[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 115 (Wednesday, July 15, 2026)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D711-D712] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) TRICARE PHARMACY PROGRAM Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a hearing to examine the TRICARE pharmacy program, after receiving testimony from David Smith, Deputy Director, Defense Health Agency, Department of Defense; Adam Kautzner, Express Scripts and Evernorth Care Management, St. Louis, Missouri; Micah Lansford, Roden-Smith Pharmacy, Clovis, New Mexico; and Greg Reybold, American Pharmacy Cooperative, Inc., Bessemer, Alabama. SEMIANNUAL MONETARY POLICY REPORT Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress, after receiving testimony from Kevin Warsh, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. LEGISLATION Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining concluded a hearing to examine S. 1791, to designate certain special management areas, wildlife conservation areas, protection areas, recreation areas, wilderness areas, and a scientific research and education area in the State of Colorado, S. 4200, to promote conservation, improve public land, and provide for sensible development in Douglas County, Nevada, S. 4239, to require the Secretary of the Interior to annually submit to Congress, and make publicly available on a website, a report on decommissioning offshore oil and gas wells, platforms, and pipelines, S. 4383, to appoint a Geothermal Ombudsman and establish a Geothermal Permitting Task Force from within the Bureau of Land Management, S. 4410, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide for the payment of bonus payments of certain coal leases issued under that Act, S. 4458, to establish the Caja del Rio Special Management Area and Caja del Rio National Conservation Area in the State of New Mexico, S. 4561, to modernize and streamline the permitting process for broadband infrastructure on Federal land, S. 4605, to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to provide cost-recovery authority for the Department of the Interior, S. 4715, to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to establish fitness to operate standards and decommissioning escrow accounts for offshore oil and gas operators, H.R. 655, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain Federal land to the City of The Dalles, Oregon, S. 4960 and H.R. 1687, bills to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to increase the frequency of lease sales, to require replacement sales, H.R. 4090, to codify certain provisions of certain Executive Orders relating to domestic mining and hardrock mineral resources, S. 4975 and H.R. 5587, bills to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to waive the requirement for a Federal drilling permit for certain activities, to exempt certain activities from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, H.R. 5631, to appoint a Geothermal Ombudsman and establish a Geothermal Permitting Task Force from within the Bureau of Land Management, and H.R. 7831, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to extend the period of time during which the Secretary of the Interior is required to collect a fee for each new application for a permit to drill, after receiving testimony from Senator Bennet; Leah Baker, Acting Assistant Director, Resources and Planning, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; John Crockett, Deputy Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Jenifer Davidson, Douglas County Manager, Minden, Nevada; and Katie Sweeney, National Mining Association, Washington, D.C. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BUDGET Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee received a closed briefing on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Defense from national defense briefers. [[Page D712]] BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 4949, to provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. EXPOSING FRAUD Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine exposing fraud in America, after receiving testimony from Nick Shirley, We the People, Farmington, Utah; James O'Keefe, O'Keefe Media Group, West Palm Beach, Florida; and Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette, Project On Government Oversight, Washington, D.C. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Brett Matsumoto, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor, James Macy, of Wisconsin, and David M. Prouty, of Maryland, both to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, and Michael McDonald, of the District of Columbia, to be Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Humanities. NOMINATIONS Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Sean Kaufman, of Georgia, to be Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, and Erica Schwartz, of Florida, to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, both of the Department of Health and Human Services, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. NOMINATION Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General, Department of Justice. The nominee, who was introduced by Senator Moody, testified and answered questions in his own behalf, but the Committee did not complete action thereon. Hearing recessed subject to the call and will meet again at 9 a.m., on Thursday, July 16, 2026. NOMINATION Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Jay Clayton, of New York, to be Director of National Intelligence, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf. DRUG SUPPLY CHAIN Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine behind the label, focusing on foreign ownership and control in America's drug supply chain, after receiving testimony from Edward H. 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