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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning Gary C. Peters was published in the Daily Digest section on page D148 on Feb. 23.
Of the 100 senators in 117th Congress, 24 percent were women, and 76 percent were men, according to the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Senators' salaries are historically higher than the median US income.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine emerging technologies and their impact on national security, after receiving testimony from General Herbert J. Carlisle, USAF (Ret.), National Defense Industrial Association; Eric E. Schmidt, Schmidt Futures; and Brad L. Smith, Microsoft Corporation.
SEMIANNUAL MONETARY POLICY REPORT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress, after receiving testimony from Jerome H. Powell, Chair, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee began hearings to examine the nomination of Debra Anne Haaland, of New Mexico, to be Secretary of the Interior, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Heinrich and Representative Young, testified and answered questions in her own behalf, but did not complete action thereon.
Hearing recessed subject to the call and will meet again at 10 a.m., on Wednesday, February 24, 2021.
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Adewale O. Adeyemo, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: On Monday, February 22, 2021, Committee ordered favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res. 64) authorizing expenditures by the Committee, and adopted its rules of procedure for the 117th Congress.
JANUARY 6 ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Committee on Rules and Administration: Committees concluded a joint hearing to examine the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, after receiving testimony from Acting Chief Robert J. Contee, III, Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, D.C.; Steven A. Sund, former Chief of the U.S. Capitol Police; Michael C. Stenger, former Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, U.S. Senate; and Paul D. Irving, former Sergeant at Arms, U.S. House of Representatives.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments for the 117th Congress:
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations: Senators Ossoff (Chair), Carper, Hassan, Padilla, Johnson, Paul, Lankford, and Scott (FL).
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight: Senators Hassan (Chair), Sinema, Rosen, Ossoff, Paul, Romney, Scott (FL), and Hawley.
Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management: Senators Sinema (Chair), Carper, Padilla, Ossoff, Lankford, Johnson, Romney, and Hawley.
Senators Peters and Portman are ex-officio members of each subcommittee.
NOMINATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Xavier Becerra, of California, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Feinstein and Padilla, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Merrick Brian Garland, of Maryland, to be Attorney General, Department of Justice, after receiving testimony from Josh Blackman, South Texas College of Law, Houston; Donna Bucella, former Director, Executive Office for United States Attorneys and former U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, Irving, Texas; Wade Henderson, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and Andrea Tucker, both of Washington, D.C.; and Ken Starr, Waco, Texas.
HACK OF U.S. NETWORKS
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the hack of U.S. networks by a foreign adversary, after receiving testimony from Kevin Mandia, FireEye, Inc., Reston, Virginia; Sudhakar Ramakrishna, SolarWinds Inc., Austin, Texas; Brad Smith, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington; and George Kurtz, CrowdStrike, Sunnyvale, California.
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