[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 148 (Wednesday, September 10, 2025)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D905-D906]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nomination of Stephen Miran, of New York, to be 
a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
DEPOSIT INSURANCE REFORM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine evaluating perspectives on deposit insurance reform, 
after receiving testimony from Kenneth Kelly, First Independence Bank, 
on behalf of the American Bankers Association, Detroit, Michigan; Bob 
Harrison, First Hawaiian, Inc. and First Hawaiian Bank, on behalf of 
the Mid-Size Bank Coalition of America, Honolulu, Hawaii; Nicholas J. 
Podsiadly, Jones Day, Washington, D.C.; and Peter Rice, Hanscom Federal 
Credit Union, McLean, Virginia.
AMERICA'S AI ACTION PLAN
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness concluded a hearing to 
examine America's AI action plan, after receiving testimony from 
Michael J. Kratsios, Director, White House Office of Science and 
Technology Policy, Assistant to the President for Science and 
Technology.
WILDFIRE EMISSIONS PREVENTION ACT AND RENEWABLE FUEL FOR OCEAN-GOING 
VESSELS ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine a discussion draft of the Wildfire Emissions 
Prevention Act, and S. 881, to amend the Clean Air Act to include fuel 
for ocean-going vessels as additional renewable fuel for which credits 
may be generated under the renewable fuel program, after receiving 
testimony from Johnny Sabo, Georgia State Forester, Dry Branch, on 
behalf of the National Association of State Foresters; Jonathan Wood, 
Property and Environment Research

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Center, Bozeman, Montana; and Kathy J. Metcalf, Chamber of Shipping of 
America, Abirami Vijayan, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Nikita 
Pavlenko, International Council on Clean Transportation, all of 
Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nominations of Jonathan Greenstein, of New York, to be a Deputy Under 
Secretary, who was introduced by Senator Hagerty, and Donald Korb, of 
Ohio, to be Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service and an 
Assistant General Counsel, who was introduced by former Senator 
Portman, both of the Department of the Treasury, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
AMERICA'S FIRE APPARATUS CRISIS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census concluded a 
hearing to examine America's fire apparatus crisis, after receiving 
testimony from Dennis L. Rubin, Kansas City Fire Department, Kansas 
City, Kansas; Edward A. Kelly, International Association of Fire 
Fighters, Boston, Massachusetts; Basel J. Musharbash, Antimonopoly 
Counsel, Paris, Texas; Mike Virnig, REV Group, Brookfield, Wisconsin; 
and Dan Meyer, Pierce Manufacturing, Inc., Appleton, Wisconsin.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of William Kirkland, of Georgia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior.
FEDERAL ENERGY PROGRAMS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
Federal programs at the Department of Energy, after receiving testimony 
from Anna Maria Ortiz, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, 
Government Accountability Office; David Conrad, Acting Director and 
Deputy Director, Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs, 
Department of Energy; and Jocelyn Fenton, Denali Commission, Anchorage, 
Alaska.
NOMINATION
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of William Kirk, of Maryland, to be 
Inspector General, Small Business Administration, after the nominee, 
who was introduced by Senator Hawley, testified and answered questions 
in his own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Karen Brazell, of Maryland, to be Under 
Secretary for Benefits of the Department of Veterans Affairs, after the 
nominee, who was introduced by Senator Blackburn, testified and 
answered questions in her own behalf.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.