Congressional Record — Daily Digest, D463 (June 3, 2020)
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Page D463 of the Daily Digest of the Congressional Record for June 3, 2020, covering Senate action. The Senate passed H.R. 7010, the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act, to modify provisions on forgiveness of loans and let recipients defer payroll taxes, and four record votes were taken. It agreed to S. Res. 606 for a National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls, and convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:08 p.m. until 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 4, 2020. Committee notices list a Financial Services subcommittee hearing on inclusive lending.
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June 3, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D463
Measures Passed: Authorities for Committees to Meet: Page S2700
Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act: Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today.
Senate passed H.R. 7010, to amend the Small Busi- (Total—111) Pages S2670, S2679, S2685
ness Act and the CARES Act to modify certain pro- Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and ad-
visions related to the forgiveness of loans under the journed at 7:08 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Thursday,
paycheck protection program, to allow recipients of June 4, 2020. (For Senate’s program, see the remarks
loan forgiveness under the paycheck protection pro- of the Majority Leader in today’s Record on page
gram to defer payroll taxes. Pages S2690–91 S2700.)
National Day of Awareness for Missing and
Murdered Native Women and Girls: Senate agreed
to S. Res. 606, designating May 5, 2020, as the
Committee Meetings
‘‘National Day of Awareness for Missing and Mur- (Committees not listed did not meet)
dered Native Women and Girls’’. Page S2700
NOMINATION
Pack Nomination—Agreement: A unanimous-con-
sent-time agreement was reached providing that not- Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hear-
withstanding the provisions of Rule XXII, the mo- ing examine the nomination of Russell Vought, of
tion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Michael Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Management
Pack, of Maryland, to be Chief Executive Officer of and Budget, after the nominee testified and answered
the Broadcasting Board of Governors, ripen at 11:40 questions in his own behalf.
a.m., on Thursday, June 4, 2020, with 20 minutes COVID–19, TRANSPORTATION, AND
of debate under the control of Senator Menendez CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
prior to the vote; that if cloture is invoked on the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:
nomination, the post-cloture time expire at 1:30 Committee concluded a hearing to examine the state
p.m., on Thursday, June 4, 2020. Page S2691
of transportation and critical infrastructure, focusing
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached pro- on the impact of the COVID–19 pandemic, after re-
viding that at approximately 10 a.m., on Thursday, ceiving testimony from John Bozzella, Alliance for
June 4, 2020, Senate resume consideration of the Automotive Innovation, Randy Guillot, American
nomination. Page S2700
Trucking Associations, Ian N. Jefferies, Association
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the fol- of American Railroads, Alex Oehler, Interstate Nat-
lowing nominations: ural Gas Association of America, and Larry I. Willis,
By 78 yeas to 17 nays (Vote No. EX. 109), James Transportation Trades Department, AFL–CIO, all of
H. Anderson, of Virginia, to be a Deputy Under Washington, D.C.
Secretary of Defense. Pages S2660–79
During consideration of this nomination today, NOMINATIONS
Senate also took the following action: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
By 74 yeas to 18 nays (Vote No. EX. 108), Senate fairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the
agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nominations of Donald Lee Moak, of Florida, and
nomination. Page S2670 William Zollars, of Kansas, both to be a Governor
By 52 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. EX. 111), Drew of the United States Postal Service, and Mark A.
B. Tipton, of Texas, to be United States District Robbins, Carl Ezekiel Ross, and Elizabeth J. Shapiro,
Judge for the Southern District of Texas. each to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court
Pages S2679–85 of the District of Columbia, after the nominees testi-
During consideration of this nomination today, fied and answered questions in their own behalf.
Senate also took the following action: BUSINESS MEETING
By 53 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. EX. 110), Senate
agreed to the motion to close further debate on the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions:
nomination. Page S2679
Committee ordered favorably reported the nomina-
tions of Keith E. Sonderling, of Florida, Andrea R.
