- Record: Daily Digest
- Section type: Committee activity
- Chamber: Congress
- Date: April 16, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: The Daily Digest is the official recap that explains what Congress did and what comes next.
(Committees not listed did not meet) PRESIDENT'S BUDGET Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the President's fiscal year 2027 budget proposal, after receiving testimony from Russell Vought, Director, Office of Management and Budget. NOMINATIONS Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of John Breslow, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cyprus, who was introduced by Senator Ricketts, Fleet White, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary (Political- Military Affairs), Todd Steggerda, of Virginia, to be Representative to the Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, with the rank of Ambassador, Preston Wells Griffith III, of Virginia, to be Representative to the Vienna Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency, with the rank of Ambassador, and Adam Cassady, of Virginia, to be Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine making medicines more affordable, focusing on how competition can lower drug prices, after receiving testimony from Brian J. Miller, Johns Hopkins University, and Robert Weissman, Public Citizen, both of Washington, D.C.; and Ryan Long, Paragon Health Institute, Arlington, Virginia. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments for the 119th Congress: Subcommittee on Education and the American Family: Senators Tuberville (Chair), Paul, Murkowski, Scott (SC), Banks, Husted, Moody, Blunt Rochester, Murray, Kaine, Markey, Kim, and Alsobrooks. Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety: Senators Banks (Chair), Marshall, Scott (SC), Hawley, Tuberville, Husted, Armstrong, Hickenlooper, Baldwin, Murphy, Kaine, Hassan, and Alsobrooks. Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security: Senators Marshall (Chair), Paul, Collins, Murkowski, Hawley, Banks, Husted, Moody, Armstrong, Markey, Murray, Baldwin, Murphy, Hassan, Hickenlooper, Kim, and Blunt Rochester. Senators Cassidy and Sanders are ex-officio members of each subcommittee.