[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 96 (Wednesday, June 5, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D585]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CLIMATE AND INSURANCE MARKETS
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine how 
climate is already challenging insurance markets, after receiving 
testimony from Glen Mulready, Oklahoma Insurance Department, Oklahoma 
City; Rade Musulin, Finity Consulting, Sydney, Australia; Ishita Sen, 
Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts; E.J. Antoni, The 
Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.; and Deborah Wood, Tallahassee, 
Florida.
FHWA BUDGET OVERSIGHT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the budget of the Federal Highway 
Administration, after receiving testimony from Shailen Bhatt, 
Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
Transportation.
TRADE PREFERENCE PROGRAMS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
revitalizing and renewing GSP, AGOA and other trade preference 
programs, after receiving testimony from Florizelle B. Liser, Corporate 
Council on Africa, and Scott Lincicome, Cato Institute, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Melissa Nelson, SanMar Corporation, Issaquah, 
Washington; and Allison Gill, Global Labor Justice, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts.
FEDERAL CYBERSECURITY REGULATORY PROCESS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine streamlining the Federal cybersecurity 
regulatory process, focusing on the path to harmonization, after 
receiving testimony from Nick Leiserson, Assistant National Cyber 
Director for Cyber Policy and Programs, Office of the National Cyber 
Director, Executive Office of the President; and David B. Hinchman, 
Director, Information Technology and Cybersecurity, Government 
Accountability Office.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Embry J. Kidd, of Florida, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, Adam B. Abelson, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Maryland, who was introduced 
by Senators Cardin and Van Hollen, Joseph Francis Saporito, Jr., to be 
United States District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 
who was introduced by Senator Casey, and Meredith A. Vacca, to be 
United States District Judge for the Western District of New York, who 
was introduced by Senator Schumer, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
U.S. ECONOMIC LEADERSHIP
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Competition Policy, 
Antitrust, and Consumer Rights concluded a hearing to examine 
strengthening United States economic leadership, focusing on the role 
of competition in enhancing economic resiliency, after receiving 
testimony from Barry C. Lynn, The Open Markets Institute, and Richard 
Stern, The Heritage Foundation Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal 
Budget, both of Washington, D.C.; and Erin C. Fuse Brown, Georgia State 
University College of Law, Atlanta.
VETERANS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a joint hearing 
with the Special Committee on Aging to examine heroes at home, focusing 
on improving services for veterans and their caregivers, after 
receiving testimony from Andrea Sawyer, Quality of Life Foundation, 
Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Fred Sganga, National Association of 
State Veterans Homes, Long Island, New York; Meredith Beck, Elizabeth 
Dole Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Peter Townsend, Susquehanna, 
Pennsylvania; and Hannah Nieskens, Cardwell, Montana.
NOMINATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of John Bradford Wiegmann, of the District of 
Columbia, to be General Counsel of the Office of the Director of 
National Intelligence, after the nominee testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.