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D228", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D228-D229]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Monday, March 2, 2026\n\n[[Page D228]]\n\n Daily Digest\n\nHIGHLIGHTS\n\n See Resume of Congressional Activity.\n\n Senate\n\nChamber Action\nRoutine Proceedings, pages S719-S740\nMeasures Introduced: Seven bills and two resolutions were introduced,\nas follows: S. 3956-3962, and S. Res. 624-625.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S731\nMeasures Reported:\n H.R. 6719, to prohibit threats to a minor, with an amendment in the\nnature of a substitute.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S731\nMeasures Passed:\n Authorizing the Use of Emancipation Hall: Senate agreed to H. Con.\nRes. 72, authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol\nVisitor Center for a ceremony as part of the commemoration of the days\nof remembrance of victims of the Holocaust.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S728\nMeasures Considered:\nHousing for the 21st Century Act--Agreement: Senate resumed\nconsideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 6644,\nto increase the supply of housing in America.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S719-28\n During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the\nfollowing action:\n By 84 yeas to 6 nays, 1 responding present (Vote No. 44), three-\nfifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the\naffirmative, Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the\nmotion to proceed to consideration of the bill.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S728\n A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further\nconsideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill,\npost-cloture, at approximately 10 a.m., on Tuesday, March 3, 2026; and\nthat all time during recess, adjournment, and Leader remarks count\npost-cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill.\n Pages S735-36\nNominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:\n Bradford Pentony Wilson, of New Jersey, to be Archivist of the United\nStates.\n Sheria Akins Clarke, of South Carolina, to be United States District\nJudge for the District of South Carolina.\n Jeffrey Brodsky, of Florida, to be a Governor of the United States\nPostal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2029.\n Jeffrey M. Kuhlman, of Kansas, to be United States District Judge for\nthe District of Kansas.\n Adam Cassady, of Virginia, to be Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace\nand Digital Policy.\n Kathleen S. Lane, of Montana, to be United States District Judge for\nthe District of Montana.\n Kaveh Farzad, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy\n(International Affairs).\n Anthony W. Mattivi, of Kansas, to be United States District Judge for\nthe District of Kansas.\n William Gallo, of Florida, to be a Governor of the United States\nPostal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2030.\n Anthony J. Powell, of Kansas, to be United States District Judge for\nthe District of Kansas.\n Preston Wells Griffith III, of Virginia, to be Representative of the\nUnited States of America to the Vienna Office of the United Nations,\nwith the rank of Ambassador.\n Evan Rikhye, of the Virgin Islands, to be Judge for the District\nCourt of the Virgin Islands for a term of ten years.\n Preston Wells Griffith III, of Virginia, to be Representative of the\nUnited States of America to the International Atomic Energy Agency,\nwith the rank of Ambassador.\n Justin D. Smith, of Missouri, to be United States Circuit Judge for\nthe Eighth Circuit.\n Yeouk Kim, of Texas, to be Representative of the United States of\nAmerica to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, with the rank\nand status of Ambassador.\n\n[[Page D229]]\n\n Kara Marie Westercamp, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United\nStates Court of International Trade.\n James O'Neill, of Texas, to be Director of the National Science\nFoundation for a term of six years.\n Kenneth Sorenson, of Hawaii, to be United States Attorney for the\nDistrict of Hawaii for the term of four years.\n Robert Steffens, of Texas, to be a Governor of the United States\nPostal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2032.\n Johnson TeeHee II, of Oklahoma, to be United States Marshal for the\nEastern District of Oklahoma for the term of four years.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S740\nExecutive Communications:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S729-30\nPetitions and Memorials:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S730-31\nAdditional Cosponsors:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S731-33\nStatements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S733-35\nAdditional Statements:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S729\nRecord Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--44)\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S728\nAdjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 7:16 p.m.,\nuntil 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (For Senate's program, see the\nremarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S735-36.)"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgD229", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCMEETINGS", "D229", "D229", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. D229", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D229]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\n(Committees not listed did not meet)\n No committee meetings were held."], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgD230", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDAHEAD", "D230", "D233", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"204\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"601\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"815\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"933\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"952\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HRES\", \"number\": \"971\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1135\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1276\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1744\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1829\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1981\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2071\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2102\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2504\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2787\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2827\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3004\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3447\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3493\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3527\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3798\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3923\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4171\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6162\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6196\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6428\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6644\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6955\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7058\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7065\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7127\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7567\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7605\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7616\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7630\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7632\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7633\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7641\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7642\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7649\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7653\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7654\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7669\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7674\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7675\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7688\"}]", "172 Cong. 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D230", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D230-D233]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD\n\n Week of March 3 through March 6, 2026\n\n Senate Chamber\n\n On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the motion to\nproceed to consideration of H.R. 6644, Housing for the 21st Century\nAct, post-cloture.\n During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared\nlegislative and executive business.\n\n Senate Committees\n\n (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)\n Committee on Armed Services: March 3, to hold hearings to examine\nan update on the National Defense Strategy; to be immediately\nfollowed by a closed session in SVC-217, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.\n March 4, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to hold\nhearings to examine the current readiness of the Joint Force, 2:30\np.m., SH-216.\n March 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the American\nsmall drone industrial base, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.\n Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: March 3,\nSubcommittee on Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness, to hold\nhearings to examine AI that improves safety, productivity, and care,\n10:15 a.m., SR-253.\n March 4, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 933, to\nauthorize programs for the National Aeronautics and Space\nAdministration for fiscal year 2025, S. 3923, to improve the weather\nresearch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,\nsupport improvements in weather forecasting and prediction, and\nexpand commercial opportunities for the provision of weather data,\nand certain coast guard promotions, 10 a.m., SR-253.\n March 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the\nnominations of Arvind Raman, of Indiana, to be Under Secretary of\nCommerce for Standards and Technology, and Matthew Anderson, of\nColorado, to be Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and\nSpace Administration, 10 a.m., SR-253.\n Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 4, business\nmeeting to consider S. 601 and H.R. 1276, bills to remove\nrestrictions from a parcel of land in Paducah, Kentucky, S. 815, to\ndesignate the outdoor amphitheater at the Blue Ridge Music Center in\nGalax, Virginia, as the ``Rick Boucher Amphitheater'', S. 1135, to\namend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the\nInterior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the\nBonneville Shoreline Trail, S. 1981, to require the Secretary of\nAgriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to utilize grazing for\nwildfire risk reduction, S. 2102, to establish the Ralph David\nAbernathy, Sr., National Historic Site, S. 2787, to amend the\nFederal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to ensure that\nranchers who have grazing agreements on national grasslands are\ntreated the same as permittees on other Federal land, S. 3004, to\ndirect the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Bureau of\nLand Management land to the city of Price, Utah, S. 3493, to provide\nfor the conveyance of certain Federal land in Carson City, Nevada,\nS. 3527, to release from wilderness study area designation certain\nland in the State of Montana, to improve the management of that\nland, H.R. 204, to require that the Secretary of Agriculture and the\nSecretary of the Interior submit accurate reports regarding\nhazardous fuels reduction activities, H.R. 952, to convey the\nreversionary interest of the United States in certain land in\nSacramento, California, H.R. 1829, to require the Secretary of\nAgriculture to convey certain lands within the Apache-Sitgreaves\nNational Forest, and the nominations of Stevan Pearce, of New\nMexico, to be Director of the Bureau of Land Management, David\nLaCerte, of Louisiana, to be a Member of the Federal Energy\nRegulatory Commission, and Kyle Haustveit, of North Dakota, to be\nUnder Secretary of Energy, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.\n Committee on Environment and Public Works: March 4, business\nmeeting to consider the nomination of the nomination of Douglas\nWeaver, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory\nCommission; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine a\ndiscussion draft of an original bill entitled, ``the Toxic\nSubstances Control Act Fee Reauthorization and Improvement Act of\n2026.'', 10 a.m., SD-562.\n Committee on Foreign Relations: March 5, to hold hearings to\nexamine the nomination of Frank Garcia, of Virginia, to be an\nAssistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, 10 a.m., SD-419.\n Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: March 5, to\nhold hearings to examine transforming health care with data,\nfocusing on improving patient outcomes through next-generation care,\n10 a.m., SD-430.\n Committee on the Judiciary: March 3, to hold oversight hearings to\nexamine the Department of Homeland Security, 9 a.m., SD-106.\n March 3, Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, to hold\nhearings to examine confronting child\n\n[[Page D231]]\n\ntrafficking and the failure to protect America's most vulnerable, 2\np.m., SD-226.\n March 5, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 3798, to\namend title 18, United States Code, to establish criminal offenses\nwith respect to violations involving ATMs, regardless of whether the\nATM is located on the physical premises of a financial institution,\nand the nominations of Robert Cekada, of Florida, to be Director,\nBureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Andrew B.\nDavis, and Christopher R. Wolfe, both to be a United States District\nJudge for the Western District of Texas, Anna St. John, to be United\nStates District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, John\nThomas Shepherd, to be United States District Judge for the Western\nDistrict of Arkansas, Robert Rotter, to be United States Marshal for\nthe Northern District of Iowa, Daniel Satterlee, to be United States\nMarshal for the District of South Dakota, and David St. Pierre, to\nbe United States Marshal for the District of Maine, all of the\nDepartment of Justice, 10:15 a.m., SH-216.\n Committee on Veterans' Affairs: March 3, to hold a joint hearing\nwith the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the\nlegislative presentation of Veterans of Foreign Wars and multi VSOs,\n10 a.m., SD-G50.\n March 4, Full Committee, to hold a joint hearing with the House\nCommittee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative\npresentation of the American Legion and multi VSOs, 9:45 a.m., SD-\nG50.\n Select Committee on Intelligence: March 4, to receive a closed\nbriefing on certain intelligence matters, 3 p.m., SH-219.\n\n House Committees\n\n Committee on Agriculture, March 4, Full Committee, continue markup\non H.R. 7567, the ``Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026'',\n8 a.m., 1300 Longworth.\n Committee on Appropriations, March 4, Subcommittee on Agriculture,\nRural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related\nAgencies, oversight hearing on the Department of Agriculture, Trade\nand Foreign Agricultural Affairs, 10:30 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.\n March 4, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education,\nand Related Agencies, hearing entitled ``Preparing for the Future:\nAmerica's Community Colleges'', 10:30 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.\n March 5, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing And Urban\nDevelopment, And Related Agencies, hearing entitled ``Inspectors\nGeneral for the Department of Transportation and the Department of\nHousing and Urban Development'', 10 a.m., 2358-A Rayburn.\n March 5, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education,\nand Related Agencies, hearing entitled ``Member Day'', 10:30 a.m.,\n2358-C Rayburn.\n March 5, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies,\nhearing entitled ``Member Day'', 1 p.m., 2008 Rayburn.\n March 6, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, budget hearing on the\nLibrary of Congress and Government Publishing Office, 9 a.m., 2362-B\nRayburn.\n Committee on Armed Services, March 4, Full Committee, hearing\nentitled ``Speed to Scale: Revitalizing the Defense Industrial\nBase'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.\n March 4, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing entitled ``Energy,\nInstallations, and Environment Update'', 3 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.\n March 5, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``U.S. Defense Strategy and\nPosture'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn. Part of this hearing is closed.\n Committee on Education and Workforce, March 4, Subcommittee on\nHigher Education and Workforce Development, hearing entitled\n``Building an AI-Ready America: Strengthening Employer-Led\nTraining'', 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.\n Committee on Energy and Commerce, March 4, Subcommittee on Energy,\nhearing entitled ``America's Energy Infrastructure: Authorizing\nPipeline Safety'', 10:15 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.\n March 4, Subcommittee on Environment, hearing entitled ``Ready for\nReuse: Legislative Proposals to Unleash the Potential of America's\nBrownfields Sites'', 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.\n Committee on Financial Services, March 4, Full Committee, markup\non H.R. 2071, the ``Save our Shrimpers Act''; H.R. 4171, the ``Small\nEntrepreneurs' Empowerment and Development Act of 2025''; H.R. 6955,\nthe ``Main Street Capital Access Act''; H.R. 7127, the ``Restoring\nthe Secondary Trading Market Act''; and H.R. 7688, the ``DPA\nModernization Act of 2026'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.\n March 5, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions, hearing entitled\n``Fighting Fraud on the Front Lines: Challenges and Opportunities for\nFinancial Institutions'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.\n March 5, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, hearing entitled ``The Role\nof Self-Regulatory Organizations in the U.S. Markets: Examining FINRA\nand the MSRB'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.\n Committee on Foreign Affairs, March 4, Full Committee, markup on\nH.R. 7654, to authorize the consolidation of reports required to be\nsubmitted by the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy of\nthe Department of State, and for other purposes; H.R. 7642, to\nauthorize the recruitment and retention of specialized disaster\nassistance professionals by the Department of State; H.R. 7641, to\nprovide for a pilot program to require congressional notification of\nadditional information for certain foreign assistance programs; H.R.\n7633, to require the United States flag to be displayed on United\nStates foreign assistance; H. Res. 971, condemning the coercive\nactions of the People's Republic of China against Japan in response\nto statements regarding Taiwan and reaffirming the United States\ncommitment to its allies in the Indo-Pacific\n\n[[Page D232]]\n\nregion; H.R. 1744, to extend and authorize annual appropriations for\nthe United States Commission on International Religious Freedom\nthrough fiscal year 2028; H.R. 3447, to require the Secretary of\nCommerce to issue standards with respect to chip security mechanisms\nfor integrated circuit products, and for other purposes; H.R. 7616,\nto require the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to identify\nand mitigate relationships that pose a risk to United States foreign\npolicy interests between certain European institutions and certain\ncovered entities of concern, and for other purposes; H.R. 7058, to\nrequire the Secretary of State to conduct assessments of the risks\nposed to the United States by foreign adversaries who utilize\ngenerative artificial intelligence for malicious activities, and for\nother purposes; H.R. 7653, to enhance diplomatic engagement on\ninternational biotechnology and biosecurity matters; H.R. 7632, to\ndesignate a Coordinator for hybrid warfare accountability, require\nthe Secretary of State to submit a report identifying Chinese\nentities materially supporting Russia's defense industrial base and\nrecommending appropriate sanctions, and for other purposes; H.R.\n7649, to ensure that persons found responsible for the unauthorized\ndiversion or destruction of United States humanitarian assistance\nare liable to the United States, and for other purposes; H.R. 7605,\nto abolish the United States African Development Foundation; H.R.\n7630, to prohibit United States recognition of the claims of\nsovereignty of South Ossetia or Abkhazia within the Republic of\nGeorgia; H.R. 7669, to require a report that describes the current\nrestrictions imposed by the Taliban on women and girls in\nAfghanistan since August 2021; H.R. 6428, to require the Secretary\nof State to submit a report on participation in educational and\ncultural exchange programs; H.R. 6196, to authorize and encourage\nthe United States to pursue a model of locally led development and\nhumanitarian response and expand engagement with local actors and\nincrease its local partner base; H.R. 2504, to require the Secretary\nof State to develop a strategy to strengthen United States-European\nnuclear energy cooperation and combat Russian malign influence in\nthe nuclear energy sector in Europe; H.R. 7675, to require the\nSecretary of State to establish the Initiative on Foreign Investment\nScreening, and for other purposes; and H.R. 7674, to require the\nSecretary of State to submit to Congress a strategy to support a\ndemocratic transition in Venezuela, and for other purposes, 11 a.m.,\n2172 Rayburn.\n March 5, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Advancing National\nSecurity through Public Diplomacy'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.\n March 5, Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, hearing\nentitled ``Merit, Accountability, and Performance at State:\nEvaluating Promotion and Placement'', 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.\n Committee on Homeland Security, March 4, Subcommittee on\nOversight, Investigations, and Accountability, hearing entitled\n``Highway Safety Under Threat: Examining Non-Domiciled CDL Issuance\nto Illegal Aliens'', 2 p.m., 310 Cannon.\n Committee on the Judiciary, March 4, Full Committee, hearing\nentitled ``Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security'', 10\na.m., 2141 Rayburn.\n Committee on Natural Resources, March 4, Subcommittee on Indian\nand Insular Affairs, hearing on H.R. 2827, to provide for the\nequitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes regarding land\nin Illinois, and for other purposes; H.R. 6162, the ``Albuquerque\nIndian School Act of 2025''; and H.R. 7065, the ``Seneca Nation Law\nEnforcement Efficiency Act'', 10:15 a.m., 1324 Longworth.\n March 4, Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries, hearing\nentitled ``Oversight of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act'', 2 p.m., 1324\nLongworth.\n Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, March 4, Full\nCommittee, hearing entitled ``Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of\nFederal Funds in Minnesota: Part II'', 9 a.m., HVC-210.\n Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, March 4,\nSubcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and\nEmergency Management, hearing entitled ``The General Services\nAdministration: Examining the Future of Federal Real Estate\nManagement to Reduce Costs for the Taxpayer'', 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.\n Committee on Veterans' Affairs, March 4, Subcommittee on Oversight\nand Investigations, hearing entitled ``Delivering for Veterans and\nCaregivers: Year One of the Dole Act'', 2:15 p.m., 360 Cannon.\n March 5, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Hidden Wounds:\nEffectively Supporting Veterans with TBI'', 10:15 a.m., 360 Cannon.\n Committee on Ways and Means, March 4, Full Committee, hearing\nentitled ``Hearing with Internal Revenue Service Chief Executive\nOfficer, Frank J. Bisignano'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.\n March 5, Subcommittee on Work and Welfare, hearing entitled\n``Reclaiming 'Forgotten' Fraudulent Pandemic Unemployment Funds Frozen\nby Banks'', 10 a.m., 2020 Rayburn.\n Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, March 4, Full\nCommittee, hearing entitled ``CI Screening, Vetting, and Watch\nListing'', 2 p.m., HVC-304. This hearing is closed.\n\n Joint Meeting\n\n Joint Hearing: March 3, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to\nhold a joint hearing with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs\nto examine the legislative presentation of Veterans of Foreign Wars\nand multi VSOs, 10 a.m., SD-G50.\n March 4, Full Committee, to hold a joint hearing with the House\nCommittee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative\npresentation of the American Legion and multi VSOs, 9:45 a.m., SD-\nG50.\n Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: March 4, to hold\nhearings to examine responding to China's infiltration and coercion\nin Europe, 2:30 p.m., 2247, Rayburn Building.\n\n* These figures include all measures reported, even if there was\nno accompanying report. A total of 15 written reports have been\nfiled in the Senate, 112 reports have been filed in the House.\n\n[[Page D233]]"], ["CREC-2026-03-02-pt1-PgD233-2", "2026-03-02", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDENDMATTER", "D233", "D234", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6644\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. 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Rec. D233", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D233]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Resume of Congressional Activity\n\n SECOND SESSION OF THE ONE HUNDRED NINETEENTH CONGRESS\n\n The first table gives a comprehensive resume of all legislative\nbusiness transacted by the Senate and House.\n The second table accounts for all nominations submitted to the\nSenate by the President for Senate confirmation.\n\n DATA ON LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY\n\n January 3 through February 28, 2026\n\n Senate House Total\n Days in Session............... 32 31 . .\n Time in Session............... 145 hrs., 25\u007f 110 hrs., 8\u007f . .\n Congressional Record:\n Pages of proceedings.......... S717 H2334 . .\n Extensions of remarks......... . . E170 . .\n Public bills enacted into law. 4 7 11\n Private bills enacted into law . . . . . .\n Bills in conference........... . . 1 . .\n Measures passed, total........ 51 77 128\n Senate bills.................. 6 4 . .\n House bills................... 5 50 . .\n Senate joint resolutions...... . . . . . .\n House joint resolutions....... 1 3 . .\n Senate concurrent resolutions. 1 . . . .\n House concurrent resolutions.. 1 2 . .\n Simple resolutions............ 37 18 . .\n Measures reported, total...... *34 110 144\n Senate bills.................. 32 . . . .\n House bills................... 1 100 . .\n Senate joint resolutions...... 1 . . . .\n House joint resolutions....... . . 1 . .\n Senate concurrent resolutions. . . . . . .\n House concurrent resolutions.. . . . . . .\n Simple resolutions............ . . 9 . .\n Special reports............... . . 2 . .\n Conference reports............ . . . . . .\n Measures pending on calendar.. 242 82 . .\n Measures introduced, total.... 437 945 1,382\n Bills......................... 376 806 . .\n Joint resolutions............. 8 15 . .\n Concurrent resolutions........ 3 7 . .\n Simple resolutions............ 50 117 . .\n Quorum calls.................. . . 1 . .\n Yea-and-nay votes............. 43 65 . .\n Recorded votes................ . . 12 . .\n Bills vetoed.................. . . . . . .\n Vetoes overridden............. . . . . . .\n DISPOSITION OF EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS\n\n January 3 through February 28, 2026\n\n Civilian nominees, totaling 115 (including 4 nominees\n carried over from the First Session), disposed of as\n follows:\n\n Confirmed...........................................13...\n Unconfirmed........................................102...\n Other Civilian nominees, totaling 790 (including 124\n nominees carried over from the First Session), disposed\n of as follows:\n\n Confirmed..........................................105...\n Unconfirmed........................................685...\n Air Force nominees, totaling 426 (including 14 nominees\n carried over from the First Session), disposed of as\n follows:\n\n Confirmed..........................................252...\n Unconfirmed........................................174...\n Army nominees, totaling 2,172 (including 1,978 nominees\n carried over from the First Session), disposed of as\n follows:\n\n Confirmed...........................................94...\n Unconfirmed......................................2,078...\n Navy nominees, totaling 119 (including 5 nominees carried\n over from the First Session), disposed of as follows:\n\n Confirmed...........................................44...\n Unconfirmed.........................................75...\n Marine Corps nominees, totaling 144 (including 56 nominees\n carried over from the First Session), disposed of as\n follows:\n\n Confirmed...........................................41...\n Unconfirmed........................................103...\n Space Force nominees, totaling 1 (including 1 nominees\n carried over from the First Session), disposed of as\n follows:\n\n Unconfirmed..........................................1...\n Summary\n Total nominees carried over from the First Session...2,182\n Total nominees received this Session.................1,585\n Total confirmed........................................549\n Total unconfirmed....................................3,218\n Total withdrawn..........................................0\n Total returned to the White House........................0"], ["CREC-2026-02-26-pt1-PgD223", "2026-02-26", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D223", "D224", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"616\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"623\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"617\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"618\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"619\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"620\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"621\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"622\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"972\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1070\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2245\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2815\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3926\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3955\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6644\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D223", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D223-D224]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Thursday, February 26, 2026\n\n[[Page D223]]\n\n Daily Digest\n\n Senate\n\nChamber Action\nRoutine Proceedings, pages S691-S717\nMeasures Introduced: Thirty bills and eight resolutions were\nintroduced, as follows: S. 3926-3955, and S. Res. 616-623.\n Pages S706-07\nMeasures Passed:\n Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act: Committee on Energy and\nNatural Resources was discharged from further consideration of H.R.\n2815, to provide equitable treatment for the people of the Village\nCorporation established for the Native Village of Saxman, Alaska, and\nthe bill was then passed.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S697-99\n Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act: Committee on\nEnergy and Natural Resources was discharged from further consideration\nof H.R. 972, to amend the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area Act\nto adjust the boundary of the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area,\nand the bill was then passed.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S697-99\n Digital Coast Act: Senate passed S. 2245, to amend the Digital Coast\nAct to improve the acquisition, integration, and accessibility of data\nof the Digital Coast program and to extend the program, after agreeing\nto the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.\n Pages S715-16\n National STEM Week Act: Senate passed S. 1070, to establish a\nNational STEM Week to promote American innovation and enhance STEM\neducation pathways for all students, including those in rural, urban,\nand underserved communities, after agreeing to the committee amendment\nin the nature of a substitute.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S716\n Career and Technical Education Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 617,\nsupporting the goals and ideals of ``Career and Technical Education\nMonth''.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S716\n Career and Technical Education: Senate agreed to S. Res. 618,\nrecognizing the importance of career and technical education (``CTE'')\neducators and work-based learning coordinators in delivering high-\nquality CTE, preparing students for success in the workplace, the\nclassroom, and in life, and supporting dynamic workforce pipelines that\nenable the United States to grow and lead in critical economic sectors.\n Page S716\n National Elizabeth Peratrovich Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 619,\ndesignating February 16, 2026, as ``National Elizabeth Peratrovich\nDay''.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S716\n Rare Disease Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 620, designating February\n28, 2026, as ``Rare Disease Day''.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S716\n National Public Schools Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 621,\ndesignating the week of February 23 through February 27, 2026, as\n``National Public Schools Week''.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S716\n National FFA Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 622, expressing support\nfor the designation of February 21 through February 28, 2026, as\n``National FFA Week'', recognizing the important role of the National\nFFA Organization in developing the next generation of globally\nconscious leaders who will change the world, and celebrating the 50th\nanniversary of the chartering of the State of Alaska as a State FFA\nAssociation.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S716\nMeasures Considered:\nHousing for the 21st Century Act--Cloture: Senate began consideration\nof the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 6644, to increase the\nsupply of housing in America.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S692-97\n A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed\nto consideration of the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of\nRule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and pursuant to the\nunanimous-consent agreement of Thursday, February 26, 2026, a vote on\ncloture will occur at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, March 2, 2026.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S692\n Prior to the consideration of this measure, Senate took the following\naction:\n Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session to\nconsider the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill.\n Page S692\n A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at\napproximately 3 p.m., on Monday, March 2, 2026, Senate resume\nconsideration of the\n\n[[Page D224]]\n\nmotion to proceed to consideration of the bill; and that the motion to\ninvoke cloture with respect to the motion to proceed to consideration\nof the bill ripen at 5:30 p.m.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S717\nAppointments:\n A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that a correction\nto the appointment made on February 24, 2026, be printed in the Record:\n United States Commission on Civil Rights: The Chair, on behalf of the\nPresident pro tempore and upon the recommendation of the Majority\nLeader, pursuant to the provisions of Public Law 98-183, as amended by\nPublic Law 103-419, appointed the following individual to the United\nStates Commission on Civil Rights, for a term of six years: Sara\nFrankenstein vice Gail Heriot.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S715\nNomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:\n By 57 yeas to 33 nays (Vote No. EX. 43), Ryan McCormack, of Virginia,\nto be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy.\n Pages S691-92, S699-702, S717\n During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the\nfollowing action:\n By 60 yeas to 34 nays (Vote No. 42), Senate agreed to the motion to\nclose further debate on the nomination.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S697\nExecutive Communications:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S704-05\nExecutive Reports of Committees:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S705-06\nAdditional Cosponsors:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S707-09\nStatements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S709-12\nAdditional Statements:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S703-04\nAuthorities for Committees to Meet:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S712-13\nRecord Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--43)\n Pages S697 and S702\nAdjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 2:54 p.m.,\nuntil 3 p.m. on Monday, March 2, 2026. (For Senate's program, see the\nremarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S717.)"], ["CREC-2026-02-26-pt1-PgD224", "2026-02-26", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCMEETINGS", "D224", "D225", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1552\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1602\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3315\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3747\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6719\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D224", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D224-D225]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\n(Committees not listed did not meet)\nNOMINATIONS\nCommittee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine\nthe nominations of Mark Ditlevson, of Minnesota, and Brian Birdwell, of\nTexas, who was introduced by Senator Cruz, both to be an Assistant\nSecretary of Defense, after the nominees testified and answered\nquestions in their own behalf.\nNOMINATIONS\nCommittee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 445\nmilitary nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.\nRIGHTSIZING REGULATION\nCommittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a\nhearing to examine an update from the Prudential regulators, focusing\non rightsizing regulation to promote American opportunity, after\nreceiving testimony from Michelle W. Bowman, Vice Chair for\nSupervision, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Travis\nHill, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Jonathan V.\nGould, Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury; and\nKyle S. Hauptman, Chairman, National Credit Union Administration.\nTECH COMPETITION, CRITICAL MINERALS, AND SUPPLY CHAIN\nCommittee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on\ntech competition, critical minerals, and supply chain security from\nJacob Helberg, Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs.\nBUSINESS MEETING\nCommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered\nfavorably reported the following business items:\n S. 1602, to coordinate Federal research and development efforts\nfocused on modernizing mathematics in STEM education through\nmathematical and statistical modeling, including data-driven and\ncomputational thinking, problem, project, and performance-based\nlearning and assessment, interdisciplinary exploration, and career\nconnections;\n S. 3747, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to recognize\nstudents who have completed secondary school education in a home school\nsetting as high school graduates;\n S. 1552, to promote and protect from discrimination living organ\ndonors, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and\n S. 3315, to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services and\nthe Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to\ncoordinate to improve cybersecurity in the health care and public\nhealth sectors with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.\nBUSINESS MEETING\nCommittee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the\nfollowing business items:\n\n[[Page D225]]\n\n H.R. 6719, to prohibit threats to a minor, with an amendment in the\nnature of a substitute; and\n The nominations of Gregory Gilmore, to be United States Attorney for\nthe Central District of Illinois.\nFDA BUREAUCRACY\nSpecial Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine\nFDA bureaucracy, focusing on regulator to roadblock, after receiving\ntestimony from Annie Kennedy, EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases,\nWashington, D.C.; Jeremy D. Schmahmann, Harvard Medical School, Boston,\nMassachusetts; Bradley Campbell, Amicus Therapeutics, Princeton, New\nJersey; and Cara O'Neill, Cure Sanfilippo Foundation, Columbia, South\nCarolina."], ["CREC-2026-02-26-pt1-PgD225-4", "2026-02-26", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDENDMATTER", "D225", "D226", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6644\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. 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Rec. D218", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D218-D219]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\n(Committees not listed did not meet)\nNOMINATIONS\nCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a\nhearing to examine the nominations of Stevan Pearce, of New Mexico, to\nbe Director of the Bureau of Land Management, who was introduced by\nSenator Lummis, Kyle Haustveit, of North Dakota, to be Under Secretary\nof Energy, and David LaCerte, of Louisiana, to be a Member of the\nFederal Energy Regulatory Commission, after the nominees testified and\nanswered questions in their own behalf.