[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 87 (Thursday, May 22, 2025)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D532-D533]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2026 for the Department of Labor, after receiving testimony from 
Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Secretary of Labor.
APPROPRIATIONS: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2026 for the Food and Drug Administration, after receiving 
testimony from Martin A. Makary, Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Food 
and Drug Administration.
APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVES FORCES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2026 for the National Guard and Reserves Forces, after receiving 
testimony from General Steven S. Nordhaus, Chief, National Guard 
Bureau, Lieutenant General Robert D. Harter, Chief, Army Reserve, Rear 
Admiral Luke A. Frost, Director, Office of the Chief of Naval 
Operations, Lieutenant General Leonard F. Anderson IV, Commander, 
Marine Corps Reserve, and Lieutenant General John P. Healy, Chief, Air 
Force Reserve, all of the Department of Defense.
SECURING AMERICA
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine securing America, focusing on key authorities under 
the Defense Production Act, after receiving testimony from Mckinsey 
Lyon, Perpetua Resources, Donnelly, Idaho; Jared Brown, Global Shield, 
Evansville, Indiana; John G. McGinn, George Mason University Costello 
College of Business Greg and Camille Baroni Center for Government 
Contracting, Fairfax, Virginia; and Rush Doshi, Council on Foreign 
Relations, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Julie Hocker, of Virginia, to be 
an Assistant Secretary, Wayne Palmer, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Mine Safety and Health, and Henry Mack III, of Florida, 
to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of Labor, Marco 
Rajkovich, Jr., of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Review Commission, and Kirsten Baesler, of North Dakota, to 
be Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, Kevin 
O'Farrell, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary for

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Career, Technical, and Adult Education, and Nicholas Kent, of Virginia, 
to be Under Secretary, all of the Department of Education.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Terrance Cole, of Virginia, to be Administrator of Drug 
Enforcement, and Gadyaces Serralta, of Florida, to be Director of the 
United States Marshals Service, both of the Department of Justice.