[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 25, 2025)] [Daily Digest] [Page D290] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a closed briefing on the Department of Defense strategy on countering unmanned aerial systems from Leigh E. Nolan, performing the duties of Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Homeland Defense and Hemispheric Affairs, Douglas A. Beck, Director, Defense Innovation Unit, General Gregory M. Guillot, USAF, Commander, United States Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, and Rear Admiral Paul C. Spedero, Jr., USN, Vice Director for Operations, Joint Staff, all of the Department of Defense. AI CYBER CAPABILITIES Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity concluded open and closed hearings to examine harnessing artificial intelligence cyber capabilities, after receiving testimony from Kathleen Fisher, Director, Innovation Information Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Margaret Palmieri, Acting Director, Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office, Mitch Crosswait, Deputy Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, Net-Centric, Space and Missile Defense Systems, and Lieutenant General William J. Hartman, USA, Deputy Commander, United States Cyber Command, all of the Department of Defense; Jim Mitre, RAND Global and Emerging Risks; David Ferris, Cohere; and Dan Tadross, Scale AI. SHIPBUILDING Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower concluded a hearing to examine the state of conventional surface shipbuilding, after receiving testimony from Brett A. Seidle, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition, and Vice Admiral James P. Downey, USN, Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, Department of the Navy, both of the Department of Defense; and Shelby S. Oakley, Director, Contracting and National Security Acquisitions, Government Accountability Office. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported to consider the nomination of Mehmet Oz, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. NOMINATIONS Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Frank Bisignano, of New Jersey, to be Commissioner of Social Security Administration for the term expiring January 19, 2031, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf. NOMINATIONS Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Reed Rubinstein, of Maryland, to be Legal Adviser, who was introduced by Senator Cruz, Mike Huckabee, of Arkansas, to be Ambassador to the State of Israel, who was introduced by Senator Boozman, and Kevin Cabrera, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, who was introduced by Senator Scott (FL), all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. CENSORSHIP INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution concluded hearings to examine the censorship industrial complex, after receiving testimony from Mollie Hemingway, The Federalist, Jonathan Turley, and Mary Anne Franks, both of The George Washington University Law School, and Gabe Rottman, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, all of Washington, D.C.; and Benjamin Weingarten, Essex Falls, New Jersey. WORLDWIDE THREATS Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded open and closed hearings to examine worldwide threats, after receiving testimony from Tulsi Gabbard, Director, National Intelligence; John Ratcliffe, Director, Central Intelligence Agency; Kash P. Patel, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; Timothy D. Haugh, Director, National Security Agency/Central Security Service; and Jeffrey A. Kruse, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense.