Daily Digest, Senate Chamber Action, D477 (June 9, 2020)
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The Daily Digest for Tuesday, June 9, 2020, Senate Chamber Action, covering Routine Proceedings on pages S2771 to S2837. It states that eleven bills and one resolution were introduced and that one record vote was taken. The Senate continued consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R. 1957, the Taxpayer First Act, post-cloture, and a unanimous-consent agreement provides for post-cloture time to expire at 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday, June 10, 2020. The Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:32 p.m.; Committee Meetings listings for Armed Services subcommittees follow.
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Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Daily Digest
Senate
Executive Reports of Committees: Page S2807
Chamber Action Additional Cosponsors: Page S2808
Routine Proceedings, pages S2771–S2837
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and one resolu- Pages S2809–10
tion were introduced, as follows: S. 3917–3927, and
S. Res. 612. Pages S2807–08 Additional Statements: Pages S2805–06
Measures Reported: Amendments Submitted: Pages S2811–34
S. 2618, to strengthen employee cost savings sug- Authorities for Committees to Meet: Page S2834
gestions programs within the Federal Government, Record Votes: One record vote was taken today.
with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 116–231) (Total—115) Page S2785
Page S2807
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and ad-
Measures Considered: journed at 7:32 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Wednesday,
Taxpayer First Act—Agreement: Senate continued June 10, 2020. (For Senate’s program, see the re-
consideration of the motion to proceed to consider- marks of the Majority Leader in today’s Record on
ation of H.R. 1957, to amend the Internal Revenue page S2834.)
Code of 1986 to modernize and improve the Internal
Revenue Service, post-cloture. Committee Meetings
Pages S2774–84, S2785–S2802
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached pro- (Committees not listed did not meet)
viding that notwithstanding Rule XXII, the post-
cloture time with respect to the motion to proceed BUSINESS MEETING
to consideration of the bill expire at 12:15 p.m., on Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerg-
Wednesday, June 10, 2020. Page S2834 ing Threats and Capabilities approved for full com-
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached pro- mittee consideration those provisions which fall
viding for further consideration of the motion to under the subcommittee’s jurisdiction of the pro-
proceed to consideration of the bill, post-cloture, at posed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal
approximately 10:00 a.m., on Wednesday, June 10, year 2021.
2020. Page S2834 BUSINESS MEETING
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the fol- Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland
lowing nomination: approved for full committee consideration those pro-
By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. EX. visions which fall under the subcommittee’s jurisdic-
115), Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. to be Chief of tion of the proposed National Defense Authorization
Staff, United States Air Force, and to be General. Act for fiscal year 2021.
Pages S2784–85, S2837
BUSINESS MEETING
Nomination Discharged: The following nomina-
tion were discharged from further committee consid- Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Per-
eration and placed on the Executive Calendar: sonnel approved for full committee consideration
John Chase Johnson, of Oklahoma, to be Inspector those provisions which fall under the subcommittee’s
General, Federal Communications Commission, jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Au-
which was sent to the Senate on January 28, 2020, thorization Act for fiscal year 2021.
from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security BUSINESS MEETING
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Executive Communications: Pages S2806–07 SeaPower approved for full committee consideration
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D478 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST June 9, 2020
those provisions which fall under the subcommittee’s COVID–19 PROCUREMENT AND
jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Au- DISTRIBUTION STRATEGIES
thorization Act for fiscal year 2021. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
BUSINESS MEETING fairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Cyber- Federal government’s procurement and distribution
security approved for full committee consideration strategies in response to the COVID–19 pandemic,
those provisions which fall under the subcommittee’s after receiving testimony from Peter Gaynor, Ad-
jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Au- ministrator, Federal Emergency Management Agen-
thorization Act for fiscal year 2021. cy, Department of Homeland Security; Rear Admiral
HOUSING REGULATORS OVERSIGHT John Polowczyk, Supply Chain Stabilization Task
Force, Department of Defense; and Admiral Brett P.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Giroir, Assistant Secretary for Health, Department
Committee concluded an oversight hearing to exam- for Health and Human Services.
ine housing regulators, after receiving testimony
from Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., Secretary of Housing COVID–19 FRAUD
and Urban Development; and Mark A. Calabria, Di-
rector, Federal Housing Finance Agency. Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a
hearing to examine COVID–19 fraud, focusing on
BUSINESS MEETING law enforcement’s response to those exploiting the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee pandemic, after receiving testimony from William
ordered favorably reported the nomination of Mark Hughes, Associate Deputy Attorney General, Craig
Wesley Menezes, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary Carpenito, United States Attorney for the District of
of Energy. New Jersey, and Calvin A. Shivers, Assistant Direc-
WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT tor, Federal Bureau of Investigation, all of the De-
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee partment of Justice; and Michael D’Ambrosio, As-
concluded a hearing to examine wildfire manage- sistant Director, Office of Investigations, United
ment in the midst of the COVID–19 pandemic, States Secret Service, Department of Homeland Secu-
after receiving testimony from Amanda Kaster, Act- rity.
ing Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals
Management, Department of the Interior; John VA SUPPLY CHAIN
Phipps, Deputy Chief for State and Private Forestry, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: Committee concluded a
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; George hearing to examine building a more resilient Depart-
Geissler, Washington State Forester, Olympia, on ment of Veterans Affairs supply chain, including
behalf of the National Association of State Foresters; supply chain management and COVID–19 response,
and Norm McDonald, Alaska Division of Forestry, after receiving testimony from Richard A. Stone, Ex-
Palmer. ecutive in Charge, Deborah Kramer, Acting Under
COVID–19 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE Secretary for Health for Support Services, and An-
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing drew Centineo, Executive Director, Procurement and
to examine unemployment insurance during Logistics Office, all of the Veterans Health Adminis-
COVID–19, focusing on the CARES Act and the tration, and Karen Brazell, Principal Executive Di-
roles of unemployment insurance during the pan- rector, Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Con-
demic, after receiving testimony from Eugene Scalia, struction and Chief Acquisition Officer, and Acting
Secretary of Labor; Jose Javier Rodriguez, Florida Assistant Secretary for Enterprise Integration, all of
State Senator, Miami; Michele Evermore, National the Department of Veterans Affairs; Shelby S. Oak-
Employment Law Project, and Scott B. Sanders, Na- ley, Director, Contracting and National Security Ac-
tional Association of State Workforce Agencies, both quisitions, Government Accountability Office; Roger
of Washington, D.C.; Les Neilly, Neilly Canvas D. Waldron, Coalition for Government Procurement,
Goods Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Beth and Michael S. McDonald, 3M, both of Washington,
Townsend, Iowa Workforce Development, Des D.C.; and Kurt F. Heyssel, Sightline Performance
Moines. Advisors, LLC, Richmond, Virginia.
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