[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 81 (Thursday, May 9, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D474]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DOL
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 Labor, after receiving testimony from Julie 
Su, Acting Secretary of Labor.
CONSUMER PROTECTION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine consumer protection, focusing on examining fees in 
financial services and rental housing, including S. 3264, to establish 
a manufactured housing community improvement grant program, after 
receiving testimony from Adam Rust, Consumer Federation of America, and 
Santiago Sueiro, UnidosUS, both of Washington, D.C.; and Karen Madry, 
Afena Federal Credit Union, Marion, Indiana, on behalf of America's 
Credit Unions.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of John N. Nkengasong, of Georgia, to be 
Ambassador-At-Large for Global Health Security and Diplomacy, Kristen 
Sarri, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Oceans and 
International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, who was introduced 
by Senator Reed, Elizabeth K. Horst, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to 
the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Troy Fitrell, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Seychelles, and Kelly 
Adams-Smith, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Moldova, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 1979, to amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to 
arbitration of disputes involving age discrimination; and
  The nominations of Kevin Gafford Ritz, of Tennessee, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, Brian Edward Murphy, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, Rebecca 
L. Pennell, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Washington, and Jeannette A. Vargas, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of New York.