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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: CBO, GAO, GPO
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2024 for the Congressional Budget Office, the Government Accountability Office, and the Government Publishing Office, after receiving testimony from Phillip L. Swagel, Director, Congressional Budget Office; Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States, Government Accountability Office; and Hugh Nathanial Halpern, Director, Government Publishing Office.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Ronald T. Keohane, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary, and Nickolas Guertin, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy, both of the Department of Defense, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a hearing to examine military and civilian personnel programs in the Department of Defense in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2024 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr., Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness, Shawn G. Skelly, Assistant Secretary for Readiness, Thomas A. Constable, performing the duties of the Assistant Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Lester Martinez-Lopez, Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs, Elizabeth B. Foster, Executive Director of Force Resiliency, Agnes G. Schaefer, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Franklin R. Parker, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and Alex Wagner, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, all of the Department of Defense.
BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2024, after receiving testimony from Shalanda D. Young, Director, Office of Management and Budget.
DRINKING WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to examine implementing the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, focusing on perspectives on the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act, after receiving testimony from Radhika Fox, Assistant Administrator for Water, Environmental Protection Agency; Katheryn Emery, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Division of Water and Waste Management Director, Charleston; Randy E. Hayman, Philadelphia Water Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies; and Thomas W. Sigmund, NEW Water, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies.
U.S.-BRAZIL RELATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the future of U.S.-Brazil relations, after receiving testimony from Brian A. Nichols. Assistant Secretary for Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, and Rick Duke, Deputy Special Envoy for Climate, both of the Department of State.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Karen Sasahara, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the State of Kuwait, Elizabeth Rood, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to Turkmenistan, who was introduced by Senator Casey, Martina Anna Tkadlec Strong, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, who was introduced by Senator Sullivan, Elizabeth Allen, of New York, to be Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy, who was introduced by Senator Shaheen, and Hugo Yue-Ho Yon, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Maldives, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 559, to amend the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for the United States Fire Administration and firefighter assistance grant programs, with amendments; and
The nominations of Colleen Joy Shogan, of Pennsylvania, to be Archivist of the United States, Cathy Ann Harris, of Maryland, to be Chairman of the Merit Systems Protection Board, and Adrienne Jennings Noti, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
PROTECTING PUBLIC SAFETY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine protecting public safety after New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, after receiving testimony from Ruth M. Glenn, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence/National Domestic Violence Hotline, Denver, Colorado; Eric Ruben, SMU Dedman School of Law, Dallas, Texas; Stephen J. Lindley, Brady Combating Crime Guns Initiative, Los Angeles, California; Amy E. Swearer, Heritage Foundation Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, Washington, D.C.; and Rafael A. Mangual, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, New York, New York.
VA ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD MODERNIZATION PROGRAM
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the future path of the VA's Electronic Health Record Modernization program, including the need to address change management challenges, user satisfaction, and system issues, after receiving testimony from Neil Evans, Acting Program Executive Director, Electronic Health Record Modernization Integration Office, Shereef M. Elnahal, Under Secretary for Health, Kurt DelBene, Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology and Chief Information Officer, and Michael D. Parrish, Chief Acquisition Officer and Principal Executive Director, Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction, all of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Carol C. Harris, Director, Information Technology and Cybersecurity, Government Accountability Office; and Mike Sicilia, Oracle Global Industries, Austin, Texas.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community.