Income and Wealth Inequality (Cong. Rec., March 17, 2021)
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Page D257 of the Daily Digest of the Congressional Record for March 17, 2021, listing committee meetings and House action. The Budget Committee concluded a hearing on the income and wealth inequality crisis with testimony from Robert B. Reich, Sarah Anderson, John W. Lettieri, Scott Winship and Jennifer Bates. Other entries cover a Foreign Relations hearing on strategic competition with China, a Commerce hearing on expanding broadband and a long-term care witness list. The House agreed to H. Res. 233, the rule for H.R. 1620, H.R. 6, H.R. 1603, H.R. 1868 and H.J. Res. 17, and passed H.J. Res. 17 on the Equal Rights Amendment by 222 to 204 on Roll No. 82.
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March 17, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D257
March 18, 2021. (For Senate’s program, see the re- 1199 New England, Greenville, Rhode Island;
marks of the Acting Majority Leader in today’s Denise Bottcher, AARP Louisiana, Baton Rouge; R.
Record on page S1620.) Tamara Konetzka, University of Chicago Depart-
ment of Public Health Sciences, Chicago, Illinois;
Committee Meetings Quiteka Moten, State of Tennessee Long Term Care
Ombudsman, Nashville; and David R. Gifford,
(Committees not listed did not meet) American Health Care Association/National Center
for Assisted Living, Washington, D.C.
INCOME AND WEALTH INEQUALITY
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hear- STRATEGIC COMPETITION WITH CHINA
ing to examine the income and wealth inequality Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded
crisis in America, after receiving testimony from a hearing to examine advancing effective U.S. policy
Robert B. Reich, University of California Goldman for strategic competition with China in the twenty-
School of Public Policy, Berkeley; Sarah Anderson, first century, after receiving testimony from Eliza-
Institute for Policy Studies, John W. Lettieri, Eco- beth Economy, Council on Foreign Relations, New
nomic Innovation Group, and Scott Winship, Amer- York, New York; and Thomas H. Shugart III, Cen-
ican Enterprise Institute, all of Washington, D.C.; ter for New American Security, and Saif M. Khan,
and Jennifer Bates, Amazon BHM1, Bessemer, Ala- Georgetown University Center for Security and
bama. Emerging Technology, both of Washington, D.C.
EXPANDING BROADBAND
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: BUSINESS MEETING
Committee concluded a hearing to examine recent Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
Federal actions to expand broadband, after receiving fairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the fol-
testimony from Christopher Ali, University of Vir- lowing bills:
ginia Department of Media Studies, Charlottesville; S. 231, to direct the Administrator of the Federal
Michael P. O’Rielly, former Commissioner of the Emergency Management Agency to develop guidance
Federal Communications Commission, Arlington, for firefighters and other emergency response per-
Virginia; Jon Wilkins, Quadra Partners, Wash- sonnel on best practices to protect them from expo-
ington, D.C.; and Justin Forde, Midcontinent Com- sure to PFAS and to limit and prevent the release
munications, West Fargo, North Dakota. of PFAS into the environment, with an amendment
DRINKING WATER AND WASTE WATER in the nature of a substitute;
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS S. 272, to amend the Federal Funding Account-
ability and Transparency Act of 2006, to require the
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Com- budget justifications and appropriation requests of
mittee concluded a joint hearing with the Sub- agencies be made publicly available, with an amend-
committee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water to ex- ment in the nature of a substitute;
amine the challenges facing drinking water and
waste water infrastructure projects, after receiving S. 583, to promote innovative acquisition tech-
testimony from Shellie R. Chard, Oklahoma Depart- niques and procurement strategies;
ment of Environmental Quality, Oklahoma City, on S. 517, to provide for joint reports by relevant
behalf of the Association of State Drinking Water Federal agencies to Congress regarding incidents of
Administrators; Kishia L. Powell, DC Water, Wash- terrorism;
ington, D.C., on behalf of the National Association S. 671, to require the collection of voluntary feed-
of Clean Water Agencies; Michael McNulty, Mor- back on services provided by agencies;
gantown Utility Board, Morgantown, West Virginia; S. 693, to amend title 5, United States Code, to
and Nathan Ohle, Rural Community Assistance provide for the halt in pension payments for Mem-
Partnership, Falls Church, Virginia. bers of Congress sentenced for certain offenses;
S. 658, to authorize the Secretary of Homeland
COVID–19 IN NURSING HOMES Security to work with cybersecurity consortia for
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing training;
to examine COVID–19 in the Nation’s nursing S. 636, to require the Director of the Office of
homes, including steps taken by the Department of Management and Budget to submit to Congress an
Health and Human Services in response to pan- annual report on projects that are over budget and
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demic, after receiving testimony from John E. behind schedule, with an amendment;
Dicken, Director, Health Care, Government Ac- S. 688, to prohibit contracting with persons that
countability Office; Adelina Ramos, SEIU District have business operations with the Maduro regime;
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D258 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST March 17, 2021
S. 522, to require each agency, in providing notice Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of
of a rule making, to include a link to a 100 word the Department of Health and Human Services.
