[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 76 (Thursday, May 2, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D440]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DOT
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 Transportation, after receiving testimony 
from Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation.
APPROPRIATIONS: VA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction, 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine 
proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2025, and 
fiscal year 2026 advance appropriations requests, for the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, after receiving testimony from Denis McDonough, 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
WORLDWIDE THREATS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine worldwide threats, after receiving testimony from 
Avril D. Haines, Director of National Intelligence; and Lieutenant 
General Jeffrey A. Kruse, USAF, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, 
Department of Defense.
SHRINKFLATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine how shrinkflation and technology impact consumers' 
finances, including S. 3819, to direct the Federal Trade Commission to 
issue regulations to establish shrinkflation as an unfair or deceptive 
act or practice, S. 3803, to make price gouging unlawful, to expand the 
ability of the Federal Trade Commission to seek permanent injunctions 
and equitable relief, and S. 346, to establish the Office of the 
Special Investigator for Competition Matters within the Department of 
Agriculture, after receiving testimony from Bilal Baydoun, Groundwork 
Collaborative, Washington, D.C.; and Ali R. Bustamante, Roosevelt 
Institute, and Allison Schrager, Manhattan Institute for Policy 
Research, both of New York, New York.
BROADBAND AFFORDABILITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Communications, Media, and Broadband concluded a hearing to examine the 
future of broadband affordability, after receiving testimony from 
Jennifer Case Nevarez, Community Learning Network, Santa Fe, New 
Mexico; Kathryn de Wit, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington, D.C.; 
Blair Levin, New Street Research, Chevy Chase, Maryland; and Paul 
Winfree, Economic Policy Innovation Center, Fairfax, Virginia.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2025 for the Department of the Interior, after receiving testimony 
from Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior.
MINORITY HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine what Congress can do to address the 
severe shortage of minority health care professionals and the maternal 
health crisis, after receiving testimony from Senator Butler; 
Representative Burgess; Yolanda Lawson, National Medical Association, 
Dallas, Texas; Samuel David Cook, The Morehouse School of Medicine, 
Atlanta, Georgia; Michael Galvez, Valley Children's Hospital, Madera, 
California; Jaines Andrades, Baystate Health, Springfield, 
Massachusetts; and Brian Stone, Jasper Urology Associates, Jasper, 
Alabama.