\n\n[[Page D219]]\n\nWATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT\nCommittee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a\nhearing to examine Water Resources Development Act of 2026, focusing on\nU.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects, programs, and priorities, after\nreceiving testimony from Adam Telle, Assistant Secretary for Civil\nWorks, and Lieutenant General William H. Graham, Jr., Chief of\nEngineers and Commanding General, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, both of\nthe Department of the Army, Department of Defense.\nNOMINATIONS\nCommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee\nconcluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Casey Means, of\nCalifornia, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public\nHealth Service, subject to qualifications therefor as provided by law\nand regulations, and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service\nfor a term of four years, after the nominee, who was introduced by\nSenator Marshall, testified and answered questions in her own behalf.\nNOMINATION\nCommittee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine\nthe nomination of Colin McDonald, of California, to be an Assistant\nAttorney General, Department of Justice, after the nominee testified\nand answered questions in his own behalf.\nINTEGRITY IN SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS\nCommittee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a\nhearing to examine from fraud to recovery, focusing on restoring\nintegrity in small business programs, including S.1199, to extend the\nstatute of limitations for fraud under certain pandemic programs, after\nreceiving testimony from William W. Kirk, Inspector General, Small\nBusiness Administration; and Kenneth R. Dieffenbach, Executive\nDirector, Pandemic Response Accountability Committee.\nINTELLIGENCE\nSelect Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to\nreceive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of\nthe intelligence community."], ["CREC-2026-02-25-pt1-PgD218", "2026-02-25", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D218", "D218", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"602\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"613\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"615\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"613\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"614\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"615\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3908\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3925\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D218", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D218]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Wednesday, February 25, 2026\n\n[[Page D218]]\n\n Daily Digest\n\n Senate\n\nChamber Action\nRoutine Proceedings, pages S657-S689\nMeasures Introduced: Eighteen bills and three resolutions were\nintroduced, as follows: S. 3908-3925, and S. Res. 613-615.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S681\nMeasures Passed:\n Army-Navy Football Game: Senate agreed to S. Res. 613, recognizing\nthe Army-Navy football game as America's Game.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S687\n American Heart Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 614, designating\nFebruary 2026 as ``American Heart Month''.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S687\n Black History Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 615, celebrating Black\nHistory Month.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S687-88\n 2026 United States Olympic and Paralympic Teams: Committee on\nCommerce, Science, and Transportation was discharged from further\nconsideration of S. Res. 602, supporting the United States Olympic and\nParalympic Teams in the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, and\nthe resolution was then agreed to, after agreeing to the following\namendment proposed thereto:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S689\n Moreno (for Klobuchar) Amendment No. 4302, to modify the number of\nmedals won by Team USA.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S688\nMcCormack Nomination--Agreement: Senate continued consideration of the\nnomination of Ryan McCormack, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of\nTransportation for Policy.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S667-74\n A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further\nconsideration of the nomination at approximately 10 a.m., on Thursday,\nFebruary 26, 2026, and that notwithstanding Rule XXII, the motion to\ninvoke cloture on the nomination ripen at 11:45 a.m.; and that if\ncloture is invoked, Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination at\n1:45 p.m.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S689\nNomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:\n By 50 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. EX. 41), John DeLeeuw, of Texas, to\nbe a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board for the\nremainder of the term expiring December 31, 2026.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S667\n During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the\nfollowing action:\n By 50 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. EX. 40), Senate agreed to the motion\nto close further debate on the nomination.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S665-66\nMessages from the House:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S679\nMeasures Referred:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S679\nExecutive Communications:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S679-80\nAdditional Cosponsors:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S681-83\nStatements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S683-87\nAdditional Statements:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S681-83\nAmendments Submitted:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S687\nNotices of Intent:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S688\nAuthorities for Committees to Meet:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S688\nRecord Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--41)\n Pages S666-67\nAdjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:06 p.m.,\nuntil 10 a.m. on Thursday, February 26, 2026. (For Senate's program,\nsee the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page\nS689.)"], ["CREC-2026-02-25-pt1-PgD221", "2026-02-25", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDENDMATTER", "D221", "D222", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. D221", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D221-D222]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n\u0000The CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (USPS 087-390).\n\n\u0000The Periodicals postage is paid at Washington, D.C.\n\u0000 The public proceedings of each House of Congress, as reported\n\u0000 by the Official Reporters thereof, are printed pursuant to\n\u0000 directions of the Joint Committee on Printing as authorized by\n\u0000 appropriate provisions of Title 44, United States Code,\n\u0000 and published for each day that one or both Houses are in session,\n\u0000 excepting very infrequent instances when two or more unusually\n\u0000 small consecutive issues are printed one time.\n\u0000\u0014Public access to the Congressional Record is available online\n\u0000 through the U.S. Government Publishing Office, at www.govinfo.gov,\n\u0000 free of charge to the user. 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Remit check or\n\u0000 money order, made payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or use\n\u0000 VISA, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, or GPO Deposit Account.\n\u0000\u0014Following each session of Congress, the daily Congressional Record\n\u0000 is revised, printed, permanently bound and sold by the\n\u0000 Superintendent of Documents in individual parts or by sets.\n\u0000\u0014With the exception of copyrighted articles, there are no\n\u0000 restrictions on the republication of material from the\n\u0000 Congressional Record.\n\n\u0000 POSTMASTER:\n\n\u0000 Send address changes to the Superintendent of Documents,\n\u0000 Congressional Record,\n\u0000 U.S. Government Publishing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402,\n\u0000 along with the entire mailing label from the last issue received.\n\n[[Page D222]]\n\n_______________________________________________________________________\n\n Next Meeting of the SENATE\n 10 a.m., Thursday, February 26\n\n Senate Chamber\nProgram for Thursday: Senate will continue consideration of the\nnomination of Ryan McCormack, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of\nTransportation for Policy, and vote on the motion to invoke cloture\nthereon at 11:45 a.m. If cloture is invoked, Senate will vote on\nconfirmation of the nomination at 1:45 p.m.\n\n Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\n 9:30 a.m., Thursday, February 26\n\n House Chamber\nProgram for Thursday: House will meet in Pro Forma session at 9:30 a.m.\n\n_______________________________________________________________________\n\n Extension of Remarks, as inserted in this issue\n HOUSE\n\nAuchincloss, Jake, Mass., E164\nConaway, Herbert C., Jr., N.J., E164\nFong, Vince, Calif., E164\nGoldman, Craig A., Tex., E163, E163, E164, E164, E164, E165, E165, E166\nHudson, Richard, N.C., E163\nMcClellan, Jennifer L., Va., E165\nMeeks, Gregory W., N.Y., E165\nThompson, Mike, Calif., E163, E166"], ["CREC-2026-02-24-pt1-PgD211", "2026-02-24", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Highlights + Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D211", "D212", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"612\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1441\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3023\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3895\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3907\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7147\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D211", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D211-D212]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Tuesday, February 24, 2026\n\n[[Page D211]]\n\n Daily Digest\n\nHIGHLIGHTS\n\n House and Senate met in Joint Session to receive a State of the\n Union Address from the President of the United States.\n\n Senate\n\nChamber Action\nRoutine Proceedings, pages S627-S655\nMeasures Introduced: Thirteen bills and one resolution were introduced,\nas follows: S. 3895-3907, and S. Res. 612.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S650-51\nMeasures Reported:\n S. 1441, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants\nto nonprofit entities to assist such entities in carrying out programs\nto provide service dogs to eligible veterans, with an amendment in the\nnature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 119-113)\n S. 3023, to limit liability for certain entities storing child sexual\nabuse material for law enforcement agencies, with an amendment in the\nnature of a substitute.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S650\nMeasures Considered:\nDepartment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act: By 50 yeas to 45\nnays (Vote No. 39), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and\nsworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion\nto close further debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of\nH.R. 7147, making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal\nyear ending September 30, 2026.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S641\n Subsequently, Senator Thune entered a motion to reconsider the vote\nby which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to\nconsideration of the bill.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S641\nAppointments:\n Board of Visitors of the U.S. Military Academy: The Chair, pursuant\nto the provisions of 10 U.S.C. 4355(a), as amended by Public Law 118-\n159, on behalf of the Democratic Leader, appointed the following\nindividual to serve as a member of the Board of Visitors of the U.S.\nMilitary Academy: Senator Peters (Appropriations).\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S654\n United States Commission on Civil Rights: The Chair, on behalf of the\nPresident pro tempore and upon the recommendation of the Majority\nLeader, pursuant to the provisions of Public Law 98-183, as amended by\nPublic Law 103-419, appointed the following individual to the United\nStates Commission on Civil Rights, for a term of six years: Sarah\nFrankenstein vice Gail Heriot.\nMessage from the President: Senate received the following message from\nthe President of the United States:\n Transmitting the report on the State of the Union delivered to a\nJoint Session of Congress on February 24, 2026; which was ordered to\nlie on the table. (PM-52)\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S645-49\nMcCormack Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the\nnomination of Ryan McCormack, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of\nTransportation for Policy.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S641\n A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and,\nin accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of\nthe Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the\nnomination of John DeLeeuw, of Texas, to be a Member of the National\nTransportation Safety Board.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S641\n Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the\nfollowing action:\n Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to\nconsider the nomination.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S641\nDeLeeuw Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was\nreached providing that at approximately 10 a.m., on Wednesday, February\n25, 2026, Senate resume consideration of the nomination of John\nDeLeeuw, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety\nBoard, and notwithstanding Rule XXII, the motion to invoke cloture\nripen at 11:45 a.m.; and if cloture is invoked, Senate vote on\nconfirmation of the nomination at 2:15 p.m.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S654-55\n\n[[Page D212]]\n\nMessages from the House:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S649\nMeasures Referred:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S649-50\nMeasures Placed on the Calendar:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S635,-S650\nExecutive Communications:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S650\nAdditional Cosponsors:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S651-52\nStatements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S652-54\nAdditional Statements:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S643-45\nAuthorities for Committees to Meet:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S654\nRecord Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--39)\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S641\nAdjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 11:03 p.m.,\nuntil 10 a.m. on Wednesday, February 25, 2026. (For Senate's program,\nsee the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S654-\n55.)"], ["CREC-2026-02-24-pt1-PgD212", "2026-02-24", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCMEETINGS", "D212", "D212", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. D212", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D212]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\n(Committees not listed did not meet)\nCRITICAL MINERALS SUPPLY CHAINS\nCommittee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine\nrebuilding American critical minerals supply chains, after receiving\ntestimony from Michael P. Cadenazzi, Jr., Assistant Secretary for\nIndustrial Base Policy, and Jeffrey Frankston, Acting Deputy Assistant\nSecretary for Industrial Base Resilience, both of the Department of\nDefense."], ["CREC-2026-02-24-pt1-PgD215-2", "2026-02-24", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDENDMATTER", "D215", "D216", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4758\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D215", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D215-D216]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n\u0000The CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (USPS 087-390).\n\n\u0000The Periodicals postage is paid at Washington, D.C.\n\u0000 The public proceedings of each House of Congress, as reported\n\u0000 by the Official Reporters thereof, are printed pursuant to\n\u0000 directions of the Joint Committee on Printing as authorized by\n\u0000 appropriate provisions of Title 44, United States Code,\n\u0000 and published for each day that one or both Houses are in session,\n\u0000 excepting very infrequent instances when two or more unusually\n\u0000 small consecutive issues are printed one time.\n\u0000\u0014Public access to the Congressional Record is available online\n\u0000 through the U.S. Government Publishing Office, at www.govinfo.gov,\n\u0000 free of charge to the user. 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Rec. D205", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 35 (Monday, February 23, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 35 (Monday, February 23, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D205]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\n(Committees not listed did not meet)\n No committee meetings were held."], ["CREC-2026-02-23-pt1-PgD205", "2026-02-23", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D205", "D205", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"233\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"337\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3893\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3894\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7147\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D205", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 35 (Monday, February 23, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 35 (Monday, February 23, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D205]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Monday, February 23, 2026\n\n[[Page D205]]\n\n Daily Digest\n\n Senate\n\nChamber Action\nRoutine Proceedings, pages S623-S626\nMeasures Introduced: Two bills were introduced, as follows: S. 3893-\n3894\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S626\nMeasures Reported:\n S. 233, to amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy\nReauthorization Act of 2006 to modify the authority of the Office of\nNational Drug Control Policy with respect to the World Anti-Doping\nAgency, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No.\n119-111)\n S. 337, to amend title 49, United States Code, to clarify the\nauthority of the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety\nAdministration relating to the shipping of household goods. (S. Rept.\nNo. 119-112)\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S625-26\nEscort Committee--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached\nproviding that the Presiding Officer of the Senate be authorized to\nappoint a committee on the part of the Senate to join with a like\ncommittee on the part of the House of Representatives to escort the\nPresident of the United States into the House Chamber for the joint\nsession to be held at 9 p.m., on Tuesday, February 24, 2026.\n Page S625\nDeLeeuw Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the\nnomination of John DeLeeuw, of Texas, to be a Member of the National\nTransportation Safety Board.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S623\n A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and,\nin accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of\nthe Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the motion\nto proceed to consideration of H.R. 7147, making further consolidated\nappropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.\n Page S623\n Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the\nfollowing action:\n Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to\nconsider the nomination.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S623\n A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at\napproximately 2 p.m., on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, Senator Kaine be\nrecognized to deliver Washington's Farewell Address, as provided under\nthe previous order of Wednesday, February 11, 2026; and that\nnotwithstanding Rule XXII, the motion to invoke cloture filed on\nFebruary 12, 2026, ripen at 5 p.m., on Tuesday, February 24, 2026.\n Page S626\nNominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:\n 3 Coast Guard nominations in the rank of admiral.\n 8 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S626\nMessages from the House:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S625\nMeasures Read the First Time:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S625\nExecutive Communications:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S625\nAdditional Cosponsors:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S626\nAdjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 3:39 p.m.,\nuntil 2 p.m. on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. (For Senate's program, see\nthe remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S\n626.)"], ["CREC-2026-02-23-pt1-PgD208", "2026-02-23", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDAHEAD", "D208", "D209", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1552\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1558\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1602\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1782\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3315\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3394\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3397\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3398\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3747\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3798\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6719\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7147\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D208", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 35 (Monday, February 23, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 35 (Monday, February 23, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D208-D209]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD\n\n Week of February 24 through February 27, 2026\n\n Senate Chamber\n\n On Tuesday, Senator Kaine will be recognized to deliver Washington's\nFarewell Address. At approximately 5:00 p.m., Senate will vote on the\nmotion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of\nH.R. 7147, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act.\n During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared\nlegislative and executive business.\n\n Senate Committees\n\n (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)\n Committee on Armed Services: February 24, to hold hearings to\nexamine rebuilding American critical minerals supply chains, 9:30\na.m., SH-216.\n February 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the\nnominations of Mark Ditlevson, of Minnesota, and Brian Birdwell, of\nTexas, both to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-\nG50.\n Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: February 26, to\nhold hearings to examine an update from the Prudential regulators,\nfocusing on rightsizing regulation to promote American opportunity,\n10 a.m., SD-538.\n Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 25, to hold\nhearings to examine the nominations of Stevan Pearce, of New Mexico,\nto be Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Kyle Haustveit, of\nNorth Dakota, to be Under Secretary of Energy, and David LaCerte, of\nLouisiana, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory\nCommission, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.\n Committee on Environment and Public Works: February 25, to hold\nhearings to examine Water Resources Development Act of 2026,\nfocusing on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects, programs, and\npriorities, 10 a.m., SD-562.\n Committee on Foreign Relations: February 26, to receive a closed\nbriefing on tech competition, critical minerals, and supply chain\nsecurity, 10 a.m., SVC-217.\n Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: February 25,\nto hold hearings to examine the nomination of Casey Means, of\nCalifornia, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the\nPublic Health Service, subject to qualifications therefor as\nprovided by law and regulations, and to be Surgeon General of the\nPublic Health Service for a term of four years, 10 a.m., SD-430.\n February 26, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 1602,\nto coordinate Federal research and development efforts focused on\nmodernizing mathematics in STEM education through mathematical and\nstatistical modeling, including data-driven and computational\nthinking, problem, project, and performance-based learning and\nassessment, interdisciplinary exploration, and career connections,\nS. 1558, to require a standard financial aid offer form, S. 3747, to\namend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to recognize students who\nhave completed secondary school education in a home school setting\nas high school graduates, S. 1782, to prohibit discrimination\n\n[[Page D209]]\n\non the basis of mental or physical disability in cases of organ\ntransplants, S. 1552, to promote and protect from discrimination\nliving organ donors, S. 3315, to require the Secretary of Health and\nHuman Services and the Director of the Cybersecurity and\nInfrastructure Security Agency to coordinate to improve\ncybersecurity in the health care and public health sectors, and\nother pending business, 10 a.m., SD-430.\n Committee on the Judiciary: February 25, to hold hearings to\nexamine certain pending nominations, 10:15 a.m., SD-G50.\n February 26, Full Committee, business meeting to consider H.R.\n6719, to prohibit threats to a minor, S. 3398, to amend title 18,\nUnited States Code, to criminalize intentional threats to distribute\nchild sexual abuse material, and to provide appropriate penalties\nfor the use of child sexual abuse material to extort or coerce\nvictims, S. 3397, to make coercion of children to commit harm a\ncriminal offense, S. 3394, to direct the United States Sentencing\nCommission to amend the sentencing guideline relating to child\nsexual abuse material, S. 3798, to amend title 18, United States\nCode, to establish criminal offenses with respect to violations\ninvolving ATMs, regardless of whether the ATM is located on the\nphysical premises of a financial institution, and the nomination of\nGregory Gilmore, to be United States Attorney for the Central\nDistrict of Illinois, 10:15 a.m., SD-106.\n Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: February 25, to\nhold hearings to examine from fraud to recovery, focusing on\nrestoring integrity in small business programs, 2:30 p.m., SR-428A.\n Committee on Veterans' Affairs: February 24, to hold a joint\nhearing with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the\nlegislative presentation of Disabled American Veterans and multi\nVSOs, 10 a.m., SD-G50.\n Select Committee on Intelligence: February 25, to receive a closed\nbriefing on certain intelligence matters, 3 p.m., SH-219.\n Special Committee on Aging: February 26, to hold hearings to\nexamine FDA bureaucracy, focusing on regulator to roadblock, 9:30\na.m., SH-216.\n\n House Committees\n\n No hearings are scheduled.\n\n Joint Meeting\n\n Joint Hearing: February 24, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs,\nto hold a joint hearing with the House Committee on Veterans'\nAffairs to examine the legislative presentation of Disabled American\nVeterans and multi VSOs, 10 a.m., SD-G50."], ["CREC-2026-02-23-pt1-PgD209", "2026-02-23", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDENDMATTER", "D209", "D210", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7147\"}]", "172 Cong. 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D209", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 35 (Monday, February 23, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 35 (Monday, February 23, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D209-D210]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n\u0000The CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (USPS 087-390).\n\n\u0000The Periodicals postage is paid at Washington, D.C.\n\u0000 The public proceedings of each House of Congress, as reported\n\u0000 by the Official Reporters thereof, are printed pursuant to\n\u0000 directions of the Joint Committee on Printing as authorized by\n\u0000 appropriate provisions of Title 44, United States Code,\n\u0000 and published for each day that one or both Houses are in session,\n\u0000 excepting very infrequent instances when two or more unusually\n\u0000 small consecutive issues are printed one time.\n\u0000\u0014Public access to the Congressional Record is available online\n\u0000 through the U.S. Government Publishing Office, at www.govinfo.gov,\n\u0000 free of charge to the user. The information is updated online each day\n\u0000 the Congressional Record is published. For more information,\n\u0000 contact the GPO Customer Contact Center, U.S. Government Publishing Office.\n\u0000 Phone 202-512-1800, or 866-512-1800 (toll-free). E-Mail,\n\u0000 contactcenter@gpo.gov.\n\u0000\u0014To place an order for any of these products, visit\n\u0000 the U.S. Government Online Bookstore at: bookstore.gpo.gov. Mail\n\u0000 orders to: Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 979050, St. Louis,\n\u0000 MO 63197-9000, or phone orders to 866-512-1800 (toll-free),\n\u0000 202-512-1800 (D.C. area), or fax to 202-512-2104. Remit check or\n\u0000 money order, made payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or use\n\u0000 VISA, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, or GPO Deposit Account.\n\u0000\u0014Following each session of Congress, the daily Congressional Record\n\u0000 is revised, printed, permanently bound and sold by the\n\u0000 Superintendent of Documents in individual parts or by sets.\n\u0000\u0014With the exception of copyrighted articles, there are no\n\u0000 restrictions on the republication of material from the\n\u0000 Congressional Record.\n\n\u0000 POSTMASTER:\n\n\u0000 Send address changes to the Superintendent of Documents,\n\u0000 Congressional Record,\n\u0000 U.S. Government Publishing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402,\n\u0000 along with the entire mailing label from the last issue received.\n\n[[Page D210]]\n\n_______________________________________________________________________\n\n Next Meeting of the SENATE\n 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 24\n\n Senate Chamber\nProgram for Tuesday: Senator Kaine will be recognized to deliver\nWashington's Farewell Address. At approximately 5 p.m., Senate will\nvote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to\nconsideration of H.R. 7147, Department of Homeland Security\nAppropriations Act.\n (Senators will gather in the Senate Chamber and proceed as a body to\nthe Hall of the House for a joint session at 9 p.m. to receive an\naddress from the President of the United States.)\n\n Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\n 10 a.m., Tuesday, February 24\n\n House Chamber\nPrograam for Tuesday: Joint Session with the Senate to receive the\nstate of the Union Address from the President of the United States.\n\n_______________________________________________________________________\n\n Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue\n HOUSE\n\nClyburn, James E., S.C., E154\nDoggett, Lloyd, Tex., E152\nGonzalez, Vicente, Tex., E152, E154\nHarshbarger, Diana, Tenn., E153\nMatsui, Doris O., Calif., E153\nNorcross, Donald, N.J., E152\nNorton, Eleanor Holmes, The District of Columbia, E151, E155\nPallone, Frank, Jr., N.J., E152\nRogers, Mike, Ala., E151\nSmucker, Lloyd, Pa., E153\nStanton, Greg, Ariz., E153\nTorres, Ritchie, N.Y., E151, E153, E154\nVan Epps, Matt, Tenn., E151"], ["CREC-2026-02-20-pt1-PgD202-2", "2026-02-20", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCMEETINGS", "D202", "D202", null, null, "172 Cong. 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D202", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 34 (Friday, February 20, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 34 (Friday, February 20, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D202]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Friday, February 20, 2026\n\n[[Page D202]]\n\n Daily Digest\n\n Senate\n\nChamber Action\n The Senate was not in session and stands adjourned until 3 p.m. on\nMonday, February 23, 2026."], ["CREC-2026-02-20-pt1-PgD203-2", "2026-02-20", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDENDMATTER", "D203", "D204", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7147\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D203", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 34 (Friday, February 20, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 34 (Friday, February 20, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D203-D204]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n\u0000The CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (USPS 087-390).\n\n\u0000The Periodicals postage is paid at Washington, D.C.\n\u0000 The public proceedings of each House of Congress, as reported\n\u0000 by the Official Reporters thereof, are printed pursuant to\n\u0000 directions of the Joint Committee on Printing as authorized by\n\u0000 appropriate provisions of Title 44, United States Code,\n\u0000 and published for each day that one or both Houses are in session,\n\u0000 excepting very infrequent instances when two or more unusually\n\u0000 small consecutive issues are printed one time.\n\u0000\u0014Public access to the Congressional Record is available online\n\u0000 through the U.S. Government Publishing Office, at www.govinfo.gov,\n\u0000 free of charge to the user. The information is updated online each day\n\u0000 the Congressional Record is published. For more information,\n\u0000 contact the GPO Customer Contact Center, U.S. Government Publishing Office.\n\u0000 Phone 202-512-1800, or 866-512-1800 (toll-free). E-Mail,\n\u0000 contactcenter@gpo.gov.\n\u0000\u0014To place an order for any of these products, visit\n\u0000 the U.S. Government Online Bookstore at: bookstore.gpo.gov. Mail\n\u0000 orders to: Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 979050, St. Louis,\n\u0000 MO 63197-9000, or phone orders to 866-512-1800 (toll-free),\n\u0000 202-512-1800 (D.C. area), or fax to 202-512-2104. Remit check or\n\u0000 money order, made payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or use\n\u0000 VISA, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, or GPO Deposit Account.\n\u0000\u0014Following each session of Congress, the daily Congressional Record\n\u0000 is revised, printed, permanently bound and sold by the\n\u0000 Superintendent of Documents in individual parts or by sets.\n\u0000\u0014With the exception of copyrighted articles, there are no\n\u0000 restrictions on the republication of material from the\n\u0000 Congressional Record.\n\n\u0000 POSTMASTER:\n\n\u0000 Send address changes to the Superintendent of Documents,\n\u0000 Congressional Record,\n\u0000 U.S. Government Publishing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402,\n\u0000 along with the entire mailing label from the last issue received.\n\n[[Page D204]]\n\n_______________________________________________________________________\n\n Next Meeting of the SENATE\n 3 p.m., Monday, February 23\n\n Senate Chamber\nProgram for Monday: Senator Kaine will be recognized to deliver\nWashington's Farewell Address. At approximately 5:30 p.m., Senate will\nvote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to\nconsideration of H.R. 7147, Department of Homeland Security\nAppropriations Act.\n\n Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\n 12 noon, Monday, February 23\n\n House Chamber\nProgram for Monday: To be announced.\n\n_______________________________________________________________________\n\n Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue\n HOUSE\n\nBilirakis, Gus M., Fla., E143\nBrownley, Julia, Calif., E147\nCastro, Joaquin, Tex., E148\nCorrea, J. Luis, Calif., E143\nFoxx, Virginia, N.C., E143\nGaramendi, John, Calif., E149\nHaridopolos, Mike, Fla., E144, E146\nHernandez, Pablo Jose, Puerto Rico, E149\nHurd, Jeff, Colo., E146\nJayapal, Pramila, Wash., E146\nLeger Fernandez, Teresa, N.M., E146\nMcClain, Lisa C., Mich., E143, E145, E148\nNorton, Eleanor Holmes, The District of Columbia, E147\nPingree, Chellie, Me., E144\nStefanik, Elise M., N.Y., E144\nThompson, Bennie G., Miss., E145\nVindman, Eugene Simon, Va., E144\nWilson, Joe, S.C., E147\nWittman, Robert J., Va., E143, E145, E148"], ["CREC-2026-02-19-pt1-PgD199-2", "2026-02-19", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCMEETINGS", "D199", "D199", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. 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D199", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 33 (Thursday, February 19, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 33 (Thursday, February 19, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D199-D200]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n\u0000The CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (USPS 087-390).\n\n\u0000The Periodicals postage is paid at Washington, D.C.\n\u0000 The public proceedings of each House of Congress, as reported\n\u0000 by the Official Reporters thereof, are printed pursuant to\n\u0000 directions of the Joint Committee on Printing as authorized by\n\u0000 appropriate provisions of Title 44, United States Code,\n\u0000 and published for each day that one or both Houses are in session,\n\u0000 excepting very infrequent instances when two or more unusually\n\u0000 small consecutive issues are printed one time.\n\u0000\u0014Public access to the Congressional Record is available online\n\u0000 through the U.S. Government Publishing Office, at www.govinfo.gov,\n\u0000 free of charge to the user. 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Remit check or\n\u0000 money order, made payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or use\n\u0000 VISA, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, or GPO Deposit Account.\n\u0000\u0014Following each session of Congress, the daily Congressional Record\n\u0000 is revised, printed, permanently bound and sold by the\n\u0000 Superintendent of Documents in individual parts or by sets.\n\u0000\u0014With the exception of copyrighted articles, there are no\n\u0000 restrictions on the republication of material from the\n\u0000 Congressional Record.\n\n\u0000 POSTMASTER:\n\n\u0000 Send address changes to the Superintendent of Documents,\n\u0000 Congressional Record,\n\u0000 U.S. Government Publishing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402,\n\u0000 along with the entire mailing label from the last issue received.\n\n[[Page D200]]\n\n_______________________________________________________________________\n\n Next Meeting of the SENATE\n 3 p.m., Monday, February 23\n\n Senate Chamber\nProgram for Monday: Senator Kaine will be recognized to deliver\nWashington's Farewell Address. At approximately 5:30 p.m., Senate will\nvote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to\nconsideration of H.R. 7147, Department of Homeland Security\nAppropriations Act.\n\n Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\n 11:30 a.m., Friday, February 20\n\n House Chamber\nProgram for Friday: House will meet in Pro Forma session at 11:30 a.m."], ["CREC-2026-02-19-pt1-PgD199", "2026-02-19", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D199", "D199", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. 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D197", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 32 (Tuesday, February 17, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 32 (Tuesday, February 17, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D197-D198]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n\u0000The CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (USPS 087-390).\n\n\u0000The Periodicals postage is paid at Washington, D.C.\n\u0000 The public proceedings of each House of Congress, as reported\n\u0000 by the Official Reporters thereof, are printed pursuant to\n\u0000 directions of the Joint Committee on Printing as authorized by\n\u0000 appropriate provisions of Title 44, United States Code,\n\u0000 and published for each day that one or both Houses are in session,\n\u0000 excepting very infrequent instances when two or more unusually\n\u0000 small consecutive issues are printed one time.\n\u0000\u0014Public access to the Congressional Record is available online\n\u0000 through the U.S. Government Publishing Office, at www.govinfo.gov,\n\u0000 free of charge to the user. 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Remit check or\n\u0000 money order, made payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or use\n\u0000 VISA, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, or GPO Deposit Account.\n\u0000\u0014Following each session of Congress, the daily Congressional Record\n\u0000 is revised, printed, permanently bound and sold by the\n\u0000 Superintendent of Documents in individual parts or by sets.\n\u0000\u0014With the exception of copyrighted articles, there are no\n\u0000 restrictions on the republication of material from the\n\u0000 Congressional Record.\n\n\u0000 POSTMASTER:\n\n\u0000 Send address changes to the Superintendent of Documents,\n\u0000 Congressional Record,\n\u0000 U.S. Government Publishing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402,\n\u0000 along with the entire mailing label from the last issue received.\n\n[[Page D198]]\n\n_______________________________________________________________________\n\n Next Meeting of the SENATE\n 2 p.m., Thursday, February 19\n\n Senate Chamber\nProgram for Thursday: Senate will meet in a pro forma session.\n\n Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\n 11:30 a.m., Friday, February 20\n\n House Chamber\nProgram for Friday: House will meet in Pro Forma session at 11:30 a.m.\n_______________________________________________________________________\n\n Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue\n HOUSE\n\nPettersen, Brittany, Colo., E140\nSoto, Darren, Fla., E139, E139, E140, E140, E140, E141, E141, E141,\nE141\nStanton, Greg, Ariz., E139"], ["CREC-2026-02-17-pt1-PgD197", "2026-02-17", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D197", "D197", null, null, "172 Cong. 