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial 
Intelligence; Kemp Chester, Senior Advisor to the Director, Office of 
National Drug Control Policy, Executive Office of the President; 
Ricardo Mayoral, Acting Assistant Director for Countering Transnational 
Organized Crime, Homeland Security Investigations, Department of 
Homeland Security; and William Kimbell, Chief of Operations, Drug 
Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice.