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Committee Meetings
UNITED STATES GLOBAL COVID-19 RESPONSE: ACTIONS TAKEN AND FUTURE NEEDS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs held a hearing entitled ``United States Global COVID-19 Response: Actions Taken and Future Needs''. Testimony was heard from Sarah Charles, Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, U.S. Agency for International Development; Jeremy Konyndyk, Executive Director, USAID COVID-19 Task Force, and Senior Advisor to the Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development; Gayle Smith, Coordinator for Global COVID-19 Response and Health Security, Department of State; and Lesley Ziman, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, Department of State.
EXAMINING THE POLICIES AND PRIORITIES OF THE OFFICE OF FEDERAL STUDENT AID
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment held a hearing entitled ``Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Office of Federal Student Aid''. Testimony was heard from Richard Cordray, Chief Operating Officer, Office of Federal Student Aid, Department of Education.
TSCA AND PUBLIC HEALTH: FULFILLING THE PROMISE OF THE LAUTENBERG ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change held a hearing entitled ``TSCA and Public Health: Fulfilling the Promise of the Lautenberg Act''. Testimony was heard from Michal Ilana Freedhoff, Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency.
BRINGING CONSUMER PROTECTION BACK: A SEMI-ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION
Committee on Financial Services: Full Committee held a hearing entitled
``Bringing Consumer Protection Back: A Semi-Annual Review of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau''. Testimony was heard from Rohit Chopra, Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
COMBATING GLOBAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Global Human Rights held a hearing entitled ``Combating Global Human Trafficking''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
THE ADMINISTRATION'S FY22 BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE PEACE CORPS, DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION, AND MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Full Committee held a hearing entitled
``The Administration's FY22 Budget Request for the Peace Corps, Development Finance Corporation, and Millennium Challenge Corporation''. Testimony was heard from Carol Spahn, Acting Director, Peace Corps; Dev Jagadesan, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Development Finance Corporation; and Mahmoud Bah, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation.
ENSURING EQUITY IN DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY
Committee on Homeland Security: Full Committee held a hearing entitled
``Ensuring Equity in Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Full Committee began a markup on H.R. 2377, the ``Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2021''; H.R. 4777, the ``Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021''; H.R. 963, the ``FAIR Act''; H.R. 5677, to make technical amendments to titles 2, 50, and 52, United States Code; H.R. 5679, to make technical amendments to titles 7, 20, and 43, United States Code; H.R. 5695, to make technical amendments to title 25, United States Code; and H.R. 5705, to make technical amendments to title 34, United States Code.
WILDLAND FIREFIGHTING WORKFORCE REFORMS
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands held a hearing entitled ``Wildland Firefighting Workforce Reforms''. Testimony was heard from Jaelith Hall-Rivera, Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestry, U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Jeff Rupert, Director, Office of Wildland Fire, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
THE FEDERAL COAL PROGRAM: A BAD DEAL FOR TAXPAYERS AND A THREAT TO CLIMATE
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held a hearing entitled ``The Federal Coal Program: A Bad Deal for Taxpayers and a Threat to Climate''. Testimony was heard from Randall Luthi, Chief Energy Advisor, Office of the Governor, Wyoming; and public witnesses.
HOW THE MEATPACKING INDUSTRY FAILED THE WORKERS WHO FEED AMERICA
Committee on Oversight and Reform: Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis held a hearing entitled ``How the Meatpacking Industry Failed the Workers Who Feed America''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
A REVIEW OF THE SBIC PROGRAM
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access held a hearing entitled ``A Review of the SBIC Program''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Full Committee held a markup on H.R. 4042, the ``Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2021''; H.R. 5706, the ``Stop Sexual Assault and Harassment in Transportation Act''; H.R. 1066, the ``Wildfire Recovery Act''; H.R. 5641, the ``SPEED Recovery Act''; H.R. 5689, the ``Resilient AMERICA Act''; H.R. 5673, the ``Safeguarding Tomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation Technical Corrections Act''; H.R. 5343, the ``FEMA Caseworker Accountability Act''; H.R. 5547, the ``CEDS Act''; H.R. 4771, to designate the Federal Building and United States Courthouse located at 111 North Adams Street in Tallahassee, Florida, as the ``Joseph Woodrow Hatchett United States Courthouse and Federal Building''; H.R. 246, to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 180 West Main Street in Abingdon, Virginia, as the ``H. Emory Widener, Jr., Federal Building and United States Courthouse''; and General Services Administration's Capital Investment and Leasing Program Resolutions. H.R. 1066, H.R. 5343, H.R. 5547, and H.R. 5689 were ordered reported, as amended. H.R. 246, H.R. 4042, H.R. 4771, H.R. 5641, H.R. 5673, and H.R. 5706 were ordered reported, without amendment. General Services Administration's Capital Investment and Leasing Program Resolutions were adopted.
LESSONS LEARNED? BUILDING A CULTURE OF PATIENT SAFETY WITHIN THE VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing entitled ``Lessons Learned? Building a Culture of Patient Safety Within the Veterans Health Administration''. Testimony was heard from Julie Kroviak, Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Healthcare Inspections, Office of Inspector General, Department of Veterans Affairs; Sharon Silas, Director, Health Care Team, Government Accountability Office; and Renee Oshinski, Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Operations, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND ACCESSIBILITY IN THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY: AN ENDURING MISSION IMPERATIVE
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Full Committee held a hearing entitled ``Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility in the Intelligence Community: An Enduring Mission Imperative''. Testimony was heard from Lieutenant General Scott Berrier, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency; William Burns, Director, Central Intelligence Agency; Avril Haines, Director, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Ronald S. Moultrie, Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, Department of Defense; and General Paul Nakasone, Director, National Security Agency, Department of Defense.
STRENGTHENING THE LAWMAKING PROCESS: HOW DATA CAN INFORM AND IMPROVE POLICY
Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress: Full Committee held a hearing entitled ``Strengthening the Lawmaking Process: How Data Can Inform and Improve Policy''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Joint Meetings
LABOR MARKET
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded a hearing to examine a stronger labor market for robust growth, after receiving testimony from Betsey Stevenson, University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Ann Arbor; Skanda Amarnath, Employ America, and Rachel Greszler, The Heritage Foundation, both of Washington, D.C.; and Daniel Swenson-Klatt, Butter Bakery Cafe, Minneapolis, Minnesota, on behalf of the Main Street Alliance.
SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 189
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