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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: On Tuesday, September 28, 2021, Committee ordered favorably reported 2,993 nomination in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
PROTECTING CONSUMER PRIVACY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing to examine protecting consumer privacy, after receiving testimony from Maureen K. Ohlhausen, former Acting Chair, and Ashkan Soltani, former Chief Technologist, both of the Federal Trade Commission; and David C. Vladeck, Georgetown University Law Center, and Morgan Reed, ACT The App Association, both of Washington, D.C.
ENERGY SECURITY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on Administration efforts regarding energy security, including Nord Stream 2 from Amos Hochstein, Senior Advisor for Energy Security, Department of State.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Atul Atmaram Gawande, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, who was introduced by Senator Barrasso, and C.B. Sullenberger III, of Texas, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization, who was introduced by Senator Baldwin, Claire D. Cronin, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to Ireland, who was introduced by Senator Markey, Kent Doyle Logsdon, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova, Sharon L. Cromer, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of The Gambia, Virginia E. Palmer, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana, and Howard A. Van Vranken, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Botswana, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
WORSENING NATURAL DISASTERS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the threat of worsening natural disasters, after receiving testimony from Sima Merick, National Emergency Managers Association and Ohio Emergency Management Agency, Columbus; Jerry Hancock, Michigan Stormwater Floodplain Association, Ann Arbor; Jennifer Pipa, American Red Cross, Washington, D.C.; and John S. Butler, International Association of Fire Chiefs, Chantilly, Virginia.
TEXAS ABORTION LAW
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine Texas's abortion law, after receiving testimony from Texas Representative Donna Howard, and Stephen I. Vladeck, University of Texas School of Law, both of Austin; Fatima Goss Graves, National Women's Law Center, Washington, D.C.; Jennifer L. Mascott, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School, Arlington, Virginia; and Alabama Solicitor General Edmund G. LaCour Jr., Montgomery.
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. 170
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