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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D156-D157 on Feb. 12, 2020.
The Federal Reserve is the US's central bank, expanding many times during great financial uncertainty and panic. It has faced numerous criticisms since its creation in 1913, such as making the Great Depression worse and for lacking transparency and audits.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SEMIANNUAL MONETARY POLICY REPORT TO THE CONGRESS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress, after receiving testimony from Jerome H. Powell, Chair, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
SPACE MISSIONS OF GLOBAL IMPORTANCE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing to examine space missions of global importance, focusing on planetary defense, space weather protection, and space situational awareness, after receiving testimony from Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator, Science Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; William Murtagh, Program Coordinator, Space Weather Prediction Center, and Kevin M. O'Connell, Director, Office of Space Commerce, both of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; and Moriba K. Jah, University of Texas, Austin.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY BUDGET
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2021 for the Department of the Treasury, after receiving testimony from Steven T. Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness: Senators Cornyn (Chair), Crapo, Roberts, Thune, Portman, Toomey, Scott (SC), Cassidy, Daines, Young, Sasse, Casey, Wyden, Stabenow, Cantwell, Menendez, Cardin, Brown, Warner, and Cortez Masto.
Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight: Senators Thune (Chair), Crapo, Enzi, Cornyn, Burr, Portman, Toomey, Lankford, Warner, Menendez, Carper, Cardin, Bennet, and Whitehouse.
Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy: Senators Portman (Chair), Grassley, Cassidy, Lankford, Young, Brown, Bennet, Casey, and Cortez Masto.
Subcommittee on Health Care: Senators Toomey (Chair), Grassley, Roberts, Enzi, Thune, Burr, Scott (SC), Cassidy, Lankford, Daines, Young, Sasse, Stabenow, Cantwell, Menendez, Carper, Cardin, Brown, Casey, Warner, Whitehouse, Hassan, and Cortez Masto.
Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure: Senators Scott (SC) (Chair), Grassley, Crapo, Roberts, Enzi, Cornyn, Burr, Daines, Bennet, Wyden, Cantwell, Carper, Whitehouse, and Hassan.
Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth: Senators Cassidy (Chair), Scott (SC), Sasse, Hassan, and Wyden.
Senators Grassley and Wyden are ex officio members of each subcommittee.
U.S.-LIBYA POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine United States-Libya policy, after receiving testimony from David Schenker, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, and Christopher T. Robinson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, both of the Department of State.
GLOBAL PANDEMICS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine protecting the United States from global pandemics, after receiving testimony from Nikki Clowers, Managing Director, Health Care Team, Government Accountability Office; Julie L. Gerberding, former Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, North Wales, Pennsylvania, and Scott Gottlieb, former Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, Westport, Connecticut, both of the Department of Health and Human Services; Luciana Borio, former Director for Medical and Biodefense Preparedness, National Security Council, Arlington, Virginia; and Asha M. George, Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of John Leonard Badalamenti, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, who was introduced by Senator Scott (FL), Anna M. Manasco, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, who was introduced by Senators Shelby and Jones, Drew B. Tipton, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, and Kathryn C. Davis, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
HOME HEALTH CARE IN RURAL AMERICA
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine home health care in rural America, after receiving testimony from Leigh Ann Howard, Northern Light Home Care and Hospice, Waterboro, Maine; William A. Dombi, National Association for Home Care and Hospice, Washington, D.C.; Warren Hebert, HomeCare Association of Louisiana, Lafayette; and Francis Adams, Washington, Pennsylvania.
