[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D224-D225]
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 Mark Ditlevson, of Minnesota, and Brian Birdwell, of 
Texas, who was introduced by Senator Cruz, both to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Defense, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 445 
military nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
RIGHTSIZING REGULATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine an update from the Prudential regulators, focusing 
on rightsizing regulation to promote American opportunity, after 
receiving testimony from Michelle W. Bowman, Vice Chair for 
Supervision, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Travis 
Hill, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Jonathan V. 
Gould, Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury; and 
Kyle S. Hauptman, Chairman, National Credit Union Administration.
TECH COMPETITION, CRITICAL MINERALS, AND SUPPLY CHAIN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on 
tech competition, critical minerals, and supply chain security from 
Jacob Helberg, Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1602, to coordinate Federal research and development efforts 
focused on modernizing mathematics in STEM education through 
mathematical and statistical modeling, including data-driven and 
computational thinking, problem, project, and performance-based 
learning and assessment, interdisciplinary exploration, and career 
connections;
  S. 3747, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to recognize 
students who have completed secondary school education in a home school 
setting as high school graduates;
  S. 1552, to promote and protect from discrimination living organ 
donors, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  S. 3315, to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services and 
the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to 
coordinate to improve cybersecurity in the health care and public 
health sectors with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:

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  H.R. 6719, to prohibit threats to a minor, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Gregory Gilmore, to be United States Attorney for 
the Central District of Illinois.
FDA BUREAUCRACY
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
FDA bureaucracy, focusing on regulator to roadblock, after receiving 
testimony from Annie Kennedy, EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases, 
Washington, D.C.; Jeremy D. Schmahmann, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 
Massachusetts; Bradley Campbell, Amicus Therapeutics, Princeton, New 
Jersey; and Cara O'Neill, Cure Sanfilippo Foundation, Columbia, South 
Carolina.