[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 30 (Thursday, February 12, 2026)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D191-D193]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SEC OVERSIGHT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold oversight 
hearings to examine the Securities and Exchange Commission, after 
receiving testimony from Paul S. Atkins, Chairman, Securities and 
Exchange Commission.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 71, to require Amtrak to install baby changing tables in bathrooms 
on passenger rail cars, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 1898, to establish a demonstration program for the active 
remediation of orbital debris and to require the development of uniform 
orbital debris standard practices in order to support a safe and 
sustainable orbital environment;
  S. 2585, to modernize and improve the Broadband Funding Map in order 
to promote the most efficient use of Federal funds for broadband 
deployment, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3199, to establish a multi-stakeholder advisory committee tasked 
with providing detailed recommendations to address challenges to 
transmitting geolocation information with calls to the 988 Suicide and 
Crisis Lifeline, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3266, to support the athletic programs of the United States 
Merchant Marine Academy, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 3468, to establish a national programmable cloud laboratories 
network to enhance research efficiency, innovation, and collaboration, 
with an amendment;
  S. 3639, to expedite processing of satellite and space licenses, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3700, to establish an expert review panel to make recommendations 
for a comprehensive agency-wide safety management system at the FAA, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  Routine lists in the Coast Guard.
DCA MIDAIR COLLISION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the NTSB final report on the DCA midair collision, 
after receiving testimony from Jennifer Homendy, Chairwoman, National 
Transportation Safety Board, Department of Transportation.
ENERGY BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands, Forests, and Mining concluded a hearing to examine S. 462, to 
provide for economic development and conservation in Washoe County, 
Nevada, S. 1349, to withdraw the National Forest System land in the 
Ruby Mountains subdistrict of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and 
the National Wildlife Refuge System land in Ruby Lake National Wildlife 
Refuge, Elko and

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White Pine Counties, Nevada, from operation under the mineral leasing 
laws, S. 1464, to withdraw certain Bureau of Land Management land from 
mineral development, S. 1497, to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. 
Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to establish the Cerro de 
la Olla Wilderness in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument and to 
modify the boundary of the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, S. 
1981, to require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the 
Interior to utilize grazing for wildfire risk reduction, S. 2417, to 
direct the Secretary of Agriculture to issue a special use permit with 
respect to the maintaining of a flagpole bearing the flag of the United 
States at Kyhv Peak Lookout Point, Utah, S. 2554, to provide for the 
recognition of certain Alaska Native communities and the settlement of 
certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, S. 2754, 
to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the City of Ouray, 
Colorado, certain land managed by the Forest Service, together with a 
reservoir, S. 2787, to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 to ensure that ranchers who have grazing agreements on national 
grasslands are treated the same as permittees on other Federal land, S. 
2860, to unleash United States offshore critical minerals and 
resources, S. 2968, to ensure access to certain public land, S. 3004, 
to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Bureau of 
Land Management land to the city of Price, Utah, S. 3082, to prohibit 
oil and natural gas exploration, development, and production in certain 
areas of the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Florida, Georgia, 
and South Carolina, S. 3493, to provide for the conveyance of certain 
Federal land in Carson City, Nevada, S. 3526, to provide for the 
protection of and investment in certain Federal land in the State of 
California, S. 3527, to release from wilderness study area designation 
certain land in the State of Montana, to improve the management of that 
land, S. 3695, to amend Public Law 96-586 to modernize the authority of 
the Forest Service to acquire and administer land under that Act, H.R. 
204, to require
that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior 
    submit accurate reports regarding hazardous fuels reduction 
    activities, H.R. 677, to establish a process to expedite the review 
    of appeals of certain decisions by the Department of the Interior, 
    H.R. 952, to convey the reversionary interest of the United States 
    in certain land in Sacramento, California, H.R. 1829, to require 
    the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands within the 
    Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, H.R. 3872, to amend the Mineral 
    Leasing Act for Acquired Lands to make that Act applicable to 
    hardrock minerals, H.R. 3937, to provide for the conveyance of 
    certain Federal land in Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, after 
    receiving testimony from Jon Raby, Nevada State Director, Bureau of 
    Land Management, Department of the Interior; Christopher French, 
    Associate Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Ty 
    Checketts, Association of National Grasslands, Newcastle, Wyoming; 
    and Julie W. Regan, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, Stateline, 
    Nevada.
U.S.-MEXICO-CANADA AGREEMENT
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, focusing on evaluating North American 
competitiveness, after receiving testimony from former Representative 
Kevin Brady; Eric Gottwald, AFL-CIO, and Paul McCarthy, MEMA, The 
Vehicle Suppliers Association, both of Washington, D.C.; and Ted Vander 
Schaaf, Vander Schaaf Farms, Kuna, Idaho.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Wesley Brooks, of Florida, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific 
Affairs, who was introduced by Representative Mast, Jeremy Carl, of 
Montana, to be an Assistant Secretary (International Organizations), 
who was introduced by Senator Daines, and William Long, of Missouri, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland, who was introduced by former 
Senator Blunt, all of the Department of State, and Robert Sweeney, of 
Texas, to be United States Director of the Asian Development Bank, with 
the rank of Ambassador, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
OVERSIGHT HEARING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded an oversight hearing, after receiving testimony from 
Representative Emmer; Joseph B. Edlow, Director, Citizenship and 
Immigration Services, Rodney S. Scott, Commission, Customs and Border 
Protection, and Todd M. Lyons, Senior Official Performing the Duties of 
the Director, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, all of the 
Department of Homeland Security; and Minnesota State Representative 
Harry Niska, Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General, and Paul 
Schnell, Minnesota Department of Corrections, all of Saint Paul.
CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FRAUD
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine preventing fraud in child care 
assistance programs, after

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receiving testimony from Henry Wilde, Acelero Learning, Madison, 
Wisconsin; Paula Polito, Beary Cherry Tree Child Development Center, 
Jefferson Parish, Louisiana; and Liz Denson, Early Connections Learning 
Centers, Colorado Springs, Colorado.