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Rec. D190", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 30 (Thursday, February 12, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 30 (Thursday, February 12, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D190-D191]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Thursday, February 12, 2026\n\n[[Page D190]]\n\n Daily Digest\n\n Senate\n\nChamber Action\nRoutine Proceedings, pages S587-S616\nMeasures Introduced: Thirty-nine bills and eight resolutions were\nintroduced, as follows: S. 3854-3892, S.J. Res. 107-108, S. Res. 607-\n611, and S. Con. Res. 27.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S608-10\nMeasures Reported:\n S. 1070, to establish a National STEM Week to promote American\ninnovation and enhance STEM education pathways for all students,\nincluding those in rural, urban, and underserved communities, with an\namendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 119-110)\n Page S608\nMeasures Passed:\n D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary\nAmendment Act: By 49 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 37), Senate passed H.J.\nRes. 142, disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council\nin approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision\nTemporary Amendment Act of 2025.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S587-93\n Authorize Testimony and Representation: Senate agreed to S. Res. 609,\nto authorize testimony and representation in United States v. Crouse.\n Page S616\n Congratulating the Seattle Seahawks: Senate agreed to S. Res. 610,\ncongratulating the Seattle Seahawks for winning Super Bowl LX.\n Page S616\n Authorizing the Use of the Atrium in the Philip A. Hart Senate Office\nBuilding: Senate agreed to S. Res. 611, authorizing the use of the\natrium in the Philip A. Hart Senate Office Building for a Bipawtisan\nDoggi Gras Pawrade on February 25, 2026, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.\n Page S616\n Providing for a Joint Session of Congress: Senate agreed to H. Con.\nRes. 74, providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message\nfrom the President.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S616\nMeasures Considered:\nDepartment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act--Agreement: Senate\ncontinued consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of\nH.R. 7147, making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal\nyear ending September 30, 2026.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S593-94\n During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the\nfollowing action:\n By 52 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 38), three-fifths of those Senators\nduly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate\nrejected the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to\nconsideration of the bill.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S593-94\n Senator Thune entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which\ncloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to consideration of\nthe bill.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S594\n A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed\nto consideration of the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of\nRule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and pursuant to the\nunanimous-consent agreement of Thursday, February 12, 2026, a vote on\ncloture will occur at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, February 23, 2026.\n Page S616\nSigning Authority--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached\nproviding that all Members of the Republican Conference be authorized\nto sign duly enrolled bills or joint resolutions from February 12, 2026\nthrough February 23, 2026.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S616\nAuthorizing Leadership to Make Appointments--Agreement: A unanimous-\nconsent agreement was reached providing that, notwithstanding the\nupcoming adjournment of the Senate, the President of the Senate, the\nPresident Pro Tempore, and the Majority and Minority Leaders be\nauthorized to make appointments to commissions, committees, boards,\nconferences, or interparliamentary conferences authorized by law, by\nconcurrent action of the two Houses, or by order of the Senate.\n Page S616\nPro Forma Sessions--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was\nreached providing that the Senate convene for pro forma sessions, with\nno business being conducted on the following dates and times: Friday,\nFebruary 13, 2026, at 9 a.m.; Tuesday, February 17, 2026, at 6:30 p.m.;\nThursday, February 19, 2026, at 2 p.m.; and that when the Senate\nrecesses on Thursday, February 19, 2026, it\n\n[[Page D191]]\n\nstand adjourned until 3 p.m., on Monday, February 23, 2026.\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S616\nJoint Referral--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached\nproviding that notwithstanding the referral of the nomination of Kevin\nLilly, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife,\nreceived in the Senate on February 11, 2026, to the Committee on Energy\nand Natural Resources, the nomination be considered jointly referred to\nthat committee and the Committee on Environment and Public Works.\n Page S616\nNominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:\n 4 Coast Guard nominations in the rank of admiral.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S606, S616\nMessages from the House:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S607-08\nMeasures Referred:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S608\nMeasures Discharged:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S608\nEnrolled Bills Presented:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S608\nExecutive Communications:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S608\nExecutive Reports of Committees:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S608\nAdditional Cosponsors:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S610-11\nStatements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S611-14\nAdditional Statements:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S607\nAmendments Submitted:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S614-15\nAuthorities for Committees to Meet:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S615-16\nPrivileges of the Floor:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S616\nRecord Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--38)\n Pages S593-94\nAdjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m. and adjourned at 4:13 p.m.,\nuntil 9 a.m. on Friday, February 13, 2026. (For Senate's program, see\nthe remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page\nS616.)"], ["CREC-2026-02-12-pt1-PgD191", "2026-02-12", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCMEETINGS", "D191", "D193", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"71\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"204\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"462\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"677\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"952\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1349\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1464\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1497\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1829\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1898\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1981\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2417\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2554\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2585\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2754\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2787\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2860\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2968\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3004\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3082\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3199\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3266\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3468\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3493\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3526\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3527\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3639\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3695\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3700\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3872\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3937\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D191", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 30 (Thursday, February 12, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 30 (Thursday, February 12, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D191-D193]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\n(Committees not listed did not meet)\nSEC OVERSIGHT\nCommittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold oversight\nhearings to examine the Securities and Exchange Commission, after\nreceiving testimony from Paul S. Atkins, Chairman, Securities and\nExchange Commission.\nBUSINESS MEETING\nCommittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered\nfavorably reported the following business items:\n S. 71, to require Amtrak to install baby changing tables in bathrooms\non passenger rail cars, with an amendment in the nature of a\nsubstitute;\n S. 1898, to establish a demonstration program for the active\nremediation of orbital debris and to require the development of uniform\norbital debris standard practices in order to support a safe and\nsustainable orbital environment;\n S. 2585, to modernize and improve the Broadband Funding Map in order\nto promote the most efficient use of Federal funds for broadband\ndeployment, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;\n S. 3199, to establish a multi-stakeholder advisory committee tasked\nwith providing detailed recommendations to address challenges to\ntransmitting geolocation information with calls to the 988 Suicide and\nCrisis Lifeline, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;\n S. 3266, to support the athletic programs of the United States\nMerchant Marine Academy, with an amendment in the nature of a\nsubstitute;\n S. 3468, to establish a national programmable cloud laboratories\nnetwork to enhance research efficiency, innovation, and collaboration,\nwith an amendment;\n S. 3639, to expedite processing of satellite and space licenses, with\nan amendment in the nature of a substitute;\n S. 3700, to establish an expert review panel to make recommendations\nfor a comprehensive agency-wide safety management system at the FAA,\nwith an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and\n Routine lists in the Coast Guard.\nDCA MIDAIR COLLISION\nCommittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded\na hearing to examine the NTSB final report on the DCA midair collision,\nafter receiving testimony from Jennifer Homendy, Chairwoman, National\nTransportation Safety Board, Department of Transportation.\nENERGY BILLS\nCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public\nLands, Forests, and Mining concluded a hearing to examine S. 462, to\nprovide for economic development and conservation in Washoe County,\nNevada, S. 1349, to withdraw the National Forest System land in the\nRuby Mountains subdistrict of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and\nthe National Wildlife Refuge System land in Ruby Lake National Wildlife\nRefuge, Elko and\n\n[[Page D192]]\n\nWhite Pine Counties, Nevada, from operation under the mineral leasing\nlaws, S. 1464, to withdraw certain Bureau of Land Management land from\nmineral development, S. 1497, to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr.\nConservation, Management, and Recreation Act to establish the Cerro de\nla Olla Wilderness in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument and to\nmodify the boundary of the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, S.\n1981, to require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the\nInterior to utilize grazing for wildfire risk reduction, S. 2417, to\ndirect the Secretary of Agriculture to issue a special use permit with\nrespect to the maintaining of a flagpole bearing the flag of the United\nStates at Kyhv Peak Lookout Point, Utah, S. 2554, to provide for the\nrecognition of certain Alaska Native communities and the settlement of\ncertain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, S. 2754,\nto direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the City of Ouray,\nColorado, certain land managed by the Forest Service, together with a\nreservoir, S. 2787, to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act\nof 1976 to ensure that ranchers who have grazing agreements on national\ngrasslands are treated the same as permittees on other Federal land, S.\n2860, to unleash United States offshore critical minerals and\nresources, S. 2968, to ensure access to certain public land, S. 3004,\nto direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Bureau of\nLand Management land to the city of Price, Utah, S. 3082, to prohibit\noil and natural gas exploration, development, and production in certain\nareas of the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Florida, Georgia,\nand South Carolina, S. 3493, to provide for the conveyance of certain\nFederal land in Carson City, Nevada, S. 3526, to provide for the\nprotection of and investment in certain Federal land in the State of\nCalifornia, S. 3527, to release from wilderness study area designation\ncertain land in the State of Montana, to improve the management of that\nland, S. 3695, to amend Public Law 96-586 to modernize the authority of\nthe Forest Service to acquire and administer land under that Act, H.R.\n204, to require\nthat the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior\n submit accurate reports regarding hazardous fuels reduction\n activities, H.R. 677, to establish a process to expedite the review\n of appeals of certain decisions by the Department of the Interior,\n H.R. 952, to convey the reversionary interest of the United States\n in certain land in Sacramento, California, H.R. 1829, to require\n the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands within the\n Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, H.R. 3872, to amend the Mineral\n Leasing Act for Acquired Lands to make that Act applicable to\n hardrock minerals, H.R. 3937, to provide for the conveyance of\n certain Federal land in Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, after\n receiving testimony from Jon Raby, Nevada State Director, Bureau of\n Land Management, Department of the Interior; Christopher French,\n Associate Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Ty\n Checketts, Association of National Grasslands, Newcastle, Wyoming;\n and Julie W. Regan, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, Stateline,\n Nevada.\nU.S.-MEXICO-CANADA AGREEMENT\nCommittee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the\nU.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, focusing on evaluating North American\ncompetitiveness, after receiving testimony from former Representative\nKevin Brady; Eric Gottwald, AFL-CIO, and Paul McCarthy, MEMA, The\nVehicle Suppliers Association, both of Washington, D.C.; and Ted Vander\nSchaaf, Vander Schaaf Farms, Kuna, Idaho.\nNOMINATIONS\nCommittee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to\nexamine the nominations of Wesley Brooks, of Florida, to be Assistant\nSecretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific\nAffairs, who was introduced by Representative Mast, Jeremy Carl, of\nMontana, to be an Assistant Secretary (International Organizations),\nwho was introduced by Senator Daines, and William Long, of Missouri, to\nbe Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland, who was introduced by former\nSenator Blunt, all of the Department of State, and Robert Sweeney, of\nTexas, to be United States Director of the Asian Development Bank, with\nthe rank of Ambassador, after the nominees testified and answered\nquestions in their own behalf.\nOVERSIGHT HEARING\nCommittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee\nconcluded an oversight hearing, after receiving testimony from\nRepresentative Emmer; Joseph B. Edlow, Director, Citizenship and\nImmigration Services, Rodney S. Scott, Commission, Customs and Border\nProtection, and Todd M. Lyons, Senior Official Performing the Duties of\nthe Director, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, all of the\nDepartment of Homeland Security; and Minnesota State Representative\nHarry Niska, Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General, and Paul\nSchnell, Minnesota Department of Corrections, all of Saint Paul.\nCHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FRAUD\nCommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee\nconcluded a hearing to examine preventing fraud in child care\nassistance programs, after\n\n[[Page D193]]\n\nreceiving testimony from Henry Wilde, Acelero Learning, Madison,\nWisconsin; Paula Polito, Beary Cherry Tree Child Development Center,\nJefferson Parish, Louisiana; and Liz Denson, Early Connections Learning\nCenters, Colorado Springs, Colorado."], ["CREC-2026-02-12-pt1-PgD193-4", "2026-02-12", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDENDMATTER", "D193", "D194", null, null, "172 Cong. 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Rec. D181", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 29 (Wednesday, February 11, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 11, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D181-D182]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Wednesday, February 11, 2026\n\n[[Page D181]]\n\n Daily Digest\n\n Senate\n\nChamber Action\nRoutine Proceedings, pages S559-S585\nMeasures Introduced: Twenty-eight bills and three resolutions were\nintroduced, as follows: S. 3826-3853, and S. Res. 604-606.\n Pages S577-78\nMeasures Reported:\n S. 2975, to amend title 49, United States Code, to enhance the safety\nof pipeline transportation, with an amendment in the nature of a\nsubstitute. (S. Rept. No. 119-102)\n S. 362, to allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with\nthe Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, with an amendment. (S.\nRept. No. 119-103)\n S. 472, to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of\n1996 to provide for the establishment of a Ski Area Fee Retention\nAccount. (S. Rept. No. 119-104)\n S. 544, to provide for the location of multiple hardrock mining mill\nsites, to establish the Abandoned Hardrock Mine Fund. (S. Rept. No.\n119-105)\n S. 714, to amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical materials\nin the definition of critical mineral, with an amendment in the nature\nof a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 119-106)\n S. 909, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain\nland to La Paz County, Arizona. (S. Rept. No. 119-107)\n S. 1453, to confirm the use of certain non-Federal land in Salt Lake\nCity, Utah, for public purposes. (S. Rept. No. 119-108)\n Report to accompany H.R. 1043, to direct the Secretary of the\nInterior to convey certain Federal land in Arizona to La Paz County,\nArizona. (S. Rept. No. 119-109)\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S577\nMeasures Considered:\nDepartment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act: Senate continued\nconsideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 7147,\nmaking further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending\nSeptember 30, 2026.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S559-71\nD.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity And Revision Temporary\nAmendment Act--Agreement: Senate began consideration of H.J. Res. 142,\ndisapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in\napproving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision\nTemporary Amendment Act of 2025, after agreeing to the motion to\nproceed.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S571-74\n During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the\nfollowing action:\n By 51 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 36), Senate agreed to the motion to\nproceed to consideration of the joint resolution.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S571\n A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at\napproximately 11 a.m., on Thursday, February 12, 2026, notwithstanding\nRule XXII, Senate continue consideration of the joint resolution, and\nvote on passage at 12:00 noon; that upon disposition of the joint\nresolution, Senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to\nconsideration of H.R. 7147, making further consolidated appropriations\nfor the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and that there be 30\nminutes of debate equally divided between the two Leaders or their\ndesignees, and Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture following\nthe use or yielding back of that time.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S583\nAppointments:\n Washington's Farewell Address: The Chair, on behalf of the Vice\nPresident, pursuant to the order of the Senate of January 24, 1901, as\nmodified by the order of February 11, 2026, appointed Senator Kaine to\nread Washington's Farewell Address on Monday, February 23, 2026.\n Page S574\n Washington's Farewell Address--Agreement: A unanimous-consent\nagreement was reached providing that notwithstanding the order of\nJanuary 24, 1901, the traditional reading of Washington's Farewell\nAddress take place on Monday, February 23, 2026, following the prayer\nand Pledge of Allegiance to the flag.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S574\nMessage from the President: Senate received the following messages from\nthe President of the United States:\n Transmitting, pursuant to law, a notice of the reasons for action to\nadjust imports of processed critical\n\n[[Page D182]]\n\nminerals and their derivative products (PCMDPs) so that such imports\nwill not threaten to impair the national security of the United States\nin relation to Proclamation 11001 of January 14, 2026; which was\nreferred to the Committee on Finance. (PM-49)\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S575\n Transmitting, pursuant to law, a notice of the reasons for action to\nadjust imports of medium-and heavy-duty vehicles (MHDVs), and medium-\nand heavy-duty vehicle parts (MHDVPs), and buses so that such imports\nwill not threaten to impair the national security of the United States\nin relation to Proclamation 10984 of October 17, 2025; which was\nreferred to the Committee on Finance. (PM-50)\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S575\n Transmitting, pursuant to law, a notice of the reasons for action to\nadjust imports of semiconductors, semiconductor manufacturing\nequipment, and their derivative products so that such imports will not\nthreaten to impair the national security of the United States in\nrelation to Proclamation 11002 of January 14, 2026; which was referred\nto the Committee on Finance. (PM-51)\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S575-76\nNominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:\n George Kelesis, of Nevada, to be United States Attorney for the\nDistrict of Nevada for the term of four years.\n Catherine Dillon, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of State\n(Educational and Cultural Affairs).\n William Hague, of Washington, to be an Assistant Secretary of the\nInterior.\n Kyle Haustveit, of North Dakota, to be Under Secretary of Energy.\n Steven Lewis, of Missouri, to be United States Marshal for the\nEastern District of Missouri, for the term of four years.\n Kevin Lilly, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and\nWildlife.\n Asel Roberts, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of\nSlovenia.\n Karen Sessions, of Texas, to be a Commissioner of the Consumer\nProduct Safety Commission for a term of seven years from October 27,\n2025.\n Scott Socha, of New York, to be Director of the National Park\nService.\n Todd Steggerda, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United\nStates of America to the Office of the United Nations and Other\nInternational Organizations in Geneva, with the rank of Ambassador.\n Ashley Stow, of Texas, to be a Member of the Federal Election\nCommission for a term expiring April 30, 2029.\n Andrew Woodson, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Election\nCommission for a term expiring April 30, 2031.\n 2 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.\n Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, and Navy.\n Pages S583-85\nMessages from the House:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S576\nMeasures Referred:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S576\nExecutive Communications:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S576-77\nAdditional Cosponsors:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S578-79\nStatements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S579-82\nAdditional Statements:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S574-75\nAmendments Submitted:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S582-83\nAuthorities for Committees to Meet:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S583\nRecord Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--36)\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S571\nAdjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:01 p.m.,\nuntil 11 a.m. on Thursday, February 12, 2026. (For Senate's program,\nsee the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page\nS583.)"], ["CREC-2026-02-11-pt1-PgD182", "2026-02-11", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCMEETINGS", "D182", "D183", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. D182", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 29 (Wednesday, February 11, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 11, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D182-D183]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\n(Committees not listed did not meet)\nSERVICEMEMBER AND FAMILY QUALITY OF LIFE\nCommittee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a\nhearing to examine the Senior Enlisted Leaders on servicemember and\nfamily quality of life, after receiving testimony from David L. Isom,\nUSN, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of\nStaff, The Joint Staff, Sergeant Major Michael R. Weimer, USA, Master\nChief Petty Officer John Perryman, USN, Sergeant Major Carlos A. Ruiz,\nUSMC, Chief Master Sergeant David R. Wolfe, USAF, and Chief Master\nSergeant John F. Bentivegna, USSF, all of the Department of Defense.\nVA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM\nCommittee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to\nexamine building a 21st century VA health care system, focusing on\nassessing the next generation of VA's community care network, after\nreceiving testimony from Richard Topping, Assistant Secretary for\nManagement and Chief Financial Officer, and Alicia Skolrood, Executive\nDirector and Integrated External Networks, Office of Integrated Veteran\nCare, Veterans Health Administration, and Leigh Ann Searight, Deputy\nAssistant Inspector General, Office of Audits and Evaluations, all of\nthe Department of Veterans Affairs.\n\n[[Page D183]]\n\nINTELLIGENCE\nSelect Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to\nreceive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of\nthe intelligence community.\nMEDICINE\nSpecial Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine\nhow Washington's rules drove physicians out of medicine, after\nreceiving testimony from Alma Littles, Florida State University College\nof Medicine, Tallahassee; Lee S. Gross, Epiphany Health--Direct Primary\nCare, North Port, Florida; Jeffrey Smith, Medical Group Management\nAssociation, Statesville, North Carolina; and J. Corey Feist, Dr. Lorna\nBreen Heroes' Foundation, Charlottesville, Virginia."], ["CREC-2026-02-11-pt1-PgD187", "2026-02-11", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDENDMATTER", "D187", "D188", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HJRES\", \"number\": \"142\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2189\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7147\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D187", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 29 (Wednesday, February 11, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 11, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D187-D188]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n\u0000The CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (USPS 087-390).\n\n\u0000The Periodicals postage is paid at Washington, D.C.\n\u0000 The public proceedings of each House of Congress, as reported\n\u0000 by the Official Reporters thereof, are printed pursuant to\n\u0000 directions of the Joint Committee on Printing as authorized by\n\u0000 appropriate provisions of Title 44, United States Code,\n\u0000 and published for each day that one or both Houses are in session,\n\u0000 excepting very infrequent instances when two or more unusually\n\u0000 small consecutive issues are printed one time.\n\u0000\u0014Public access to the Congressional Record is available online\n\u0000 through the U.S. Government Publishing Office, at www.govinfo.gov,\n\u0000 free of charge to the user. 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Res.\n142, D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary\nAmendment Act, and vote on passage thereon at 12:00 noon.\n Following disposition of H.J. Res. 142, Senate will resume\nconsideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 7147,\nDepartment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, and after a period\nof debate, vote on the motion to invoke cloture thereon.\n Additional roll call votes are expected during Thursday's session of\nthe Senate.\n\n Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\n 9 a.m., Thursday, February 12\n\n House Chamber\nProgram for Thursday: Consideration of H.R. 2189--Law-Enforcement\nInnovate to De-Escalate Act.\n_______________________________________________________________________\n\n Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue\n HOUSE\n\nCarter, Earl L. ``Buddy'', Ga., E129\nCastor, Kathy, Fla., E127\nCline, Ben, Va., E130\nDexter, Maxine, Ore., E128\nGrijalva, Adelita S., Ariz., E130\nHoulahan, Chrissy, Pa., E127\nMrvan, Frank J., Ind., E129\nPelosi, Nancy, Calif., E127\nQuigley, Mike, Ill., E129\nSchakowsky, Janice D., Ill., E129\nTakano, Mark, Calif., E129\nTorres, Norma J., Calif., E131\nVasquez, Gabe, N.M., E131\nWilson, Joe, S.C., E127, E130"], ["CREC-2026-02-10-pt1-PgD173", "2026-02-10", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D173", "D174", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SJRES\", \"number\": \"95\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"260\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"603\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1216\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1369\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2222\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2236\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2722\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2904\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3249\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3360\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3496\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3812\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3825\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7147\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D173", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 28 (Tuesday, February 10, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 10, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D173-D174]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Tuesday, February 10, 2026\n\n[[Page D173]]\n\n Daily Digest\n\n Senate\n\nChamber Action\nRoutine Proceedings, pages S539-S557\nMeasures Introduced: Fourteen bills and one resolution were introduced,\nas follows: S. 3812-3825, and S. Res. 603.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S552\nMeasures Reported:\n H.R. 260, to require a strategy to oppose financial or material\nsupport by foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations to the\nTaliban, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.\n S. 1216, to support Taiwan's international space, with an amendment\nin the nature of a substitute.\n S. 1369, to support the execution of bilateral agreements concerning\nillicit transnational maritime activity and to authorize the President\nto impose sanctions with respect to illegal, unreported, or unregulated\nfishing and the sale, supply, purchase, or transfer of endangered\nspecies, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.\n S. 2222, to enhance the security, resilience, and protection of\nundersea communication cables vital to Taiwan's national security,\neconomic stability, and defense, particularly in countering gray zone\ntactics employed by the People's Republic of China, with an amendment\nin the nature of a substitute.\n S. 2236, to establish a comprehensive United States Government\ninitiative to build the capacity of young leaders and entrepreneurs in\nAfrica, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.\n S. 2722, to promote the energy security of Taiwan, with an amendment\nin the nature of a substitute.\n S. 2904, to impose sanctions with respect to the shadow fleet of the\nRussian Federation, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.\n S. 3249, to enhance United States Government strategic coordination\nof the security, installation, maintenance, and repair of international\nsubsea fiber-optic cables, with an amendment in the nature of a\nsubstitute.\n S. 3360, to require a report on internet freedom in Iran, with an\namendment in the nature of a substitute.\n S. 3496, to establish and implement a multi-year Legal Gold and\nMining Partnership Strategy to reduce the negative environmental and\nsocial impacts of illicit gold mining in the Western Hemisphere, with\nan amendment in the nature of a substitute.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S552\nMeasures Passed:\n National Trafficking and Modern Slavery Prevention Month: Senate\nagreed to S. Res. 603, supporting the observation of National\nTrafficking and Modern Slavery Prevention Month during the period\nbeginning on January 1, 2026, and ending on February 1, 2026, to raise\nawareness of, and opposition to, human trafficking and modern slavery.\n Page S557\nMeasures Considered:\nInterim Guidance Simplifying Application of the Corporate Alternative\nMinimum Tax to Partnerships: Senate began consideration of the motion\nto proceed to consideration of S.J. Res. 95, providing for\ncongressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States\nCode, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service relating to\n``Interim Guidance Simplifying Application of the Corporate Alternative\nMinimum Tax to Partnerships''.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S543-44\n During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the\nfollowing action:\n By 47 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 35), Senate failed to agree to the\nmotion to proceed to consideration of the joint resolution.\n Pages S543-44\nDepartment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act--Cloture: Senate\nbegan consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R.\n7147, making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year\nending September 30, 2026.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S539-40, S540-42, S542, S547\n A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed\nto consideration of the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of\nRule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will\noccur on Thursday, February 12, 2026.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S547\n A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further\nconsideration of the motion to\n\n[[Page D174]]\n\nproceed to consideration of the bill at approximately 2 p.m., on\nWednesday, February 11, 2026.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S557\nAppointments:\n United States Holocaust Memorial Council: The Chair, on behalf of\nthe President pro tempore, pursuant to Public Law 96-388, as amended by\nPublic Law 97-84, and further amended by Public Law 106-292, appointed\nthe following Senator to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council\nfor the 119th Congress: Senator Moreno.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S557\nNomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:\n By 52 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. EX. 34), Daniel E. Burrows, of\nColorado, to be an Assistant Attorney General.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S542, S557\nMeasures Placed on the Calendar:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S540, S551\nExecutive Communications:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S551-52\nExecutive Reports of Committees:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S552\nAdditional Cosponsors:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S552-54\nStatements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S554-56\nAdditional Statements:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S550-51\nAuthorities for Committees to Meet:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S556-57\nPrivileges of the Floor:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S557\nRecord Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--35)\n Pages S542-44\nAdjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 5:17 p.m.,\nuntil 2 p.m. on Wednesday, February 11, 2026. (For Senate's program,\nsee the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S557.)"], ["CREC-2026-02-10-pt1-PgD174", "2026-02-10", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCMEETINGS", "D174", "D175", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. D174", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 28 (Tuesday, February 10, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 10, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D174-D175]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\n(Committees not listed did not meet)\nBROADBAND DEPLOYMENT\nCommittee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice,\nScience, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine a review\nof broadband deployment funding at the Department of Commerce, after\nreceiving testimony from Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce.\nHAITI 2026\nCommittee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations,\nand Related Programs concluded a hearing to examine Haiti 2026,\nfocusing on security and foreign assistance priorities, after receiving\ntestimony from Henry Wooster, Charge d'Affaires to Haiti, Department of\nState; and Austin Holmes, Caribbean Security Group.\nMEDIA OWNERSHIP\nCommittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded\na hearing to examine media ownership in the digital age, after\nreceiving testimony from Thomas M. Johnson, Jr., former General\nCounsel, Federal Communications Commission, and Curtis LeGeyt, National\nAssociation of Broadcasters, both of Washington, D.C.; and Chris Ruddy,\nNewsmax Media, Inc., and Steven Waldman, Rebuild Local News, both of\nNew York, New York.\nVENEZUELA\nCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee received a closed\nbriefing on recent developments in Venezuela from Chris Wright,\nSecretary of Energy.\nSTATE AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS FRAUD AND FOREIGN INFLUENCE\nCommittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee\non Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census concluded a\nhearing to examine fraud and foreign influence in state and federal\nprograms, after receiving testimony from Minnesota State Senator Mark\nKoran, Saint Paul; Haywood Talcove, LexisNexis Special Services, Inc.,\nAlpharetta, Georgia; Seamus Bruner, Government Accountability\nInstitute, Tallahassee, Florida; and Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette, Project on\nGovernment Oversight, Washington, D.C.\nECONOMIC SELF-DETERMINATION\nCommittee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing\nto examine the Small Business Administration Native 8(a) program,\nfocusing on economic self-determination in action, after receiving\ntestimony from Chuck Hoskin, Jr., Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, Oklahoma;\nKatherine Carlton, Chugach Alaska Corporation, and Polly Watson,\nBristol Bay Native Corporation, both of Anchorage; and Cariann Ah Loo,\nNative Hawaiian Organizations Association, Honolulu, Hawaii.\nARCTIC FROST ACCOUNTABILITY\nCommittee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and\nthe Law concluded a hearing to examine Arctic Frost accountability,\nfocusing on oversight of telecommunications carriers, after receiving\ntestimony from Michael J. Romano, former Deputy Chief, Capitol Siege\nSection, U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, Boston,\nMassachusetts; David R. McAtee II, AT&T Inc., Dallas, Texas; Mark\nNelson, T-Mobile, and Dan Schwager, Verdi and Ogletree PLLC, both of\nWashington, D.C.; and\n\n[[Page D175]]\n\nChris Miller, Verizon Consumer, Basking Ridge, New Jersey.\nFRAUD IN MINNESOTA\nCommittee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Border Security and\nImmigration concluded a hearing to examine fraud in Minnesota, after\nreceiving testimony from Rebecca Gambler, Chief Quality Officer, Audit\nPolicy and Quality Assurance, Government Accountability Office; Simon\nR. Hankinson, The Heritage Foundation Center for Border Security and\nImmigration, Matthew J. O'Brien, Federation for American Immigration\nReform, and David J. Bier, Cato Institute, all of Washington, D.C.;\nPhillip Linderman, Center for Immigration Studies, Falls Church,\nVirginia; and Eric P. Schwartz, University of Minnesota Humphrey School\nof Public Affairs, Minneapolis.\nINTELLIGENCE\nSelect Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported\nthe nomination of Lieutenant General Joshua M. Rudd, to be Director of\nthe National Security Agency.\n Also, committee concluded a closed briefing on certain intelligence\nmatters receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence\ncommunity."], ["CREC-2026-02-10-pt1-PgD179", "2026-02-10", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDENDMATTER", "D179", "D180", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7147\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. 