[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 85 (Thursday, May 16, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D506-D507]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 3,549 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine the posture of the Department of the Navy in review 
of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2025 and the 
Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Carlos Del 
Toro, Secretary of the Navy, Admiral Lisa M. Franchetti, USN, Chief of 
Naval Operations, and General Eric M. Smith, USMC, Commandant of the 
Marine Corps, all of the Department of Defense.
U.S. FINANCIAL REGULATORS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine United States financial regulators, 
focusing on accountability and financial stability, including S. 2190, 
a bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to increase bank 
executive accountability and to improve financial stability, after 
receiving testimony from Michael S. Barr, Vice Chair for Supervision, 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Martin J. Gruenberg, 
Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and Michael J. Hsu, 
Acting Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury.
FOREST SERVICE 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 Forest Service, after receiving testimony from Randy 
Moore, Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
RURAL HEALTH CARE
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine rural 
health care, focusing on supporting lives and improving communities, 
after receiving testimony from Keith J. Mueller, University of Iowa 
College of Public Health Rural Policy Research Institute, Iowa City; 
Lori Rodefeld, Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative, Sauk City; Michael 
Topchik, Chartis Center for Rural Health, Chicago, Illinois;

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and Jeremy Davis, Grande Ronde Hospital, La Grande, Oregon.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE MODERNIZATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine Department of State modernization and management, focusing on 
building a Department to address 21st century challenges, after 
receiving testimony from Richard R. Verma, Deputy Secretary of State 
for Management and Resources.
DENTAL CARE CRISIS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the dental care crisis in America, 
focusing on making dental care more affordable and more available, 
after receiving testimony from Lisa Simon, Brigham and Women's Hospital 
and Harvard Medical School, and Myechia Minter-Jordan, CareQuest 
Institute for Oral Health, both of Boston, Massachusetts; Brian J. 
Swann, Remote Area Medical, Rockford, Tennessee, on behalf of the 
National Dental Association; and Gordon R. Isbell III, Academy of 
General Dentistry, Gadsden, Alabama.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  S. 930, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 to provide public safety officer benefits for exposure-related 
cancers, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3335, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 to establish a grant program to help law enforcement agencies with 
civilian law enforcement tasks, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute; and
  S. 4235, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 to reauthorize grants to support for law enforcement officers and 
families.