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Congressional Daily Record
This section tracks committee work such as meetings, reports, or referrals. It mentions legislation such as Made in America Manufacturing Finance Act of 2025, committees such as Committee on Appropriations.
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Download official Daily Digest PDFReturn to issue context(Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving testimony from Lee M. Zeldin, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. APPROPRIATIONS: GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the General Services Administration, after receiving testimony from Edward C. Forst, Administrator, U.S. General Services Administration. DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS NUCLEAR SECURITY PROGRAM Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed hearings to examine the Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration atomic energy defense activities in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2027 and the Future Years Nuclear Security Program, after receiving testimony from Christopher Wright, Secretary, Brandon Williams, Administrator of the National Nuclear Administration, and Timothy J. Walsh, Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, all of the Department of Energy. CYBER OPERATIONS AND READINESS Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity received a closed briefing on cyber operations and readiness for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025 and the first quarter of fiscal year 2026 from Katherine E. Sutton, Assistant Secretary for Cyber Policy, Brigadier General R. Ryan Messer, USAF, Deputy Director for Global Operations, J3, Joint Staff, and RADM Ronald A. Foy, USN, Director for Operations, J3, all of the Department of Defense. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE BUDGET Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the United States Forest Service, after receiving testimony from Tom Schultz, Chief, U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BUDGET Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, after receiving testimony from Ho K. Nieh, Chairman, and David A. Wright, Bradley R. Crowell, Matthew J. Marzano, and Douglas W. Weaver, each a Commissioner, all of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. COVID Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine whistleblower testimony on COVID, after receiving testimony from James E. Erdman III, Senior Operations Officer, Central Intelligence Agency. PROTECT KIDS ONLINE Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law concluded a hearing to examine how social media verdicts demand federal action to protect kids online, after receiving testimony from Rachel Lanier, The Lanier Law Firm, Los Angeles, California; Joann Bogard, ParentsSOS, Wadesville, Indiana; Mary Graw Leary, The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law, Washington, D.C.; and Bridgette Norring, Devin J. Norring Foundation, Hasting, Minnesota. SMALL MANUFACTURERS Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a hearing to examine industrialization and the rise of small manufacturers, including S.1555, to increase loan limits for loans made to small manufacturers, and H.R. 3174, to increase loan limits for loans made to small manufacturers, after receiving testimony from Edward Hill, The Ohio State University John Glenn College of Public Affairs and Ohio Manufacturing Institute, Columbus; Danielle M. Petrak, West Virginia University Watts Museum, Morgantown; and Bill Zoeller, Zoeller Company, Louisville, Kentucky. VA POLICE OPERATIONS Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine Veterans Affairs police operations, after receiving testimony from Reginald G.A. Neal, Assistant Secretary, and Patrick L. Hernandez, Director of Security and Law Enforcement, both of the Office of Operations, Security, and Preparedness, Mark Engelbaum, Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration, and Chad Allan, Chief of Police, Robert J. Dole, VA Medical Center,
Wichita, Kansas, all of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Triana McNeil, Director, Homeland Security and Justice, Government Accountability Office; and Matthew Leffler, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. SUPPORTING FAMILIES Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine supporting families in the sandwich generation, after receiving testimony from Karla Radka, Senior Resource Alliance, Orlando, Florida; Jason Resendez, National Alliance for Caregiving, Washington, D.C.; Josh Protas, Meals on Wheels America, Arlington, Virginia; Rebecca Preve, Association on Aging in New York, Albany; and Meghan Maher, Windermere, Florida.