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Rec. D166", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 27 (Monday, February 9, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 27 (Monday, February 9, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D166]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\n(Committees not listed did not meet)\n No committee meetings were held."], ["CREC-2026-02-09-pt1-PgD166", "2026-02-09", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D166", "D166", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"586\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1809\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2544\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3802\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3811\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D166", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 27 (Monday, February 9, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 27 (Monday, February 9, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D166]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Monday, February 9, 2026\n\n[[Page D166]]\n\n Daily Digest\n\n Senate\n\nChamber Action\nRoutine Proceedings, pages S519-S537\nMeasures Introduced: Ten bills were introduced, as follows: S. 3802-\n3811\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S533\nMeasures Reported:\n S. 1809, to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking or\ntransmitting video of defense information.\n S. 2544, to permit State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies\nand grantees that receive eligible Federal grant funds to use such\nfunds for investigating elder financial fraud, pig butchering, and\ngeneral financial fraud, and to clarify that Federal law enforcement\nagencies may assist State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies\nin the use of tracing tools for blockchain and related technology.\n Page S533\nMeasures Passed:\n National Stalking Awareness Month: Committee on the Judiciary was\ndischarged from further consideration of S. Res. 586, raising awareness\nand encouraging the prevention of stalking by designating January 2026\nas ``National Stalking Awareness Month'', and the resolution was then\nagreed to.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S537\nBurrows Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the\nnomination of Daniel E. Burrows, of Colorado, to be an Assistant\nAttorney General.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S528-30\n During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the\nfollowing action:\n By 51 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 33), Senate agreed to the motion to\nclose further debate on the nomination.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S528-29\n A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that\nnotwithstanding Rule XXII, all post-cloture time be expired and Senate\nvote on confirmation of the nomination at 11:30 a.m., on Tuesday,\nFebruary 10, 2026.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S529-30, S537\nMeasures Read the First Time:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S532, S537\nExecutive Communications:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S532-33\nAdditional Cosponsors:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S533-35\nStatements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S535-37\nAdditional Statements:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S532\nPrivileges of the Floor:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S537\nRecord Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--33)\n Pages S528-29\nAdjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 6:32 p.m.,\nuntil 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 10, 2026. 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Rec. D169", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 27 (Monday, February 9, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 27 (Monday, February 9, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D169-D171]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD\n\n Week of February 10 through February 13, 2026\n\n Senate Chamber\n\n On Tuesday, Senate will vote on confirmation of the nomination of\nDaniel E. Burrows, of Colorado, to be an Assistant Attorney General.\n During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared\nlegislative and executive business.\n\n Senate Committees\n\n (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)\n Committee on Appropriations: February 10, Subcommittee on\nCommerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings\nto examine a review of broadband deployment funding at the\nDepartment of Commerce, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.\n February 10, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and\nRelated Programs, to hold hearings to examine Haiti 2026, focusing\non security and foreign assistance priorities, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.\n Committee on Armed Services: February 11, Subcommittee on\nPersonnel, to hold hearings to examine the Senior Enlisted Leaders\non servicemember and family quality of life, 3 p.m., SR-222.\n February 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the\nAmerican small drone industrial base, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.\n Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: February 12, to\nhold oversight hearings to examine the Securities and Exchange\nCommission, 10 a.m., SD-538.\n Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: February 10,\nto hold hearings to examine media ownership in the digital age, 10\na.m., SR-253.\n February 11, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 71,\nto require Amtrak to install baby changing\n\n[[Page D170]]\n\ntables in bathrooms on passenger rail cars, S. 1898, to establish a\ndemonstration program for the active remediation of orbital debris\nand to require the development of uniform orbital debris standard\npractices in order to support a safe and sustainable orbital\nenvironment, S. 2585, to modernize and improve the Broadband Funding\nMap in order to promote the most efficient use of Federal funds for\nbroadband deployment, S. 3199, to establish a multi-stakeholder\nadvisory committee tasked with providing detailed recommendations to\naddress challenges to transmitting geolocation information with\ncalls to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, S. 3266, to support\nthe athletic programs of the United States Merchant Marine Academy,\nS. 3468, to establish a national programmable cloud laboratories\nnetwork to enhance research efficiency, innovation, and\ncollaboration, S. 3639, to expedite processing of satellite and\nspace licenses, S. 3700, to establish an expert review panel to make\nrecommendations for a comprehensive agency-wide safety management\nsystem at the FAA, and routine lists in the Coast Guard, 2 p.m., S-\n216, Capitol.\n February 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the NTSB\nfinal report on the DCA midair collision, 10 a.m., SR-253.\n Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 10, to receive\na closed briefing on recent developments in Venezuela, 4:30 p.m.,\nSVC-217.\n February 12, Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining, to\nhold hearings to examine S. 462, to provide for economic development\nand conservation in Washoe County, Nevada, S. 1349, to withdraw the\nNational Forest System land in the Ruby Mountains subdistrict of the\nHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and the National Wildlife Refuge\nSystem land in Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Elko and White\nPine Counties, Nevada, from operation under the mineral leasing\nlaws, S. 1464, to withdraw certain Bureau of Land Management land\nfrom mineral development, S. 1497, to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr.\nConservation, Management, and Recreation Act to establish the Cerro\nde la Olla Wilderness in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument\nand to modify the boundary of the Rio Grande del Norte National\nMonument, S. 1981, to require the Secretary of Agriculture and the\nSecretary of the Interior to utilize grazing for wildfire risk\nreduction, S. 2417, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to issue\na special use permit with respect to the maintaining of a flagpole\nbearing the flag of the United States at Kyhv Peak Lookout Point,\nUtah, S. 2554, to provide for the recognition of certain Alaska\nNative communities and the settlement of certain claims under the\nAlaska Native Claims Settlement Act, S. 2754, to direct the\nSecretary of Agriculture to convey to the City of Ouray, Colorado,\ncertain land managed by the Forest Service, together with a\nreservoir, S. 2787, to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management\nAct of 1976 to ensure that ranchers who have grazing agreements on\nnational grasslands are treated the same as permittees on other\nFederal land, S. 2860, to unleash United States offshore critical\nminerals and resources, S. 2968, to ensure access to certain public\nland, S. 3004, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey\ncertain Bureau of Land Management land to the city of Price, Utah,\nS. 3082, to prohibit oil and natural gas exploration, development,\nand production in certain areas of the outer Continental Shelf off\nthe coast of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, S. 3493, to\nprovide for the conveyance of certain Federal land in Carson City,\nNevada, S. 3526, to provide for the protection of and investment in\ncertain Federal land in the State of California, S. 3527, to release\nfrom wilderness study area designation certain land in the State of\nMontana, to improve the management of that land, S. 3695, to amend\nPublic Law 96-586 to modernize the authority of the Forest Service\nto acquire and administer land under that Act, H.R. 204, to require\nthat the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior\nsubmit accurate reports regarding hazardous fuels reduction\nactivities, H.R. 677, to establish a process to expedite the review\nof appeals of certain decisions by the Department of the Interior,\nH.R. 952, to convey the reversionary interest of the United States\nin certain land in Sacramento, California, H.R. 1829, to require the\nSecretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands within the Apache-\nSitgreaves National Forest, H.R. 3872, to amend the Mineral Leasing\nAct for Acquired Lands to make that Act applicable to hardrock\nminerals, H.R. 3937, to provide for the conveyance of certain\nFederal land in Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, 10 a.m., SD-\n366.\n Committee on Finance: February 12, to hold hearings to examine the\nU.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, focusing on evaluating North American\ncompetitiveness, 10 a.m., SD-215.\n Committee on Foreign Relations: February 12, to hold hearings to\nexamine the nominations of Wesley Brooks, of Florida, to be\nAssistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and\nScientific Affairs, and Jeremy Carl, of Montana, to be an Assistant\nSecretary (International Organizations), both of the Department of\nState, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.\n Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: February 12,\nto hold hearings to examine preventing fraud in child care\nassistance programs, 10 a.m., SD-430.\n Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: February\n10, Subcommittee on Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and\nCensus, to hold hearings to examine fraud and foreign influence in\nstate and federal programs, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.\n February 12, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing, 9 a.m.,\nSD-342.\n Committee on Indian Affairs: February 10, to hold hearings to\nexamine the Small Business Administration Native 8(a) program, 9:30\na.m., SD-628.\n Committee on the Judiciary: February 10, Subcommittee on Privacy,\nTechnology, and the Law, to hold hearings to examine Arctic Frost\naccountability, focusing on oversight of telecommunications\ncarriers, 10:15 a.m., SH-216.\n February 10, Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration, to\nhold hearings to examine fraud in Minnesota, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.\n February 12, Full Committee, business meeting to consider H.R.\n6719, to prohibit threats to a minor, S. 3398, to amend title 18,\nUnited States Code, to criminalize intentional threats to distribute\nchild sexual abuse material,\n\n[[Page D171]]\n\nand to provide appropriate penalties for the use of child sexual\nabuse material to extort or coerce victims, S. 3397, to make\ncoercion of children to commit harm a criminal offense, S. 3394, to\ndirect the United States Sentencing Commission to amend the\nsentencing guideline relating to child sexual abuse material, S.\n3798, to amend title 18, United States Code, to establish criminal\noffenses with respect to violations involving ATMs, regardless of\nwhether the ATM is located on the physical premises of a financial\ninstitution, and the nomination of Gregory Gilmore, to be United\nStates Attorney for the Central District of Illinois for the term of\nfour years, 10:15 a.m., SH-216.\n Committee on Veterans' Affairs: February 11, to hold hearings to\nexamine building a 21st century VA health care system, focusing on\nassessing the next generation of VA's community care network, 3\np.m., SR-418.\n Select Committee on Intelligence: February 10, closed business\nmeeting to consider pending intelligence matters; to be immediately\nfollowed by a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters, 3\np.m., SH-219.\n February 11, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on\ncertain intelligence matters, 3 p.m., SH-219.\n Special Committee on Aging: February 11, to hold hearings to\nexamine how Washington's rules drove physicians out of medicine,\n3:30 p.m., SH-216.\n\n House Committees\n\n Committee on Appropriations, February 11, Subcommittee on Homeland\nSecurity, hearing entitled ``Potential DHS Shutdown Impacts'', 10\na.m., 2362-A Rayburn.\n Committee on Education and the Workforce, February 11,\nSubcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing entitled ``Building\nan AI-Ready America: Safer Workplaces Through Smarter Technology'',\n10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.\n Committee on Energy and Commerce, February 11, Subcommittee on\nHealth, hearing entitled ``Lowering Health Care Costs for All\nAmericans: An Examination of the Prescription Drug Supply Chain'',\n10:15 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.\n Committee on Financial Services, February 11, Full Committee,\nhearing entitled ``Oversight of the Securities and Exchange\nCommission'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.\n February 11, Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, hearing\nentitled ``Homeownership and the Role of the Secondary Mortgage\nMarket'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.\n Committee on Foreign Affairs, February 11, South and Central Asia\nSubcommittee, hearing entitled ``South Asia: U.S. Foreign Policy in\nthe Region'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.\n Committee on Homeland Security, February 11, Subcommittee on\nEmergency Management and Technology, hearing entitled ``Surveying\nthe Threat of Agroterrorism, Part II: Assessing Federal Government\nEfforts'', 2 p.m., 310 Cannon.\n Committee on the Judiciary, February 11, Full Committee, hearing\nentitled ``Oversight of the Department of Justice'', 10 a.m., 2141\nRayburn.\n Committee on Natural Resources, February 11, Full Committee,\nmarkup on H.R. 755, the ``Critical Mineral Consistency Act of\n2025''; H.R. 1352, to designate the General George C. Marshall\nHouse, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, as an affiliated area of the\nNational Park System, and for other purposes; H.R. 1945, the\n``America's National Churchill Museum National Historic Landmark\nAct''; H.R. 2196, to provide for an extension of the legislative\nauthority of the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial\nFoundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of\nColumbia and its environs; H.R. 3706, the ``SUSHI Act''; H.R. 3922,\nthe ``Cross-Boundary Wildfire Solutions Act''; H.R. 4463, to amend\nthe Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement\nAct of 1993; H.R. 4671, the ``Ensuring Casualty Assistance for our\nFirefighters Act''; H.R. 5419, the ``Enhancing Administrative\nReviews for Broadband Deployment Act''; H.R. 5497, the ``Apostle\nIslands National Park and Preserve Act''; H.R. 6300, the\n``Grasslands Grazing Act of 2025''; and H.R. 6380, ``Chiricahua\nNational Park Act'', 1:45 p.m., 1324 Longworth.\n Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, February 11,\nSubcommittee on Research and Technology, hearing entitled\n``Accelerating Progress: U.S. Surface Transportation Research'', 2\np.m., 2318 Rayburn.\n Committee on Small Business, February 11, Full Committee, markup\non H.R. 7401, the ``Small Business Lending Fraud Prevention Act'';\nH.R. 7396, the ``Native American Entrepreneurial Opportunity Act'';\nand H.R. 7412, the ``Put America on Commission Act of 2026'', 9\na.m., 2360 Rayburn.\n Committee on Veterans' Affairs, February 11, Full Committee,\nhearing entitled ``Opportunities with VHA Reorganization'', 10:15\na.m., 360 Cannon.\n February 12, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 6047, the ``Sharri\nBriley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026'';\nH.R. 3726, the ``Fisher House Availability Act of 2025''; H.R. 3482,\nthe ``Veterans Community Care Scheduling Improvement Act''; H.R.\n785, the ``Representing our Seniors at VA Act of 2025''; and H.R.\n2148, the ``Veteran Caregiver Reeducation, Reemployment, and\nRetirement Act'', 9 a.m., 360 Cannon.\n Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United\nStates and the Chinese Communist Party, February 11, Full Committee,\nhearing entitled ``Lies, Lawfare, and Leverage: The CCP's\nGaslighting and Manipulation to Marginalize Taiwan'', 10 a.m., 1310\nLongworth.\n\n Joint Meeting\n\n Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: February 11, to\nreceive a briefing on the Georgian dream's escalating crackdown on\ndissent, 2 p.m., 2358A, Rayburn Building."], ["CREC-2026-02-09-pt1-PgD171", "2026-02-09", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDENDMATTER", "D171", "D172", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"261\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3617\"}]", "172 Cong. 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Burrows, of Colorado, to be an Assistant\nAttorney General.\n Additional votes are expected during Tuesday's session of the Senate.\n (Senate will recess following the vote on confirmation of the\nnomination of Daniel E. Burrows until 2:15 p.m. for their respective\nparty conferences.)\n\n Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\n 10 a.m., Tuesday, February 10\n\n House Chamber\nProgram for Tuesday: Consideration of H.R. 3617--Securing America's\nCritical Minerals Supply Act (Subject to a Rule). Consideration of H.R.\n261--Undersea Cable Protection Act (Subject to a Rule).\n\n_______________________________________________________________________\n\n Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue\n HOUSE\n\nBergman, Jack, Mich., E116\nBishop, Sanford D., Jr., Ga., E117\nCastor, Kathy, Fla., E114, E116\nChu, Judy, Calif., E113\nCrockett, Jasmine, Tex., E113, E116, E118\nDeGette, Diana, Colo., E119\nFitzpatrick, Brian K., Pa., E115\nGriffith, H. Morgan, Va., E115\nKamlager-Dove, Sydney, Calif., E118\nKelly, Trent, Miss., E115\nLevin, Mike, Calif., E113, E116, E118\nMcCollum, Betty, Minn., E113\nNorcross, Donald, N.J., E117\nNorton, Eleanor Holmes, The District of Columbia, E114\nRulli, Michael A., Ohio, E116\nSmucker, Lloyd, Pa., E115\nWebster, Daniel, Fla., E119\nWhitesides, George, Calif., E119\nWilson, Joe, S.C., E114, E117"], ["CREC-2026-02-05-pt1-PgD162", "2026-02-05", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D162", "D163", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SCONRES\", \"number\": \"25\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"597\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"602\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"600\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"601\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3782\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3801\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D162", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 26 (Thursday, February 5, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 26 (Thursday, February 5, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D162-D163]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Thursday, February 5, 2026\n\n[[Page D162]]\n\n Daily Digest\n\n Senate\n\nChamber Action\nRoutine Proceedings, pages S497-S518\nMeasures Introduced: Twenty bills and six resolutions were introduced,\nas follows: S. 3782-3801, and S. Res. 597-602.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S509-10\nMeasures Passed:\n National Mentoring Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 600, recognizing\nJanuary 2026 as ``National Mentoring Month''.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S516\n 15th Anniversary of the January 8, 2011, Tucson, Arizona, Shooting:\nCommittee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of\nS. Con. Res. 25, recognizing the 15th anniversary of the January 8,\n2011, Tucson, Arizona, shooting and honoring the survivors and victims,\nincluding former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, a gun violence survivor\nand one of the most influential voices of courage in the United States\nin the fight to end gun violence, and the resolution was then agreed\nto.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S516\n National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week: Senate agreed to S.\nRes. 601, designating the week beginning February 2, 2026, as\n``National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week''.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S518\nBurrows Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the\nnomination of Daniel E. Burrows, of Colorado, to be an Assistant\nAttorney General.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S506-07\n A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and,\nin accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of\nthe Senate, and pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of\nThursday, February 5, 2026, a vote on cloture will occur at 5:30 p.m.,\non Monday, February 9, 2026.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S507, S516\n Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the\nfollowing action:\n Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session.\n Page S506\nNominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:\n By 50 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. EX. 30), Brian Charles Lea, of\nTennessee, to be United States District Judge for the Western District\nof Tennessee.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S497-S504\n By 50 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. EX. 32), Justin R. Olson, of Indiana,\nto be United States District Judge for the Southern District of\nIndiana.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S504-06\n During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the\nfollowing action:\n By 51 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. EX. 31), Senate agreed to the motion\nto close further debate on the nomination.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S504\n 1 Coast Guard nomination in the rank of admiral.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S507\n Routine lists in the Coast Guard.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S507\nMessages from the House:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S507\nMeasures Referred:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S507\nMeasures Placed on the Calendar:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S507\nExecutive Communications:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S508-09\nExecutive Reports of Committees:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S509\nAdditional Cosponsors:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S510-11\nStatements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S511-15\nAuthorities for Committees to Meet:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S515-16\nPrivileges of the Floor:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S516\nRecord Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--32)\n Pages S503-04, S506\nAdjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 2:54 p.m.,\nuntil 3 p.m. on Monday, February 9, 2026. (For Senate's program, see\nthe remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S516.)\n\n[[Page D163]]"], ["CREC-2026-02-05-pt1-PgD163-5", "2026-02-05", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDENDMATTER", "D163", "D164", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. 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Burrows, of Colorado, to be an\nAssistant Attorney General at 5:30 p.m.\n\n Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\n 12 noon, Monday, February 9\n\n House Chamber\nProgram for Monday: To be announced.\n\n_______________________________________________________________________\n\n Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue\n HOUSE\n\nCarbajal, Salud O., Calif., E111\nGaramendi, John, Calif., E111\nKelly, Trent, Miss., E111\nMeeks, Gregory W., N.Y., E111"], ["CREC-2026-02-05-pt1-PgD163", "2026-02-05", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCMEETINGS", "D163", "D163", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1809\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2544\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2999\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3023\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D163", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 26 (Thursday, February 5, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 26 (Thursday, February 5, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D163]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\n(Committees not listed did not meet)\nFINANCIAL STABILITY OVERSIGHT COUNCIL\nCommittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a\nhearing to examine the Financial Stability Oversight Council's Annual\nReport to Congress, including S. 2999, to amend the Federal Deposit\nInsurance Act to provide deposit insurance for noninterest-bearing\ntransaction accounts, after receiving testimony from Scott K.H.\nBessent, Secretary of the Treasury.\nRAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD\nCommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee\nconcluded a hearing to examine secure retirement, focusing on the\nsuccess of the Railroad Retirement Board, after receiving testimony\nfrom Erhard Chorle, Chairman, United States Railroad Retirement Board;\nand Jeff Joines, International Brotherhood of Teamsters Brotherhood of\nMaintenance of Way Employes Division, Washington, D.C.\nBUSINESS MEETING\nCommittee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the\nfollowing business items:\n S. 2544, to permit State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies\nand grantees that receive eligible Federal grant funds to use such\nfunds for investigating elder financial fraud, pig butchering, and\ngeneral financial fraud, and to clarify that Federal law enforcement\nagencies may assist State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies\nin the use of tracing tools for blockchain and related technology;\n S. 1809, to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking or\ntransmitting video of defense information;\n S. 3023, to limit liability for certain entities storing child sexual\nabuse material for law enforcement agencies, with an amendment in the\nnature of a substitute; and\n The nominations of Thomas Govan, Jr., to be United States Attorney\nfor the Middle District of Alabama, Zachary Keller, to be United States\nAttorney for the Western District of Louisiana, and Ryan Raybould, to\nbe United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas."], ["CREC-2026-02-04-pt1-PgD154", "2026-02-04", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D154", "D155", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SJRES\", \"number\": \"102\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SJRES\", \"number\": \"105\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SJRES\", \"number\": \"106\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"596\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3771\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3781\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D154", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 25 (Wednesday, February 4, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 4, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D154-D155]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Wednesday, February 4, 2026\n\n[[Page D154]]\n\n Daily Digest\n\n Senate\n\nChamber Action\nRoutine Proceedings, pages S475-S495\nMeasures Introduced: Eleven bills and three resolutions were\nintroduced, as follows: S. 3771-3781, S.J. Res. 105-106, and S. Res.\n596.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S489\nMeasures Reported:\n S.J. Res. 102, disapproving the action of the District of Columbia\nCouncil in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and\nRevision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S489\nMeasures Passed:\n National School Counseling Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 596,\ndesignating the week of February 2 through 6, 2026, as ``National\nSchool Counseling Week''.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S489\nMessage from the President: Senate received the following message from\nthe President of the United States:\n Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the\nnational emergency that was originally declared in Executive Order\n14014 of February 10, 2021, with respect to Burma; which was referred\nto the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-48)\n Page S488\nLea Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the\nnomination of Brian Charles Lea, of Tennessee, to be United States\nDistrict Judge for the Western District of Tennessee.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S486-87\n During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the\nfollowing action:\n By 50 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. EX. 29), Senate agreed to the motion\nto close further debate on the nomination.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S486\n A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that\nnotwithstanding Rule XXII, all post-cloture time be expired and Senate\nvote on confirmation of the nomination of Brian Charles Lea at 11:30\na.m., on Thursday, February 5, 2026; that the motion to invoke cloture\nfiled during Tuesday, February 3, 2026, session of the Senate ripen\nfollowing disposition of the nomination of Brian Charles Lea; and that\nif cloture is invoked on the nomination of Justin R. Olson, of Indiana,\nto be United States District Judge for the Southern District of\nIndiana, Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination at 1:45 p.m., on\nThursday, February 5, 2026.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S487\n A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further\nconsideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 10\na.m., on Thursday, February 5, 2026.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S495\nNominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:\n By 58 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. EX. 26), Aaron Christian Peterson, of\nAlaska, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska.\n Pages S475-80\n By 51 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. EX. 28), Megan Blair Benton, of\nMissouri, to be United States District Judge for the Western District\nof Missouri.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S480-86\n During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the\nfollowing action:\n By 51 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. EX. 27), Senate agreed to the motion\nto close further debate on the nomination.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S480-81\nNominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:\n Michael McDonald, of the District of Columbia, to be Chairperson of\nthe National Endowment for the Humanities for a term of four years.\n 9 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.\n Routine lists in the Army, and Marine Corps.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S495\nMessages from the House:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S488\nMeasures Referred:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S488\nExecutive Communications:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S488-89\nAdditional Cosponsors:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S489-91\nStatements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S491-92\nAdditional Statements:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S487-88\nAuthorities for Committees to Meet:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S492\nRecord Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--29)\n Pages S480, S481, S486\n\n[[Page D155]]\n\nAdjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 5:28 p.m.,\nuntil 10 a.m. on Thursday, February 5, 2026. (For Senate's program, see\nthe remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page\nS495.)"], ["CREC-2026-02-04-pt1-PgD155", "2026-02-04", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCMEETINGS", "D155", "D156", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"90\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"91\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SJRES\", \"number\": \"102\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"290\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"291\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"446\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"699\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"700\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"790\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"837\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1055\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1321\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1353\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1516\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1518\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1550\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2098\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2881\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D155", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 25 (Wednesday, February 4, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 4, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D155-D156]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\n(Committees not listed did not meet)\nFUTURE OF SELF-DRIVING CARS\nCommittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded\na hearing to examine the future of self-driving cars, after receiving\ntestimony from Lars Moravy, Tesla, Austin, Texas; Mauricio Pena, Waymo,\nMountain View, California; Jeff Farrah, Autonomous Vehicle Industry\nAssociation, Washington, D.C.; and Bryant Walker Smith, University of\nSouth Carolina, Columbia.\nBUSINESS MEETING\nCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably\nreported the following business items:\n S. 90, to prohibit the use of funds by the Secretary of the Interior\nto finalize and implement certain travel management plans in the State\nof Utah, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;\n S. 91, to improve Federal activities relating to wildfires, with an\namendment in the nature of a substitute;\n S. 290, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to upgrade existing\nemergency communications centers in units of the National Park System\nto Next Generation 9-1-1 systems;\n S. 291, to establish an interest-bearing account for the non-Federal\ncontributions to the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation\nProgram;\n S. 446, to prohibit Big Cypress National Preserve from being\ndesignated as wilderness or as a component of the National Wilderness\nPreservation System, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute\nand an amendment to the title;\n S. 700, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the\nPleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County,\nArizona, with an amendment;\n H.R. 837, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the\nPleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County,\nArizona, with an amendment;\n S. 790, to redesignate the National Historic Trails Interpretive\nCenter in Casper, Wyoming, as the ``Barbara L. Cubin National Historic\nTrails Interpretive Center'';\n S. 1321, to amend the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization\nAct for Fiscal Year 1999 to provide for the transfer of the Moab site\nto Grand County, Utah, with an amendment;\n S. 1353, to extend the authority for modifications to the Second\nDivision Memorial in the District of Columbia, with an amendment;\n S. 1516, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a\nspecial resource study of the Cahokia Mounds, Emerald Mounds, and\nPulcher Mounds in the State of Illinois, with an amendment in the\nnature of a substitute;\n S. 1518 and H.R. 1550, bills to redesignate Saratoga National\nHistorical Park as Saratoga National Battlefield Park; and\n S. 2881, to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction\nover certain Federal land in the State of California, with an\namendment.\nAMERICA'S WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND CYBER SECURITY\nCommittee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a\nhearing to examine identifying and addressing cybersecurity challenges\nto protect America's water infrastructure, after receiving testimony\nfrom Scott Simonton, Marshall University Institute for Cyber Security,\nCharleston, West Virginia; Matt Odermann, North Dakota Rural Water\nSystems Association, Perth, on behalf of the National Rural Water\nAssociation; and Scott Dewhirst, Fairfax Water, Fairfax, Virginia, on\nbehalf of the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies.\nEUROPEAN ENERGY SECURITY\nCommittee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Europe and Regional\nSecurity Cooperation concluded a hearing to examine European energy\nsecurity, after receiving testimony from Geoffrey R. Pyatt, Atlantic\nCouncil Energy Center, and Dan Byers, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Energy\nInstitute, both of Washington, D.C.\nBUSINESS MEETING\nCommittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee\nordered favorably reported S.J. Res. 102, disapproving the action of\nthe District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and\nFranchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025.\nLEGISLATION\nCommittee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine\nS. 2098, to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the\nSouthcentral Foundation located in Anchorage, Alaska, S. 1055, to amend\nthe Indian Health Care Improvement Act to modify the notification\nrequirement for emergency\n\n[[Page D156]]\n\ncontract health services for certain beneficiaries, and S. 699, to\namend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to address liability for\npayment of charges or costs associated with the provision of purchased/\nreferred care services, after receiving testimony from Darrell LaRoche,\nDeputy Director for Management Operations Indian Health Service,\nDepartment of Health and Human Services; Dayna Seymour, Confederated\nTribes of the Colville Reservation, Nespelem, Washington; and Leanndra\nRoss, Southcentral Foundation, Anchorage, Alaska.\nNOMINATIONS\nCommittee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine\nthe nominations of Robert Cekada, of Florida, to be Director, Bureau of\nAlcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, who was introduced by\nSenator Moran, Andrew B. Davis, and Christopher R. Wolfe, both to be a\nUnited States District Judge for the Western District of Texas, who\nwere introduced by Senators Cornyn and Cruz, Anna St. John, to be\nUnited States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, who\nwas introduced by Senator Kennedy, and John Thomas Shepherd, to be\nUnited States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, who\nwas introduced by Senators Boozman and Cotton, after the nominees\ntestified and answered questions in their own behalf.\nFIGHTING FRAUD\nCommittee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight,\nAgency Action, and Federal Rights concluded a hearing to examine\nfighting fraud in Minnesota and beyond, after receiving testimony from\nMinnesota State Representative Kristin Robbins, Chair of the Fraud\nPrevention Committee, Crookston; Robert Weissman, Public Citizen,\nWashington, D.C.; and David Hoch, Minneapolis, Minnesota.\nADAPTIVE SPORTS\nCommittee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to\nexamine veteran health and healing through adaptive sports, after\nreceiving testimony from Rachel McArdle, Deputy Executive Director,\nRehabilitation and Prosthetics Service, Veterans Health Administration,\nDepartment of Veterans Affairs; Gabriel George, Military Adaptive Court\nSports, Manvel, Texas; Julie Howell, Paralyzed Veterans of America,\nWashington, D.C.; and Elizabeth Smith, Farmington, New York.\nINTELLIGENCE\nSelect Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on\nintelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the\nintelligence community.\n Committee recessed subject to the call."], ["CREC-2026-02-04-pt1-PgD159-3", "2026-02-04", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDENDMATTER", "D159", "D160", null, null, "172 Cong. 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Olson, of Indiana, to be United States District Judge for the\nSouthern District of Indiana. If cloture is invoked on the nomination,\nSenate will vote on confirmation thereon at 1:45 p.m.\n\n Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\n 10 a.m., Thursday, February 5\n\n House Chamber\nProgram for Thursday: House will meet in Pro Forma session at 10 a.m.