[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 29, 2026)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D458-D460] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the National Nuclear Security Administration, after receiving testimony from Matthew Napoli, Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, David Beck, Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, and Brandon M. Williams, Administrator, all of the National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Kevin Warsh, of Florida, to be a Member and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUDGET Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of the Interior, after receiving testimony from Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY BUDGET Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving testimony from Lee M. Zeldin, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. COVID-19 VACCINE SAFETY Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations concluded a hearing to examine Biden health officials and COVID-19 vaccine safety signals, after receiving testimony from David Wiseman, Synechion, Inc., Dallas, Texas; Karl Jablonowski, Children's Health Defense, Mountlake Terrace, Washington; and Maria Young, North Bethesda, Maryland. NOMINATIONS Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Michael J. Hendershot, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, who was introduced by Senator Husted, Jeffrey T. Kuntz, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, and Arthur Roberts Jones and John George Edward Marck, each to be a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. AMERICAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the American entrepreneurship for 250 years, focusing on driving innovation, growth, and opportunity, after receiving testimony from Rosie Rios, U.S. Semiquincentennial [[Page D459]] Commission, Washington, D.C.; Liz G. Sweet, Massachusetts Immigration and Refugee Advocacy Coalition, Boston; Catherine S. Dority, Explore Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina; and Amanda Grappone Osmer, Grappone Automotive, Concord, New Hampshire. VETERANS AFFAIRS LEGISLATION Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 749, to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend increased dependency and indemnity compensation paid to surviving spouses of veterans who die from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, regardless of how long the veterans had such disease prior to death, S. 1127, to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for memorial headstones and markers furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to certain individuals who died before November 11, 1998, S. 3000, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to identify and report instances of disability benefit questionnaire fraud, S. 3098, to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to publish information about conditions and cohorts the Department of Veterans Affairs is considering for purposes of establishing or removing presumptions of service connection regarding toxic exposure, S. 3170, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to implement an automated system with callback functionality for each customer service telephone line of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 3286, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve processes relating to appeals of decisions regarding claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, S. 3311, to amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate conflicts of interest in peer review for quality management of care conducted by the Veterans Health Administration, S. 3395, to expand the telescreening mammography pilot program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 3591, to require the Secretary of Labor, in coordination with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to develop a notice detailing benefits available to veterans, and to require employers to display such notice, S. 3647, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a program to address bowel and bladder care needs for veterans with spinal cord injuries and disorders, S. 3653, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out efforts to inform veterans of their rights with regards to the receipt of health care, benefits, and services furnished under provisions of law administered by the Secretary, S. 3706, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the provision of produce prescriptions to veterans, S. 3726, to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the President to define veteran success and to develop and implement a National Veterans Strategy, S. 3988, to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to offer annual preventative health evaluations to veterans with a spinal cord injury or disorder and increase access to assistive technologies, S. 3992, to amend title 10, United States Code, to codify authority for the Joint Medical Facility Fund of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 3993, to amend title 38, United States Code, and title 10, United States Code, to eliminate those provisions relating to veterans educational assistance that disadvantage eligible individuals who choose to pursue programs of apprenticeship or other on-job training instead of a four-year college degree, S. 3999, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that women veterans may schedule appointments for women's specialty care under the laws administered by the Secretary without requiring a referral, S. 4043, to amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide treatment and rehabilitation for seriously mentally ill and homeless veterans, S. 4108, to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase burial and funeral expenses paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the case of death from a service-connected disability, S. 4140, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the Department of Veterans Affairs schedule for rating disabilities, S. 4197, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a program under which the Secretary shall award grants to certain State entities to expand access to structured outdoor recreation programs for veterans that enhance veteran wellness, S. 4220, to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish within the Veterans Health Administration an Office of Novel Therapeutics, S. 4400, to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop a five-year human capital plan to support the mission and responsibilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs and to require the Secretary provide notice before carrying out a reduction in force, an original bill entitled ``Veteran Acquired Brain Injury Caregiving Act'', and an original bill entitled ``Maternal Health for Veterans Act'', after receiving testimony from Margarita Devlin, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits, performing the duties of the Under Secretary of Benefits, Veterans Benefits Administration, and Mark A. Koeniger, Acting Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Patient Care Services, Veterans Health Administration, and David J. Barrans, Deputy Vice Chairman and the Clerk of the Board, Board of Veterans' Appeals, all of the Department of Veterans Affairs; and Brian Dempsey, Wounded Warrior Project, Joe Chenelly, AMVETS, [[Page D460]] and Jennifer Goodale, Military Officers Association of America, all of Washington, D.C. INTELLIGENCE Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community. Committee recessed subject to the call.