    [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 2025)]
    [Daily Digest]
    [Pages D199-D200]
    From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

    Committee Meetings
    (Committees not listed did not meet)
    NOMINATION
    Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine
    the nomination of John Phelan, of Florida, to be Secretary of the Navy,
    after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Scott (FL), testified
    and answered questions in his own behalf.
    GLOBAL NUCLEAR AND MISSILE THREATS
    Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces received
    a closed briefing on global nuclear and missile threats from Nicholas
    Baynes, Senior Defense Intelligence Analyst for Weapons of Mass
    Destruction and Nuclear Issues Defense Counterproliferation Office,
    Gregory Kastner, Senior Intelligence Analyst, Defense
    Counterproliferation Office/China Mission Group, and Jason Adams,
    Senior Intelligence Officer, Defense Counterproliferation Office, all
    of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense.
    NOMINATIONS
    Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a
    hearing to examine the nominations of Stephen Miran, of New York, to be
    Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Jeffrey Kessler, of
    Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security,
    William Pulte, of Florida, to be Director of the Federal Housing
    Finance Agency, and Jonathan McKernan, of Tennessee, to be Director,
    Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, after the nominees testified
    and answered questions in their own behalf.
    BUSINESS MEETING
    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered
    favorably reported the nominations of Steven Bradbury, of Virginia, to
    be Deputy Secretary of Transportation, and routine lists in the Coast
    Guard.
    CARGO THEFT
    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on
    Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety concluded a
    hearing to examine cargo theft, focusing on the threat to consumers and
    the United States supply chain, after receiving testimony from Chief
    Will Johnson, BNSF Railway Police Department, Fort Worth, Texas, on
    behalf of the International Association of Chiefs of Police; Rob
    Howell, Academy Sports and Outdoors, Katy, Texas; Adam Blanchard,
    Tanager Logistics and Double Diamond Transport, San Antonio, Texas, on
    behalf of the American Trucking Associations; and Lewie Pugh, Owner-
    Operator Independent Drivers Association, Grain Valley, Missouri.
    BUSINESS MEETING
    Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee
    ordered favorably reported the nominations of Troy Edgar, of
    California, to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, and James
    Bishop, of North Carolina, to be Deputy Director of the Office of
    Management and Budget.
    BUSINESS MEETING
    Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered
    favorably reported the nomination of Lori Chavez-DeRemer, of Oregon, to
    be Secretary of Labor.
    NOMINATION
    Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee
    concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of
    Florida, to be Deputy Secretary of Labor, after the nominee, who was
    introduced by Senator Scott (FL) and former

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    Senator LeMieux, testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
    BUSINESS MEETING
    Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the
    following business items:
      S. 331, to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the
    scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, with an amendment in the
    nature of a substitute; and
      The nominations of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Deputy Attorney
    General, and Abigail Slater, of the District of Columbia, to be an
    Assistant Attorney General, both of the Department of Justice.