[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 118 (Wednesday, July 9, 2025)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D701-D702] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) TYPE 1 DIABETES Committee on Appropriations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine a future without Type 1 Diabetes, focusing on accelerating breakthroughs and creating hope, after receiving testimony from Griffin P. Rodgers, Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; Ruby Whitmore, Old Town, Maine, and Rachel White, North Hampton, New Hampshire, both of Breakthrough T1D 2025 Children's Congress Delegate; and Katie Bone, Bernalillo, New Mexico. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies approved for full committee consideration an original bill entitled, ``Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026''. AUTHORIZATION: DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel approved for full committee consideration those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2026. AUTHORIZATION: DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity approved for full committee consideration those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2026. AUTHORIZATION: DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities approved for full committee consideration those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2026. AUTHORIZATION: NATIONAL DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill entitled, ``National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2026''. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Hung Cao, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of the Navy, and Michael Dodd, of Indiana, Jules Hurst III, of Virginia, Brent Ingraham, of Virginia, and William Gillis, of Virginia, each to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army, all of the Department of Defense, and 30 military nominations in the Air Force and Space Force. WALL STREET TO WEB3 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine from Wall Street to Web3, focusing on tomorrow's digital asset markets, including S. 1492, to require the Secretary of Commerce support the leadership of the United States with respect to the deployment, use, application, and competitiveness of blockchain technology, after receiving testimony from Summer Mersinger, Blockchain Association, Washington, D.C.; Jonathan Levin, Chainalysis, Inc., New York, New York; Daniel Robinson, Paradigm, and Brad Garlinghouse, Ripple, both of San Francisco, California; Timothy G. Massad, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Richard W. Painter, University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis. NOMINATIONS Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Neil Jacobs, of North Carolina, to be Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, and Taylor Jordan, of the District of Columbia, and Harry Kumar, of New York, both to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of Commerce, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. NOMINATIONS Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Lanny Erdos, of Ohio, to be Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, and Audrey Robertson, of Colorado, to be an Assistant Secretary (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy), Timothy John Walsh, of Colorado, to be an [[Page D702]] Assistant Secretary (Environmental Management), who was introduced by Senator McCormick, and David Eisner, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of Energy, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations 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, and 32 General Services Administration resolutions. NOMINATIONS Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Jeffrey Bartos, of Pennsylvania, to be Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, with the Rank of Ambassador, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, who was introduced by Senators Fetterman and McCormick, Lynda Blanchard, of Alabama, to be U.S. Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, with the rank of Ambassador, who was introduced by Senator Britt, Jennifer Locetta, of Florida, to be Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, who was introduced by Senator Moody, Anjani Sinha, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore, who was introduced by Senator Graham, and Kimberly Guilfoyle, of Florida, to be Ambassador to Greece, who was introduced by Senator Hagerty, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Susan Monarez, of Wisconsin, to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services. SECURING THE FUTURE OF HEALTH CARE Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine securing the future of health care, focusing on enhancing cybersecurity and protecting Americans' privacy, after receiving testimony from Greg Garcia, Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council Cybersecurity Working Group, and Robert Weissman, Public Citizen, both of Washington, D.C.; Rene Quashie, Consumer Technology Association, Arlington, Virginia; Linda Stevenson, Fisher-Titus Medical Center, Norwalk, Ohio; and Alison Galvani, Yale School of Public Health Center for Infectious Disease Modeling and Analysis, New Haven, Connecticut. INTELLIGENCE Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community. Committee recessed subject to the call.