[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 144 (Tuesday, September 17, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D890-D891]
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 Randall Reed, USAF, to be general 
and Commander, United States Transportation Command, and Lieutenant 
General Xavier T. Brunson, USA, to be general and Commander, United 
Nations Command/Combined Forces Command/United States Forces Korea, who 
was introduced by Representative Strickland, both of the Department of 
Defense, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf.
PRIVATE STUDENT LENDING AND SERVICING MARKET
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection concluded a hearing to 
examine risks and harm in the private student lending and servicing 
market, including S. 4686, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to 
require the disclosure of the annual percentage rates applicable to 
Federal student loans, and S. 2949, to require the Secretary of Defense 
to complete a data matching agreement with the Secretary of Education 
in order to ensure individuals who are current or former active-duty 
military service members or civilian employees and are otherwise 
eligible for assistance under the public service loan forgiveness 
program have their periods of employment automatically certified and 
counted towards the public service loan forgiveness program, after 
receiving testimony from Aissa Canchola Banez, Student Borrower 
Protection Center, and Beth Akers, American Enterprise Institute, both 
of Washington, D.C.; and Dalie Jimenez, University of California School 
of Law, Irvine.
LOWERING HEALTH CARE COSTS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine lowering 
health care costs for Americans, focusing on the Inflation Reduction 
Act, after receiving testimony from Jeanne M. Lambrew, The Century 
Foundation, New York, New York; Rena Conti, Boston University Questrom 
School of Business, Boston, Massachusetts; Kirsten Axelsen, American 
Enterprise Institute, and Theo Merkel, Paragon Health Institute and 
Manhattan Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; and Judith Aiken, 
Portland, Maine.
NATIONAL SECURITY
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the national security risks of replacing 
nonpartisan civil servants with political appointees, focusing on 
ensuring a trustworthy government, after receiving testimony from 
Elaine C. Duke, former Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security; 
Peter Levine, former Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel 
and Readiness; and Jenny Mattingley, Partnership for Public Service, 
and Thomas Devine, Government Accountability Project, both of 
Washington, D.C.
HATE CRIMES
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
stemming the tide of hate crimes in America, after receiving testimony 
from Maya M.

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Berry, Arab American Institute, Washington, D.C.; Kenneth S. Stern, 
Bard Center for the Study of Hate, New York, New York; and Rabbi Mark 
Goldfeder, National Jewish Advocacy Center, Atlanta, Georgia.
AI OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and 
the Law concluded an oversight hearing to examine AI, focusing on 
insiders' perspectives, after receiving testimony from Helen Toner, 
Georgetown University Center for Security and Emerging Technology, 
Washington, D.C.; William Saunders, OpenAI, and David Evan Harris, 
California Initiative for Technology and Democracy, both of San 
Francisco; and Margaret Mitchell, Seattle, Washington.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.