plain language summary of the proposed rule;
S. 111, to establish the Federal Clearinghouse on EQUALITY ACT
School Safety Best Practices; Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a
S. 664, to require the Comptroller General of the hearing to examine the Equality Act, focusing on
United States to review certain legislation in order LGBTQ rights, after receiving testimony from Sen-
to identify potential risks of duplication of and over- ators Merkley, Baldwin, Blackburn, Hyde-Smith,
lap with existing Federal programs, offices, and ini- and Lankford; Representatives Cicilline, Newman,
tiatives; and Hartzler; Alphonso David, Human Rights Cam-
S. 566, to designate the facility of the United paign, New York, New York; Edith Guffey, PFLAG
States Postal Service located at 42 Main Street in National, Lawrence, Kansas; Mary Hasson, Ethics
Slatersville, Rhode Island, as the ‘‘Specialist Matthew and Public Policy Center, Washington, D.C.; Stella
R. Turcotte Post Office’’; Keating, Tacoma, Washington; and Abigail Shrier,
H.R. 208, to designate the facility of the United Los Angeles, California.
States Postal Service located at 500 West Main
Street, Suite 102 in Tupelo, Mississippi, as the PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM
‘‘Colonel Carlyle ’Smitty’ Harris Post Office’’; and
H.R. 264, to designate the facility of the United Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Com-
States Postal Service located at 1101 Charlotte Street mittee concluded a hearing to examine the Paycheck
in Georgetown, South Carolina, as the ‘‘Joseph Protection Program, focusing on performance, im-
Hayne Rainey Memorial Post Office Building’’. pact, and next steps, including S. 723, to amend the
Small Business Act and the CARES Act to extend
BUSINESS MEETING the covered period for the paycheck protection pro-
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: gram, after receiving testimony from Lisa Mensah,
Committee ordered favorably reported the nomina- Opportunity Finance Network, and Joel Griffith,
tions of Vivek Hallegere Murthy, of Florida, to be The Heritage Foundation, both of Washington,
Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public D.C.; John K. Hoey, The Y in Central Maryland,
Health Service, and to be Surgeon General of the Baltimore; and Brad Polumbo, Foundation for Eco-
Public Health Service, and Rachel Leland Levine, of nomic Education, Arlington, Virginia.
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House of Representatives
Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of
Chamber Action 2021: The House passed H.R. 1620, to reauthor-
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 43 pub- ize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, by
lic bills, H.R. 1953–1995; and 8 resolutions, H. a yea-and-nay vote of 244 yeas to 172 nays, Roll
Res. 243–250, were introduced. Pages H1497–H1500 No. 86. Pages H1432–75, H1476–79
Additional Cosponsors: Pages H1501–02
Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today. Committee Print 117–3, modified by the amend-
Removing the deadline for the ratification of the ment printed in part A of H. Rept. 117–12, shall
equal rights amendment: The House passed H.J. be considered as adopted. Page H1432
Res. 17, removing the deadline for the ratification of Agreed to:
the equal rights amendment, by a yea-and-nay vote Nadler en bloc amendment No. 1 consisting of
of 222 yeas to 204 nays, Roll No. 82. the following amendments printed in part B of H.
Pages H1419–32, H1475–76
Rept. 117–12: Burgess (No. 1) that requires the
H. Res. 233, the rule providing for consideration DOJ and HHS to issue guidance and best practices
on strategies to improve coordination of sexual as-
of the bills (H.R. 1620), (H.R. 6), (H.R. 1603), sault forensic examination training and program sus-
(H.R. 1868), and the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 17)
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tainability; Bush (No. 2) that ensures that survivors
was agreed to yesterday, March 16th. can access transitional housing and be protected from
unfair evictions and denial of service; Bush (No. 3)
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