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COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: business meeting to consider the nomination of Homer L. Wilkes, of Mississippi, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment, Time to be announced, Room to be announced.
Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost, USAF for reappointment to the grade of general and to be Commander, United States Transportation Command, Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings to examine national cybersecurity strategy, focusing on protection of Federal and critical infrastructure systems, 10:15 a.m., SD-342/VTC.
Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 1787, to amend title 28 of the United States Code to prevent the transfer of actions arising under the antitrust laws in which a State is a complainant, S. 2502, to provide first-time, low-level, nonviolent simple possession offenders an opportunity to expunge that conviction after successful completion of court-imposed probation, and the nominations of Toby J. Heytens, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, Patricia Tolliver Giles, and Michael S. Nachmanoff, both to be a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, Sarala Vidya Nagala, and Omar Antonio Williams, both to be a United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut, and Hampton Y. Dellinger, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Erek L. Barron, to be United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, Nicholas W. Brown, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington, Matthew M. Graves, to be United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, Clifford D. Johnson, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Zachary A. Myers, of Maryland, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, Rachael S. Rollins, to be United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Trini E. Ross, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of New York, and Vanessa Waldref, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, all of the Department of Justice, 9 a.m., SH-216.
Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine fraud, scams, and COVID-19, focusing on how older Americans have been targeted during the pandemic, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.
House
Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, hearing entitled
``Voluntary Carbon Markets in Agriculture and Forestry'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth and Zoom.
Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy, hearing entitled ``Lending in a Crisis: Reviewing the Federal Reserve's Emergency Lending Powers during the Pandemic and Examining Proposals to Address Future Economic Crises'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn and Webex.
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on International Development, International Organizations, and Global Corporate Social Impact, hearing entitled ``Shifting the Power: Advancing Locally-led Development and Partner Diversification in U.S. Development Programs'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn and Webex.
Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the Environment, and Cyber; and Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Global Counterterrorism, joint hearing entitled ``Transatlantic Cooperation on Countering Global Terrorism and Violent Extremism'', 2 p.m., Webex.
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on Environment, hearing entitled ``Advancing Earth System Science and Stewardship at NOAA'', 10 a.m., Zoom.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing entitled ``Disruption in the Skies: The Surge in Air Rage and its Effects on Workers, Airlines, and Airports'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn and Zoom.
Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Pathways to Success: How Practicing Civility, Collaboration, and Leadership Can Empower Members'', 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn and Zoom.
SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 164
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