[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 80 (Wednesday, May 8, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D463-D465]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: FDA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2025 for the Food and Drug 
Administration, after receiving testimony from Robert M. Califf, 
Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and 
Human Services.
APPROPRIATIONS: DOD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a 
hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for 
fiscal year 2025 for the Department of Defense, after receiving 
testimony from Lloyd J. Austin III, Secretary, and General Charles Q. 
Brown, Jr., USAF, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, both of the 
Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: INTERIOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates and justification for fiscal year 2025 for the Department of 
the Interior, after receiving testimony from Deb Haaland, Secretary of 
the Interior.
APPROPRIATIONS: CBO, GAO, GPO
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2025 for the Congressional Budget Office, 
the Government Accountability Office, and the Government Publishing 
Office, after receiving testimony from Phillip Swagel, Director, 
Congressional Budget Office; Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the 
United States, Government Accountability Office; and Hugh N. Halpern, 
Director, Government Publishing Office.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a 
hearing to examine military and civilian personnel programs in the 
Department of

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Defense in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 
2025 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony 
from Ashish S. Vazirani, performing the duties of the Under Secretary 
for Personnel and Readiness, Ronald T. Keohane, Assistant Secretary for 
Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Lester Martinez-Lopez, Assistant 
Secretary for Health Affairs, Elizabeth B. Foster, Executive Director 
of the Office of Force Resiliency, Lieutenant General Douglas F. Stitt, 
USA, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, G-1, United States Army, Vice 
Admiral Richard J. Cheeseman, Jr., USN, Deputy Chief of Naval 
Operations for Personnel, Manpower, and Training, N1, United States 
Navy, Lieutenant General James F. Glynn, USMC, Deputy Commandant for 
Manpower and Reserve Affairs, United States Marine Corps, Lieutenant 
General Caroline M. Miller, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, 
Personnel, and Services, A1, United States Air Force, and Katharine 
Kelley, Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Human Capital, United 
States Space Force, all of the Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland concluded a 
hearing to examine Air Force modernization in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2025 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from Andrew P. Hunter, Assistant 
Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, 
Lieutenant General Adrian L. Spain, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for 
Operations, Lieutenant General David A. Harris, USAF, Deputy Chief of 
Staff for Strategy, Integration, and Requirements, and Lieutenant 
General Richard G. Moore, Jr., USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans 
and Programs, all of the Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing to examine Department of Defense missile defense activities 
in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2025 and 
the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from John 
D. Hill, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Space and Missile Defense, 
General Gregory M. Guillot, USAF, Commander, United States Northern 
Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, Lieutenant 
General Heath A. Collins, USAF, Director, Missile Defense Agency, and 
Lieutenant General Sean A. Gainey, USA, Commanding General, United 
States Army Space and Missile Defense Command, all of the Department of 
Defense.
ADMINISTRATIVE BURDENS IN HEALTH CARE
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
alleviating administrative burdens in health care, focusing on reducing 
paperwork and cutting costs, after receiving testimony from David M. 
Cutler, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Noah Benedict, 
Rhode Island Primary Care Physicians Corporation, Cranston; and Anthony 
M. DiGiorgio, University of California, San Francisco.
STRENGTHENING DATA SECURITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security concluded a 
hearing to examine strengthening data security to protect consumers, 
after receiving testimony from James Everett Lee, Identity Theft 
Resource Center, Raleigh, North Carolina; Sam Kaplan, Palo Alto 
Networks, Santa Clara, California; Prem M. Trivedi, New America's Open 
Technology Institute, Washington, D.C.; and Jake Parker, Security 
Industry Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
EPA BUDGET
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2025 for the Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving 
testimony from Michael S. Regan, Administrator, Environmental 
Protection Agency.
ALYCE SPOTTED BEAR AND WALTER SOBOLEFF COMMISSION'S REPORT ON NATIVE 
CHILDREN
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee received a briefing on the Alyce 
Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission's Report on Native Children 
from Gloria O'Neill, Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc., and Don Gray, 
Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation, both of Anchorage, Alaska; Tami 
DeCoteau, DeCoteau Trauma-Informed Care and Practice, PLLC, and Leander 
McDonald, United Tribes Technical College, both of Bismarck, North 
Dakota; Anita Fineday, White Earth Nation, Brainerd, Minnesota; Delia 
Ulima, HI H.O.P.E.S. Initiative, EPIC 'Ohana Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii; 
and Gil Vigil, and Sarah Kastelic, both of the National Indian Child 
Welfare Association, Portland, Oregon.
PROTECTING IMMIGRANT YOUTH
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the urgent need to protect immigrant youth, after receiving testimony 
from Mitchell

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Soto Rodriguez, Blue Island Police Department, Blue Island, Illinois; 
Maria Gabriela Pacheco, TheDream.US, Miami, Florida; Tom K. Wong, 
University of California U.S. Immigration Policy Center, San Diego; 
Jessica M. Vaughan, Center for Immigration Studies, Washington, D.C.; 
and Tammy Nobles, Norfolk, Virginia.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.