\n\n_______________________________________________________________________\n\n Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue\n HOUSE\n\nBarragan, Nanette Diaz, Calif., E105\nCourtney, Joe, Conn., E105\nCrenshaw, Dan, Tex., E103\nDiaz-Balart, Mario, Fla., E109\nGonzalez, Vicente, Tex., E105\nGraves, Sam, Mo., E107\nJohnson, Mike, La., E99\nLandsman, Greg, Ohio, E101\nLofgren, Zoe, Calif., E101\nMcBath, Lucy, Ga., E101\nMcClellan, Jennifer L., Va., E108\nMoulton, Seth, Mass., E108\nPallone, Frank, Jr., N.J., E107\nPressley, Ayanna, Mass., E99, E101, E103, E105, E108\nSchakowsky, Janice D., Ill., E103\nSmith, Adam, Wash., E110\nStauber, Pete, Minn., E105\nWalberg, Tim, Mich., E103\nWilson, Joe, S.C., E100"], ["CREC-2026-02-03-pt1-PgD146", "2026-02-03", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D146", "D147", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"581\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"688\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3761\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3770\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D146", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 24 (Tuesday, February 3, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 3, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D146-D147]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Tuesday, February 3, 2026\n\n[[Page D146]]\n\n Daily Digest\n\n Senate\n\nChamber Action\nRoutine Proceedings, pages S447-S473\nMeasures Introduced: Ten bills were introduced, as follows: S. 3761-\n3770\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S470\nMeasures Reported:\n S. 688, to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing at its\nsources globally, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 119-101)\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S469\nMeasures Passed:\n Honoring the Life of Corporal Grade One Matthew T. ``Ty'' Snook:\nCommittee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of\nS. Res. 581, honoring the life of Corporal Grade One Matthew T. ``Ty''\nSnook of the Delaware State Police, and the resolution was then agreed\nto.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S473\nPeterson Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the\nnomination of Aaron Christian Peterson, of Alaska, to be United States\nDistrict Judge for the District of Alaska.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S451-52, S452-58\n During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the\nfollowing action:\n By 55 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. EX. 25), Senate agreed to the motion\nto close further debate on the nomination.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S451-52\n A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that\nnotwithstanding rule XXII, all post-cloture time be expired and Senate\nvote on confirmation of the nomination at 11:30 a.m., on Wednesday,\nFebruary 4, 2026; that the motions to invoke cloture filed during the\nMonday, February 2, 2026, session of the Senate ripen following\ndisposition of the nomination of Aaron Christian Peterson; that if\ncloture is invoked on the nomination of Megan Blair Benton, of\nMissouri, to be United States District Judge for the Western District\nof Missouri, Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination of Megan\nBlair Benton, at 2:15 p.m., Wednesday, February 4, 2026.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S458\n A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further\nconsideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 10\na.m., on Wednesday, February 4, 2026.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S473\nOlson Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination\nof Justin R. Olson, of Indiana, to be United States District Judge for\nthe Southern District of Indiana.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S458-59\n A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and,\nin accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of\nthe Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the\nnomination of Brian Charles Lea, of Tennessee, to be United States\nDistrict Judge for the Western District of Tennessee.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S459\n Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the\nfollowing action:\n Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session.\n Page S458\n Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to\nconsider the nomination.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S458-59\nNominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:\n By 54 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. EX. 22), David Clay Fowlkes, of\nArkansas, to be United States District Judge for the Western District\nof Arkansas.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S447-50\n By 51 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. EX. 24), Nicholas Jon Ganjei, of\nTexas, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of\nTexas.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S450-51\n During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the\nfollowing action:\n By 49 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. EX. 23), Senate agreed to the motion\nto close further debate on the nomination.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S451\nMessages from the House:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S469\nMeasures Referred:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S469\nEnrolled Bills Presented:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S469\nExecutive Communications:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S469\nExecutive Reports of Committees:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S470\nAdditional Cosponsors:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S470-72\nStatements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S472\nAdditional Statements:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S467-69\n\n[[Page D147]]\n\nAuthorities for Committees to Meet:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S472\nRecord Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--25)\n Pages S450-52\nAdjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 5:19 p.m.,\nuntil 10 a.m. on Wednesday, February 4, 2026. (For Senate's program,\nsee the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page\nS473.)"], ["CREC-2026-02-03-pt1-PgD147", "2026-02-03", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCMEETINGS", "D147", "D147", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. D147", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 24 (Tuesday, February 3, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 3, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D147]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\n(Committees not listed did not meet)\nPOST-NEW START TREATY\nCommittee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine\nstrategic competition in an unconstrained, post-New START Treaty\nenvironment, after receiving testimony from Admiral Charles A. Richard,\nUSN (Ret.), former Commander of United States Strategic Command, and\nthe Institute of Defense Analyses; Rose E. Gottemoeller, Stanford\nUniversity Hoover Institution Center for International Security and\nCooperation; and Timothy A. Morrison, former Deputy Assistant to the\nPresident for National Security Affairs, and the Hudson Institute.\nBUSINESS MEETING\nCommittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered\nfavorably reported the nominations of Daniel Edwards, of North\nCarolina, to be an Assistant Secretary, and Ryan McCormack, of\nVirginia, to be Under Secretary for Policy, both of the Department of\nTransportation, Steven Haines, of Virginia, to be an Assistant\nSecretary of Commerce, Robert Harvey, of Florida, to be a Federal\nMaritime Commissioner, John DeLeeuw, of Texas, to be a Member of the\nNational Transportation Safety Board, and routine lists in the Coast\nGuard, Department of Homeland Security.\n Committee recessed subject to the call of the Chair.\nCOUNTERING TERRORISM\nCommittee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia,\nCentral Asia, and Counterterrorism concluded a hearing to examine\ncountering terrorism in North Africa, focusing on opportunities and\nchallenges, after receiving testimony from Robert Palladino, Senior\nBureau Official, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, and Joel Borkert,\nDeputy Coordinator, Bureau of Counterterrorism, both of the Department\nof State.\nMODERNIZING NIH\nCommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee\nconcluded a hearing to examine modernizing the National Institutes of\nHealth, focusing on faster discoveries and more cures, after receiving\ntestimony from Jayanta Bhattacharya, Director, National Institutes of\nHealth, Department of Health and Human Services.\nTHE NAZIS AND SWISS BANKS\nCommittee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine\nhidden facts regarding Nazis and Swiss banks, after receiving testimony\nfrom Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Simon Wiesenthal Center Global Social\nAction, Los Angeles California; Barbara Levi, Zurich, Switzerland, and\nRobert Karofsky, New York, New York, both of the UBS Group; and Neil M.\nBarofsky, Jenner and Block LLP, New York, New York.\nNETFLIX-WARNER BROTHERS TRANSACTION\nCommittee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition\nPolicy, and Consumer Rights concluded a hearing to examine the\ncompetitive impact of the proposed Netflix-Warner Brothers transaction,\nafter receiving testimony from Ted Sarandos, Netflix, Los Gatos,\nCalifornia; and Bruce Campbell, Warner Bros. Discovery, New York, New\nYork."], ["CREC-2026-02-03-pt1-PgD151", "2026-02-03", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDENDMATTER", "D151", "D152", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4090\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D151", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 24 (Tuesday, February 3, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 3, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D151-D152]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n\u0000The CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (USPS 087-390).\n\n\u0000The Periodicals postage is paid at Washington, D.C.\n\u0000 The public proceedings of each House of Congress, as reported\n\u0000 by the Official Reporters thereof, are printed pursuant to\n\u0000 directions of the Joint Committee on Printing as authorized by\n\u0000 appropriate provisions of Title 44, United States Code,\n\u0000 and published for each day that one or both Houses are in session,\n\u0000 excepting very infrequent instances when two or more unusually\n\u0000 small consecutive issues are printed one time.\n\u0000\u0014Public access to the Congressional Record is available online\n\u0000 through the U.S. Government Publishing Office, at www.govinfo.gov,\n\u0000 free of charge to the user. 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If cloture is invoked on the\nnomination, Senate will vote on confirmation thereon at 2:15 p.m.\n Following disposition of the nomination of Megan Blair Benton, Senate\nwill vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Brian\nCharles Lea, of Tennessee, to be United States District Judge for the\nWestern District of Tennessee.\n Additional votes are possible during Wednesday's session of the\nSenate.\n\n Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\n 10 a.m., Wednesday, February 4\n\n House Chamber\nProgram for Wednesday: Consideration of H.R. 4090--Critical Mineral\nDominance Act.\n\n_______________________________________________________________________\n\n Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue\n HOUSE\n\nAderholt, Robert B., Ala., E98\nBeyer, Donald S., Jr., Va., E96\nBresnahan, Robert P., Jr., Pa., E93\nCourtney, Joe, Conn., E96\nFeenstra, Randy, Iowa, E95\nGooden, Lance, Tex., E97\nGuthrie, Brett, Ky., E95\nJordan, Jim, Ohio, E97\nLangworthy, Nicholas A., N.Y., E93, E95, E96, E97\nLieu, Ted, Calif., E95\nMeeks, Gregory W., N.Y., E93\nMurphy, Gregory F., N.C., E95\nPatronis, Jimmy, Fla., E94\nThompson, Bennie G., Miss., E93\nValadao, David G., Calif., E93, E97\nVindman, Eugene Simon, Va., E96\nWalkinshaw, James R., Va., E98"], ["CREC-2026-02-02-pt1-PgD136", "2026-02-02", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Highlights + Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D136", "D137", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3755\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3760\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3755\"}]", "172 Cong. 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D136", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 23 (Monday, February 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 23 (Monday, February 2, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D136-D137]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Monday, February 2, 2026\n\n[[Page D136]]\n\n Daily Digest\n\nHIGHLIGHTS\n\n See Resume of Congressional Activity.\n\n Senate\n\nChamber Action\nRoutine Proceedings, pages S431-S446\nMeasures Introduced: Six bills were introduced, as follows: S. 3755-\n3760\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S442\nMeasures Reported:\n S. 3755, to provide for a system of regulation of the offer and sale\nof digital commodities by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.\n Page S442\nBenton Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the\nnomination of Megan Blair Benton, of Missouri, to be United States\nDistrict Judge for the Western District of Missouri.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S434-35\n A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and,\nin accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of\nthe Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the\nnomination Aaron Christian Peterson, of Alaska, to be United States\nDistrict Judge for the District of Alaska.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S434-35\n Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the\nfollowing action:\n Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to\nconsider the nomination.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S434\nLea Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination\nof Brian Charles Lea, of Tennessee, to be United States District Judge\nfor the Western District of Tennessee.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S435-36\n A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and,\nin accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of\nthe Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the\nnomination of Megan Blair Benton, of Missouri, to be United States\nDistrict Judge for the Western District of Missouri.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S435\n Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the\nfollowing action:\n Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session.\n Page S435\n Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to\nconsider the nomination.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S435\nFowlkes Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the\nnomination of David Clay Fowlkes, of Arkansas, to be United States\nDistrict Judge for the Western District of Arkansas.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S436-37\n During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the\nfollowing action:\n By 49 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. EX. 21), Senate agreed to the motion\nto close further debate on the nomination.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S437\n A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further\nconsideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 10\na.m., on Tuesday, February 3, 2026; that notwithstanding rule XXII, at\n11:30 a.m., Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination, and that if\ncloture is invoked on the nomination of Nicholas Jon Ganjei, of Texas,\nto be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas,\nSenate vote on confirmation of the nomination at 2:15 p.m.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S436\nMeasures Placed on the Calendar:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S441\nExecutive Communications:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S441-42\nAdditional Cosponsors:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S442\nStatements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S442-43\nAdditional Statements:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S440-41\nNotices of Intent:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S443\nRecord Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--21)\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S437\nAdjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 6:54 p.m.,\nuntil 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 3, 2026. (For Senate's program, see\nthe remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page\nS446.)\n\n[[Page D137]]"], ["CREC-2026-02-02-pt1-PgD137", "2026-02-02", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCMEETINGS", "D137", "D137", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. D137", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 23 (Monday, February 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 23 (Monday, February 2, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D137]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\n(Committees not listed did not meet)\n No committee meetings were held."], ["CREC-2026-02-02-pt1-PgD140", "2026-02-02", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDAHEAD", "D140", "D143", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"71\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"90\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"91\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SJRES\", \"number\": \"102\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HJRES\", \"number\": \"142\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"290\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"291\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"365\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"446\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"699\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"700\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"730\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"790\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"791\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"815\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"837\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1055\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1118\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1319\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1321\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1341\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1353\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1413\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1476\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1516\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1518\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1550\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1777\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1809\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1870\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1898\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2098\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2102\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2544\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2585\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2881\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2985\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3023\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3199\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3266\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3276\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3394\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3397\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3398\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3468\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3639\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3700\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4123\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5000\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5438\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6020\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6021\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6568\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6719\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6808\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6995\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7159\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7256\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7257\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7258\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7265\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7266\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7272\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7273\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7274\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7283\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7305\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D140", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 23 (Monday, February 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 23 (Monday, February 2, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D140-D143]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD\n\n Week of February 3 through February 6, 2026\n\n Senate Chamber\n\n On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of\nDavid Clay Fowlkes, of Arkansas, to be United States District Judge for\nthe Western District of Arkansas, post cloture, and vote on\nconfirmation thereon at 11:30 a.m.\n Following disposition of the nomination of David Clay Fowlkes, Senate\nwill vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Nicholas\nJon Ganjei, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the\nSouthern District of Texas. If cloture is invoked, Senate will vote on\nconfirmation of the nomination at 2:15 p.m.\n Following disposition of the nomination of Nicholas Jon Ganjei,\nSenate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of\nAaron Christian Peterson, of Alaska, to be United States District Judge\nfor the District of Alaska.\n During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared\nlegislative and executive business.\n\n Senate Committees\n\n (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)\n Committee on Armed Services: February 3, to hold hearings to\nexamine strategic competition in an unconstrained, post-New START\nTreaty environment, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.\n Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: February 5, to\nhold hearings to examine the Financial Stability Oversight Council's\nAnnual Report to Congress, 10 a.m., SD-538.\n Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: February 3,\nbusiness meeting to consider S. 71, to require Amtrak to install\nbaby changing tables in bathrooms on passenger rail cars, S. 1898,\nto establish a demonstration program for the active remediation of\norbital debris and to require the development of uniform orbital\ndebris standard practices in order to support a safe and sustainable\norbital environment, S. 2585, to modernize and improve the Broadband\nFunding Map in order to promote the most efficient use of Federal\nfunds for broadband deployment, S. 3199, to establish a multi-\nstakeholder advisory committee tasked with providing detailed\nrecommendations to address challenges to transmitting geolocation\ninformation with calls to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, S.\n3266, to support the athletic programs of the United States Merchant\nMarine Academy, S. 3468, to establish a national programmable cloud\nlaboratories network to enhance research efficiency, innovation, and\ncollaboration, S. 3639, to expedite processing of satellite and\nspace licenses, S. 3700, to establish an expert review panel to make\nrecommendations for a comprehensive agency-wide safety management\nsystem at the FAA, and the nominations of Daniel Edwards, of North\nCarolina, to be an Assistant Secretary, and Ryan McCormack, of\nVirginia, to be Under Secretary for Policy, both of the Department\nof Transportation, Steven Haines, of Virginia, to be an Assistant\nSecretary of Commerce, Robert Harvey, of Florida, to be a Federal\nMaritime Commissioner, and John DeLeeuw, of Texas, to be a Member of\nthe National Transportation Safety Board, 10 a.m., SR-253.\n February 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the future\nof self-driving cars, 10 a.m., SR-253.\n Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 4, business\nmeeting to consider S. 90, to prohibit the use of funds by the\nSecretary of the Interior to finalize and implement certain travel\nmanagement plans in the State of Utah, S. 91, to improve Federal\nactivities relating to wildfires, S. 290, to direct the Secretary of\nthe Interior to upgrade existing emergency communications centers in\n\n[[Page D141]]\n\nunits of the National Park System to Next Generation 9-1-1 systems,\nS. 291, to establish an interest-bearing account for the non-Federal\ncontributions to the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation\nProgram, S. 365, to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation,\nManagement, and Recreation Act to allow for additional entities to\nbe eligible to complete the maintenance work on Bolts Ditch and the\nBolts Ditch Headgate within the Holy Cross Wilderness, Colorado, S.\n446, to prohibit Big Cypress National Preserve from being designated\nas wilderness or as a component of the National Wilderness\nPreservation System, S. 700 and H.R. 837, bills to require the\nSecretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger\nDistrict Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona, S. 730, to\ndirect the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess\nthe suitability and feasibility of establishing the African Burial\nGround International Memorial Museum and Educational Center at the\nAfrican Burial Ground National Monument, S. 790, to redesignate the\nNational Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming, as\nthe ``Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive\nCenter'', S. 791, to establish the Justice Thurgood Marshall\nNational Historic Site in the State of Maryland as an affiliated\narea of the National Park System, S. 815, to designate the outdoor\namphitheater at the Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax, Virginia, as\nthe ``Rick Boucher Amphitheater'', S. 1319, to withdraw certain\nFederal land in the Pecos Watershed area of the State of New Mexico\nfrom mineral entry, S. 1321, to amend the Strom Thurmond National\nDefense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to provide for the\ntransfer of the Moab site to Grand County, Utah, S. 1341, to amend\nthe Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to add certain land to the\nSarvis Creek Wilderness, S. 1353, to extend the authority for\nmodifications to the Second Division Memorial in the District of\nColumbia, S. 1413, to authorize additional funding for the San\nJoaquin River Restoration Settlement Act, S. 1476, to amend the Wild\nand Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Gila\nRiver system in the State of New Mexico as components of the\nNational Wild and Scenic Rivers System, to provide for the transfer\nof administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the\nState of New Mexico, S. 1516, to authorize the Secretary of the\nInterior to conduct a special resource study of the Cahokia Mounds,\nEmerald Mounds, and Pulcher Mounds in the State of Illinois, S. 1518\nand H.R. 1550, bills to redesignate Saratoga National Historical\nPark as Saratoga National Battlefield Park, S. 1777, to amend the\nCalifornia Desert Protection Act of 1994 to expand the boundary of\nJoshua Tree National Park, to redesignate the Cottonwood Visitor\nCenter at Joshua Tree National Park as the ``Dianne Feinstein\nVisitor Center'', S. 1870, to adjust the boundary of the Santa\nMonica Mountains National Recreation Area to include the Rim of the\nValley Corridor, S. 2102, to establish the Ralph David Abernathy,\nSr., National Historic Site, and S. 2881, to provide for the\ntransfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in\nthe State of California, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.\n Committee on Environment and Public Works: February 4, to hold\nhearings to examine identifying and addressing cybersecurity\nchallenges to protect America's water infrastructure, 10 a.m., SD-\n562.\n Committee on Foreign Relations: February 3, Subcommittee on Near\nEast, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, to hold\nhearings to examine countering terrorism in North Africa, focusing\non opportunities and challenges, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.\n February 4, Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security\nCooperation, to hold hearings to examine European energy security,\n2:30 p.m., SD-419.\n Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: February 3,\nto hold hearings to examine modernizing the National Institutes of\nHealth, focusing on faster discoveries and more cures, 10 a.m., SD-\n430.\n February 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine secure\nretirement, focusing on the success of the Railroad Retirement\nBoard, 10 a.m., SD-430.\n Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: February\n4, business meeting to consider S.J. Res. 102, disapproving the\naction of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C.\nIncome and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment\nAct of 2025, and H.J. Res. 142, disapproving the action of the\nDistrict of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and\nFranchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of\n2025, 10 a.m., Room to be announced.\n Committee on Indian Affairs: February 4, to hold hearings to\nexamine S. 2098, to provide for the conveyance of certain property\nto the Southcentral Foundation located in Anchorage, Alaska, S.\n1055, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to modify the\nnotification requirement for emergency contract health services for\ncertain beneficiaries, and S. 699, to amend the Indian Health Care\nImprovement Act to address liability for payment of charges or costs\nassociated with the provision of purchased/referred care services,\n2:15 p.m., SD-628.\n Committee on the Judiciary: February 3, to hold hearings to\nexamine hidden facts regarding Nazis and Swiss banks, 10:15 a.m.,\nSH-216.\n February 3, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and\nConsumer Rights, to hold hearings to examine the competitive impact\nof the proposed Netflix-Warner Brothers transaction, 2:30 p.m., SD-\n226.\n February 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine certain\npending nominations, 10:15 a.m., SH-216.\n February 4, Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency\nAction, and Federal Rights, to hold hearings to examine fighting\nfraud in Minnesota and beyond, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.\n February 5, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2544,\nto permit State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies and\ngrantees that receive eligible Federal grant funds to use such funds\nfor investigating elder financial fraud, pig butchering, and general\nfinancial fraud, and to clarify that Federal law enforcement\nagencies may assist State, local, and Tribal law enforcement\nagencies in the use of tracing tools for blockchain and related\ntechnology, S. 1809, to amend title 18, United States Code, to\nprohibit taking or transmitting video of defense information, S.\n3023, to limit liability for certain\n\n[[Page D142]]\n\nentities storing child sexual abuse material for law enforcement\nagencies, H.R. 6719, to prohibit threats to a minor, S. 3398, to\namend title 18, United States Code, to criminalize intentional\nthreats to distribute child sexual abuse material, and to provide\nappropriate penalties for the use of child sexual abuse material to\nextort or coerce victims, S. 3397, to make coercion of children to\ncommit harm a criminal offense, S. 3394, to direct the United States\nSentencing Commission to amend the sentencing guideline relating to\nchild sexual abuse material, and the nominations of Thomas Govan,\nJr., to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of\nAlabama, Zachary Keller, to be United States Attorney for the\nWestern District of Louisiana, and Ryan Raybould, to be United\nStates Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, 10:15 a.m., SH-\n216.\n Committee on Veterans' Affairs: February 4, to hold hearings to\nexamine veteran health and healing through adaptive sports, 4 p.m.,\nSD-G50.\n Select Committee on Intelligence: February 4, closed business\nmeeting to consider pending calendar business; to be immediately\nfollowed by a closed hearing on certain intelligence matters, 3\np.m., SH-219.\n\n House\n\n Committee on Education and Workforce, February 4, Subcommittee on\nHigher Education and Workforce Development, hearing entitled\n``Runaway College Spending Meets the Working Families Tax Cuts'',\n10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.\n Committee on Energy and Commerce, February 4, Subcommittee on\nCommunications and Technology, hearing entitled ``Evaluating\nFirstNet: Performance, Accountability, and Reauthorization'', 10:15\na.m., 2123 Rayburn.\n February 4, Subcommittee on Energy, markup on H.R. 7258, the\n``Energy Emergency Leadership Act''; H.R. 7266, the ``Rural and\nMunicipal Utility Cybersecurity Act''; H.R. 7257, the ``Securing\nCommunity Upgrades for a Resilient Grid''; H.R. 7272, the ``Pipeline\nCybersecurity Preparedness Act''; and H.R. 7305, the ``Energy Threat\nAnalysis Center Act of 2026'', 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.\n Committee on Financial Services, February 4, Full Committee,\nhearing entitled ``The Annual Report of the Financial Stability\nOversight Council'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.\n February 4, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, hearing entitled ``A\nNew Day at the SEC: Restoring Accountability, Due Process, and\nPublic Confidence'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.\n Committee on Foreign Affairs, February 4, Africa Subcommittee; and\nWestern Hemisphere Subcommittee, joint hearing entitled ``Defending\nReligious Freedom Around the World'', 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.\n Committee on the Judiciary, February 4, Full Committee, hearing\nentitled ``Europe's Threat to American Speech and Innovation: Part\nII'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.\n Committee on Natural Resources, February 4, Subcommittee on Water,\nWildlife and Fisheries, hearing on H.R. 3276, the ``Local\nCommunities and Bird Habitat Stewardship Act of 2025''; H.R. 6021,\nthe ``Archie Cavanaugh Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act''; H.R.\n6568, the ``Lower Yellowstone River Native Fish Conservation Act'';\nand H.R. 7159, the ``Protecting Local Zoos Act of 2026'', 10 a.m.,\n1324 Longworth.\n Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, February 4, Full\nCommittee, markup on H.R. 1118, the ``Value Over Cost Act of 2025'';\nH.R. 2985, the ``Modernizing Government Technology Reform Act'';\nH.R. 4123, the ``Federal Improvement in Technology Procurement\nAct''; H.R. 5000, the ``Cybersecurity Hiring Modernization Act'';\nH.R. 5438, the ``Incentivize Savings Act''; H.R. 7256, the ``Federal\nWorkforce Early Separation Incentives Act''; H.R. 7265, the ``Vote\nby Mail Tracking Act''; H.R. 7274, the ``Federal Acquisition\nSecurity Council Improvement Act of 2026''; H.R. 7283, the\n``Ensuring Federal Purchasing Efficiency Act''; H.R. 6020, to\ndesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located\nat 14855 South Van Dyke Road in Plainfield, Illinois, as the ``Staff\nSergeant Jose Duenez Jr. Post Office Building''; H.R. 6808, to\ndesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located\nat 417 West 7th Street in Columbia, Tennessee, as the ``Pharmacist's\nMate First Class John Harlan Willis Post Office Building''; and H.R.\n6995, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service\nlocated at 825 Highway 198 in Beaumont, Mississippi, as the ``Jeremy\nMalone Post Office'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.\n Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, February 4, Full\nCommittee, markup on H.R. 7273, the ``NASA Reauthorization Act of\n2026'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.\n Committee on Veterans' Affairs, February 4, Subcommittee on\nTechnology Modernization; and Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity,\njoint hearing entitled ``Digital G.I. Bill Undelivered: Contracting\nChallenges and the Need for Acquisition Reform'', 2 p.m., 360\nCannon.\n\n Joint Meeting\n\n Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: February 3, to\nhold hearings to examine securing Syria's transformation by\ndiminishing Russia's influence, 2:30 p.m., 360-CHOB.\n\n* These figures include all measures reported, even if there was\nno accompanying report. A total of 2 written reports have been\nfiled in the Senate, 49 reports have been filed in the House.\n\n[[Page D143]]"], ["CREC-2026-02-02-pt1-PgD143-2", "2026-02-02", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDENDMATTER", "D143", "D144", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HJRES\", \"number\": \"142\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4090\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7148\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D143", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 23 (Monday, February 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 23 (Monday, February 2, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D143-D144]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n\u0000The CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (USPS 087-390).\n\n\u0000The Periodicals postage is paid at Washington, D.C.\n\u0000 The public proceedings of each House of Congress, as reported\n\u0000 by the Official Reporters thereof, are printed pursuant to\n\u0000 directions of the Joint Committee on Printing as authorized by\n\u0000 appropriate provisions of Title 44, United States Code,\n\u0000 and published for each day that one or both Houses are in session,\n\u0000 excepting very infrequent instances when two or more unusually\n\u0000 small consecutive issues are printed one time.\n\u0000\u0014Public access to the Congressional Record is available online\n\u0000 through the U.S. Government Publishing Office, at www.govinfo.gov,\n\u0000 free of charge to the user. 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If cloture is invoked, Senate will vote on\nconfirmation of the nomination at 2:15 p.m.\n Following disposition of the nomination of Nicholas Jon Ganjei,\nSenate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of\nAaron Christian Peterson, of Alaska, to be United States District Judge\nfor the District of Alaska.\n Additional roll call votes are possible during Tuesday's session of\nthe Senate.\n (Senate will recess following the vote on the motion to invoke\ncloture on the nomination of Nicholas Jon Ganjei until 2:15 p.m. for\ntheir respective party conferences.)\n\n Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\n 10 a.m., Tuesday, February 3\n\n House Chamber\nProgram for Tuesday: Consideration of H.J. Res. 142--Disapproving the\naction of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income\nand Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act\n(Subject to a Rule). Consideration of H.R. 4090--Critical Mineral\nDominance Act (Subject to a Rule). Consideration of Senate amendments\nto H.R. 7148--Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (Subject to a\nRule).\n_______________________________________________________________________\n\n Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue\n HOUSE\n\nBilirakis, Gus M., Fla., E89\nFitzpatrick, Brian K., Pa., E89\nGuest, Michael, Miss., E88\nHoyer, Steny H., Md., E91\nKiggans, Jennifer A., Va., E87, E90\nMorelle, Joseph D., N.Y., E87\nMrvan, Frank J., Ind., E89\nNorton, Eleanor Holmes, The District of Columbia, E88\nSewell, Terri A., Ala., E87\nSmith, Jason, Mo., E88\nSmucker, Lloyd, Pa., E88\nStanton, Greg, Ariz., E89\nThompson, Bennie G., Miss., E90\nZinke, Ryan K., Mont., E90"], ["CREC-2026-02-02-pt1-PgD143", "2026-02-02", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Resume of Congressional Activity", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDRESUMEONGOING", "D143", "D143", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. D143", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 23 (Monday, February 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 23 (Monday, February 2, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D143]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Resume of Congressional Activity\n\n SECOND SESSION OF THE ONE HUNDRED NINETEENTH CONGRESS\n\n The first table gives a comprehensive resume of all legislative\nbusiness transacted by the Senate and House.\n The second table accounts for all nominations submitted to the\nSenate by the President for Senate confirmation.\n\n DATA ON LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY\n\n January 3, 2026 through January 31, 2026\n\n Senate House Total\n Days in Session............... 17 16 . .\n Time in Session............... 84 hrs. 06\u007f 61 hrs. 06\u007f . .\n Congressional Record:\n Pages of proceedings.......... S429 H1923 . .\n Extensions of Remarks.......... 0 E86 . .\n Public bills enacted into law. 1 5 6\n Private bills enacted into law 0 0 . .\n Bills in conference........... 0 1 . .\n Measures passed, total........ 25 41 66\n Senate bills................... 4 2 . .\n House bills................... 3 24 . .\n Senate joint resolutions....... 0 0 . .\n House joint resolutions........ 0 1 . .\n Senate concurrent.............. 0 0 . .\n House concurrent resolutions... 0 0 . .\n Simple resolutions............. 18 14 . .\n Measures reported, total...... *7 47 54\n Senate bills................... 7 0 . .\n House bills.................... 0 42 . .\n Senate joint resolutions...... 0 0 . .\n House joint resolutions....... 0 0 . .\n Senate concurrent............. 0 0 . .\n House concurrent resolutions.. 0 0 . .\n Simple resolutions............ 0 5 . .\n Special reports............... 0 2 . .\n Conference reports............ 0 0 . .\n Measures pending on calendar.. 210 33 . .\n Measures introduced, total... 186 437 623\n Bills......................... 158 367 . .\n Joint resolutions............. 4 11 . .\n Concurrent resolutions........ 2 4 . .\n Simple resolutions............. 22 55 . .\n Quorum calls.................. 0 1 . .\n Yea-and-nay votes............. 