[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 60 (Thursday, April 3, 2025)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D334-D335]
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 European Command and 
United States Africa Command in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for fiscal year 2026 and the Future Years Defense Program, 
after receiving testimony from General Christopher G. Cavoli, USA, 
Commander, United States European Command and Supreme Allied Commander 
Europe, and General Michael E. Langley, USMC, Commander, United States 
Africa Command, both of the Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Paul Atkins, of Virginia, to be a 
Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Jonathan Gould, of 
Virginia, to be Comptroller of the Currency, and Luke Pettit, of the 
District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the 
Department of the Treasury, and Marcus Molinaro, of New York, to be 
Federal Transit Administrator, Department of Transportation.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nomination of Reed Rubinstein, of Maryland, to be Legal Adviser of 
the Department of State.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of David Perdue, of Georgia, to be Ambassador 
to the People's Republic of China, who was introduced by Senator 
Daines, and Monica Crowley, of New York, to be Chief of Protocol, and 
to have the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service, who was 
introduced by Senator Cruz, both of the Department of State, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Scott Kupor, of 
California, to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management, and 
Eric Matthew Ueland, of Virginia, to be Deputy Director for Management, 
Office of Management and Budget, who was introduced by former Senator 
Don Nickles, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 527, to require the Federal Trade Commission to study the role of 
intermediaries in the pharmaceutical supply chain and provide Congress 
with appropriate policy recommendations;

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  S. 1040, to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to prohibit 
product hopping;
  S. 1041, to amend title 35, United States Code, to address the 
infringement of patents that claim biological products;
  S. 1097, to amend title 35, United States Code, to establish an 
interagency task force between the United States Patent and Trademark 
Office and the Food and Drug Administration for purposes of sharing 
information and providing technical assistance with respect to patents;
  S. 1095, to enable the Federal Trade Commission to deter filing of 
sham citizen petitions to cover an attempt to interfere with approval 
of a competing generic drug or biosimilar, to foster competition, and 
facilitate the efficient review of petitions filed in good faith to 
raise legitimate public health concerns; and
  S. 1096, to prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating 
generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the 
market, and to prohibit biological product manufacturers from 
compensating biosimilar and interchangeable companies to delay the 
entry of biosimilar biological products and interchangeable biological 
products.