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“Senate Committee Meetings.....” published by Congressional Record in the Daily Digest section on Sept. 28, 2021

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was mentioned in Senate Committee Meetings..... on pages D1062-D1063 covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress published on Sept. 28, 2021 in the Congressional Record.

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Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet)

MILITARY OPERATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN

Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed hearings to examine the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan and plans for future counterterrorism operations, after receiving testimony from Lloyd J. Austin III, Secretary, General Mark A. Milley, USA, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and General Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr., USMC, Commander, United States Central Command, all of the Department of Defense.

CARES ACT OVERSIGHT

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine CARES Act oversight of the Treasury and Federal Reserve, focusing on supporting an equitable pandemic recovery, after receiving testimony from Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury; and Jerome H. Powell, Chair, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

LAWS WITHIN FERC JURISDICTION

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the administration of laws under the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, after receiving testimony from Richard Glick, Chairman, and Mark C. Christie, Allison Clements, and James P. Danly, each a Commissioner, all of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Jack A. Markell, of Delaware, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, with the rank of Ambassador, and Jeffry Lane Flake, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey, who were both introduced by Senator Coons, Mark Gitenstein, of Washington, to be Representative of the United States of America to the European Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador, and Cindy Hensley McCain, of Arizona, for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as U.S. Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, who was introduced by Senator Graham, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.

REPLACING LEGACY IT

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight concluded a hearing to examine existing resources and innovations needed to replace legacy IT and save taxpayer dollars, after receiving testimony from Clare Martorana, Federal Chief Information Officer, and Mina Hsiang, Administrator, United States Digital Service, both of the Office of Management and Budget; and Dave Zvenyach, Director, Technology Transformation Services, Deputy Commissioner, Federal Acquisition Service, General Services Administration.

TOXIC CONSERVATORSHIPS

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution concluded a hearing to examine toxic conservatorships, focusing on the need for reform, after receiving testimony from Clarissa C. Kripke, University of California Office of Developmental Primary Care, and Zoe Brennan-

Krohn, American Civil Liberties Union, both of San Francisco, California; David Slayton, Court Consulting Services, Bellevue, Texas, on behalf of the National Center for State Courts; Morgan K. Whitlatch, Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities, Washington, D.C.; and Nicholas Clouse, Huntington, Indiana.

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. 169

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