20 39 . .\n Recorded votes................ 0 8 . .\n Bills vetoed.................. 0 0 . .\n Vetoes overridden............. 0 0 . .\n DISPOSITION OF EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS\n\n January 3, 2026 through January 31, 2026\n\n Civilian nominees, totaling 102 (including 4 nominees\n carried over from the First Session), disposed of as\n follows:\n\n Confirmed............................................4...\n Unconfirmed.........................................98...\n Other Civilian nominees, totaling 785 (including 124\n nominees carried over from the First Session), disposed\n of as follows:\n\n Unconfirmed........................................785...\n Air Force nominees, totaling 261 (including 14 nominees\n carried over from the First Session), disposed of as\n follows:\n\n Confirmed..........................................252...\n Unconfirmed..........................................9...\n Army nominees, totaling 2170 (including 1978 nominees\n carried over from the First Session), disposed of as\n follows:\n\n Confirmed...........................................94...\n Unconfirmed......................................2,076...\n Navy nominees, totaling 45 (including 5 nominees carried\n over from the First Session), disposed of as follows:\n Confirmed...........................................44...\n Unconfirmed..........................................1...\n Marine Corps nominees, totaling 111 (including 56 nominees\n carried over from the First Session), disposed of as\n follows:\n Confirmed...........................................41...\n Unconfirmed.........................................70...\n Space Force nominees, totaling 1 (including 1 nominees\n carried over from the First Session), disposed of as\n follows:\n Unconfirmed..........................................1...\n\n Summary\n Total nominees carried over from the First Session...2,182\n Total nominees received this Session.................1,293\n Total confirmed........................................435\n Total unconfirmed....................................3,040\n Total withdrawn..........................................0\n Total returned to the White House........................0"], ["CREC-2026-01-30-pt1-PgD131", "2026-01-30", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Highlights + Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D131", "D132", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"595\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2245\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3753\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3754\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7148\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D131", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 22 (Friday, January 30, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 22 (Friday, January 30, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D131-D132]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Friday, January 30, 2026\n\n[[Page D131]]\n\n Daily Digest\n\nHIGHLIGHTS\n\n Senate passed H.R. 7148, Consolidated Appropriations Act, as\n amended.\n\n Senate\n\nChamber Action\nRoutine Proceedings, pages S401-S429\nMeasures Introduced: Two bills and one resolution were introduced, as\nfollows: S. 3753-3754, and S. Res. 595.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S419\nMeasures Reported: S. 2245, to amend the Digital Coast Act to improve\nthe acquisition, integration, and accessibility of data of the Digital\nCoast program and to extend the program, with an amendment in the\nnature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 119-100)\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S419\nMeasures Passed:\n Consolidated Appropriations Act: By 71 yeas to 29 nays (Vote No. 20),\nSenate passed H.R. 7148, making further consolidated appropriations for\nthe fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, after agreeing to the motion\nto proceed, and after taking action on the following amendments\nproposed thereto:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S401-16\nAdopted:\n Collins Amendment No. 4273, to provide continuing appropriations for\nthe Department of Homeland Security.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S416\n Rejected:\n By 32 yeas to 67 nays (Vote No. 14), Paul/Lee Amendment No. 4272, to\neliminate funding for refugee and entrant assistance.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S411-12\n Schmitt Amendment No. 4241, to eliminate National Endowment for\nDemocracy Funding.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S412-13\n Lee Amendment No. 4236, to strike all earmarks. (By 67 yeas to 33\nnays (Vote No. 15), Senate tabled the amendment.)\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S413\n Scott (FL) (for Lee) Amendment No. 4234, to strike the earmark for\nthe Community and Training Center by the New Immigrant Community\nEmpowerment. (By 58 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 16), Senate tabled the\namendment.)\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S413-14\n Lee Amendment No. 4286, to eliminate funding for the United States\nAfrican Development Foundation. (By 58 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 17),\nSenate tabled the amendment.)\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S414\n By 49 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 18), Sanders Amendment No. 4290, to\nrescind certain amounts appropriated for U.S. Immigration and Customs\nEnforcement and certain changes to Medicaid. (A unanimous-consent\nagreement was reached providing that the amendment, having failed to\nachieve 60 affirmative votes, was not agreed to.)\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S414-15\n During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the\nfollowing action:\n By 47 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 19), three-fifths of those Senators\nduly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate\nrejected the motion to waive pursuant to section 904 of the\nCongressional Budget Act of 1974 and the waiver provisions of\napplicable budget resolutions, with respect to Merkley Amendment No.\n4287, to prevent the deferral or rescission of appropriations within 90\ndays of their expiration. Subsequently, the point of order against the\namendment pursuant to section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act of\n1974, was sustained, and the amendment thus fell.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S415-16\n Congratulating the Indiana University Hoosiers Football Team: Senate\nagreed to S. Res. 595, congratulating the Indiana University Hoosiers\nfootball team for winning the 2026 College Football Playoff National\nChampionship and completing an undefeated 16-0 season.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S424\nFowlkes Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the\nnomination of David Clay Fowlkes, of Arkansas, to be United States\nDistrict Judge for the Western District of Arkansas.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S417\n A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and,\nin accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of\nthe Senate, and pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of Friday,\nJanuary 30, 2026, a vote on cloture will occur at 5:30 p.m., on Monday,\nFebruary 2, 2026.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S417\n\n[[Page D132]]\n\n Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the\nfollowing action:\n Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to\nconsider the nomination.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S417\nGanjei Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the\nnomination of Nicholas Jon Ganjei, of Texas, to be United States\nDistrict Judge for the Southern District of Texas.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S417\n A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and,\nin accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of\nthe Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the\nnomination of David Clay Fowlkes, of Arkansas, to be United States\nDistrict Judge for the Western District of Arkansas.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S417\n Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the\nfollowing action:\n Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session.\n Page S417\n Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to\nconsider the nomination.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S417\nPeterson Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the\nnomination of Aaron Christian Peterson, of Alaska, to be United States\nDistrict Judge for the District of Alaska.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S417\n A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and,\nin accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of\nthe Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the\nnomination of Nicholas Jon Ganjei, of Texas, to be United States\nDistrict Judge for the Southern District of Texas.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S417\n Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the\nfollowing action:\n Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session.\n Page S417\n Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to\nconsider the nomination.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S417\nNominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:\n 8 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.\n 52 Army nominations in the rank of general.\n 11 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.\n 5 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.\n Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy.\n Pages S424-25, S427-29\nMeasures Read the First Time:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S418, S423-24\nExecutive Communications:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S418-19\nAdditional Cosponsors:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S419-20\nStatements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S420-21\nAmendments Submitted:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S421-23\nRecord Votes: Seven record votes were taken today. (Total--20)\n Pages S412-16\nAdjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m. and adjourned at 7:15 p.m.,\nuntil 3 p.m. on Monday, February 2, 2026. (For Senate's program, see\nthe remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S425.)"], ["CREC-2026-01-30-pt1-PgD132", "2026-01-30", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCMEETINGS", "D132", "D132", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. D132", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 22 (Friday, January 30, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 22 (Friday, January 30, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D132]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\n(Committees not listed did not meet)\n No committee meetings were held."], ["CREC-2026-01-30-pt1-PgD133-3", "2026-01-30", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDENDMATTER", "D133", "D134", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. 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Rec. D127", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 21 (Thursday, January 29, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 21 (Thursday, January 29, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D127-D128]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Thursday, January 29, 2026\n\n[[Page D127]]\n\n Daily Digest\n\n Senate\n\nChamber Action\nRoutine Proceedings, pages S357-S399\nMeasures Introduced: Thirty-two bills and four resolutions were\nintroduced, as follows: S. 3721-3752, S.J. Res. 104, and S. Res. 592-\n594.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S376-78\nMeasures Passed:\n International Year of the Woman Farmer: Senate agreed to S. Res. 592,\nsupporting the designation of 2026 as the ``International Year of the\nWoman Farmer'' to recognize and honor the critical role of women in\nagriculture.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S397\n 2025 Potomac River Mid-Air Collision Victims: Senate agreed to S.\nRes. 593, honoring the victims of the 2025 Potomac River mid-air\ncollision.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S397\n National Catholic Schools Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 594,\nsupporting the contributions of Catholic schools in the United States\nand celebrating the 52nd annual National Catholic Schools Week.\n Page S397\nMeasures Considered:\nConsolidated Appropriations Act--Agreement: Senate continued\nconsideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 7148,\nmaking further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending\nSeptember 30, 2026.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S357-73\n During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the\nfollowing action:\n By 45 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 13), three-fifths of those Senators\nduly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate\nrejected the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to\nconsideration of the bill.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S361\n Subsequently, Senator Thune entered a motion to reconsider the vote\nby which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to\nconsideration of the bill.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S361\n A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further\nconsideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at\napproximately 11 a.m., on Friday, January 30, 2026.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S397\nNominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:\n Brett Doyle, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the United States\nInternational Trade Commission for a term expiring December 16, 2030.\n Andrew B. Davis, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the\nWestern District of Texas.\n Troy Edgar, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of El\nSalvador.\n Sharon E. Goodie, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate\nJudge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of\nfifteen years.\n David Foley, Jr., of Virginia, to be a Member of the United States\nInternational Trade Commission for a term expiring June 16, 2032.\n John Thomas Shepherd, of Arkansas, to be United States District Judge\nfor the Western District of Arkansas.\n Frank Garcia, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State\n(African Affairs).\n Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for\nthe Eastern District of Louisiana.\n Frank Garcia, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors\nof the African Development Foundation for a term expiring September 22,\n2031.\n Christopher R. Wolfe, of Texas, to be United States District Judge\nfor the Western District of Texas.\n Arthur Graham, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Directors\nof the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2031.\n Melissa Holyoak, of Utah, to be United States Attorney for the\nDistrict of Utah for the term of four years.\n David LaCerte, of Louisiana, to be a Member of the Federal Energy\nRegulatory Commission for a term expiring June 30, 2031.\n Colin McDonald, of California, to be an Assistant Attorney General.\n Michael Vance, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State\n(Intelligence and Research).\n Douglas Weaver, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory\nCommission for the term of five years expiring June 30, 2031.\n 1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.\n\n[[Page D128]]\n\n Routine lists in the Army, and Coast Guard.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S397-99\nExecutive Reports of Committees:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S375-76\nAdditional Cosponsors:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S378-79\nStatements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S379-82\nAmendments Submitted:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S382-92\nAuthorities for Committees to Meet:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S392\nRecord Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--13)\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S361\nAdjournment: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at 11:18 p.m.,\nuntil 11 a.m. on Friday, January 30, 2026. (For Senate's program, see\nthe remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S397.)"], ["CREC-2026-01-29-pt1-PgD128", "2026-01-29", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCMEETINGS", "D128", "D129", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"260\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1216\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1369\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2222\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2236\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2722\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2904\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3249\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3360\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3496\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D128", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 21 (Thursday, January 29, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 21 (Thursday, January 29, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D128-D129]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\n(Committees not listed did not meet)\nBUSINESS MEETING\nCommittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered\nfavorably reported an original bill entitled, ``Digital Commodity\nIntermediaries Act''.\nBUSINESS MEETING\nCommittee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 432\nmilitary nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and\nSpace Force.\nCOAST GUARD FORCE LAYDOWN\nCommittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on\nCoast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries concluded a hearing to examine\nassessing Coast Guard force laydown on the heels of historic\ninvestment, after receiving testimony from Admiral Kevin E. Lunday,\nCommandant, United States Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.\nBUSINESS MEETING\nCommittee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported\nthe following business items:\n H.R. 260, to require a strategy to oppose financial or material\nsupport by foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations to the\nTaliban, with amendments;\n S. 2904, to impose sanctions with respect to the shadow fleet of the\nRussian Federation, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;\n S. 2722, to promote the energy security of Taiwan, with an amendment\nin the nature of a substitute;\n S. 3496, to establish and implement a multi-year Legal Gold and\nMining Partnership Strategy to reduce the negative environmental and\nsocial impacts of illicit gold mining in the Western Hemisphere, with\nan amendment in the nature of a substitute;\n S. 2222, to enhance the security, resilience, and protection of\nundersea communication cables vital to Taiwan's national security,\neconomic stability, and defense, particularly in countering gray zone\ntactics employed by the People's Republic of China, with an amendment\nin the nature of a substitute;\n S. 3249, to enhance United States Government strategic coordination\nof the security, installation, maintenance, and repair of international\nsubsea fiber-optic cables, with an amendment in the nature of a\nsubstitute;\n S. 3360, to require a report on internet freedom in Iran, with an\namendment in the nature of a substitute;\n S. 1216, to support Taiwan's international space, with an amendment\nin the nature of a substitute;\n S. 1369, to support the execution of bilateral agreements concerning\nillicit transnational maritime activity and to authorize the President\nto impose sanctions with respect to illegal, unreported, or unregulated\nfishing and the sale, supply, purchase, or transfer of endangered\nspecies, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;\n S. 2236, to establish a comprehensive United States Government\ninitiative to build the capacity of young leaders and entrepreneurs in\nAfrica; and\n The nominations of Frank Weiland, of the District of Columbia, to be\nan Assistant Secretary (International Narcotics and Law Enforcement\nAffairs), Jennifer Wicks McNamara, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the\nSocialist Republic of Vietnam, Eric Meyer, of California, to be\nAmbassador to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Gregory\nLoGerfo, of Massachusetts, to be Coordinator for Counterterrorism, with\nthe rank and status of Ambassador at Large, all of the Department of\nState.\nNOMINATION\nSelect Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to\nexamine the nomination of Lieutenant General Joshua M. Rudd, USA, to be\nDirector of the National Security Agency, after the nominee testified\nand answered questions in his own behalf.\nDRUG LABELING\nSpecial Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine\ntruth in drug labeling, after receiving testimony from John V. Gray,\nThe Ohio State University Fisher College of Business, Columbus; Michael\nGanio, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Bethesda,\nMaryland; Stephen W. Schondelmeyer, University of Minnesota College of\nPharmacy PRIME Institute Center for Infectious\n\n[[Page D129]]\n\nDisease Research and Policy, Minneapolis; and Stephen Colvill, Duke-\nMargolis Institute for Health Policy, Washington, D.C."], ["CREC-2026-01-29-pt1-PgD129-4", "2026-01-29", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDENDMATTER", "D129", "D130", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7148\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. 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Remit check or\n\u0000 money order, made payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or use\n\u0000 VISA, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, or GPO Deposit Account.\n\u0000\u0014Following each session of Congress, the daily Congressional Record\n\u0000 is revised, printed, permanently bound and sold by the\n\u0000 Superintendent of Documents in individual parts or by sets.\n\u0000\u0014With the exception of copyrighted articles, there are no\n\u0000 restrictions on the republication of material from the\n\u0000 Congressional Record.\n\n\u0000 POSTMASTER:\n\n\u0000 Send address changes to the Superintendent of Documents,\n\u0000 Congressional Record,\n\u0000 U.S. Government Publishing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402,\n\u0000 along with the entire mailing label from the last issue received.\n\n[[Page D130]]\n\n_______________________________________________________________________\n\n Next Meeting of the SENATE\n 11 a.m., Friday, January 30\n\n Senate Chamber\nProgram for Friday: Senate will continue consideration of the motion to\nproceed to consideration of H.R. 7148, Consolidated Appropriations Act.\n Roll call votes are possible during Friday's session of the Senate.\n\n Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\n 10:30 a.m., Friday, January 30\n\n House Chamber\nProgram for Friday: House will meet in Pro Forma session at 10:30 a.m."], ["CREC-2026-01-28-pt1-PgD123-2", "2026-01-28", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCMEETINGS", "D123", "D124", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. D123", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 20 (Wednesday, January 28, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 20 (Wednesday, January 28, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D123-D124]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\n(Committees not listed did not meet)\nDOD's CYBER FORCE GENERATION\nCommittee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity concluded a\nhearing to examine the Department's cyber force generation plan and the\nassociated implementation plan, after receiving testimony from\nKatherine Sutton, Assistant Secretary for Cyber Policy, Lieutenant\nGeneral William J. Hartman, USA, Acting Commander, United States Cyber\nCommand/performing the duties of Director, National Security Agency/\nActing Chief, Central Security Service, and Brigadier General R. Ryan\nMesser, USAF, Deputy Director for Global Operations, J3, Joint Staff,\nall of the Department of Defense.\nFIRSTNET'S ROLE IN PUBLIC SAFETY\nCommittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on\nTelecommunications and Media concluded a hearing to examine the front\nlines of connectivity, focusing on FirstNet's role in public safety,\nafter receiving testimony from Michael A. Adkinson, Jr., Walton County\nSheriff, DeFuniak\n\n[[Page D124]]\n\nSprings, Florida, on behalf of First Responder Network Authority Board;\nScott Agnew, AT&T FirstNet and Public Sector Mobility, Dallas, Texas;\nCory Davis, Verizon Frontline, New York, New York; and Mel Maier,\nAssociation of Public-Safety Communications Officials International,\nDaytona Beach, Florida.\nLIVE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY\nCommittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on\nConsumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy concluded a hearing\nto examine the live entertainment industry, after receiving testimony\nfrom Robert J. Richie, Nashville, Tennessee; Daniel M. Wall, Live\nNation Entertainment, Inc., San Francisco, California; Brian Berry,\nTicket Policy Forum, Washington, D.C.; and David Weingarden, Z2\nEntertainment, Boulder, on behalf of Colorado Independent Venue\nAssociation.\nFEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING PROCESS\nCommittee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a\nhearing to examine improving the Federal environmental review and\npermitting process, part 2, after receiving testimony from Brendan\nBechtel, Bechtel, Reston, Virginia, on behalf of Business Roundtable's\nSmart Regulation Committee; Brent Booker, Laborers' International Union\nof North America, Dustin Meyer, American Petroleum Institute, and\nAbigail Ross Hopper, Solar Energy Industries Association, Washington,\nD.C.; and David Terry, National Association of State Energy Officials.\nVENEZUELA\nCommittee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to\nexamine U.S. policy towards Venezuela, after receiving testimony from\nMarco Rubio, Secretary of State.\nPALISADES FIRE\nCommittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent\nSubcommittee on Investigations concluded a hearing to examine one year\nafter disaster, focusing on the Palisades fire, after receiving\ntestimony from Patrick Butler, Redondo Beach Fire Department Fire Chief\nand Harbor Master, Redondo Beach, California; Rick Crawford, Los\nAngeles Fire Department, Washington, D.C.; and Spencer Hawkins,\nInternational Association of Emergency Managers, Macon, Georgia.\nEDUCATIONAL CHOICE IN AMERICA\nCommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee\nconcluded a hearing to examine educational choice in America, after\nreceiving testimony from Cris Gulacy-Worrel, Oakmont Education, Powell,\nOhio; John F. Kirtley, Step Up For Students, Tampa, Florida; and\nMarisol Garcia, Arizona Education Association, Phoenix, Arizona.\nNATIVE CHILDREN'S COMMISSION IMPLEMENTATION ACT\nCommittee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine\nTitle II of the draft of the Native Children's Commission\nImplementation Act, focusing on justice and safety for native children,\nafter receiving testimony from Mark Patterson, Hawaii Correctional\nSystem Oversight Commission Chair, Honolulu; Lonna J. Street, Spirit\nLake Nation, Fort Totten, North Dakota; Joan Johnson, Fort Belknap\nIndian Community, Harlem, Montana; Anita Fineday, Native Children's\nCommission, Brainerd, Minnesota; and Lori Jump, StrongHearts Native\nHelpline, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.\nFOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT\nCommittee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine\nthe Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and executive accountability,\nafter receiving testimony from Stewart Baker, Stewart Baker Consulting\nPLLC, and Elizabeth Goitein, New York University School of Law Brennan\nCenter for Justice, both of Washington, D.C.; and Adam I. Klein,\nUniversity of Texas Robert Strauss Center for International Security\nand Law, Austin.\nVETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION\nCommittee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to\nexamine a 21st century VA health care system, focusing on efforts to\nrestructure the Veterans Health Administration, after receiving\ntestimony from Douglas A. Collins, Secretary, John Bartrum, Under\nSecretary for Health, Mark Engelbaum, Assistant Secretary for Human\nResources and Administration, and Gregory Goins, Acting Chief Operating\nOfficer, Veterans Health Administration, all of the Department of\nVeterans Affairs.\nINTELLIGENCE\nSelect Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to\nreceive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of\nthe intelligence community."], ["CREC-2026-01-28-pt1-PgD123", "2026-01-28", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D123", "D123", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"272\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"590\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"591\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"591\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"921\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1157\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2132\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2169\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3708\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3720\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7148\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D123", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 20 (Wednesday, January 28, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 20 (Wednesday, January 28, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D123]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Wednesday, January 28, 2026\n\n[[Page D123]]\n\n Daily Digest\n\n Senate\n\nChamber Action\nRoutine Proceedings, pages S301-S356\nMeasures Introduced: Thirteen bills and two resolutions were\nintroduced, as follows: S. 3708-3720, and S. Res. 590-591.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S344\nMeasures Reported:\n S. 272, to improve the safety of infant formula through testing of\ninfant formula for microorganisms and toxic elements, with an amendment\nin the nature of a substitute.\n S. 921, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue\nguidance on whether hospital emergency departments should implement\nfentanyl testing as a routine procedure for patients experiencing an\noverdose, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.\n S. 1157, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to\nconduct a review to evaluate the status of research on lung cancer in\nwomen and underserved populations, with an amendment in the nature of a\nsubstitute.\n S. 2132, to amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent and\nmitigate the potential for conflicts of interest following government\nservice, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.\n S. 2169, to require the development of a comprehensive rural hospital\ncybersecurity workforce development strategy, with an amendment in the\nnature of a substitute.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S343\nMeasures Passed:\n F/A-18 E1 Super Hornet 30th Anniversary: Senate agreed to S. Res.\n591, recognizing the 30th anniversary of the first flight of the F/A-18\nE1 Super Hornet from Lambert Field in St. Louis, Missouri, and the 30\nyears of service of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet to the United States\nNavy and to allies of the United States.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S355\nMeasures Considered:\nConsolidated Appropriations Act--Agreement: Senate continued\nconsideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 7148,\nmaking further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending\nSeptember 30, 2026.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S301-34\n A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further\nconsideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at\napproximately 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, January 29, 2026.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S356\nNominations Referred:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S339\nExecutive Communications:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S339-43\nAdditional Cosponsors:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S344-47\nStatements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S347-48\nAdditional Statements:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S339\nAmendments Submitted:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S348-55\nAdjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m. and adjourned at 7:19 p.m.,\nuntil 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 29, 2026. (For Senate's program,\nsee the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page\nS356.)"], ["CREC-2026-01-28-pt1-PgD125-4", "2026-01-28", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDENDMATTER", "D125", "D126", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7148\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D125", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 20 (Wednesday, January 28, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 20 (Wednesday, January 28, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D125-D126]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n\u0000The CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (USPS 087-390).\n\n\u0000The Periodicals postage is paid at Washington, D.C.\n\u0000 The public proceedings of each House of Congress, as reported\n\u0000 by the Official Reporters thereof, are printed pursuant to\n\u0000 directions of the Joint Committee on Printing as authorized by\n\u0000 appropriate provisions of Title 44, United States Code,\n\u0000 and published for each day that one or both Houses are in session,\n\u0000 excepting very infrequent instances when two or more unusually\n\u0000 small consecutive issues are printed one time.\n\u0000\u0014Public access to the Congressional Record is available online\n\u0000 through the U.S. Government Publishing Office, at www.govinfo.gov,\n\u0000 free of charge to the user. The information is updated online each day\n\u0000 the Congressional Record is published. For more information,\n\u0000 contact the GPO Customer Contact Center, U.S. Government Publishing Office.\n\u0000 Phone 202-512-1800, or 866-512-1800 (toll-free). E-Mail,\n\u0000 contactcenter@gpo.gov.\n\u0000\u0014To place an order for any of these products, visit\n\u0000 the U.S. Government Online Bookstore at: bookstore.gpo.gov. Mail\n\u0000 orders to: Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 979050, St. Louis,\n\u0000 MO 63197-9000, or phone orders to 866-512-1800 (toll-free),\n\u0000 202-512-1800 (D.C. area), or fax to 202-512-2104. Remit check or\n\u0000 money order, made payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or use\n\u0000 VISA, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, or GPO Deposit Account.\n\u0000\u0014Following each session of Congress, the daily Congressional Record\n\u0000 is revised, printed, permanently bound and sold by the\n\u0000 Superintendent of Documents in individual parts or by sets.\n\u0000\u0014With the exception of copyrighted articles, there are no\n\u0000 restrictions on the republication of material from the\n\u0000 Congressional Record.\n\n\u0000 POSTMASTER:\n\n\u0000 Send address changes to the Superintendent of Documents,\n\u0000 Congressional Record,\n\u0000 U.S. Government Publishing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402,\n\u0000 along with the entire mailing label from the last issue received.\n\n[[Page D126]]\n\n_______________________________________________________________________\n\n Next Meeting of the SENATE\n 10:30 a.m., Thursday, January 29\n\n Senate Chamber\nProgram for Thursday: Senate will continue consideration of the motion\nto proceed to consideration of H.R. 7148, Consolidated Appropriations\nAct, and vote on the motion to invoke cloture thereon at approximately\n11:30 a.m.\n Additional roll call votes are possible during Thursday's session of\nthe Senate.\n\n Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\n 10:30 a.m., Friday, January 30\n\n House Chamber\nProgram for Friday: House will meet in Pro Forma session at 10:30 a.m."], ["CREC-2026-01-27-pt1-PgD118-2", "2026-01-27", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCMEETINGS", "D118", "D118", null, null, "172 Cong. 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D118", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 19 (Tuesday, January 27, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 27, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D118]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\n(Committees not listed did not meet)\n No committee meetings were held."], ["CREC-2026-01-27-pt1-PgD118", "2026-01-27", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D118", "D118", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SJRES\", \"number\": \"102\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SJRES\", \"number\": \"103\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"586\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"589\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"589\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"836\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3627\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3689\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3707\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3705\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7148\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D118", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 19 (Tuesday, January 27, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 27, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D118]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Tuesday, January 27, 2026\n\n[[Page D118]]\n\n Daily Digest\n\n Senate\n\nChamber Action\nRoutine Proceedings, pages S281-S299\nMeasures Introduced: Nineteen bills and six resolutions were\nintroduced, as follows: S. 3689-3707, S.J. Res. 102-103, and S. Res.\n586-589.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S290-91\nMeasures Reported:\n S. 836, to amend the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998\nto strengthen protections relating to the online collection, use, and\ndisclosure of personal information of children and teens, with\namendments. (S. Rept. No. 119-99)\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S290\nMeasures Passed:\n Congratulating Montana State University Football: Senate agreed to S.\nRes. 589, congratulating the Montana State University football team for\nwinning the 2025 Division I Football Championship Subdivision\nChampionship.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S298\n Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule Act: Senate passed S.\n3705, to provide for the creation of a congressional time capsule in\ncommemoration of the semiquincentennial of the United States.\n Page S298\nMeasures Considered:\nPregnant Student's Fairness Act: Senate resumed consideration of the\nmotion to proceed to consideration of S. 3627, to require institutions\nof higher education to disseminate information on the rights of, and\naccommodations and resources for, pregnant students.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S286-87\n During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the\nfollowing action:\n By 47 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 12), three-fifths of those Senators\nduly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate\nrejected the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to\nconsideration of the bill.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S287\nConsolidated Appropriations Act--Cloture: Senate began consideration of\nthe motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 7148, making further\nconsolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30,\n2026.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S281-87\n A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed\nto consideration of the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of\nRule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will\noccur on Thursday, January 29, 2026.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S287\n A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further\nconsideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at\napproximately 11 a.m., on Wednesday, January 28, 2026.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S298\nNominations Referred:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S289\nExecutive Communications:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S289-90\nAdditional Cosponsors:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S291-92\nStatements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S292-95\nAdditional Statements:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S288-89\nAmendments Submitted:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S295-98\nRecord Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--12)\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S287\nAdjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 6:30 p.m.,\nuntil 11 a.m. on Wednesday, January 28, 2026. (For Senate's program,\nsee the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S298.)"], ["CREC-2026-01-27-pt1-PgD120-2", "2026-01-27", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDAHEAD", "D120", "D121", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"260\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1216\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1369\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2222\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2236\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2252\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2722\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2904\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3018\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3249\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3360\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3496\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7148\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D120", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 19 (Tuesday, January 27, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 27, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D120-D121]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD\n\n Week of January 28 through January 30, 2026\n\n Senate Chamber\n\n On Wednesday, Senate will continue consideration of the motion to\nproceed to consideration of H.R. 7148, Consolidated Appropriations Act.