[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 142 (Thursday, September 12, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D875]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Lieutenant General Steven S. Nordhaus, USAF, to be 
general and Chief of the National Guard Bureau, and Vice Admiral Alvin 
Holsey, USN, to be admiral and Commander, United States Southern 
Command, both of the Department of Defense, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
PROTECTING AMERICANS' MONEY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine protecting Americans' money, focusing on combatting 
scams and frauds against seniors and savers, including S. 1481, to 
amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to postpone the date of 
payment or satisfaction upon redemption of certain securities in the 
case of the financial exploitation of specified adults, after receiving 
testimony from Carri Grube Lybarker, South Carolina Department of 
Consumer Affairs Administrator and Consumer Advocate, Columbia; Sheryl 
Harris, Cuyahoga County Department of Consumer Affairs, Cuyahoga, Ohio; 
and Amy Nofziger, AARP Fraud Watch Network, Washington, D.C.
ADVANCED COMPUTING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Department of Energy's lead role in conducting 
advanced computing research, application, and security, after receiving 
testimony from Helena Fu, Director, Office of Critical and Emerging 
Technologies, and Shaun Gleason, Director, Science-Security Initiative 
Integration, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, both of the Department of 
Energy; and Divyansh Kaushik, American Policy Ventures, Washington, 
D.C.
2025 TAX POLICY DEBATE
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 2025 
tax policy debate and tax avoidance strategies, after receiving 
testimony from Indivar Dutta-Gupta, Georgetown University McCourt 
School of Public Policy, Bob Lord, Patriotic Millionaires, Jeff 
Brabant, National Federation of Independent Business, and Daniel Bunn, 
Tax Foundation, all of Washington, D.C.
ANTI-NGO LAWS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine anti-NGO laws and other tools of democratic repression, after 
receiving testimony from Douglas Rutzen, International Center for Not-
For-Profit Law, and Yaqiu Wang, Freedom House, both of Washington, 
D.C.; and Eka Gigauri, Transparency International Georgia, Tbilisi.
STEWARD HEALTH CARE BANKRUPTCY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the bankruptcy of Steward Health Care, 
focusing on how management decisions have impacted patient care, after 
receiving testimony from Louisiana Representative Michael Echols, 
Monroe; Mayor Staci Albritton Mitchell, West Monroe, Louisiana; and 
Ellen MacInnis, formerly of the Steward St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, 
Boston, Massachusetts, and Audra Sprague, formerly of the Steward 
Nashoba Valley Medical Center, Lunenburg, Massachusetts, both on behalf 
of the Massachusetts Nurses Association.