[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 26, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D668-D670]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies held a markup on the Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 
FY 2025. The Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2025 was forwarded to the full 
Committee, without amendment.
COMBATING WORKPLACE ANTISEMITISM IN POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION: PROTECTING 
EMPLOYEES FROM DISCRIMINATION
Committee on Education and Workforce: Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protections held a hearing entitled ``Combating Workplace Antisemitism 
in Postsecondary Education: Protecting Employees from Discrimination''. 
Testimony was heard from Melissa Emrey-Arras, Director, Education, 
Workforce, and Income Security, Government Accountability Office; and 
public witnesses.
THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and 
Commerce held a hearing entitled ``The Fiscal Year 2025 Department of 
Commerce Budget''. Testimony was heard from Gina Raimondo, Secretary, 
Department of Commerce.
HOUSING OVERSIGHT: TESTIMONY OF THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND 
FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY INSPECTORS GENERAL
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance 
held a hearing entitled ``Housing Oversight: Testimony of the HUD and 
FHFA Inspectors General''. Testimony was heard from Rae Oliver Davis, 
Inspector General, Department of Housing and Urban Development; and 
Brian M. Tomney, Inspector General, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
STRESS TESTING: WHAT'S INSIDE THE BLACK BOX?
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions 
and Monetary Policy held a hearing entitled ``Stress Testing: What's 
Inside the Black Box?''. Testimony was heard from public witness.
ANALYZING THE FISCAL YEAR 25 STATE AND FOREIGN OPERATIONS BUDGET 
REQUEST FOR EUROPE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe held a hearing 
entitled ``Analyzing the Fiscal Year 25 State and Foreign Operations 
Budget Request for Europe''. Testimony was heard from James O'Brien, 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, 
Department of State; and Erin Elizabeth McKee, Assistant Administrator, 
Bureau for Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Agency for International 
Development.
FINDING 500,000: ADDRESSING AMERICA'S CYBER WORKFORCE GAP
Committee on Homeland Security: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``Finding 500,000: Addressing America's Cyber Workforce Gap''. 
Testimony was heard from Eric Hysen, Chief Information Officer, 
Department of Homeland Security; Leslie Beavers, Principal Deputy Chief 
Information Officer, Department of Defense; Rodney Petersen, Director, 
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce; and Seeyew Mo, 
Assistant National Cyber Director, Cyber Workforce, Training and 
Education, Office of the National Cyber Director.
PERSISTENT CHALLENGES: OVERSIGHT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
SECURITY'S OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYSIS
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law 
Enforcement, and Intelligence held a hearing entitled ``Persistent 
Challenges: Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security's Office 
of Intelligence and Analysis''. Testimony was heard from Ken Wainstein, 
Undersecretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland 
Security.

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THE U.S. COPYRIGHT OFFICE: CUSTOMERS, COMMUNITIES, AND MODERNIZATION 
EFFORTS
Committee on House Administration: Full Committee held a hearing 
entitled ``The U.S. Copyright Office: Customers, Communities, and 
Modernization Efforts''. Testimony was heard from Shira Perlmutter, 
Register of Copyrights and Director, U.S. Copyright Office, Library of 
Congress.
FOLLOW THE SCIENCE?: OVERSIGHT OF THE BIDEN COVID-19 ADMINISTRATIVE 
STATE RESPONSE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Administrative State, 
Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust, hearing entitled ``Follow the 
Science?: Oversight of the Biden Covid-19 Administrative State 
Response''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
RADIO, MUSIC, AND COPYRIGHTS: 100 YEARS OF INEQUITY FOR RECORDING 
ARTISTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual 
Property, and the Internet held a hearing entitled ``Radio, Music, and 
Copyrights: 100 Years of Inequity for Recording Artists''. Testimony 
was heard from public witnesses.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Indian and Insular 
Affairs held a hearing on H.R. 1208, to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, 
to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land 
into trust for Indian Tribes, and for other purposes; and H.R. 6180, 
the ``Poarch Band of Creek Indians Lands Act''. Testimony was heard 
from Kathryn Isom-Clause, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian 
Affairs, Department of the Interior; David Rabbitt, District 2 
Supervisor, Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, California; and public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Natural Resources: Full Committee held a markup on H.R. 
8790, the ``Fix Our Forests Act''. H.R. 8790 ordered reported, as 
amended.
DEFENDING AMERICA FROM THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY'S POLITICAL WARFARE, 
PART II
Committee on Oversight and Accountability: Full Committee held a 
hearing entitled ``Defending America from the Chinese Communist Party's 
Political Warfare, Part II''. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
SECURITY AT STAKE: AN EXAMINATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE'S STRUGGLING 
BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM
Committee on Oversight and Accountability: Subcommittee on Government 
Operations and the Federal Workforce held a hearing entitled ``Security 
at Stake: An Examination of DOD's Struggling Background Check System''. 
Testimony was heard from David Cattler, Director, Defense 
Counterintelligence and Security Agency, Department of Defense; and 
Alissa Czyz, Director, Defense Capabilities Management, Government 
Accountability Office.
AN OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FOR 
FISCAL YEAR 2025
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Full Committee held a 
hearing entitled ``An Overview of the Budget Proposal for the 
Department of Energy for Fiscal Year 2025''. Testimony was heard from 
David M. Turk, Deputy Secretary, Department of Energy.
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE: EXAMINING THE CENSORSHIP-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX AND 
ITS IMPACT ON AMERICAN SMALL BUSINESSES
Committee on Small Business: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``Under the Microscope: Examining the Censorship-Industrial Complex and 
its Impact on American Small Businesses''. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Full Committee held a 
markup on H.R. 8812, the ``Water Resources Development Act of 2024''; 
and ten General Services Administration Capital Investment and Leasing 
Program Resolutions. H.R. 8812 was ordered reported, as amended. Ten 
General Services Administration Capital Investment and Leasing Program 
Resolutions were adopted.
EXAMINING SHORTCOMINGS WITH VA'S NATIONAL WORK QUEUE VETERANS BENEFITS 
CLAIMS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Disability Assistance 
and Memorial Affairs held a hearing entitled ``Examining Shortcomings 
with VA's National Work Queue Veterans Benefits Claims Management 
System''. Testimony was heard from Willie Clark, Deputy Under 
Secretary, Field Operations, Veterans Benefits Administration, 
Department of Veterans Affairs; and public witnesses.

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THE CONTINUITY OF CARE: ASSESSING THE STRUCTURE OF VA'S HEALTHCARE 
NETWORK
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
entitled ``The Continuity of Care: Assessing the Structure of VA's 
Healthcare Network''. Testimony was heard from Alfred Montoya, Deputy 
Assistant Under Secretary for Health Operations, Veterans Health 
Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; Julie Kroviak, M.D., 
Principal Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Healthcare 
Inspections, Office of the Inspector General, Department of Veterans 
Affairs; and a public witness.
STRENGTHENING CHILD WELFARE AND PROTECTING AMERICA'S CHILDREN
Committee on Ways and Means: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``Strengthening Child Welfare and Protecting America's Children''. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
IMPROVING VALUE-BASED CARE FOR PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
entitled ``Improving Value-Based Care for Patients and Providers''. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FROM HIGH TECH TO HEAVY STEEL: COMBATTING THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF 
CHINA'S STRATEGY TO DOMINATE SEMICONDUCTORS, SHIPBUILDING, AND DRONES
Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States 
and the Chinese Communist Party: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``From High Tech to Heavy Steel: Combatting the PRC's Strategy to 
Dominate Semiconductors, Shipbuilding, and Drones''. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.