\n During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared\nlegislative and executive business.\n\n Senate Committees\n\n (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)\n Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: January 29,\nbusiness meeting to consider an original bill entitled, ``Digital\nCommodity Intermediaries Act'', 10:30 a.m., SR-328A.\n Committee on Armed Services: January 28, Subcommittee on\nCybersecurity, to hold hearings to examine the Department's cyber\nforce generation plan and the associated implementation plan, 2:30\np.m., SR-232A.\n Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: January 28,\nSubcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, to hold hearings to\nexamine the front lines of connectivity, focusing on FirstNet's role\nin public safety, 10 a.m., SR-253.\n January 28, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Technology, and\nData Privacy, to hold hearings to examine the live entertainment\nindustry, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.\n January 29, Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries,\nto hold hearings to examine assessing Coast Guard force laydown on\nthe heels of historic investment, 10 a.m., SR-253.\n Committee on Environment and Public Works: January 28, to hold\nhearings to examine improving the Federal environmental review and\npermitting process, part 2, 10 a.m., SD-562.\n Committee on Foreign Relations: January 28, to hold hearings to\nexamine U.S. policy towards Venezuela, 10 a.m., SD-419.\n January 29, Full Committee, business meeting to consider H.R. 260,\nto require a strategy to oppose financial or material support by\nforeign countries and nongovernmental organizations to the Taliban,\nS. 2904, to impose sanctions with respect to the shadow fleet of the\nRussian Federation, S. 2722, to promote the energy security of\nTaiwan, S. 3496, to establish and implement a multi-year Legal Gold\nand Mining Partnership Strategy to reduce the negative environmental\nand social impacts of illicit gold mining in the Western Hemisphere,\nS. 3018, to permit visiting dignitaries and service members from\nTaiwan to display the flag of the Republic of China, S. 2222, to\nenhance the security, resilience, and protection of undersea\ncommunication cables vital to Taiwan's national security, economic\nstability, and defense, particularly in countering gray zone tactics\nemployed by the People's Republic of China, S. 3249, to enhance\nUnited States Government strategic coordination of the security,\ninstallation, maintenance, and repair of international subsea fiber-\noptic cables, S. 2252, to require United States foreign assistance\ncommodities to be made available for their intended purposes before\nthey expire, S. 3360, to require a report on internet freedom in\nIran, S. 1216, to support Taiwan's international space, S. 1369, to\nsupport the execution of bilateral agreements concerning illicit\ntransnational maritime activity and to authorize the President to\nimpose sanctions with respect to illegal, unreported, or unregulated\nfishing and the sale, supply, purchase, or transfer of endangered\nspecies, S. 2236, to establish a comprehensive United States\nGovernment initiative to build the capacity of young leaders and\nentrepreneurs\n\n[[Page D121]]\n\nin Africa, and the nominations of Frank Weiland, of the District of\nColumbia, to be an Assistant Secretary (International Narcotics and\nLaw Enforcement Affairs), Jennifer Wicks McNamara, of Virginia, to\nbe Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Eric Meyer, of\nCalifornia, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Socialist Republic of\nSri Lanka, Gregory LoGerfo, of Massachusetts, to be Coordinator for\nCounterterrorism, with the rank and status of Ambassador at Large,\nall of the Department of State, 9:30 a.m., S-116, Capitol.\n Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: January 28,\nto hold hearings to examine educational choice in America, 10 a.m.,\nSD-430.\n Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: January\n28, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to\nexamine one year after disaster, focusing on the Palisades fire, 2\np.m., SD-342.\n Committee on Indian Affairs: January 28, to hold hearings to\nexamine Title II of the draft of the Native Children's Commission\nImplementation Act, focusing on justice and safety for native\nchildren, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.\n Committee on the Judiciary: January 28, to hold hearings to\nexamine the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and executive\naccountability, 10:15 a.m., SD-106.\n Committee on Veterans' Affairs: January 28, to hold hearings to\nexamine a 21st century VA health care system, focusing on efforts to\nrestructure the Veterans Health Administration, 3:30 p.m., SD-G50.\n Select Committee on Intelligence: January 28, to receive a closed\nbriefing on certain intelligence matters, 3 p.m., SVC-217.\n January 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the\nnomination of Lieutenant General Joshua M. Rudd, USA, to be Director\nof the National Security Agency, 10 a.m., SD-106.\n Special Committee on Aging: January 29, to hold hearings to\nexamine truth in drug labeling, 9:30 a.m., SD-608.\n\n House Committees\n\n No hearings are scheduled."], ["CREC-2026-01-27-pt1-PgD121", "2026-01-27", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDENDMATTER", "D121", "D122", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7148\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D121", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 19 (Tuesday, January 27, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 27, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D121-D122]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n\u0000The CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (USPS 087-390).\n\n\u0000The Periodicals postage is paid at Washington, D.C.\n\u0000 The public proceedings of each House of Congress, as reported\n\u0000 by the Official Reporters thereof, are printed pursuant to\n\u0000 directions of the Joint Committee on Printing as authorized by\n\u0000 appropriate provisions of Title 44, United States Code,\n\u0000 and published for each day that one or both Houses are in session,\n\u0000 excepting very infrequent instances when two or more unusually\n\u0000 small consecutive issues are printed one time.\n\u0000\u0014Public access to the Congressional Record is available online\n\u0000 through the U.S. Government Publishing Office, at www.govinfo.gov,\n\u0000 free of charge to the user. 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Remit check or\n\u0000 money order, made payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or use\n\u0000 VISA, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, or GPO Deposit Account.\n\u0000\u0014Following each session of Congress, the daily Congressional Record\n\u0000 is revised, printed, permanently bound and sold by the\n\u0000 Superintendent of Documents in individual parts or by sets.\n\u0000\u0014With the exception of copyrighted articles, there are no\n\u0000 restrictions on the republication of material from the\n\u0000 Congressional Record.\n\n\u0000 POSTMASTER:\n\n\u0000 Send address changes to the Superintendent of Documents,\n\u0000 Congressional Record,\n\u0000 U.S. Government Publishing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402,\n\u0000 along with the entire mailing label from the last issue received.\n\n[[Page D122]]\n\n_______________________________________________________________________\n\n Next Meeting of the SENATE\n 11 a.m., Wednesday, January 28\n\n Senate Chamber\nProgram for Wednesday: Senate will continue consideration of the motion\nto proceed to consideration of H.R. 7148, Consolidated Appropriations\nAct.\n (Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. for their\nrespective party conferences.)\n\n Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\n 10:30 a.m., Friday, January 30\n\n House Chamber\nProgram for Friday: House will meet in Pro Forma session at 10:30 a.m.\n_______________________________________________________________________\n\n Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue\n HOUSE\n\nConaway, Herbert C., Jr., N.J., E75\nDavids, Sharice, Kans., E77\nDiaz-Balart, Mario, Fla., E75\nDowning, Troy, Mont., E75\nFitzpatrick, Brian K., Pa., E76\nFlood, Mike, Nebr., E75, E76, E78\nGonzalez, Vicente, Tex., E75\nHarder, Josh, Calif., E75, E77\nJohnson, Dusty, S.D., E77\nKrishnamoorthi, Raja, Ill., E76\nMcCollum, Betty, Minn., E76\nMoran, Nathaniel, Tex., E77\nSherman, Brad, Calif., E76\nTakano, Mark, Calif., E77"], ["CREC-2026-01-26-pt1-PgD113-2", "2026-01-26", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCMEETINGS", "D113", "D113", null, null, "172 Cong. 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D113", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 17 (Monday, January 26, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 17 (Monday, January 26, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D113-D114]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n\u0000The CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (USPS 087-390).\n\n\u0000The Periodicals postage is paid at Washington, D.C.\n\u0000 The public proceedings of each House of Congress, as reported\n\u0000 by the Official Reporters thereof, are printed pursuant to\n\u0000 directions of the Joint Committee on Printing as authorized by\n\u0000 appropriate provisions of Title 44, United States Code,\n\u0000 and published for each day that one or both Houses are in session,\n\u0000 excepting very infrequent instances when two or more unusually\n\u0000 small consecutive issues are printed one time.\n\u0000\u0014Public access to the Congressional Record is available online\n\u0000 through the U.S. Government Publishing Office, at www.govinfo.gov,\n\u0000 free of charge to the user. 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Remit check or\n\u0000 money order, made payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or use\n\u0000 VISA, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, or GPO Deposit Account.\n\u0000\u0014Following each session of Congress, the daily Congressional Record\n\u0000 is revised, printed, permanently bound and sold by the\n\u0000 Superintendent of Documents in individual parts or by sets.\n\u0000\u0014With the exception of copyrighted articles, there are no\n\u0000 restrictions on the republication of material from the\n\u0000 Congressional Record.\n\n\u0000 POSTMASTER:\n\n\u0000 Send address changes to the Superintendent of Documents,\n\u0000 Congressional Record,\n\u0000 U.S. Government Publishing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402,\n\u0000 along with the entire mailing label from the last issue received.\n\n[[Page D114]]\n\n_______________________________________________________________________\n\n Next Meeting of the SENATE\n 3 p.m., Tuesday, January 27\n\n Senate Chamber\nProgram for Tuesday: After the transaction of any morning business (not\nto extend beyond 5:30 p.m.), Senate will vote on the motion to invoke\ncloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 3627, Pregnant\nStudent's Fairness Act, at approximately 5:30 p.m.\n\n Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\n 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, January 27\n\n House Chamber\nProgram for Tuesday: House will meet in Pro Forma session at 12:30 p.m."], ["CREC-2026-01-26-pt1-PgD113", "2026-01-26", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D113", "D113", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3627\"}]", "172 Cong. 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D113", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 17 (Monday, January 26, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 17 (Monday, January 26, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D113]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Monday, January 26, 2026\n\n[[Page D113]]\n\n Daily Digest\n\n Senate\n\nChamber Action\n (Legislative Days of January 15, 2026 and January 26, 2026)\nRoutine Proceedings, pages S277-S278\nPregnant Student's Fairness Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent\nagreement was reached providing that the previously scheduled vote on\nthe motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration\nof S. 3627, to require institutions of higher education to disseminate\ninformation on the rights of, and accommodations and resources for,\npregnant students, now occur at 5:30 p.m., on Tuesday, January 27,\n2026.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S280\nMessages from the House:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S277-78\nMeasures Referred:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S278\nMeasures Placed on the Calendar:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S278\nMeasures Read the First Time:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S278\nAdjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 3:06 p.m., and\nreconvened at 3:07 p.m., on the same day, and adjourned at 3:15 p.m.,\nuntil 3:00 p.m., on Tuesday, January 27, 2026. (For Senate's program,\nsee the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page\nS278.)"], ["CREC-2026-01-26-pt2-PgD115-2", "2026-01-26", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCMEETINGS", "D115", "D115", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. D115", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 17 (Monday, January 26, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 17 (Monday, January 26, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D115]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\n(Committees not listed did not meet)\n No committee meetings were held."], ["CREC-2026-01-26-pt2-PgD115-6", "2026-01-26", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDENDMATTER", "D115", "D116", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3627\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. 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(For Senate's program,\nsee the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page\nS280.)"], ["CREC-2026-01-23-pt1-PgD111-2", "2026-01-23", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCMEETINGS", "D111", "D111", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. D111", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 16 (Friday, January 23, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 16 (Friday, January 23, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D111]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\n No committee meetings were held."], ["CREC-2026-01-23-pt1-PgD111-6", "2026-01-23", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDENDMATTER", "D111", "D112", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3627\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D111", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 16 (Friday, January 23, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 16 (Friday, January 23, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D111-D112]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n\u0000The CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (USPS 087-390).\n\n\u0000The Periodicals postage is paid at Washington, D.C.\n\u0000 The public proceedings of each House of Congress, as reported\n\u0000 by the Official Reporters thereof, are printed pursuant to\n\u0000 directions of the Joint Committee on Printing as authorized by\n\u0000 appropriate provisions of Title 44, United States Code,\n\u0000 and published for each day that one or both Houses are in session,\n\u0000 excepting very infrequent instances when two or more unusually\n\u0000 small consecutive issues are printed one time.\n\u0000\u0014Public access to the Congressional Record is available online\n\u0000 through the U.S. Government Publishing Office, at www.govinfo.gov,\n\u0000 free of charge to the user. 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Remit check or\n\u0000 money order, made payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or use\n\u0000 VISA, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, or GPO Deposit Account.\n\u0000\u0014Following each session of Congress, the daily Congressional Record\n\u0000 is revised, printed, permanently bound and sold by the\n\u0000 Superintendent of Documents in individual parts or by sets.\n\u0000\u0014With the exception of copyrighted articles, there are no\n\u0000 restrictions on the republication of material from the\n\u0000 Congressional Record.\n\n\u0000 POSTMASTER:\n\n\u0000 Send address changes to the Superintendent of Documents,\n\u0000 Congressional Record,\n\u0000 U.S. Government Publishing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402,\n\u0000 along with the entire mailing label from the last issue received.\n\n[[Page D112]]\n\n_______________________________________________________________________\n\n Next Meeting of the SENATE\n 3 p.m., Monday, January 26\n\n Senate Chamber\nProgram for Monday: Following a period of morning business, Senate will\nvote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to\nconsideration of S. 3627, Pregnant Students' Rights Act, at\napproximately 5:30 p.m.\n\n Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\n 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, January 27\n\n House Chamber\nProgram for Tuesday: House will meet in Pro Forma session at 12:30 p.m.\n_______________________________________________________________________\n\n Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue\n HOUSE\n\nMeuser, Daniel, Pa., E71\nMurphy, Gregory F., N.C., E71, E71\nNeal, Richard E., Mass., E71\nStefanik, Elise M., N.Y., E71"], ["CREC-2026-01-23-pt1-PgD111", "2026-01-23", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D111", "D111", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. D111", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 16 (Friday, January 23, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 16 (Friday, January 23, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D111]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Friday, January 23, 2026\n\n[[Page D111]]\n\n Daily Digest\n\n Senate\n\nChamber Action\n The Senate was not in session and stands in recess until 3 p.m. on\nMonday, January 26, 2026."], ["CREC-2026-01-22-pt2-PgD105-2", "2026-01-22", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCMEETINGS", "D105", "D105", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. D105", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 15 (Thursday, January 22, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 15 (Thursday, January 22, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D105]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\n No committee meetings were held."], ["CREC-2026-01-22-pt2-PgD105", "2026-01-22", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D105", "D105", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. D105", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 15 (Thursday, January 22, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 15 (Thursday, January 22, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D105]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Thursday, January 22, 2026\n\n[[Page D105]]\n\n Daily Digest\n\n Senate\n\nChamber Action\n The Senate met at 11:00:01 a.m. in pro forma session, and recessed at\n11:00:16 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Monday, January 26, 2026."], ["CREC-2026-01-22-pt2-PgD109-2", "2026-01-22", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDENDMATTER", "D109", "D110", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3627\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D109", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 15 (Thursday, January 22, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 15 (Thursday, January 22, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D109-D110]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n\u0000The CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (USPS 087-390).\n\n\u0000The Periodicals postage is paid at Washington, D.C.\n\u0000 The public proceedings of each House of Congress, as reported\n\u0000 by the Official Reporters thereof, are printed pursuant to\n\u0000 directions of the Joint Committee on Printing as authorized by\n\u0000 appropriate provisions of Title 44, United States Code,\n\u0000 and published for each day that one or both Houses are in session,\n\u0000 excepting very infrequent instances when two or more unusually\n\u0000 small consecutive issues are printed one time.\n\u0000\u0014Public access to the Congressional Record is available online\n\u0000 through the U.S. Government Publishing Office, at www.govinfo.gov,\n\u0000 free of charge to the user. The information is updated online each day\n\u0000 the Congressional Record is published. For more information,\n\u0000 contact the GPO Customer Contact Center, U.S. Government Publishing Office.\n\u0000 Phone 202-512-1800, or 866-512-1800 (toll-free). E-Mail,\n\u0000 contactcenter@gpo.gov.\n\u0000\u0014To place an order for any of these products, visit\n\u0000 the U.S. Government Online Bookstore at: bookstore.gpo.gov. Mail\n\u0000 orders to: Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 979050, St. Louis,\n\u0000 MO 63197-9000, or phone orders to 866-512-1800 (toll-free),\n\u0000 202-512-1800 (D.C. area), or fax to 202-512-2104. Remit check or\n\u0000 money order, made payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or use\n\u0000 VISA, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, or GPO Deposit Account.\n\u0000\u0014Following each session of Congress, the daily Congressional Record\n\u0000 is revised, printed, permanently bound and sold by the\n\u0000 Superintendent of Documents in individual parts or by sets.\n\u0000\u0014With the exception of copyrighted articles, there are no\n\u0000 restrictions on the republication of material from the\n\u0000 Congressional Record.\n\n\u0000 POSTMASTER:\n\n\u0000 Send address changes to the Superintendent of Documents,\n\u0000 Congressional Record,\n\u0000 U.S. Government Publishing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402,\n\u0000 along with the entire mailing label from the last issue received.\n\n[[Page D110]]\n\n_______________________________________________________________________\n\n Next Meeting of the SENATE\n 3 p.m., Monday, January 26\n\n Senate Chamber\nProgram for Monday: Following a period of morning business, Senate will\nvote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to\nconsideration of S. 3627, Pregnant Students' Rights Act, at\napproximately 5:30 p.m.\n\n Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\n 10 a.m., Friday, January 23\n\n House Chamber\nProgram for Friday: House will meet in Pro Forma session at 10 a.m.\n_______________________________________________________________________\n\n Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue\n HOUSE\n\nBeyer, Donald S., Jr., Va., E67\nCourtney, Joe, Conn., E66\nDavids, Sharice, Kans., E68\nDavis, Danny K., Ill., E68\nGonzalez, Vicente, Tex., E67\nKelly, Trent, Miss., E65, E67, E69\nLarson, John B., Conn., E67\nLiccardo, Sam T., Calif., E66\nMcClain, Lisa C., Mich., E65, E69\nMoylan, James C., Guam, E65, E69\nNorcross, Donald, N.J., E66\nNunn, Zachary, Iowa, E68\nPingree, Chellie, Me., E68\nWebster, Daniel, Fla., E66\nWesterman, Bruce, Ark., E69\nWilson, Joe, S.C., E69"], ["CREC-2026-01-21-pt1-PgD103", "2026-01-21", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDENDMATTER", "D103", "D104", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6359\"}]", "172 Cong. 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D103", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 14 (Wednesday, January 21, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 21, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D103-D104]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n\u0000The CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (USPS 087-390).\n\n\u0000The Periodicals postage is paid at Washington, D.C.\n\u0000 The public proceedings of each House of Congress, as reported\n\u0000 by the Official Reporters thereof, are printed pursuant to\n\u0000 directions of the Joint Committee on Printing as authorized by\n\u0000 appropriate provisions of Title 44, United States Code,\n\u0000 and published for each day that one or both Houses are in session,\n\u0000 excepting very infrequent instances when two or more unusually\n\u0000 small consecutive issues are printed one time.\n\u0000\u0014Public access to the Congressional Record is available online\n\u0000 through the U.S. Government Publishing Office, at www.govinfo.gov,\n\u0000 free of charge to the user. 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Remit check or\n\u0000 money order, made payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or use\n\u0000 VISA, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, or GPO Deposit Account.\n\u0000\u0014Following each session of Congress, the daily Congressional Record\n\u0000 is revised, printed, permanently bound and sold by the\n\u0000 Superintendent of Documents in individual parts or by sets.\n\u0000\u0014With the exception of copyrighted articles, there are no\n\u0000 restrictions on the republication of material from the\n\u0000 Congressional Record.\n\n\u0000 POSTMASTER:\n\n\u0000 Send address changes to the Superintendent of Documents,\n\u0000 Congressional Record,\n\u0000 U.S. Government Publishing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402,\n\u0000 along with the entire mailing label from the last issue received.\n\n[[Page D104]]\n\n_______________________________________________________________________\n\n Next Meeting of the SENATE\n 11 a.m., Thursday, January 22\n\n Senate Chamber\nProgram for Thursday: Senate will meet in a pro forma session.\n\n Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\n 9 a.m., Thursday, January 22\n\n House Chamber\nProgram for Thursday: Consideration H.R. 6359--Pregnant Students'\nRights Act.\n_______________________________________________________________________\n\n Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue\n HOUSE\n\nBergman, Jack, Mich., E61\nCarey, Mike, Ohio, E63\nCasar, Greg, Tex., E61\nGonzales, Tony, Tex., E62\nHill, J. French, Ark., E63\nHoyer, Steny H., Md., E62\nHuffman, Jared, Calif., E61\nJayapal, Pramila, Wash., E61\nLangworthy, Nicholas A., N.Y., E63\nNunn, Zachary, Iowa, E62\nPappas, Chris, N.H., E61\nPocan, Mark, Wisc., E62\nRamirez, Delia C., Ill., E61\nWagner, Ann, Mo., E61"], ["CREC-2026-01-21-pt1-PgD99-2", "2026-01-21", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCMEETINGS", "D99", "D99", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. D99", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 14 (Wednesday, January 21, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 21, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D99]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\n No committee meetings were held."], ["CREC-2026-01-21-pt1-PgD99", "2026-01-21", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D99", "D99", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. D99", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 14 (Wednesday, January 21, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 21, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D99]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Wednesday, January 21, 2026\n\n[[Page D99]]\n\n Daily Digest\n\n Senate\n\nChamber Action\n The Senate was not in session and stands in recess until 11 a.m. on\nThursday, January 22, 2026."], ["CREC-2026-01-20-pt1-PgD94-2", "2026-01-20", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCMEETINGS", "D94", "D94", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. D94", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 13 (Tuesday, January 20, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 20, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D94]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\n No committee meetings were held."], ["CREC-2026-01-20-pt1-PgD94", "2026-01-20", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D94", "D94", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. D94", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 13 (Tuesday, January 20, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 20, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D94]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Tuesday, January 20, 2026\n\n[[Page D94]]\n\n Daily Digest\n\n Senate\n\nChamber Action\n The Senate met at 10:00:01 a.m. in pro forma session, and recessed at\n10:00:24 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Thursday, January 22, 2026."], ["CREC-2026-01-20-pt1-PgD97", "2026-01-20", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDENDMATTER", "D97", "D98", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HJRES\", \"number\": \"140\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HRES\", \"number\": \"1009\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6359\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6945\"}]", "172 Cong. 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The information is updated online each day\n\u0000 the Congressional Record is published. For more information,\n\u0000 contact the GPO Customer Contact Center, U.S. Government Publishing Office.\n\u0000 Phone 202-512-1800, or 866-512-1800 (toll-free). E-Mail,\n\u0000 contactcenter@gpo.gov.\n\u0000\u0014To place an order for any of these products, visit\n\u0000 the U.S. Government Online Bookstore at: bookstore.gpo.gov. Mail\n\u0000 orders to: Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 979050, St. Louis,\n\u0000 MO 63197-9000, or phone orders to 866-512-1800 (toll-free),\n\u0000 202-512-1800 (D.C. area), or fax to 202-512-2104. Remit check or\n\u0000 money order, made payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or use\n\u0000 VISA, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, or GPO Deposit Account.\n\u0000\u0014Following each session of Congress, the daily Congressional Record\n\u0000 is revised, printed, permanently bound and sold by the\n\u0000 Superintendent of Documents in individual parts or by sets.\n\u0000\u0014With the exception of copyrighted articles, there are no\n\u0000 restrictions on the republication of material from the\n\u0000 Congressional Record.\n\n\u0000 POSTMASTER:\n\n\u0000 Send address changes to the Superintendent of Documents,\n\u0000 Congressional Record,\n\u0000 U.S. Government Publishing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402,\n\u0000 along with the entire mailing label from the last issue received.\n\n[[Page D98]]\n\n_______________________________________________________________________\n\n Next Meeting of the SENATE\n 11 a.m., Thursday, January 22\n\n Senate Chamber\nProgram for Thursday: Senate will meet in a pro forma session.\n\n Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\n 10 a.m., Wednesday, January 21\n\n House Chamber\nProgram for Wednesday: Consideration of H. Res. 1009--Providing for\nconsideration of H.R. 6945, Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and\nFamilies Act, H.R. 6359, Pregnant Students' Rights Act and H.J. Res.\n140, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title\n5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land\nManagement relating to Public Land Order No. 7917 for Withdrawal of\nFederal Lands; Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, MN.\n_______________________________________________________________________\n\n Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue\n HOUSE\n\nAderholt, Robert B., Ala., E57\nCastro, Joaquin, Tex., E54\nClyburn, James E., S.C., E53, E58\nCohen, Steve, Tenn., E55\nFallon, Pat, Tex., E53, E55, E58\nFitzpatrick, Brian K., Pa., E54\nGomez, Jimmy, Calif., E56\nMcBath, Lucy, Ga., E57\nNorcross, Donald, N.J., E54\nNorton, Eleanor Holmes, The District of Columbia, E55\nPettersen, Brittany, Colo., E55\nQuigley, Mike, Ill., E56\nScanlon, Mary Gay, Pa., E58\nVan Duyne, Beth, Tex., E53, E54, E55, E56, E57, E58\nVindman, Eugene Simon, Va., E56\nYakym, Rudy, III, Ind., E57"], ["CREC-2026-01-16-pt1-PgD89-2", "2026-01-16", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCMEETINGS", "D89", "D89", null, null, "172 Cong. 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D89", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 12 (Friday, January 16, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 12 (Friday, January 16, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D89]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\n No committee meetings were held."], ["CREC-2026-01-16-pt1-PgD89-6", "2026-01-16", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDAHEAD", "D89", "D91", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"161\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HRES\", \"number\": \"515\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"982\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2072\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2076\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2247\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2474\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2878\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3159\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"3307\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4105\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4214\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4218\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4368\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4532\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"4624\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5200\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5201\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5436\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5491\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"5634\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6275\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6373\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6387\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6398\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6409\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6411\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6618\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6744\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6875\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7028\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7036\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7052\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7054\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7082\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7084\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"7086\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D89", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 12 (Friday, January 16, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 12 (Friday, January 16, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D89-D91]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD\n\n Week of January 19 through January 23, 2026\n\n Senate Chamber\n\n On Tuesday, Senate will meet in a pro forma session.\n\n Senate Committees\n\n (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)\n No meetings/hearings scheduled.\n\n House Committees\n\n Committee on Education and Workforce, January 21, Full Committee,\nmarkup on H.R. 7082, the ``Fostering Learning and Excellence in\nCharter Schools (FLEX) Act''; H.R. 7086, the ``Equitable Access to\nSchool Facilities Act'';\n\n[[Page D90]]\n\nand H.R. 4624, the ``Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act'',\n10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.\n January 22, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing\nentitled ``Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Mine Safety\nand Health Administration'', 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.\n Committee on Energy and Commerce, January 21, Full Committee,\nmarkup on H.R. 6409, the ``Foreign Emissions and Nonattainment\nClarification for Economic Stability''; H.R. 4218, the ``Clean Air\nand Economic Advancement Reform (CLEAR) Act''; H.R. 6387, the ``Fire\nImprovement and Reforming Exceptional Events (FIRE) Act''; H.R.\n4214, the ``Clean Air and Building Infrastructure Improvement Act'';\nH.R. 161, the ``New Source Review Permitting Improvement Act''; H.R.\n6373, the ``Air Permitting Improvements to Protect National Security\nAct''; H.R. 6398, the ``Reducing and Eliminating Duplicative\nEnvironmental Regulations (RED Tape) Act''; H.R. 2072, to require\nthe Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time period\nduring which licensees are required to commence construction of\ncertain hydropower projects; H.R. 5200, the ``Emergency Reporting\nAct''; H.R. 5201, the ``Kari's Law Reporting Act''; and H.R. 2076,\nthe ``LuLu's Law'', 10:15 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.\n January 22, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Lowering\nHealth Care Costs for All Americans: An Examination of Health\nInsurance Affordability'', 9:45 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.\n January 22, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing\nentitled ``Deep Dive: Examining the Regulatory and Statutory\nBarriers to Deep Sea Mining'', 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.\n January 22, Subcommittee on Environment, hearing entitled\n``Chemicals in Commerce: Legislative Proposal to Modernize America's\nChemical Safety Law, Strengthen Critical Supply Chains, and Grow\nDomestic Manufacturing'', 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.\n Committee on Financial Services, January 21, Full Committee,\nhearing entitled ``Oversight of the Department of Housing and Urban\nDevelopment and the Federal Housing Administration'', 10 a.m., 2128\nRayburn.\n Committee on Foreign Affairs, January 21, Full Committee, markup\non H.R. 6875, to require the Under Secretary of Commerce for\nIndustry and Security to require a license for the export, reexport,\nor in-country transfer of certain integrated circuits, and for other\npurposes; H.R. 6275, to require the Secretary of Commerce to submit\na report annually on the advanced artificial intelligence\ncapabilities of the People's Republic of China, and for other\npurposes; H.R. 5491, to encourage diplomatic advocacy efforts on\nbehalf of Americans unjustly detained in the People's Republic of\nChina; H.R. 7036, to increase collaboration within the Department of\nState between the Office of Opinion Research of the Bureau of\nIntelligence and Research and the Bureau of Global Public Affairs;\nH.R. 7028, to require the Secretary of State to submit a\nnotification to Congress prior to obligating funds for certain art-\nrelated purchases, and for other purposes; H.R. 6411, to direct the\nSecretary of State to prepare a report on the treatment of ethnic\nminorities in Serbia; H.R. 7054, to require the Secretary of State\nto submit to Congress a notification of certain construction\nprojects using nonstandard designs; H.R. 4532, to direct the\nSecretary of State to develop a strategy on efforts to strengthen\nsubnational cooperation between the United States and Mexico, and\nfor other purposes; H. Res. 515, commemorating the 90th birthday of\nHis Holiness the Dalai Lama on July 6, 2025, as ``A Day of\nCompassion'', and expressing support for the human rights, religious\nfreedom, and cultural and linguistic protection of the Tibetan\npeople; H.R. 4368, to authorize the Caribbean Basin Security\nInitiative, to enhance the United States-Caribbean security\npartnership, to prioritize natural disaster resilience, and for\nother purposes; H.R. 3307, to increase cooperation with countries in\nthe Eastern Mediterranean region in order to strengthen energy\nsecurity and defense capabilities, and for other purposes; and H.R.\n7052, to establish a Center for Conflict Analysis, Planning, and\nPrevention in the Department of State, and for other purposes, 10\na.m., 2172 Rayburn.\n January 22, Africa Subcommittee, hearing entitled ``Advancing\nPeace in DRC and Rwanda through President Trump's Washington\nAccords'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.\n Committee on Homeland Security, January 21, Full Committee,\nhearing entitled ``Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security:\nCISA, TSA, S&T'', 10 a.m., 310 Cannon.\n January 22, Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement,\nhearing entitled ``Smarter Borders, Safer Nation: Expanding the Use\nof Non-Intrusive Inspection Technology'', 10 a.m., 310 Cannon.\n Committee on House Administration, January 22, Full Committee,\nhearing entitled ``Oversight of the Government Publishing Office in\na Digital-First Era'', 2 p.m., 1310 Longworth.\n Committee on the Judiciary, January 21, Subcommittee on Crime and\nFederal Government Surveillance, hearing entitled ``When Public\nFunds Are Abused: Addressing Fraud and the Theft of Taxpayer\nDollars'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.\n January 21, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing entitled ``Embedded\nThreats: Foreign Ownership, Hidden Hardware, and Licensing Failures\nin America's Transportation Systems'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.\n January 22, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the\nOffice of Special Counsel Jack Smith'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.\n Committee on Natural Resources, January 21, Subcommittee on\nFederal Lands, hearing entitled ``EXPLORE America250: Celebrating\nOne Year of the Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation\nExperiences Act'', 10:15 a.m., 1324 Longworth.\n January 21, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing\nentitled ``America First: U.S. Leadership and National Security in\nInternational Conservation'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.\n January 22, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing\nentitled ``Deep Dive: Examining the Regulatory and Statutory\nBarriers to Deep Sea Mining'', 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.\n\n[[Page D91]]\n\n Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, January 21, Full\nCommittee, markup on legislation on recommending that the House of\nRepresentatives find William J. Clinton in Contempt of Congress for\nrefusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the Committee on\nOversight and Government Reform; and legislation on recommending\nthat the House of Representatives find Hillary R. Clinton in\nContempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly\nissued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 10 a.m.,\nHVC-210.