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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CONSUMER FINANCIAL PRODUCTS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee received a briefing on the experience of workers and consumers with newer consumer financial products and the impact on the dignity of work from Briana Gordley, Texas Appleseed, Austin; BreAnn Scally, San Francisco, California; and Cassie Pennings, Littleton, Colorado.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of David Michael Capozzi, of Maryland, Anthony Rosario Coscia, of New Jersey, Christopher Koos, of Illinois, Samuel E. Lathem, of Delaware, and Robin Lee Wiessmann, of Pennsylvania, each to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors, and Robert E. Primus, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
LEGISLATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 2736, to exclude vehicles to be used solely for competition from certain provisions of the Clean Air Act, S. 1475, to amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the issuance of permits under title V of that Act for certain emissions from agricultural production, S. 2661, to amend the Clean Air Act to establish a grant program for supporting local communities in detecting, preparing for, communicating about, or mitigating the environmental and public health impacts of wildfire smoke, and S. 2421, to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct research on wildfire smoke, after receiving testimony from Senator Thune; Cassandra Moseley, University of Oregon Institute for Resilient Communities, Organizations, and the Environment Ecosystem Workforce Program, Eugene; John D. Walke, Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, D.C.; Antron Brown, NHRA Top Fuel, Brownsburg, Indiana; and Scott VanderWal, American Farm Bureau Federation, Volga, South Dakota.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of William J. Renick, of Mississippi, who was introduced by Senator Wicker, Adam Wade White, of Kentucky, who was introduced by Senator McConnell, and Joe H. Ritch, of Alabama, who was introduced by Senator Shelby, each to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Douglas J. McKalip, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Cindy K. Chung, of Pennsylvania, who was introduced by Senator Casey, and Tamika R. Montgomery-Reeves, of Delaware, who was introduced by Senators Carper and Coons, both to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, and Kelley Brisbon Hodge, John Frank Murphy, Mia Roberts Perez, and Kai N. Scott, each to be a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, who were introduced by Senators Casey and Toomey, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
USCO OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Intellectual Property concluded an oversight hearing to examine the U.S. Copyright Office, after receiving testimony from Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights and Director, U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community.
