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“Senate Committee Meetings.....” published by Congressional Record in the Daily Digest section on May 27, 2021

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was mentioned in Senate Committee Meetings..... on pages D582-D583 covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress published on May 27, 2021 in the Congressional Record.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet)

NOMINATION

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Janie Simms Hipp, of Arkansas, to be General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture, after the nominee testified and answered questions in her own behalf.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Jill Hruby, of New Mexico, to be Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, who was introduced by Senator Heinrich, and Frank A. Rose, of Massachusetts, to be Principal Deputy Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, both of the Department of Energy, and Deborah G. Rosenblum, of the District of Columbia, who was introduced by former Senator Nunn, and Christopher Paul Maier, of California, who was introduced by Senator Manchin, both to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.

HOUSING FOR NATIVE AMERICANS

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development concluded a hearing to examine housing for Native Americans, focusing on a review of Federal programs, barriers, and opportunities, after receiving testimony from Dante Desiderio, National Congress of American Indians, Washington, D.C.; Adrian Stevens, National American Indian Housing Council, Irving, New York; Alene Tchourumoff, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and Michael Goze, American Indian Community Development Corporation, both of Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Eric Shepherd, Sisseton-Wapheton Housing Authority, Sisseton, South Dakota.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Shannon Aneal Estenoz, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, and Tanya Marie Trujillo, of New Mexico, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of the Interior.

ETHIOPIA

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the crisis in Ethiopia, focusing on United States strategy and policy response, after receiving testimony from Robert F. Godec, Acting Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of African Affairs; and Sarah Charles, Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, United States Agency for International Development.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of John K. Tien, of Georgia, to be Deputy Secretary, who was introduced by Senator Reed, Robert Peter Silvers, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans, who was introduced by Senator Carper, and Jonathan Eugene Meyer, of Ohio, to be General Counsel, who was introduced by Senator Brown, all of the Department of Homeland Security, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Rajesh D. Nayak, of Maryland, Taryn Mackenzie Williams, of the District of Columbia, and Douglas L. Parker, of West Virginia, each to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, after the nominees, who were introduced by Senator Murray, testified and answered questions in their own behalf.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 312, to expand eligibility for and provide judicial review for the Elderly Home Detention Pilot Program, provide for compassionate release based on COVID-19 vulnerability, shorten the waiting period for judicial review during the COVID-19 pandemic, and make other technical corrections, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.

SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 93

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