BUSINESS MEETING. Cancellation of a business meeting, as defined, because of sickness, injury or death of the person with whom the meeting had been arranged in advance.
BUSINESS MEETING. Committee on Environment and Public Works: Com- mittee ordered favorably reported an original resolu- tion (S. Res. 31) authorizing expenditures by the Committee, and adopted its rules of procedure for the 114th Congress. IRAN NUCLEAR NEGOTIATIONS Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine Iran nuclear negotiations, fo- cusing on the status of talks and the role of Con- xxxxx, after receiving testimony from Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Deputy Secretary of State; and Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Xxx- xxxxxx and Financial Intelligence. NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND
BUSINESS MEETING. Q. Often there are CEO delegations that ac- company trips of this kind, and it doesn’t appear that there will be this time. Is there a particular reason for that? The President. Well, we are going to have a U.S.-China business meeting in Shanghai, and a lot of American CEO’s are going to be there. And I have—some who have mentioned to me their interest in this trip, just in passing, I’ve encouraged, if they’ve got an interest in China, to participate in that. But frankly, since this is the first trip an American President has made in quite a long while and since there are issues other than eco- nomic issues that also have to be front and center, I thought it was better this time just to take our delegation. There is another practical problem; it would probably be impolitic for me to admit it, but there is a practical problem here, which is that there are now so many American businesses involved in China, you’d have a hard time figuring out who to take and who to leave if we did it. [Laughter] So we decided since we had this big event planned in Shanghai, we would just tell everyone to please come and try to do the trip with a smaller delegation.
BUSINESS MEETING. Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, of Vir- ginia, to be Deputy United States Trade Representa- tive (Asia, Africa, Investment, Services, Textiles, and Industrial Competitiveness), with the rank of Am- bassador, Xxxxx Xxx Xxxxx, of Washington, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative (Western Hemisphere, Europe, the Middle East, Labor, and Environment), with the rank of Ambassador, and Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services. NOMINATIONS Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary (Diplomatic Security), Xxxx Xxxxxx, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary (Consular Af- fairs), Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, of Maryland, to be Assist- ant Secretary for Oceans and International Environ- mental and Scientific Affairs, who was introduced by Senator Xxxxxx, and Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, of Cali- fornia, to be Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, all of the Department of State, after the D762 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST July 13, 2021 nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. NOMINATIONS Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, of Xxxx- xxxxxx, to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, who was introduced by Senator Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, of Maryland, to be General Counsel, who was introduced by Senator Xxx Xxxxxx, and Xx- xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development, who was introduced by former Representative Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, all of the De- partment of Education, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af- fairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, of California, to be Deputy Director for Management, Office of Manage- ment and Budget.
BUSINESS MEETING. Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favor- ably reported the nomination of Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Se- curity. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee or- dered favorably reported the nominations of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, of Ohio, and Xxxxxxx X. XxXxx- xxxx, of Virginia, both to be a Member of the Elec- tion Assistance Commission. HIGH COST OF TREATING VETERANS WITH HEPATITIS C Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the high cost of treating veterans with the Hepatitis C virus and the impact of the disease on the VA health care system, after receiving testimony from Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Veterans Health Administration Chief Consultant for Pharmacy Bene- fits Management, Department of Veterans Affairs; and Xxxx Xxxxxx, National Coalition on Health Care, and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Public Citizen, both of Washington, DC. House of Representatives Chamber Action Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 8 public bills, H.R. 5783–5790; and 1 resolution, H. Con. Res. 120, were introduced. Page H8365 Additional Cosponsors: Pages H8365–66
BUSINESS MEETING. Committee on Environment and Public Works: Com- mittee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Xxxx X’Xxxxxxx, of Maryland, to be Inspector Gen- eral, Environmental Protection Agency. ALZHEIMER’S AWARENESS Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Health Care concluded a hearing to examine Alzheimer’s aware- ness, focusing on barriers to diagnosis, treatment, and care coordination, after receiving testimony from Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, University of Pennsylvania Penn Memory Center, Philadelphia; Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Pennsylvania; Xxxx X. Xxxxx, UMass Boston LeadingAge LTSS Center, Newton, Massachusetts; and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Brighton, Michi- gan.
BUSINESS MEETING. Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered fa- vorably reported the nominations of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Xxxxxxxx Islands, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, of Puerto Rico, to be Ambassador to the Federated States of Micro- nesia, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, of Georgia, to be Am- bassador at Large for Global Women’s Issues, Xxxxx
BUSINESS MEETING. Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favor- ably reported the following business items: S. 227, to direct the Attorney General to review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice pro- tocols appropriate to address missing and murdered Indians, with an amendment in the nature of a sub- stitute; and S. 982, to increase intergovernmental coordination to identify and combat violent crime within Indian lands and of Indians, with an amendment in the na- ture of a substitute. HONORING NATIVE VETERANS
BUSINESS MEETING. Committee on Homeland Security: Full Committee held a business meeting on A Resolution Offered by Chairman Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Authorizing Issuance of Subpoena on documents related to U.S. Customs and Border Protection Operations. A Reso- lution Offered by Chairman Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Authorizing Issuance of Subpoena on documents re- lated to U.S. Customs and Border Protection Oper- ations was agreed to, as amended. MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
