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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Christine Elizabeth Wormuth, of Virginia, to be Secretary of the Army, Department of Defense, and 3,438 nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Frank Kendall III, of Massachusetts, to be Secretary of the Air Force, Heidi Shyu, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Research and Engineering, and Susanna V. Blume, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, all of the Department of Defense, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
FINANCIAL SYSTEM SUPERVISION AND REGULATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the semiannual testimony on the Federal Reserve's supervision and regulation of the financial system, after receiving testimony from Randal K. Quarles, Vice Chair for Supervision, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
AMERICA'S TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY WORKFORCE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Tourism, Trade, and Export Promotion concluded a hearing to examine investing in America's tourism and hospitality workforce and small businesses, after receiving testimony from D. Taylor, UNITE HERE, and Shaundell Newsome, Sumnu Marketing, on behalf of the Urban Chamber of Commerce Las Vegas, both of Las Vegas, Nevada; Bill Lupfer, Florida Attractions Association, Tallahassee; and Drew Daly, CruiseOne, Dream Vacations and Cruises Inc., Miami, Florida.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Lily Lawrence Batchelder, of Massachusetts, who was introduced by Senator Warren, and Benjamin Harris, of Virginia, both to be an Assistant Secretary, J. Nellie Liang, of Maryland, to be an Under Secretary, and Jonathan Davidson, of Maryland, who was introduced by Senator Bennet, to be Deputy Under Secretary, all of the Department of the Treasury, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. Res. 229, recognizing the devastating attack on a girls' school in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 8, 2021, and expressing solidarity with the Afghan people; and
The nominations of Bonnie D. Jenkins, of New York, to be Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, Jose W. Fernandez, of New York, to be an Under Secretary of State (Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment), to be United States Alternate Governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, to be United States Alternate Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and to be United States Alternate Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank, and routine lists in the Foreign Service.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 1675, to improve maternal health, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1491, to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve obstetric care in rural areas, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1662, to increase funding for the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the Food and Drug Administration and for the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health;
S. 1301, to provide for the publication by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of physical activity recommendations for Americans;
S. 610, to address behavioral health and well-being among health care professionals, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
S. 1658, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to expand access to breastfeeding accommodations in the workplace, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
STOPPING GUN VIOLENCE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution concluded a hearing to examine stopping gun violence, focusing on safe storage, after receiving testimony from Maya Haasz, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora; Ted C. Bonar, End Family Fire at Brady, Washington, D.C.; Joseph H. Bartozzi, National Shooting Sports Federation, Newtown, Connecticut; Kristin Song, Guilford, Connecticut; and Stephen Willeford, Sutherland Springs, Texas.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community.
SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 91
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