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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the in the Daily Digest section section on pages D1006-D1008 on Sept. 21.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
VA ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD MODERNIZATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine the VA's electronic health record modernization, focusing on rollout, cost, and schedule, after receiving testimony from Donald M. Remy, Deputy Secretary, Terry Adirim, Program Executive Director, Electronic Health Record Modernization Integration Office, Shereef Elnahal, Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Administration, Jon J. Rychalski, Assistant Secretary for Management and Chief Financial Officer, and David Case, Deputy Inspector General, Office of Inspector General, all of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Mike Sicilia, Oracle, Austin, Texas; and Brian Rieksts, Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, Virginia.
RECRUITING AND RETENTION EFFORTS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a hearing to examine the status of military recruiting and retention efforts across the Department of Defense, after receiving testimony from Stephanie P. Miller, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Military Personnel Policy, Lieutenant General Douglas F. Stitt, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, United States Army, Vice Admiral Rick J. Cheeseman, Jr., USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations Personnel, Manpower and Training, N1, United States Navy, Lieutenant General Caroline M. Miller, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel, and Services, United States Air Force, and Michael R. Strobl, Assistant Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, United States Marine Corps, all of the Department of Defense.
NATIONAL PARKS LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks concluded a hearing to examine S. 305, to establish the Springfield Race Riot National Monument in the State of Illinois, S. 1211, to establish the Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture National Historic Park in Collinsville, Illinois, Monroe, Madison, and St. Clair Counties, Illinois, and St. Louis City County, Missouri, S. 3447, to authorize the National Service Animals Monument Corporation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, S. 3579, to authorize the Embassy of France in Washington, DC, to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs to honor the extraordinary contributions of Jean Monnet to restoring peace between European nations and establishing the European Union, S. 3873, to designate the outdoor amphitheater at the Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax, Virginia, as the ``Rock Boucher Amphitheater'', S. 4122, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Housatonic River in the State of Connecticut as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 4168, to amend title 54, United States Code, to reauthorize the National Park Foundation, S. 4222, to establish the St. Croix National Heritage Area, S. 4371, to establish the Cesar E. Chavez and the Farmworker Movement National Historical Park in the States of California and Arizona, S. 4377 and H.R. 4380, bills to designate the El Paso Community Healing Garden National Memorial, S. 4464 and H.R. 1908, bills to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating certain land as the Ka'ena Point National Heritage Area, S. 4693, to amend the National Trails System Act to include national discovery trails and designate the American Discovery Trail, S. 4784, to modify the boundary of the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in the State of Maine, to improve public access to the National Monument, and S.J. Res. 57, redesignating the Robert E. Lee Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery as the
``Arlington House National Historic Site'', after receiving testimony from Senator Padilla; Michael A. Caldwell, Associate Director, Park Planning, Facilities, and Lands, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Will Shafroth, National Park Foundation, Washington, D.C.; and Steve Richardson, Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Patten, Maine.
BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to examine putting the Bipartisan Infrastructure law to work, focusing on state and local perspectives, after receiving testimony from Nicole Majeski, Delaware Department of Transportation Secretary, Dover; Jimmy D. Wriston, West Virginia Department of Transportation Secretary, and Commissioner of the Division of Highways, Charleston; Mayor Regina Romero, Tucson, Arizona; and Jim Tymon, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Washington, D.C.
WOMEN LEADERS COUNTERING AUTHORITARIANISM
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine women leaders countering authoritarianism, after receiving testimony from Rosa Maria Paya, Cuba Decide, Miami, Florida; Jewher Ilham, Worker Rights Consortium, Arlington, Virginia; and Roya Hakakian, New Haven, Connecticut.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Colleen Joy Shogan, of Pennsylvania, to be Archivist of the United States, who was introduced by Senator Capito, Vijay Shanker, to be an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and Laura E. Crane, Leslie A. Meek, and Veronica M. Sanchez, each to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
TRIBAL ACCESS TO SPECTRUM
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine promoting and supporting tribal access to spectrum and related benefits in Native communities, after receiving testimony from Heidi Todacheene, Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Department of the Interior; Umair Javed, Chief Counsel, and Priscilla Delgado Argeris, Chief Legal Advisor, both of the Office of the Chairwoman, Federal Communications Commission; Anna Maria Ortiz, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, and Sally Moino, Assistant Director, Physical Infrastructure, both of the Government Accountability Office; Tyler Iokepa Gomes, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Kapolei; Melanie Benjamin, and Keith Modglin, both of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, Onamia, Minnesota; and Chris Cropley, Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes, Juneau, Alaska.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Maria Araujo Kahn, of Connecticut, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, who was introduced by Senator Blumenthal, Julie Rikelman, of Massachusetts, to be United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit, who was introduced by Senator Markey, Margaret R. Guzman, to be United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, who was introduced by Senators Warren and Markey, Araceli Martinez-Olguin, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, who was introduced by Senators Feinstein and Padilla, Jamar K. Walker, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, who was introduced by Senators Warner and Kaine, and Jamal N. Whitehead, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington, who was introduced by Senator Murray, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
SBA STATE TRADE EXPANSION PROGRAM OVERSIGHT
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine the SBA's State Trade Expansion Program, after receiving testimony from Gabriel J. Esparza, Associate Administrator, Office of International Trade, Small Business Administration; Shaun Akhavan, Allied International Corp., Glen Burnie, Maryland; and Grace Preston, Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc., Nashua, New Hampshire.
VETERANS' ACCESS TO CARE
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine ensuring veterans' timely access to care in VA and the community, after receiving testimony from Denis McDonough, Secretary, and Darin Selnick, former Senior Advisor to the Secretary, both of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Carrie M. Farmer, RAND Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Joy J. Ilem, Disabled American Veterans, Washington, D.C.
PROTECTING AMERICAN INNOVATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to examine protecting American innovation, focusing on industry, academia, and the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, after receiving testimony from William R. Evanina, The Evanina Group, Alexandria, Virginia; Michelle Van Cleave, Jack Kemp Foundation, and Robert Sheldon, CrowdStrike, both of Washington, D.C.; and Kevin R. Gamache, Texas A and M University System, College Station.
