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Volume 167, No. 69, covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress (2021 - 2022), was published by the Congressional Record.

The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.

“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning Marco Rubio was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D410-D411 on April 21.

Of the 100 senators in 117th Congress, 24 percent were women, and 76 percent were men, according to the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Senators' salaries are historically higher than the median US income.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet)

APPROPRIATIONS: USCP, AOC, AND SAA

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2022 for the Capitol Police, Architect of the Capitol, and Senate Sergeant at Arms, after receiving testimony from Yogananda D. Pittman, Acting Chief, United States Capitol Police; J. Brett Blanton, Architect of the Capitol; and Karen H. Gibson, Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.

TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION ACTIVITIES

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities concluded a hearing to examine science and technology, technology maturation, and technology transition activities, after receiving testimony from Peter Highnam, Deputy Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Major General John A. George, USA, Commanding General, Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, Rear Admiral Lorin C. Selby, USN, Chief, Naval Research, and Brigadier General Heather L. Pringle, USAF, Commander, Air Force Research Laboratory, all of the Department of Defense.

DOD CYBER WORKFORCE

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a hearing to examine the current and future cyber workforce of the Department of Defense and the military services, after receiving testimony from John Sherman, Acting Chief Information Officer, Veronica E. Hinton, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Civilian Personnel Policy, Leonard G. Litton III, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Military Personnel Policy, and Lieutenant General Dennis A. Crall, USMC, Director, Command, Control Communications and Computers/Cyber and Chief Information Officer, Joint Staff, J6, all of the Department of Defense.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Bill Nelson, of Florida, to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, who was introduced by Senator Rubio and former Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Lina M. Khan, of New York, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner, who was introduced by Senators Klobuchar and Blumenthal, and Leslie B. Kiernan, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Department of Commerce, who was introduced by Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.

AIR TRAVEL

Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations, and Innovation concluded a hearing to examine America's safe return to air travel, after receiving testimony from Charlene Reynolds, City of Phoenix Aviation Department, Phoenix, Arizona; Sara Nelson, Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, and Nick Calio, Airlines for America, both of Washington, D.C.; and Leonard J. Marcus, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:

S.1169, to address issues involving the People's Republic of China, with amendments;

S.814, to promote security partnership with Ukraine, with amendments; and

The nominations of Victoria Nuland, of Virginia, to be an Under Secretary (Political Affairs), and Uzra Zeya, of Virginia, to be an Under Secretary (Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights), both of the Department of State.

U.S. POLICY ON YEMEN

Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism concluded a hearing to examine United States policy on Yemen, after receiving testimony from Tim Lenderking, Special Envoy for Yemen, Department of State; and Lise Grande, United States Institute of Peace, and Amanda Catanzano, International Rescue Committee, both of Washington, D.C.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Julie A. Su, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of Labor, and Cynthia Minette Marten, of California, to be Deputy Secretary, and James Richard Kvaal, of Massachusetts, to be Under Secretary, both of the Department of Education.

PATENT SYSTEM

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Intellectual Property concluded a hearing to examine improving access and inclusivity in the patent system, focusing on unleashing America's economic engine, after receiving testimony from Georgia Grace Edwards, SheFly, Burlington, Vermont; Mallun Yen, Operator Collective, Woodside, California; Angela J. Grayson, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Bentonville, Arkansas; and Lateef Mtima, Howard University School of Law, Washington, D.C.

COMPETITION IN APP STORES

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights concluded a hearing to examine competition in app stores, focusing on antitrust, after receiving testimony from Kyle Andeer, Apple Inc., Cupertino, California; Wilson White, Google LLC., Mountain View, California; Horacio Gutierrez, Spotify, New York, New York; Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America, Washington, D.C.; Kirsten Daru, Tile, Inc., San Mateo, California; and Jared Sine, Match Group, Dallas, Texas.

NOMINATION

Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Dilawar Syed, of California, to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Kaine, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.

INTELLIGENCE

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community.

SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 69

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