[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 11, 2025)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D247-D248] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded a hearing to examine risk management, credit, and rural business views on the agricultural economy, focusing on views from the field, after receiving testimony from Tara Durbin, Farm Credit Mid-America, Louisville, Kentucky; Caleb Hopkins, First Dakota National Bank, Halibur, Iowa, on behalf of American Bankers Association; Sedrick Rowe, Rowe Organic Farms, Albany, Georgia; Dalynn Hoch, Rural Community Insurance Services, Anoka, Minnesota; and Ben Noble, Riceland Foods, Stuttgart, Arkansas. MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine stabilizing the Military Health System to prepare for large-scale combat operations, after receiving testimony from Lieutenant General Douglas J. Robb, USAF (Ret.), former Director of the Defense Health Agency, Major General Paul A. Friedrichs, USAF (Ret.), former Joint Staff Surgeon, and Colonel Jeremy W. Cannon, USAFR (Ret.), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, all of the Department of Defense. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Stephen Feinberg, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary, and John Phelan, of Florida, to be Secretary of the Navy, both of the Department of Defense. STOP CSAM ACT Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism concluded a hearing to examine the STOP CSAM Act, after receiving testimony from Michelle DeLaune, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Alexandria, Virginia; Greg Schiller, Child Rescue Coalition, Boca Raton, Florida; John Tanagho, International Justice Mission, Washington, D.C.; John Pizzuro, Raven, Irving, Texas; and Taylor Sines, Maryland. LEGISLATION Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 124, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for disciplinary procedures for supervisors and managers at the Department of Veterans Affairs and to modify the procedures of personnel actions against employees of the Department, S. 201, to provide for a study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on the prevalence and mortality of cancer among individuals who served as active duty aircrew in the Armed Forces, S. 275, to improve the provision of care and services under the Veterans Community Care Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 410, to amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to improve benefits and services for surviving spouses, S. 478, to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from transmitting certain information to the Department of Justice for use by the national instant criminal background check system, S. 607, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish an integrated project team to improve the process for scheduling appointments for health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 610, to expand [[Page D248]] the VetSuccess on Campus program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 611, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans, S. 654, to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish an external provider scheduling program to assist the Department of Veterans Affairs in scheduling appointments for care and services under the Veterans Community Care Program, S. 702, to require a study on the quality of care difference between mental health and addiction therapy care provided by health care providers of the Department of Veterans Affairs compared to non-Department providers, S. 787, to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a commission to review operations at the Veterans Health Administration and submit to Congress reports with respect to that review, and for other programs, S. 831, to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve telephone communication by the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 892, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the repayment by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of benefits misused by a fiduciary, an original bill entitled, ``Veterans' Claims Act of 2025'', and an original bill entitled, ``Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act'', after receiving testimony from Mark R. Engelbaum, Assistant Secretary, Office of Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness, Al Montoya, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Veterans Health Administration, and Melissa Cohen, Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Oversight, Kenesha Britton, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Field Operations, Kevin Friel, Executive Director, Pension and Fiduciary Service, each of the Veterans Benefits Administration, all of the Department of Veterans Affairs; and Cole Lyle, The American Legion, Ashlynne Haycock-Lohmann, Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, and Patrick Murray, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, all of Washington, D.C.