[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 2025)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D152]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine the posture of United States Northern Command and 
United States Southern Command in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for Fiscal Year 2026 and the Future Years Defense Program, 
after receiving testimony from General Gregory M. Guillot, USAF, 
Commander, United States Northern Command and North American Aerospace 
Defense Command, and Admiral Alvin Holsey, USN, Commander, United 
States Southern Command, both of the Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution (S. Res. 78) authorizing expenditures by the 
Committee, and adopted its rules of procedure for the 119th Congress.
SYRIA AFTER ASSAD
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine navigating Syria policy after Assad, after receiving testimony 
from Michael Singh, and Dana Stroul, both of The Washington Institute 
for Near East Policy, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res. 77) 
authorizing expenditures by the committee.
ELIMINATING WASTE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine eliminating waste by the foreign aid 
bureaucracy, after receiving testimony from Michael Shellenberger, 
Public, Albany, California; and William Ruger, American Institute for 
Economic Research, Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
NOMINATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Linda McMahon, of 
Connecticut, to be Secretary of Education, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senators Scott (SC) and Britt, testified and answered 
questions in her own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Kashyap Patel, of Nevada, to be Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.