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| CREC-2026-02-04-pt1-PgD155 | 2026-02-04 | 119 | 2 | Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings | SENATE | DAILYDIGEST | DDSCMEETINGS | D155 | D156 | [{"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) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 4, 2026)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D155-D156] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) FUTURE OF SELF-DRIVING CARS Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the future of self-driving cars, after receiving testimony from Lars Moravy, Tesla, Austin, Texas; Mauricio Pena, Waymo, Mountain View, California; Jeff Farrah, Autonomous Vehicle Industry Association, Washington, D.C.; and Bryant Walker Smith, University of South Carolina, Columbia. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: S. 90, to prohibit the use of funds by the Secretary of the Interior to finalize and implement certain travel management plans in the State of Utah, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 91, to improve Federal activities relating to wildfires, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 290, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to upgrade existing emergency communications centers in units of the National Park System to Next Generation 9-1-1 systems; S. 291, to establish an interest-bearing account for the non-Federal contributions to the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program; S. 446, to prohibit Big Cypress National Preserve from being designated as wilderness or as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title; S. 700, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona, with an amendment; H.R. 837, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona, with an amendment; S. 790, to redesignate the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming, as the ``Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center''; S. 1321, to amend the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to provide for the transfer of the Moab site to Grand County, Utah, with an amendment; S. 1353, to extend the authority for modifications to the Second Division Memorial in the District of Columbia, with an amendment; S. 1516, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the Cahokia Mounds, Emerald Mounds, and Pulcher Mounds in the State of Illinois, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 1518 and H.R. 1550, bills to redesignate Saratoga National Historical Park as Saratoga National Battlefield Park; and S. 2881, to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the State of California, with an amendment. AMERICA'S WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND CYBER SECURITY Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to examine identifying and addressing cybersecurity challenges to protect America's water infrastructure, after receiving testimony from Scott Simonton, Marshall University Institute for Cyber Security, Charleston, West Virginia; Matt Odermann, North Dakota Rural Water Systems Association, Perth, on behalf of the National Rural Water Association; and Scott Dewhirst, Fairfax Water, Fairfax, Virginia, on behalf of the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies. EUROPEAN ENERGY SECURITY Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation concluded a hearing to examine European energy security, after receiving testimony from Geoffrey R. Pyatt, Atlantic Council Energy Center, and Dan Byers, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Energy Institute, both of Washington, D.C. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported S.J. Res. 102, disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025. LEGISLATION Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 2098, to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Southcentral Foundation located in Anchorage, Alaska, S. 1055, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to modify the notification requirement for emergency [[Page D156]] contract health services for certain beneficiaries, and S. 699, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to address liability for payment of charges or costs associated with the provision of purchased/ referred care services, after receiving testimony from Darrell LaRoche, Deputy Director for Management Operations Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services; Dayna Seymour, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Nespelem, Washington; and Leanndra Ross, Southcentral Foundation, Anchorage, Alaska. NOMINATIONS Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Robert Cekada, of Florida, to be Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, who was introduced by Senator Moran, Andrew B. Davis, and Christopher R. Wolfe, both to be a United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas, who were introduced by Senators Cornyn and Cruz, Anna St. John, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, who was introduced by Senator Kennedy, and John Thomas Shepherd, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, who was introduced by Senators Boozman and Cotton, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. FIGHTING FRAUD Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights concluded a hearing to examine fighting fraud in Minnesota and beyond, after receiving testimony from Minnesota State Representative Kristin Robbins, Chair of the Fraud Prevention Committee, Crookston; Robert Weissman, Public Citizen, Washington, D.C.; and David Hoch, Minneapolis, Minnesota. ADAPTIVE SPORTS Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine veteran health and healing through adaptive sports, after receiving testimony from Rachel McArdle, Deputy Executive Director, Rehabilitation and Prosthetics Service, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; Gabriel George, Military Adaptive Court Sports, Manvel, Texas; Julie Howell, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Washington, D.C.; and Elizabeth Smith, Farmington, New York. INTELLIGENCE Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community. Committee recessed subject to the call. |