[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 11, 2026)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D264]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COLD WEATHER DIESEL RELIABILITY ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 3135, to require the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency to authorize manufacturers of certain 
vehicles to suspend engine derate or shutdown functions in prolonged 
cold weather conditions, after receiving testimony from Ryan Anderson, 
Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities Commissioner, 
Fairbanks; Todd Fornstrom, Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation, Pine Bluffs; 
and John Walke, Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, D.C.
FISCAL OUTLOOK
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and 
Economic Growth concluded a hearing to examine the fiscal outlook, 
2027-2036, after receiving testimony from Phillip L. Swagel, Director, 
Congressional Budget Office; Maya MacGuineas, Committee for a 
Responsible Federal Budget, Washington, D.C.; and Martha Gimbel, The 
Budget Lab at Yale, New Haven, Connecticut.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of Wesley Brooks, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary 
for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, 
William Long, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland, 
Robert Sweeney, of Texas, to be United States Director of the Asian 
Development Bank, with the rank of Ambassador, Frank Garcia, of 
Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the African 
Development Foundation, Lee Lipton, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of the Philippines, Asel Roberts, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia, Troy Edgar, of California, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador, and Jared Novelly, of 
Missouri, to be Ambassador to New Zealand, and to serve concurrently 
and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Independent 
State of Samoa, the Cook Islands, and Niue, all of the Department of 
State.
INDIAN WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENTS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine Federal policies governing Indian water rights settlements, 
including S. 953, to provide for the settlement of the water rights 
claims of the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the San Juan Southern 
Paiute Tribe, after receiving testimony from Senator Kelly; Scott 
Cameron, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, 
and Exercising the Delegated Authority of Bureau of Reclamation, 
Commissioner, Department of the Interior; Buu Nygren, Navajo Nation, 
Window Rock, Arizona; Lamar Keevama, Hopi Tribe, Kykotsmovi Village, 
Arizona; Johnny Lehi Jr., San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, Tuba City, 
Arizona.
SMALL BUSINESS PET ECONOMY
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine main street, focusing on growing the small business 
pet economy, including S. 1555, to increase loan limits for loans made 
to small manufacturers, after receiving testimony from Joshua Rodgers, 
Camp Bow Wow, on behalf of International Franchise Association, 
Parkville, Missouri; Rob Van Sickle, Polkadog, Milton, Massachusetts; 
and Gary Brown, Willowbrook Cremations, Princeton, West Virginia.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.
CHINA AND AMERICA'S DRUG SUPPLY
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
foreign dependence, focusing on China and America's drug supply, after 
receiving testimony from former Representative Ted Yoho, Kyle House 
Group, Welaka, Florida; Gordon G. Chang, Plan Red: China's Project to 
Destroy America, Bedminster, New Jersey; Rosemary Gibson, China Rx: 
Exposing the Risks of America's Dependence on China for Medicine, 
McLean, Virginia; and Chan Harjivan, Duke Margolis Institute for Health 
Policy, Washington, D.C.