[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 113 (Tuesday, July 9, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D709]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SEMIANNUAL MONETARY POLICY REPORT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress, 
after receiving testimony from Jerome H. Powell, Chair, Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
CBO BUDGET AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
Congressional Budget Office's updated 2024-2034 budget and economic 
outlook, after receiving testimony from Phillip L. Swagel, Director, 
Congressional Budget Office.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS SERVICE OVERSIGHT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the General Services Administration's Public Buildings Service, 
after receiving testimony from Elliot Doomes, Commissioner, Public 
Buildings Service, General Services Administration.
THE STATE OF CHILD CARE
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
state of child care, focusing on how Federal policy solutions can 
support families, close existing gaps, and strengthen economic growth, 
after receiving testimony from Ryan Page, Iowa Department of Health and 
Human Services, Des Moines; Fatima Goss Graves, National Women's Law 
Center, and Katharine B. Stevens, Center on Child and Family Policy, 
both of Washington, D.C.; and Megan Pratt, Oregon State University 
College of Health Hallie E. Ford Center for Healthy Children and 
Families, Corvallis.
EVERYDAY EXPENSES AND EVERYDAY AMERICANS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Children and Families concluded a hearing to examine everyday expenses 
and everyday Americans, focusing on how high costs impact children and 
families, after receiving testimony from Dan Lee, Farina Pasta and 
Noodle, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Emily Gee, Center for American 
Progress, and David R. Malpass, former President of the World Bank, 
both of Washington, D.C.; and Erin Wiggle, Worcester Township, 
Pennsylvania.
CLOSING THE JUSTICE GAP
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
closing the justice gap, focusing on how to make the civil justice 
system accessible to all Americans, after receiving testimony from 
Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht, The Supreme Court of Texas, Austin; 
Ronald S. Flagg, Legal Services Corporation, Washington, D.C.; Veronica 
Gonzalez, Legal Aid Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; and Nikole Nelson, 
Frontline Justice, Anchorage, Alaska.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.