[Senate Report 119-6]
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R E P O R T
ON THE ACTIVITIES
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
OF THE
UNITED STATES SENATE
DURING THE
118th CONGRESS
PURSUANT TO
Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules
OF THE
UNITED STATES SENATE
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March 26, 2025.--Ordered to be printed
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[118th Congress--Committee Membership]
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
RON WYDEN, Oregon, Chairman
DEBBIE STABENOW, Michigan MIKE CRAPO, Idaho
MARIA CANTWELL, Washington CHUCK GRASSLEY, Iowa
ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey\1\ JOHN CORNYN, Texas
THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware JOHN THUNE, South Dakota
BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland TIM SCOTT, South Carolina
SHERROD BROWN, Ohio BILL CASSIDY, Louisiana
MICHAEL F. BENNET, Colorado JAMES LANKFORD, Oklahoma
ROBERT P. CASEY, Jr., Pennsylvania STEVE DAINES, Montana
MARK R. WARNER, Virginia TODD YOUNG, Indiana
SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, Rhode Island JOHN BARRASSO, Wyoming
MAGGIE HASSAN, New Hampshire RON JOHNSON, Wisconsin
CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO, Nevada THOM TILLIS, North Carolina
ELIZABETH WARREN, Massachusetts MARSHA BLACKBURN, Tennessee
GEORGE S. HELMY, New Jersey\2\
ANDY KIM, New Jersey\3\
Joshua Sheinkman, Staff Director
Gregg Richard, Republican Staff Director
SUBCOMMITTEES
HEALTH CARE
BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland, Chairman
RON WYDEN, Oregon STEVE DAINES, Montana
DEBBIE STABENOW, Michigan CHUCK GRASSLEY, Iowa
ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey\1\ JOHN THUNE, South Dakota
THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware TIM SCOTT, South Carolina
ROBERT P. CASEY, Jr., Pennsylvania BILL CASSIDY, Louisiana
MARK R. WARNER, Virginia JAMES LANKFORD, Oklahoma
SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, Rhode Island TODD YOUNG, Indiana
MAGGIE HASSAN, New Hampshire JOHN BARRASSO, Wyoming
CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO, Nevada RON JOHNSON, Wisconsin
ELIZABETH WARREN, Massachusetts MARSHA BLACKBURN, Tennessee
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE, CUSTOMS, AND GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS
THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware, Chairman
RON WYDEN, Oregon JOHN CORNYN, Texas
DEBBIE STABENOW, Michigan JOHN THUNE, South Dakota
ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey\1\ TIM SCOTT, South Carolina
BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland BILL CASSIDY, Louisiana
SHERROD BROWN, Ohio STEVE DAINES, Montana
MICHAEL F. BENNET, Colorado TODD YOUNG, Indiana
ROBERT P. CASEY, Jr., Pennsylvania JOHN BARRASSO, Wyoming
MARK R. WARNER, Virginia RON JOHNSON, Wisconsin
CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO, Nevada THOM TILLIS, North Carolina
(ii)
SOCIAL SECURITY, PENSIONS, AND FAMILY POLICY
SHERROD BROWN, Ohio, Chairman
RON WYDEN, Oregon THOM TILLIS, North Carolina
ROBERT P. CASEY, Jr., Pennsylvania BILL CASSIDY, Louisiana
MAGGIE HASSAN, New Hampshire TODD YOUNG, Indiana
ELIZABETH WARREN, Massachusetts MARSHA BLACKBURN, Tennessee
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ENERGY, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND INFRASTRUCTURE
DEBBIE STABENOW, Michigan, Chair
RON WYDEN, Oregon JAMES LANKFORD, Oklahoma
THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware JOHN CORNYN, Texas
MICHAEL F. BENNET, Colorado TIM SCOTT, South Carolina
SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, Rhode Island STEVE DAINES, Montana
CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO, Nevada JOHN BARRASSO, Wyoming
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TAXATION AND IRS OVERSIGHT
MICHAEL F. BENNET, Colorado, Chairman
RON WYDEN, Oregon JOHN THUNE, South Dakota
ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey\1\ CHUCK GRASSLEY, Iowa
BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland JOHN CORNYN, Texas
MARK R. WARNER, Virginia JAMES LANKFORD, Oklahoma
SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, Rhode Island RON JOHNSON, Wisconsin
ELIZABETH WARREN, Massachusetts MARSHA BLACKBURN, Tennessee
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FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
MAGGIE HASSAN, New Hampshire, Chair
RON WYDEN, Oregon CHUCK GRASSLEY, Iowa
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\1\Senator Menendez resigned from the Senate August 20, 2024.
