[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 122 (Wednesday, July 16, 2025)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D732]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Derek Barrs, of Florida, to be 
Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, who 
was introduced by Senator Scott (FL), and Jonathan Morrison, of 
California, to be Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, and Paul Roberti, of Rhode Island, to be Administrator 
of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, who was 
introduced by Senator Whitehouse, both of the Department of 
Transportation, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION REAUTHORIZATION BILL
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine constructing the surface transportation 
reauthorization bill, focusing on stakeholders' perspectives, after 
receiving testimony from North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong, 
Bismarck; Mayor Kate Gallego, Phoenix, Arizona; and Austin Ramirez, 
Husco, Waukesha, Wisconsin.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of Anjani Sinha, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Singapore, 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, Lynda Blanchard, of Alabama, to 
be U.S. Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and 
Agriculture, with the rank of Ambassador, Kimberly Guilfoyle, of 
Florida, to be Ambassador to Greece, and 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, 
all of the Department of State.
STATE DEPARTMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine reforming the State Department to compete in the 21st century, 
after receiving testimony from Michael Rigas, Deputy Secretary of State 
for Management and Resources.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Crystal Carey, of New 
Jersey, to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board for 
term of four years, Brian Christine, of Alabama, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, who was introduced by Senator 
Tuberville, and Brittany Panuccio, of Florida, to be a Member of the 
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
COPYRIGHTED WORKS FOR AI TRAINING
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism 
concluded a hearing to examine the AI industry's mass ingestion of 
copyrighted works for AI training, after receiving testimony from 
Maxwell V. Pritt, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, San Francisco, 
California; Michael D. Smith, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania; Bhamati Viswanathan, New England Law, Boston, 
Massachusetts; Edward Lee, Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa 
Clara, California; and David Baldacci, Richmond, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1555, to increase loan limits for loans made to small 
manufacturers, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1199, to extend the statute of limitations for fraud under certain 
pandemic programs, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2232, to expand the surety bond program under the Small Business 
Investment Act of 1958, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute; and
  S. 1703, to require the Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration to improve access to disaster assistance for individuals 
located in rural areas.