[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 179 (Tuesday, October 28, 2025)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1085-D1086]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Marc Berkowitz, of Virginia, Joseph Jewell, of 
Indiana, who was introduced by Senator Banks, and James Caggy, of New 
York, each to be an Assistant Secretary, and Brendan Rogers, of 
Connecticut, who was introduced by Senator McCormick, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, all of the Department of Defense, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 3,475 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space 
Force.
REVIVING COMMERCIAL SHIPBUILDING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries concluded a hearing to examine 
reviving commercial shipbuilding, after receiving testimony from 
Matthew O. Paxton, Shipbuilders Council of America, Washington, D.C.; 
Jeff R. Vogel, TOTE Services, LLC, Jacksonville, Florida; Salvatore R. 
Mercogliano, Campbell University, Buies Creek, North Carolina; and 
Tuuli Snow, Snow and Company, Inc., Seattle, Washington.
SEED AND FERTILIZER INDUSTRIES
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
competition issues in the seed and fertilizer industries, after 
receiving testimony from Noah Coppess, Iowa Farm Bureau, Stanwood; John 
Latham, Latham Quality, Inc., Alexander, Iowa; Caleb Ragland, American 
Soybean Association, Magnolia, Kentucky; Corey Rosenbusch, The 
Fertilizer Institute, Arlington, Virginia; Andrew W. LaVigne, American 
Seed Trade Association, Alexandria, Virginia; and Diana Moss, 
Progressive Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.

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POLITICALLY VIOLENT ATTACKS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution concluded 
a hearing to examine politically violent attacks, focusing on a threat 
to our constitutional order, after receiving testimony from Chad F. 
Wolf, America First Policy Institute, William Braniff, American 
University, Daniel Hodges, Metropolitan Police Department, and Kyle 
Shideler, Center for Security Policy, all of Washington, D.C.; and 
Michael Knowles, Daily Wire, Nashville, Tennessee.