[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 9 (Thursday, January 16, 2025)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D45-D46]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the expected nomination of Eric Scott Turner, to be 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senator Cornyn, testified and answered questions in his 
own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the expected nomination of Doug Burgum, of North 
Dakota, to be Secretary of the Interior, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senators Hoeven and Cramer, testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the expected nomination of Lee M. Zeldin, of New 
York, to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, after 
the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Barrasso, testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
expected nomination of Scott Bessent, of South Carolina, to be 
Secretary of the

[[Page D46]]

Treasury, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Graham, 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
REMAIN IN MEXICO
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine Remain in Mexico, after receiving 
testimony from Kenneth Cuccinelli, former Senior Official Performing 
the Duties of Deputy Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, 
Spotsylvania, Virginia; Andrew R. Arthur, Center for Immigration 
Studies, Gastonia, North Carolina; and Adam Isacson, Washington Office 
on Latin America, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
adopted its rules of procedure, and ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the 
President of the United States possesses the authority under current 
law to take immediate and necessary action to secure the southwest 
border of the United States.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
expected nomination of Pamela Jo Bondi, to be Attorney General, 
Department of Justice, after receiving testimony from Nicholas B. Cox, 
Florida Office of Statewide Prosecution, Office of Attorney General, 
Tallahassee; Dave Aronberg, Dave Aronberg Law, P.A., West Palm Beach, 
Florida; Emery Gainey, former Alachua County Sheriff, Gainesville, 
Florida; and Lisa Gilbert, Public Citizen, and Mary B. McCord, 
Georgetown University Law Center Institute for Constitutional Advocacy 
and Protection, both of Washington, D.C.