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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DIVERSIFYING ON-FARM INCOME
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine diversifying on-farm income, focusing on opportunities to strengthen rural America, after receiving testimony from Davon Goodwin, Sandhills AgInnovation Center, Ellerbe, North Carolina; John Lucey, Center for Dairy Research, and Rebekah Sweeney, Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association, both of Madison; Jason Weller, Truterra LLC, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Brian Carroll, Grand Farm Education and Research Initiative, Fargo, North Dakota.
WORLDWIDE THREATS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed hearings to examine worldwide threats after receiving testimony from Avril D. Haines, Director of National Intelligence; and Lieutenant General Scott D. Berrier, USA, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense.
THE DIGNITY OF WORK
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the dignity of work, including S. 404, to provide funding for the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act, after receiving testimony from Heather McGhee, author of The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, Chicago, Illinois; Lisa Donner, Americans for Financial Reform, Washington, D.C.; Trevon D. Logan, The Ohio State University, Columbus; Andrew F. Puzder, former CEO of CKE Restaurants, Franklin, Tennessee; and Vivek Ramaswamy, Roivant Sciences, Cincinnati, Ohio.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Eric S. Lander, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, after the nominee testified an answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Tommy P. Beaudreau, of Alaska, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
SOCIAL SECURITY DURING COVID
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine Social Security during COVID, focusing on how the pandemic hampered access to benefits and strategies for improving service delivery, after receiving testimony from Grace Kim, Deputy Commissioner for Operations, Social Security Administration; Kascadare Causeya, Central City Concern, Portland, Oregon; Peggy Murphy, National Council of Social Security Management Associations, Great Falls, Montana; and Tara McGuinness, New America, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Jennifer Ann Abruzzo, of New York, to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, who was introduced by Senator Murray, and Seema Nanda, of Virginia, to be Solicitor for the Department of Labor, who was introduced by Senator Kaine, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following bills:
S.632, to amend chapter 11 of title 35, United States Code, to require the voluntary collection of demographic information for patent inventors, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
S.169, to amend title 17, United States Code, to require the Register of Copyrights to waive fees for filing an application for registration of a copyright claim in certain circumstances.
SUPPORTING OLDER WORKERS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine supporting older workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, after receiving testimony from Elise Gould, Economic Policy Institute, Takoma Park, Maryland; Ramsey Alwin, National Council on Aging, and Elizabeth White, both of Washington, D.C.; and David Poston, Palmetto Synthetics, Kingstree, South Carolina.
SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 74
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