[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 25, 2025)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D655-D657]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Justice, 
after receiving testimony from Pamela J. Bondi, Attorney General, 
Department of Justice.
PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL MESSAGE
Committee on Appropriations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the President's special message of June 3, 2025, after receiving 
testimony from Senators Schmitt and Schatz; and Russell T. Vought, 
Director, Office of Management and Budget.

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NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support concluded a hearing to examine matters within the jurisdiction 
of the Assistant Secretaries for Energy, Installation, and Environment 
in support of the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, 
after receiving testimony from Dale R. Marks, Assistant Secretary for 
Energy, Installations, and Environment, Jeff L. Waksman, Acting 
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy, and 
Environment, Brenda M. Johnson-Turner, performing the Duties of the 
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and 
Environment, and Michael E. Saunders, Acting Assistant Secretary of the 
Air Force, Energy, Installations, and Environment, all of the 
Department of Defense.
SEMIANNUAL POLICY REPORT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the 
Congress, after receiving testimony from Jerome H. Powell, Chair, Board 
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 233, to amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy 
Reauthorization Act of 2006 to modify the authority of the Office of 
National Drug Control Policy with respect to the World Anti-Doping 
Agency, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 254, to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to protect 
the cultural practices and livelihoods of producers of Alaska Native 
handicrafts and marine mammal ivory products, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 434, to establish the Commercial Space Activity Advisory 
Committee, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 836, to amend the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 
to strengthen protections relating to the online collection, use, and 
disclosure of personal information of children and teens, with 
amendments;
  S. 1872, to direct the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study on 
the feasibility of manufacturing in the United States products for 
critical infrastructure sectors, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute; and
  The nominations of Bryan Bedford, of Indiana, to be Administrator of 
the Federal Aviation Administration, and routine lists in the Coast 
Guard.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Usha-Maria Turner, of Oklahoma, to 
be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
and David Wright, of South Carolina, to be a Member of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Susan Monarez, of 
Wisconsin, to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, after the nominee 
testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Emil J. Bove III, of Pennsylvania, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, and Edward L. Artau, to be 
United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, and 
Kyle Christopher Dudek, Jordan Emery Pratt, and Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe, 
who were each introduced by Senator Scott (FL), each to be a United 
States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, testified and 
answered questions on their own behalf.
AMERICAN ENERGY DOMINANCE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, 
Agency Action, and Federal Rights concluded a hearing to examine China 
and lawfare against American energy dominance, after receiving 
testimony from Kris Kobach, Kansas Attorney General, Topeka; and David 
Arkush, Public Citizen's Climate Program, and Scott Walter, Capital 
Research Center, both of Washington, D.C.
VETERANS CRISIS LINE
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine correcting mismanagement of the veterans crisis line, after 
receiving testimony from Brad Combs, former Veterans Crisis Line Lead 
Auditor, Indianapolis, Indiana, Marcia Blane, former Veterans Crisis 
Line Responder, Hampton, Georgia, Thomas O'Toole, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Health for Clinical Services, and Christopher Watson, 
Executive Director, Veterans Crisis Line, all of the Veterans Health 
Administration, Department of

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Veterans Affairs; and Alyssa M. Hundrup, Director, Health Care, 
Government Accountability Office.
NOMINATIONS
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of John Dever, of Illinois, to be General 
Counsel, George Wesley Street, of Virginia, to be Director of the 
National Counterintelligence and Security Center, and Christopher Fox, 
of Virginia, to be Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, all 
of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Matthew Kozma, 
of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Homeland Security for 
Intelligence and Analysis, and Peter Thomson, of Louisiana, to be 
Inspector General, Central Intelligence Agency, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR SENIORS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
how sports medicine can improve health outcomes for seniors, after 
receiving testimony from E. Lyle Cain, Jr., Andrews Sports Medicine and 
Orthopaedic Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Paul S. Legg, University of 
Charleston, Charleston, West Virginia; Jennifer Raymond, AgeSpan, 
Lawrence, Massachusetts; and Matt Hasselbeck, Nashville, Tennessee.