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“Senate Committee Meetings.....” published by Congressional Record in the Daily Digest section on Sept. 30, 2021

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was mentioned in Senate Committee Meetings..... on page D1078 covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress published on Sept. 30, 2021 in the Congressional Record.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet)

AFGHANISTAN

Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine Afghanistan, after receiving testimony from Vali Nasr, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, and Thomas Joscelyn, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, both of Washington, D.C.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Todd M. Harper, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Credit Union Administration Board, and Judith DelZoppo Pryor, of Ohio, to be First Vice President, and Owen Edward Herrnstadt, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Directors, both of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.

PROTECTING KIDS ONLINE

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security concluded a hearing to examine protecting kids online, focusing on Facebook, Instagram, and mental health harms, after receiving testimony from Antigone Davis, Facebook, Washington, D.C.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Laura S. H. Holgate, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United States of America to the International Atomic Energy Agency, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be Representative of the United States of America to the Vienna Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, who was introduced by former Senator Sam Nunn, Caryn R. McClelland, of California, to be Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam, David John Young, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Malawi, and Claire A. Pierangelo, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Madagascar, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Union of the Comoros, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.

SCHOOL REOPENING DURING COVID-19

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine school reopening during COVID-19, focusing on supporting students, educators, and families, after receiving testimony from Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services; and Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Jessica D. Aber, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Carla B. Freedman, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, William J. Ihlenfeld II, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia, Christopher R. Kavanaugh, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, Darcie N. McElwee, to be United States Attorney for the District of Maine, Breon S. Peace, of New Jersey, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, William S. Thompson, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, and Damian Williams, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, all of the Department of Justice.

SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 171

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