[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 146 (Thursday, September 19, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D915-D916]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COAST GUARD DRUG INTERDICTION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Oceans, Fisheries, Climate Change, and Manufacturing concluded a 
hearing to examine Coast Guard drug interdiction and enforcement in the 
maritime environment, including actions needed to address persistent 
challenges hindering efforts to counter illicit maritime drug 
smuggling, after receiving testimony from Admiral Kevin E. Lunday, Vice 
Commandant, Rear Admiral Jo-Ann Burdian, Director, Joint Interagency 
Task Force South, and Rear Admiral Bob Little, Director, Joint 
Interagency Task Force West, all of the Coast Guard, Department of 
Homeland Security; and Heather MacLeod, Director, Homeland Security and 
Justice, Government Accountability Office.
FUSION ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine fusion energy technology development and 
commercialization efforts, after receiving testimony from Jean Paul 
Allain, Associate Director for Fusion Energy Sciences, Office of 
Science, Department of Energy; Jackie Siebens, Helion Energy, Everett, 
Washington; and Patrick White, Nuclear Innovation Alliance, Brewster, 
Massachusetts.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of John W. McIntyre, of Texas, to be Ambassador 
to the Kingdom of Eswatini, Jeremey Neitzke, of Illinois, to be

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Ambassador to the Kingdom of Lesotho, Abigail L. Dressel, of 
Connecticut, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Angola, and to serve 
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the 
Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, who was introduced by 
Senator Murphy, James Holtsnider, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to the 
Independent State of Samoa, Brian K. Stimmler, of Nebraska, to be 
Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic, Amanda S. Jacobsen, of Washington, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Keith D. 
Hanigan, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Solomon Islands, Kali 
C. Jones, of Louisiana, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Benin, 
Stephanie A. Miley, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of The Gambia, and Christophe Andre Tocco, of California, to be 
Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, all of the Department 
of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  An original resolution directing the Senate Legal Counsel to bring a 
civil action to enforce a subpoena of the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; and
  An original resolution authorizing the President of the Senate to 
certify the report of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the Senate regarding the refusal of Dr. Ralph de la Torre 
to appear and testify before the Committee.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Byron B. Conway, to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Jonathan E. Hawley, to be United 
States District Judge for the Central District of Illinois, April M. 
Perry, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
Illinois, Gail A. Weilheimer, to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and Joseph R. Adams, to be United 
States Marshal for the Northern District of West Virginia, and David L. 
Lemmon II, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of 
West Virginia, both of the Department of Justice.
FIGHTING FRAUD
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
how scammers are stealing from older adults, focusing on fighting 
fraud, after receiving testimony from Susan Whittaker, Lehigh County 
Aging and Adult Services, Allentown, Pennsylvania; Scott Pirrello, San 
Diego District Attorney's Office, San Diego, California; Kathy Stokes, 
AARP Fraud Watch Network, Washington, D.C.; and Nancy Gilmer Moore, 
Indiana Association of Area Agencies on Aging, Indianapolis.