[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.