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“Senate Committee Meetings.....” published by Congressional Record in the Daily Digest section on Oct. 27, 2021

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was mentioned in Senate Committee Meetings..... on pages D1195-D1196 covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress published on Oct. 27, 2021 in the Congressional Record.

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Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet)

NOMINATION

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Rostin Behnam, of Maryland, to be Chairman, and to be a Commissioner, of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, who was introduced by Senator Stabenow, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Henry Christopher Frey, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Jennifer Clyburn Reed, of South Carolina, to be Federal Cochairperson of the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Department of State and Department of State authorizations, after receiving testimony from Brian P. McKeon, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources.

BLACK SEA SECURITY

Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation concluded a hearing to examine Black Sea security, focusing on reviving United States policy toward the region, after receiving testimony from James J. Townsend, Center for a New American Security, Alina Polyakova, Center for European Policy Analysis, and Ian Brzezinski, Atlantic Council, all of Washington, D.C.

ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Governmental Operations and Border Management concluded a hearing to examine strategies for improving critical energy infrastructure, after receiving testimony from Alexander Herrgott, The Permitting Institute, Washington, D.C.; Bryce Yonker, Grid Forward, Portland, Oregon; N. Levi Esquerra, University of Arizona, Tucson; Lanny Nickell, Southwest Power Pool, Inc., Little Rock, Arkansas; and Robert Bryce, Power Hungry Podcast, Austin, Texas.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported H.R. 1688, to amend the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act.

VOTING

Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine voting matters in Native communities, after receiving testimony from Janet Davis, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, Nixon, Nevada; Julie Kitka, Alaska Federation of Natives, Anchorage; Aaron Payment, National Congress of American Indians, Washington, D.C.; Patty Ferguson-Bohnee, Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law Indian Legal Clinic, Phoenix; Jacqueline De Leon, Native American Rights Fund, Boulder, Colorado; and Na`alehu Anthony, Paliku Films, Honolulu, Hawaii.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine the Department of Justice, after receiving testimony from Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, Department of Justice.

WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a hearing to examine women entrepreneurs, including S. 1759, to establish a MicroCap small business investment company designation, and S. 2042, to reauthorize the Interagency Committee on Women's Business Enterprise, after receiving testimony from Candace Waterman, Women Impacting Public Policy, Washington, D.C.; and Tammira Lucas, The Cube Cowork, Baltimore, Maryland.

SUCCESS AFTER SERVICE

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine improving Veterans' employment, education, and home loan opportunities, focusing on success after service, after receiving testimony from Margarita Devlin, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Veterans' Employment and Training Service, Department of Labor; Ronald S. Burke, Jr., Deputy Under Secretary, Office of Policy and Oversight, Veterans Benefits Administration, and Ricardo Da Silva, Education Service Program Integration Officer, both of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Joseph Schumacher, Montana State University, Bozeman; Lieutenant Colonel Arthur DeGroat, USA (Ret.), Kansas State University, Manhattan, on behalf of the Kansas Governor's Military Council; and Patrick Murray, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, and Justin Monk, Student Veterans of America, both of Washington, D.C.

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. 189

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