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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
HOUSING NEEDS OF AMERICA'S SENIORS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine addressing the housing needs of America's seniors, focusing on affordability and accessibility, including S. 567, to provide for conservation and economic development in the State of Nevada, after receiving testimony from Jennifer Molinsky, Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Audra Hamernik, Nevada HAND, Las Vegas; and Thomas Wade, American Action Forum, Norbert J. Michel, Cato Institute, and Shannon Guzman, AARP, all of Washington, D.C.
DOMESTIC CRITICAL MINERAL MINING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the opportunities and challenges facing domestic critical mineral mining, processing, refining, and reprocessing, after receiving testimony from Steven M. Fortier, Director, National Minerals Information Center, Geological Survey, Department of the Interior; Scott Melbye, Uranium Producers of America, Corpus Christi, Texas; Julie Padilla, Twin Metals Minnesota, St. Paul; Abigail Wulf, Securing America's Future Energy, Washington, D.C.; and Paul Ziemkiewicz, West Virginia University, Morgantown.
TRADE POLICY AGENDA
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the President's 2022 trade policy agenda, after receiving testimony from Katherine Tai, U.S. Trade Representative.
CHINA'S ROLE IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues concluded a hearing to examine China's role in Latin America and the Caribbean, after receiving testimony from Kerri Hannan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Peter Natiello, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau of Latin American and Caribbean Affairs, U.S. Agency for International Development; Andrew Herscowitz, Chief Development Officer, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation; and Margaret Myers, Inter-American Dialogue, and R. Evan Ellis, Center for Strategic and International Studies, both of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Derek Kan, of California, and Daniel Mark Tangherlini, of the District of Columbia, both to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
PREVENTING TRAGEDIES
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine preventing tragedies and promoting safe, accessible, and affordable homes, after receiving testimony from Anand K. Parekh, Bipartisan Policy Center, Washington, D.C.; Denise Cleveland-Leggett, The Integral Group, Atlanta, Georgia; Tracey Kelly, IKEA USA, Trappe, Pennsylvania; and Janet McGee, Parents Against Tip-overs, Eagan, Minnesota.