Executive Communications: Pages S2693–95 Lucas, of Virginia, and Jocelyn Samuels, of Mary-
Executive Reports of Committees: Page S2696 land, each to be a Member of the Equal Employment
Additional Cosponsors: Pages S2697–98
Opportunity Commission, Marvin Kaplan, of Kan-
sas, and Lauren McGarity McFerran, of the District
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
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of Columbia, both to be a Member of the National
Pages S2698–99 Labor Relations Board, Sethuraman Panchanathan, of
Additional Statements: Page S2693 Arizona, to be Director of the National Science
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Foundation, Julie Elizabeth Hocker, of Pennsylvania, coronavirus pandemic, after receiving testimony from
to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, and Richard Joseph Shamess, Flags of Valor, Ashburn, Virginia;
Giacolone, of Virginia, to be Federal Mediation and Connie Evans, Association for Enterprise Oppor-
Conciliation Director. tunity, and Michael Strain, American Enterprise In-
stitute, both of Washington, D.C.; and Nicholas Ru-
CROSSFIRE HURRICANE INVESTIGATION dolph, Maryland Capital Enterprises, Inc., Salisbury.
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an
oversight hearing to examine the Crossfire Hurricane DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
investigation, after receiving testimony from Rod J. BUDGET
Rosenstein, former Deputy Attorney General, De- Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: Committee concluded a
partment of Justice. hearing to examine the President’s proposed budget
request for fiscal year 2021, advance appropriations
COVID–19 AND SMALL BUSINESS requests for fiscal year 2022, and fiscal year 2020 en-
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Com- acted CARES Act supplemental appropriations for
mittee concluded a hearing to examine COVID–19’s the Department of Veterans Affairs, after receiving
impact on small business, focusing on perspectives testimony from Robert L. Wilkie, Secretary, Richard
from Main Street, including S. 3782, to modify the Stone, Executive in Charge of the Veterans Health
amount authorized for commitments for 7(a) loans, Administration, Paul Lawrence, Under Secretary for
S. 996, to modify the microloan program of the Benefits, and Jon Rychalski, Assistant Secretary for
Small Business Administration, S. 3814, to establish Management and Chief Financial Officer, all of the
a loan program for businesses affected by COVID–19 Department of Veterans Affairs.
and to extend the loan forgiveness period for pay-
check protection program loans made to the hardest BUSINESS MEETING
hit businesses, and S. 3548, to provide emergency Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered fa-
assistance and health care response for individuals, vorably reported an original bill entitled, ‘‘Intel-
families, and businesses affected by the 2020 ligence Authorization Act of 2021’’.
h
House of Representatives
ing the Pandemic: Community Development Finan-
Chamber Action cial Institutions and Minority Depository Institu-
The House was not in session today. The House tions’’. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
is scheduled to meet at 10 a.m. on Thursday, June
4, 2020. PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO VOTE
DURING THE COVID–19 PANDEMIC
Committee Meetings Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Con-
ADDRESSING THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF stitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties held a
COVID–19: VIEWS FROM TWO FORMER CBO hearing entitled ‘‘Protecting the Right to Vote Dur-
DIRECTORS ing the COVID–19 Pandemic’’. Testimony was
heard from Jocelyn Benson, Secretary of State,
Committee on the Budget: Full Committee held a hear- Michigan; and public witnesses.
ing entitled ‘‘Addressing the Economic Impacts of
COVID–19: Views from Two Former CBO Direc- MISSION READINESS: VA’S PREPAREDNESS
tors’’. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. FOR NATURAL DISASTERS DURING A
PROMOTING INCLUSIVE LENDING PANDEMIC
DURING THE PANDEMIC: COMMUNITY Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: Subcommittee on
DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Health held a hearing entitled ‘‘Mission Readiness:
AND MINORITY DEPOSITORY VA’s Preparedness for Natural Disasters During a
INSTITUTIONS Pandemic’’. Testimony was heard from Daniel
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Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Con- Sitterly, Assistant Secretary for Human Resources
sumer Protection and Financial Institutions held a and Administration/Operations, Security, and Pre-
hearing entitled ‘‘Promoting Inclusive Lending Dur- paredness, Department of Veterans Affairs.
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