\n January 22, Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets,\nhearing entitled ``Declassified MLK Records: What They Reveal and\nWhy They Matter'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.\n January 22, Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and\nRegulatory Affairs, hearing entitled ``Housing Affordability: Saving\nthe American Dream'', 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.\n Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, January 22, Full\nCommittee, hearing entitled ``Assessing U.S. Leadership in Quantum\nScience and Technology'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.\n Committee on Small Business, January 21, Subcommittee on Rural\nDevelopment, Energy, and Supply Chains, hearing entitled\n``Empowering Rural America Through Investment in Innovation'', 10\na.m., 2360 Rayburn.\n January 22, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Local Ownership,\nNational Brands: How Franchising is a Pathway to Entrepreneurship'',\n2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.\n Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, January 21, Full\nCommittee, markup on H.R. 7084, the ``Defending American Property\nAbroad Act of 2026''; H.R. 6744, the ``Military Air Traffic Control\nTransition Act''; H.R. 6618, the ``Wildfire Aerial Response Safety\nAct''; H.R. 2247, the ``Pilot Certificate Accessibility Act''; and\nH.R. 2474, the ``Expanding Appalachia's Broadband Access Act'', 10\na.m., 2167 Rayburn.\n January 22, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public\nBuildings, and Emergency Management, hearing entitled ``Smarter\nSpending, Stronger Results: Reducing Duplication and Ensuring\nEffectiveness Through Economic Development Reforms'', 10 a.m., 2167\nRayburn.\n Committee on Veterans' Affairs, January 21, Subcommittee on\nEconomic Opportunity, hearing on H.R. 982, the ``Warriors to\nWorkforce Act''; H.R. 2878, the ``Daniel J. Harvey, Jr. and Adam\nLambert Improving Servicemember Transition to Reduce Veteran Suicide\nAct''; H.R. 4105, the ``VET Act of 2025''; H.R. 5634, the ``Veterans\nFlight Training Responsibility Act of 2025''; legislation on the\nCRUISE Act; legislation on the Improving Mental Health Care and\nCoordination for Homeless Veterans Act; legislation on the Improving\nEmerging Tech Opportunities for Veterans Act; legislation on the\nAffordable Housing Guarantee Act; H.R. 3159, the ``Improving SCRA\nBenefit Utilization Act''; H.R. 5436, to amend title 38, United\nStates Code, to prohibit an educational institution from withholding\na transcript from an individual who pursued a course or program of\neducation at such institution using Post-9/11 educational\nassistance; legislation to amend title 38, United States Code, to\nrequire the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a\nquarterly report on housing loans insured, guaranteed, or under laws\nadministered by the Secretary, and for other purposes; and\nlegislation on the Veteran Housing Promise Act, 2:30 p.m., 360\nCannon.\n January 22, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Community Care\nNetwork Next Generation: One Trillion of Oversight'', 10:15 a.m.,\n360 Cannon.\n Committee on Ways and Means, January 21, Subcommittee on Work and\nWelfare, hearing entitled ``Strengthening the Child Support\nEnforcement Program: Status, Challenges, and Opportunities for\nModernization'', 3 p.m., 2020 Rayburn.\n January 22, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Hearing with Health\nInsurance CEOs'', 2:30 p.m., 1100 Longworth.\n Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, January 22,\nSubcommittee on Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture,\nhearing entitled ``Cover Enhancement Authorities'', 12 p.m., HVC-304\nHearing Room. This hearing is closed."], ["CREC-2026-01-16-pt1-PgD89", "2026-01-16", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D89", "D89", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. D89", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 12 (Friday, January 16, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 12 (Friday, January 16, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D89]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Friday, January 16, 2026\n\n[[Page D89]]\n\n Daily Digest\n\n Senate\n\nChamber Action\n The Senate met at 8:31:21 a.m. in pro forma session, and recessed at\n8:31:51 a.m. until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 20, 2026."], ["CREC-2026-01-16-pt1-PgD91", "2026-01-16", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDENDMATTER", "D91", "D92", null, null, "172 Cong. Rec. D91", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 12 (Friday, January 16, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 12 (Friday, January 16, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D91-D92]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n\u0000The CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (USPS 087-390).\n\n\u0000The Periodicals postage is paid at Washington, D.C.\n\u0000 The public proceedings of each House of Congress, as reported\n\u0000 by the Official Reporters thereof, are printed pursuant to\n\u0000 directions of the Joint Committee on Printing as authorized by\n\u0000 appropriate provisions of Title 44, United States Code,\n\u0000 and published for each day that one or both Houses are in session,\n\u0000 excepting very infrequent instances when two or more unusually\n\u0000 small consecutive issues are printed one time.\n\u0000\u0014Public access to the Congressional Record is available online\n\u0000 through the U.S. Government Publishing Office, at www.govinfo.gov,\n\u0000 free of charge to the user. 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Morgan, Va., E49\nJohnson, Henry C. ``Hank'', Jr., Ga., E49\nKean, Thomas H., Jr., N.J., E48\nKeating, William R., Mass., E47, E50\nSwalwell, Eric, Calif., E48\nPatronis, Jimmy, Fla., E50"], ["CREC-2026-01-15-pt1-PgD84", "2026-01-15", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Highlights + Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D84", "D85", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SCONRES\", \"number\": \"26\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"519\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"583\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"585\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"584\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"585\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1834\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3627\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3647\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3688\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6938\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D84", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 11 (Thursday, January 15, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 11 (Thursday, January 15, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D84-D85]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Thursday, January 15, 2026\n\n[[Page D84]]\n\n Daily Digest\n\nHIGHLIGHTS\n\n Senate passed H.R. 6938, Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and\n Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations\n Act.\n\n Senate\n\nChamber Action\nRoutine Proceedings, pages S227-S269\nMeasures Introduced: Forty-two bills and four resolutions were\nintroduced, as follows: S. 3647-3688, S. Res. 583-585, and S. Con. Res.\n26.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S256-58\nMeasures Passed:\n Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and\nInterior and Environment Appropriations Act: By 82 yeas to 15 nays\n(Vote No. 11), Senate passed H.R. 6938, making consolidated\nappropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, taking\naction on the following amendments and motions proposed thereto:\n Pages S227-49\nWithdrawn:\n Thune Amendment No. 4208, to change the enactment date.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S248\n During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the\nfollowing action:\n By 85 yeas to 14 nays (Vote No. 10), three-fifths of those Senators\nduly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed\nto the motion to close further debate on the bill.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S230\n Thune motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Appropriations,\nwith instructions, Amendment No. 4210, to change the enactment date,\nfell when cloture was invoked on the bill.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S230\n Thune Amendment No. 4211 (to the instructions (Amendment No. 4210)),\nof a perfecting nature, fell when Thune motion to commit the bill to\nthe Committee on Appropriations, with instructions, Amendment No. 4210\n(listed above), fell.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S230\n Thune Amendment No. 4212 (to Amendment No. 4211), of a perfecting\nnature, fell when Thune Amendment No. 4211 (to the instructions\n(Amendment No. 4210)), fell.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S230\n Thune Amendment No. 4209 (to Amendment No. 4208), of a perfecting\nnature, when Thune Amendment No. 4208 (listed above), was withdrawn.\n Page S248\n Honoring former Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell: Senate agreed to S.\nRes. 585, honoring the life, achievements, and legacy of Ben Nighthorse\nCampbell.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S263\n Honoring Reverend Richard Smallwood: Senate agreed to S. Res. 584,\nhonoring the life and legacy of Reverend Richard Smallwood, a world-\nclass composer, pianist, and arranger.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S263\n AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter: Committee on Armed Services was\ndischarged from further consideration of S. Res. 519, recognizing the\nachievements and contributions of the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter to\nthe national defense of the United States and its allies and honoring\nthe dedication, service, and sacrifice of the United States Army\naviators, maintainers, and support personnel who operate and sustain\nthe Apache, and the resolution was then agreed to, after agreeing to\nthe following amendment proposed thereto:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S263\n Barrasso (for Kelly) Amendment No. 4233, to improve the preamble.\n Page S263\nMeasures Considered:\nPregnant Student's Fairness Act--Cloture: Senate began consideration of\nthe motion to proceed to consideration of S.3627, to require\ninstitutions of higher education to disseminate information on the\nrights of, and accommodations and resources for, pregnant students.\n Page S262\n A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed\nto consideration of the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of\nRule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and pursuant to the\nunanimous-consent agreement of Thursday, January 15, 2026, a vote on\ncloture will occur at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, January 26, 2026.\n Page S262\n A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that\nnotwithstanding Rule XXII, the motion to invoke cloture filed during\ntoday's session of the\n\n[[Page D85]]\n\nSenate ripen at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, January 26, 2026.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S264\nBreaking the Gridlock Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was\nreached providing that the papers with respect to H.R. 1834, to advance\npolicy priorities that will break the gridlock, be returned to the\nHouse of Representatives at their request.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S263\nPro Forma Sessions--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was\nreached providing that the Senate convene for pro forma sessions, with\nno business being conducted on the following dates and times: Friday,\nJanuary 16, 2026, at 8:30 a.m.; Tuesday, January 20, 2026, at 10 a.m.;\nThursday, January 22, 2026, at 11 a.m.; and that when the Senate\nrecesses on Thursday, January 22, 2026, it next convene at 3 p.m., on\nMonday, January 26, 2026.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S264\nNominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:\n 1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.\n 37 Army nominations in the rank of general.\n 8 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.\n 1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.\n Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, and Navy.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S268-69\nMessages from the House:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S254\nMeasures Referred:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S254\nMeasures Read the First Time:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S254, S262-63\nNomination Referred:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S254\n\n =========================== NOTE ===========================\n\n On page D85, January 15, 2026, the following language appears:\nMessages from the House: Page S254 Measures Referred: Page S254\nMeasures Read the First Time: Pages S254, S262-63\n\n The online Record has been corrected to read: Messages from the\nHouse: Page S254 Measures Referred: Page S254 Measures Read the\nFirst Time: Pages S254, S262-63 Nomination Referred: Page S254\n\n ========================= END NOTE =========================\n\nExecutive Communications:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S254-56\nExecutive Reports of Committees:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S256\nAdditional Cosponsors:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S258-59\nStatements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S259-61\nAdditional Statements:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S253-54\nAmendments Submitted:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S261-62\nAuthorities for Committees to Meet:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S262\nPrivileges of the Floor:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S262\nRecord Votes: Two record votes were taken today.\n(Total--11)\n Pages S230, S248-49\nRecess: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and recessed, as a further mark of\nrespect to the memory of the late Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, of\nColorado, in accordance with S. Res. 585, at 4:59 p.m., until 8:30 a.m.\non Friday, January 16, 2026. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of\nthe Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S264.)"], ["CREC-2026-01-15-pt1-PgD85", "2026-01-15", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCMEETINGS", "D85", "D86", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"272\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"921\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1157\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2132\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2169\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D85", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 11 (Thursday, January 15, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 11 (Thursday, January 15, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D85-D86]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\n(Committees not listed did not meet)\nNOMINATIONS\nCommittee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine\nthe nominations of Lieutenant General Francis L. Donovan, USMC, to be\ngeneral and Commander, United States Southern Command, and Lieutenant\nGeneral Joshua M. Rudd, USA, to be general and Director, National\nSecurity Agency/Chief, Central Security Service/Commander, United\nStates Cyber Command, both of the Department of Defense, after the\nnominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.\nIMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON AMERICA'S YOUTH\nCommittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded\na hearing to examine the impact of technology on America's youth, after\nreceiving testimony from Jean M. Twenge, San Diego State University,\nSan Diego, California; Jared Cooney Horvath, LME Global, Scottsdale,\nArizona; Emily B. Cherkin, The Screentime Consultant, Seattle,\nWashington; and Jenny Radesky, University of Michigan Medical School,\nAnn Arbor.\nBUSINESS MEETING\nCommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered\nfavorably reported the following business items:\n S. 1157, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to\nconduct a review to evaluate the status of research on lung cancer in\nwomen and underserved populations, with an amendment in the nature of a\nsubstitute;\n S. 921, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue\nguidance on whether hospital emergency departments should implement\nfentanyl testing as a routine procedure for patients experiencing an\noverdose, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;\n S. 2169, to require the development of a comprehensive rural hospital\ncybersecurity workforce development strategy, with an amendment in the\nnature of a substitute; and\n S. 272, to improve the safety of infant formula through testing of\ninfant formula for microorganisms and toxic elements with an amendment\nin the nature of a substitute.\nBUSINESS MEETING\nCommittee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the\nfollowing business items:\n S. 2132, to amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent and\nmitigate the potential for conflicts of\n\n[[Page D86]]\n\ninterest following government service, with an amendment in the nature\nof a substitute; and\n The nominations of Daniel E. Burrows, of Colorado, to be an Assistant\nAttorney General, Megan Blair Benton, to be United States District\nJudge for the Western District of Missouri, David Clay Fowlkes, to be\nUnited States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas,\nNicholas Jon Ganjei, to be United States District Judge for the\nSouthern District of Texas, Brian Charles Lea, to be United States\nDistrict Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, Justin R. Olson,\nto be United States District Judge for the Southern District of\nIndiana, Aaron Christian Peterson, to be United States District Judge\nfor the District of Alaska, Andrew Benson, to be United States Attorney\nfor the District of Maine for the term of four years, William Boyle, to\nbe United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina\nfor the term of four years, Kevin Holmes, to be United States Attorney\nfor the Western District of Arkansas for the term of four years, Brian\nDavid Miller, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of\nPennsylvania for the term of four years, Richard Price, of Missouri, to\nbe United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri for the\nterm of four years, and Darin Smith, to be United States Attorney for\nthe District of Wyoming for the term of four years."], ["CREC-2026-01-15-pt1-PgD87-3", "2026-01-15", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDENDMATTER", "D87", "D88", null, null, "172 Cong. 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D87", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 11 (Thursday, January 15, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 11 (Thursday, January 15, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D87-D88]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n\u0000The CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (USPS 087-390).\n\n\u0000The Periodicals postage is paid at Washington, D.C.\n\u0000 The public proceedings of each House of Congress, as reported\n\u0000 by the Official Reporters thereof, are printed pursuant to\n\u0000 directions of the Joint Committee on Printing as authorized by\n\u0000 appropriate provisions of Title 44, United States Code,\n\u0000 and published for each day that one or both Houses are in session,\n\u0000 excepting very infrequent instances when two or more unusually\n\u0000 small consecutive issues are printed one time.\n\u0000\u0014Public access to the Congressional Record is available online\n\u0000 through the U.S. Government Publishing Office, at www.govinfo.gov,\n\u0000 free of charge to the user. 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Rec. D77", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 10 (Wednesday, January 14, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 14, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D77-D78]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nCommittee Meetings\n(Committees not listed did not meet)\nCHEMICAL ABORTION DRUGS\nCommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee\nconcluded a hearing to examine chemical abortion drugs, after receiving\ntestimony from Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, Baton Rouge;\nMonique Chireau Wubbenhorst, University of Notre Dame, Durham, North\nCarolina; and Nisha Verma, Physicians for Reproductive Health, Atlanta,\nGeorgia.\nAFGHAN PAROLEE PROGRAM\nCommittee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Border Security and\nImmigration concluded a joint hearing with the Subcommittee on Crime\nand Counterterrorism to examine Biden's Afghan parolee program, after\nreceiving testimony from Craig Adelman, Deputy Inspector General for\nAudits, Office of Inspector General, Department of Homeland Security;\nArne Baker, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Inspector\nGeneral, Office of Inspector General, Department of State; Michael J.\nRoark, Deputy Inspector General for Evaluations, Office of Inspector\nGeneral, Department of Defense; Simon R. Hankinson, The Heritage\nFoundation Center for Border Security and Immigration, and Nayla Rush,\nCenter for Immigration Studies, both of Washington, D.C.; Perry\n\n[[Page D78]]\n\nBlackburn, AFG Free, Tampa, Florida; Julie Marzouk, Marzouk Evolve\nAdvocacy Consulting, Irvine, California; and Nadim Yousify, Romulus,\nMichigan.\nAGRICULTURAL ECONOMY\nCommittee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a\nhearing to examine growing the small business agricultural economy,\nincluding S. 1555, to increase loan limits for loans made to small\nmanufacturers, S. 2100, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to\nmodify certain rules applicable to qualified small issue manufacturing\nbonds, to expand certain exceptions to the private activity bond rules\nfor first-time farmers, and S. 3471, to improve purchasing of food by\nthe Department of Agriculture, after receiving testimony from Melissa\nSpurgin, First Iowa State Bank, Albia, Iowa; Jay Funke, Del Clay Farm\nEquipment, LLC, Edgewood, Iowa; Erbin Crowell, Neighboring Food Co-op\nAssociation, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts; and Maria Moreira, World\nFarmers and Rural Coalition, Lancaster, Massachusetts.\nINTELLIGENCE\nSelect Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to\nreceive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of\nthe intelligence community.\nINTERNATIONAL SCAMS\nSpecial Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine\nmade in China and paid by seniors, focusing on stopping the surge of\ninternational scams, after receiving testimony from Seto J. Bagdoyan,\nDirector, Forensic Audits and Investigative Service, Government\nAccountability Office; Nathan Picarsic, Foundation for Defense of\nDemocracies, and Kathy Stokes, AARP Fraud Watch Network, both of\nWashington, D.C.; and Jacqueline Burns Koven, Chainalysis Inc., New\nYork, New York."], ["CREC-2026-01-14-pt1-PgD77", "2026-01-14", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D77", "D77", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SJRES\", \"number\": \"98\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3630\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3646\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6938\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D77", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 10 (Wednesday, January 14, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 14, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Page D77]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Wednesday, January 14, 2026\n\n[[Page D77]]\n\n Daily Digest\n\n Senate\n\nChamber Action\nRoutine Proceedings, pages S185-225\nMeasures Introduced: Seventeen bills were introduced, as follows: S.\n3630-3646\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S220\nMeasures Considered: Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water\nDevelopment; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act--\nAgreement: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 6938, making\nconsolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30,\n2026, taking action on the following amendments and motions proposed\nthereto:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S185-218\nPending:\n Thune Amendment No. 4208, to change the enactment date.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S185\n Thune Amendment No. 4209 (to Amendment No. 4208), of a perfecting\nnature.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S185\n Thune motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Appropriations,\nwith instructions, Amendment No. 4210, to change the enactment date.\n Page S185\n Thune Amendment No. 4211 (to the instructions (Amendment No. 4210)),\nof a perfecting nature.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S185\n Thune Amendment No. 4212 (to Amendment No. 4211), of a perfecting\nnature.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S185\n A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further\nconsideration of the bill at approximately 10 a.m., on Thursday,\nJanuary 15, 2026.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S223\nHostilities Within or Against Venezuela: Senate began consideration of\nthe motion to proceed to consideration of S.J. Res. 98, to direct the\nremoval of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or\nagainst Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.\n Page S218\n During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the\nfollowing action:\n By 51 yeas to 50 nays, Vice President voting yea (Vote No. 9), Senate\ndetermined that the point of order against the joint resolution, as not\nbeing entitled to privilege under 50 U.S.C. 1546a due to U.S. troops\nnot being engaged in hostilities, was sustained.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S218\nMeasures Placed on the Calendar:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S186, S218\nExecutive Communications:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S218-20\nAdditional Cosponsors:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S220-21\nAmendments Submitted:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S221-22\nAuthorities for Committees to Meet:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S222-23\nRecord Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--9)\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Page S218\nAdjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:06 p.m.,\nuntil 10 a.m. on Thursday, January 15, 2026. (For Senate's program, see\nthe remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S223.)"], ["CREC-2026-01-14-pt1-PgD81-2", "2026-01-14", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDENDMATTER", "D81", "D82", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"2988\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6938\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D81", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 10 (Wednesday, January 14, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 14, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D81-D82]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n\u0000The CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (USPS 087-390).\n\n\u0000The Periodicals postage is paid at Washington, D.C.\n\u0000 The public proceedings of each House of Congress, as reported\n\u0000 by the Official Reporters thereof, are printed pursuant to\n\u0000 directions of the Joint Committee on Printing as authorized by\n\u0000 appropriate provisions of Title 44, United States Code,\n\u0000 and published for each day that one or both Houses are in session,\n\u0000 excepting very infrequent instances when two or more unusually\n\u0000 small consecutive issues are printed one time.\n\u0000\u0014Public access to the Congressional Record is available online\n\u0000 through the U.S. Government Publishing Office, at www.govinfo.gov,\n\u0000 free of charge to the user. 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At approximately 11 a.m., Senate\nwill vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the bill.\n\n Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\n 9 a.m., Thursday, January 15\n\n House Chamber\nProgram for Thursday: Consideration of H.R. 2988--Protecting Prudent\nInvestment of Retirement Savings Act.\n_______________________________________________________________________\n\n Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue\n HOUSE\n\nConaway, Herbert C., Jr., N.J., E42\nFrost, Maxwell, Fla., E41\nGoldman, Craig A., Tex., E39, E40, E41, E42\nGonzalez, Vicente, Tex., E41\nMurphy, Gregory F., N.C., E40\nSchneider, Bradley Scott, Ill., E42\nSykes, Emilia Strong, Ohio, E41\nTran, Derek, Calif., E39\nVan Duyne, Beth, Tex., E39, E39, E40, E41, E41, E42, E42"], ["CREC-2026-01-13-pt1-PgD68", "2026-01-13", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D68", "D70", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SJRES\", \"number\": \"84\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"581\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"582\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1837\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3616\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3629\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6938\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D68", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 9 (Tuesday, January 13, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 13, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D68-D70]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n Tuesday, January 13, 2026\n\n[[Page D68]]\n\n Daily Digest\n\n Senate\n\nChamber Action\nRoutine Proceedings, pages S141-S183\nMeasures Introduced: Fourteen bills and two resolutions were\nintroduced, as follows: S. 3616-3629, and S. Res. 581-582.\n Pages S161-62\nMeasures Passed:\n Disrupt Explicit Forged Images And Non-Consensual Edits Act:\nCommittee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of\nS. 1837, to improve rights to relief for individuals affected by non-\nconsensual activities involving intimate digital forgeries, and the\nbill was then passed.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S143-47\nMeasures Considered:\nCommerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior\nand Environment Appropriations Act--Agreement: Senate began\nconsideration of H.R. 6938, making consolidated appropriations for the\nfiscal year ending September 30, 2026, after agreeing to the motion to\nproceed, and taking action on the following amendments and motions\nproposed thereto:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S141-43, S157\nPending:\n Thune Amendment No. 4208, to change the enactment date.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S157\n Thune Amendment No. 4209 (to Amendment No. 4208), of a perfecting\nnature.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S157\n Thune motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Appropriations,\nwith instructions, Amendment No. 4210, to change the enactment date.\n Page S157\n Thune Amendment No. 4211 (to the instructions (Amendment No. 4210)),\nof a perfecting nature.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S157\n Thune Amendment No. 4212 (to Amendment No. 4211), of a perfecting\nnature.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S157\n A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill, and, in\naccordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of\nthe Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Thursday, January 15, 2026.\n Page S157\n A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further\nconsideration of the bill, at approximately 10 a.m., on Wednesday,\nJanuary 14, 2026.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S176\nPatient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Market Integrity and\nAffordability: Senate began consideration of the motion to proceed to\nconsideration of S.J. Res. 84, providing for congressional disapproval\nunder chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted\nby the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relating to ``Patient\nProtection and Affordable Care Act; Market Integrity and\nAffordability''.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n Pages S147-57\n During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the\nfollowing action:\n By 47 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 8), Senate did not agree to the\nmotion to proceed to consideration of the joint resolution.\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S152\nMessage from the President: Senate received the following messages from\nthe President of the United States:\n Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the\nnational emergency that was originally declared in Executive Order\n14156 of January 20, 2025, with respect to energy; which was referred\nto the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (PM-46)\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S159\n Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the\nnational emergencies originally declared or expanded in Proclamation\n10886 of January 20, 2025, Executive Order 14157 of January 20, 2025,\nExecutive Order 14193 of February 1, 2025, Executive Order 14194 of\nFebruary 1, 2025, and Executive Order 14195 of February 1, 2025, with\nrespect to the southern border of the United States and cartels and\nother transnational organizations; which was referred to the Committee\non Finance. (PM-47)\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S159\nNominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:\n Ademola Adewale-Sadik, of New York, to be United States Director of\nthe African Development Bank for a term of five years.\n Charlton Allen, of North Carolina, to be General Counsel of the\nFederal Labor Relations Authority for a term of five years.\n\n[[Page D69]]\n\n Matthew Anderson, of Colorado, to be Deputy Administrator of the\nNational Aeronautics and Space Administration.\n Jeffrey Anderson, of Georgia, to be Representative of the United\nStates of America on the Council of the International Civil Aviation\nOrganization, with the rank of Ambassador.\n Brian Barber, of Louisiana, to be United States Marshal for the\nWestern District of Louisiana for the term of four years.\n Lee Beaman, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of\nthe Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2030.\n Scott Bessent, of South Carolina, to be United States Governor of the\nEuropean Bank for Reconstruction and Development; United States\nGovernor of the Inter-American Development Bank for a term of five\nyears; United States Governor of the International Bank for\nReconstruction and Development for a term of five years; and United\nStates Governor of the International Monetary Fund for a term of five\nyears.\n Brian Birdwell, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense.\n James Bishop, of North Carolina, to be United States Attorney for the\nMiddle District of North Carolina for the term of four years.\n Daniel Bonham, of Oregon, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.\n John Breslow, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cyprus.\n Wesley Brooks, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary of State for\nOceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.\n Jeremy Carl, of Montana, to be an Assistant Secretary of State\n(International Organizations).\n Robert Cekada, of Florida, to be Director, Bureau of Alcohol,\nTobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.\n Walter Clayton, of New York, to be United States Attorney for the\nSouthern District of New York for the term of four years.\n Carter Crow, of Texas, to be General Counsel of the Equal Employment\nOpportunity Commission for a term of four years.\n Austin Dahmer, of Arizona, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense.\n Christopher Michael De Bono, of the District of Columbia, to be an\nAssociate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for\nthe term of fifteen years.\n John DeLeeuw, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Transportation\nSafety Board for the remainder of the term expiring December 31, 2026.\n Irving Dennis, of Ohio, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of\nHousing and Urban Development.\n Mark Ditlevson, of Minnesota, to be an Assistant Secretary of\nDefense.\n Daniel Edwards, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary of\nTransportation.\n Edward Eppler, of Connecticut, to be Chief Financial Officer,\nDepartment of Transportation.\n Paul Ferguson, of West Virginia, to be United States Marshal for the\nNorthern District of West Virginia for the term of four years.\n Gregory Gilmore, of Illinois, to be United States Attorney for the\nCentral District of Illinois for the term of four years.\n Brian Gootkin, of Montana, to be United States Marshal for the\nDistrict of Montana for the term of four years.\n Thomas Govan, Jr., of Alabama, to be United States Attorney for the\nMiddle District of Alabama for the term of four years.\n Michael Graham, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National\nTransportation Safety Board for a term expiring December 31, 2030.\n Steven Haines, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce.\n Lindsey Robyn-Michelle Halligan, of Colorado, to be United States\nAttorney for the Eastern District of Virginia for the term of four\nyears.\n Robert Harvey, of Florida, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner for\na term expiring June 30, 2029.\n William Hewes III, of Mississippi, to be a Commissioner of the\nConsumer Product Safety Commission for a term of seven years from\nOctober 27, 2024.\n George Holding, of North Carolina, to be United States Director of\nthe European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.\n Kenneth Jackson, of Texas, to be a Member of the Board of Directors\nof the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring September 20,\n2028.\n Jeffrey Kaufmann, of Iowa, to be a Member of the Board of Directors\nof the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation.\n Michael Kavoukjian, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of\nNorway.\n Richard Kloster, of West Virginia, to be a Member of the Surface\nTransportation Board for a term expiring December 31, 2028.\n Sriprakash Kothari, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of\nthe Treasury.\n Benjamin Landa, of New York, to be Ambassador to Hungary.\n Lee Lipton, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the\nPhilippines.\n Gregory LoGerfo, of Massachusetts, to be Coordinator for\nCounterterrorism, with the rank and status of Ambassador at Large.\n\n[[Page D70]]\n\n Anthony Lomangino, of Florida, to be a Governor of the United States\nPostal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2031.\n William Long, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to the Republic of\nIceland.\n Priscilla Lopez, of Florida, to be United States Marshal for the\nSouthern District of Florida for the term of four years.\n David MacNeil, of Florida, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner for the\nterm of seven years from September 26, 2025.\n Ryan McCormack, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Transportation\nfor Policy.\n Casey Means, of California, to be Medical Director in the Regular\nCorps of the Public Health Service, subject to qualifications therefor\nas provided by law and regulations, and to be Surgeon General of the\nPublic Health Service for a term of four years.\n Eric Meyer, of California, to be Ambassador to the Democratic\nSocialist Republic of Sri Lanka.\n Joseph Nocella, of New York, to be United States Attorney for the\nEastern District of New York for the term of four years.\n Jared Novelly, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to New Zealand, and to\nserve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to\nthe Independent State of Samoa, the Cook Islands, and Niue.\n Seval Oz, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of\nTransportation.\n Stevan Pearce, of New Mexico, to be Director of the Bureau of Land\nManagement.\n Sean Plankey, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Cybersecurity\nand Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security.\n Arvind Raman, of Indiana, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for\nStandards and Technology.\n Laken Rapier, of Texas, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of\nthe African Development Foundation for a term expiring September 27,\n2027.\n Ryan Raybould, of Texas, to be United States Attorney for the\nNorthern District of Texas for the term of four years.\n Robert Rotter, of Iowa, to be United States Marshal for the Northern\nDistrict of Iowa for the term of four years.\n Daniel Satterlee, of South Dakota, to be United States Marshal for\nthe District of South Dakota for the term of four years.\n Glen Smith, of Iowa, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural\nDevelopment.\n David St. Pierre, of Maine, to be United States Marshal for the\nDistrict of Maine for the term of four years.\n James Stuart, of Minnesota, to be United States Marshal for the\nDistrict of Minnesota for the term of four years.\n Robert Sweeney, of Texas, to be United States Director of the Asian\nDevelopment Bank, with the rank of Ambassador.\n Alexander Velez-Green, of Virginia, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of\nDefense.\n Russell Vought, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors\nof the African Development Foundation for a term expiring September 22,\n2027.\n Russell Vought, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors\nof the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring September 20,\n2030.\n Frank Weiland, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant\nSecretary of State (International Narcotics and Law Enforcement\nAffairs).\n Jennifer Wicks McNamara, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the\nSocialist Republic of Vietnam.\n Phillip Williams, Jr., of Alabama, to be United States Attorney for\nthe Northern District of Alabama for the term of four years.\n Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, 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