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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Lieutenant General Bryan P. Fenton, USA, to be general and Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, and Lieutenant General Michael E. Langley, USMC, to be general and Commander, U.S. Africa Command, both of the Department of Defense, and 12 nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
INDO-PACIFIC POLICY AND OPERATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee receive a closed briefing on Indo-Pacific policy and operations from Ely S. Ratner, Assistant Secretary for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, and Major General Brett G. Sylvia, USA, Vice Director for Strategy, Plans and Policy, Joint Staff J-5, both of the Department of Defense; and Daniel J. Kritenbrink, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.
DIVERSITY IN U.S. DIPLOMACY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in U.S. diplomacy and development, after receiving testimony from Gina K. Abercrombie-Winstanley, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Department of State; and Neneh Diallo, Chief Diversity Equity Inclusion and Access Officer, U.S. Agency for International Development.
U.S. PENITENTIARY ATLANTA
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations concluded a hearing to examine corruption, abuse, and misconduct at United States Penitentiary Atlanta, after receiving testimony from Michael D. Carvajal, Director, and Erika Ramirez, former Chief Psychologist, and Terri Whitehead, retired Senior Manager, both of the United States Penitentiary Atlanta, all of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice; and Rebecca Shepard, Federal Defender Program, Inc. of the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta.
FIGHTING FENTANYL
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine fighting fentanyl, focusing on the Federal response to a growing crisis, after receiving testimony from Miriam E. Delphin-Rittmon, Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Carole Johnson, Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration, and Christopher Jones, Acting Director, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, all of the Department of Health and Human Services, and Kemp Chester, Senior Advisor, Office of National Drug Control Policy.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SAFETY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine law enforcement officer safety, focusing on protecting those who protect and serve, after receiving testimony from Angel Novalez, Chicago Police Department, Chicago, Illinois; Michael Harrison, Baltimore Police Department, Baltimore, Maryland; Dwight E. Henninger, Vail Police Department, Vail, Colorado, on behalf of the International Association of Chiefs of Police; Zachary Allen Andersen, City of Cedar Falls, Cedar Falls, Iowa; Michael J. Bouchard, Oakland County Sheriff, Oakland County, Michigan, on behalf of the Major County Sheriffs of America; and Tre Pennie, National Fallen Officer Foundation, Washington, D.C.
DECRIMINALIZING CANNABIS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism concluded a hearing to examine decriminalizing cannabis at the Federal level, focusing on necessary steps to address past harms, after receiving testimony from Steven H. Cook, retired Associate Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice; Malik Burnett, Maryland Department of Health's Center for Harm Reduction Services, Baltimore; Edward Jackson, Annapolis Police Department, Annapolis, Maryland, on behalf of the Law Enforcement Action Partnership; Weldon Angelos, The Weldon Project, Salt Lake City, Utah; and Alex Berenson, Tell Your Children, Hudson Valley, New York.
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. 168, No. 124(1), Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 124(2)
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