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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D662-D663 on June 17.
The Department is primarily focused on food nutrition, with assistance programs making up 80 percent of its budget. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the Department implements too many regulations and restrictions and impedes the economy.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2022 for the Department of Defense, after receiving testimony from Lloyd J. Austin III, Secretary, and General Mark A. Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, both of the Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the posture of the Department of the Air Force in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2022 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from John P. Roth, Acting Secretary of the Air Force, General Charles Q. Brown, USAF, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and General John W. Raymond, USSF, Chief of Space Operations, all of the Department of Defense.
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program, after receiving testimony from David Maurstad, Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
NCAA STUDENT ATHLETES AND NIL RIGHTS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing to examine National Collegiate Athletic Association student athletes and name, image, and likeness rights, after receiving testimony from Christina Chenault, University of California, Los Angeles; Kaira Brown, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; Martin McNair, The Jordan McNair Foundation, Baltimore, Maryland; and Sari Cureton, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
USFS BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2022 for the U.S. Forest Service, after receiving testimony from Victoria Christiansen, Chief, U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONSHIP
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy concluded a hearing to examine building the U.S.-Taiwan relationship, focusing on strength through partnership, after receiving testimony from Erica J. Barks-Ruggles, Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, and Jonathan Fritz, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, both of the Department of State.
CYBERSECURITY THREATS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight concluded a hearing to examine addressing emerging cybersecurity threats to state and local government, after receiving testimony from Karen Huey, Ohio Department of Public Safety Assistant Director, Columbus; B. Glen Whitley, Tarrant County Judge, Fort Worth, Texas, on behalf of the National Association of Counties; Mayor Stephen Schewel, Durham, North Carolina, on behalf of the National League of Cities; Russell E. Holden, Sunapee School District, Sunapee, New Hampshire; and Dan Lips, Lincoln Network, Washington, D.C.
HIGHER EDUCATION AND COVID-19 RECOVERY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine COVID-19 response and recovery, focusing on supporting the needs of students in higher education and lessons on safely returning to campus, after receiving testimony from Youlonda Copeland-Morgan, University of California, Los Angeles; Reynold Verret, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans; Anthony Harris, Baldwin Wallace University, Berea, Ohio; and Madeline Pumariega, Miami Dade College, Miami, Florida.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Tiffany P. Cunningham, of Illinois, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, and Anne Milgram, of New Jersey, to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement, and Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr., of Louisiana, to be an Assistant Attorney General, both of the Department of Justice.
21ST CENTURY CAREGIVING
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 21st century caregiving, focusing on supporting workers, family caregivers, seniors, and people with disabilities, after receiving testimony from Ai-jen Poo, National Domestic Workers Alliance, Chicago, Illinois; Stephanie Blunt, Trident Area Agency on Aging, North Charleston, South Carolina; Brittany Williams, SEIU Local 775, Burien, Washington; and Theo Braddy, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
