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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D814 on July 22.
The Department oversees more than 500 million acres of land. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the department has contributed to a growing water crisis and holds many lands which could be better managed.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: On Wednesday, July 21, 2021, Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill entitled, ``National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2022''.
FUTURE PANDEMIC RISK
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment concluded a hearing to examine frameworks to address future pandemic risk, after receiving testimony from Evan G. Greenberg, Chubb, and Martin South, Marsh, both of New York, New York; Robert P. Hartwig, University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business, Columbia; Adenah Bayoh, Adenah Bayoh and Companies, Irrvington, New Jersey; and Robert M. Gordon, American Property Casualty Insurance Association, and L. Charles Landgraf, Arnold and Porter, on behalf of the Business Continuity Coalition, both of Washington, D.C.
SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Space and Science concluded a hearing to examine space situational awareness, space traffic management, and orbital debris, focusing on solutions for emerging threats, after receiving testimony from Karina Drees, Commercial Spaceflight Federation, Kevin M. O'Connell, Space Economy Rising, LLC, and Tom Stroup, Satellite Industry Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Marcus J. Holzinger, University of Colorado, Boulder; and Paul Graziani, COMSPOC Corp, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Robert T. Anderson, of Washington, to be Solicitor, Department of the Interior, and Shalanda H. Baker, of Texas, to be Director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact, Samuel T. Walsh, of New York, to be General Counsel, and Andrew Eilperin Light, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary (International Affairs), all of the Department of Energy.
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE POPULATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight concluded a hearing to examine current issues adversely affecting environmental justice populations, after receiving testimony from Laura Pulido, University of Oregon, Eugene; Catherine Coleman Flowers, Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice, Montgomery, Alabama; Tracy Harden, Chuck's Dairy Bar, Rolling Fork, Mississippi; and Delbert J. Rexford, Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation, Utqiagvik, Alaska.
21ST CENTURY ECONOMY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine American workers in a 21st century economy, focusing on the right to organize, after receiving testimony from Mark Gaston Pearce, Georgetown Law Center Workers' Rights Institute, and Heidi Shierholz, Economic Policy Institute, both of Silver Spring, Maryland; Jyoti Sarolia, Ellis Hospitality, Temecula, California, on behalf of the International Franchise Association; and Gracie Heldman, Pandora, Ohio.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Gustavo A. Gelpi, of Puerto Rico, to be United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit, Angel Kelley, to be United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, Christine P. O'Hearn, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, and Helaine Ann Greenfeld, of Maryland, and Christopher H. Schroeder, of North Carolina, both to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice.