\2\Senator George Helmy joined the committee September 10, 2024. He
resigned from the Senate on December 8, 2024.
\3\Senator Andy Kim joined the committee December 10, 2024.
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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
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U.S. Senate,
Committee on Finance,
Washington, DC, March 26, 2025.
Honorable Jackie Barber,
Secretary, U.S. Senate,
Washington, DC.
Dear Madam Secretary: In accordance with rule XXVI of the
Standing Rules of the United States Senate and the pertinent
unanimous consent order pertaining to this rule, I am
transmitting herewith a report on the activities of the
Committee on Finance of the United States Senate for the 118th
Congress.
Sincerely,
Mike Crapo, Chairman.
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C O N T E N T S
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118th Congress--Committee Membership............................. ii
Letter of Transmittal............................................ v
Committee Jurisdiction........................................... 1
Rules of Procedure............................................... 2
Tax--Summary of Activities....................................... 5
Full Committee Hearings...................................... 5
Full Committee Open Executive Sessions....................... 7
Full Committee Member Meetings............................... 7
Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight................... 8
Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth.... 8
Trade--Summary of Activities..................................... 9
Full Committee Hearings...................................... 10
Full Committee Member Meetings............................... 10
Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global
Competitiveness............................................ 10
Health--Summary of Activities.................................... 13
Full Committee Hearings...................................... 14
Full Committee Open Executive Sessions....................... 17
Subcommittee on Health Care.................................. 17
Social Security--Summary of Activities........................... 19
Full Committee Hearings...................................... 19
Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy. 19
Human Services................................................... 21
Full Committee Hearings...................................... 21
Oversight and Investigations--Summary of Activities.............. 23
Full Committee Hearings...................................... 24
Full Committee Member Meetings............................... 24
Nominations...................................................... 25
Bills and Resolutions Referred to the Committee.................. 37
Reports, Prints, and Studies..................................... 39
Official Communications.......................................... 41
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REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON
FINANCE DURING THE 118TH CONGRESS
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March 26, 2025.--Ordered to be printed
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Mr. Crapo, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following
REPORT
This report reviews the legislative and oversight
activities of the Committee on Finance during the 118th
Congress. These activities parallel the broad scope of
responsibilities vested in the committee by the Legislative
Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended, rule XXV(k) of the
Standing Rules of the Senate, and additional authorizing
resolutions.
COMMITTEE JURISDICTION
Rule XXV(i) of the Standing Rules of the Senate requires
reference to this committee of all proposed legislation, and
other matters, dealing with (i) Committee on Finance, to which
committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages,
petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the
following subjects:
1. Bonded debt of the United States, except as
provided in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
2. Customs, collection districts, and ports of entry
and delivery.
3. Deposit of public moneys.
4. General revenue sharing.
5. Health programs under the Social Security Act and
health programs financed by a specific tax or trust
fund.
6. National social security.
7. Reciprocal trade agreements.
8. Revenue measures generally, except as provided in
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
9. Revenue measures relating to the insular
possessions.
10. Tariffs and import quotas, and matters related
thereto.
11. Transportation of dutiable goods.
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COMMITTEE RULES
I. RULES OF PROCEDURE
Rule 1. Regular Meeting Days.--The regular meeting day of the
committee shall be the second and fourth Tuesday of each month, except
that if there be no business before the committee the regular meeting
shall be omitted.
Rule 2. Committee Meetings.--(a) Except as provided by paragraph 3
of Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate (relating to special
meetings called by a majority of the committee) and subsection (b) of
this rule, committee meetings, for the conduct of business, for the
purpose of holding hearings, or for any other purpose, shall be called
by the chairman. Members will be notified of committee meetings at
least 48 hours in advance, unless the chairman determines that an
emergency situation requires a meeting on shorter notice. The
notification will include a written agenda together with materials
prepared by the staff relating to that agenda. After the agenda for a
committee meeting is published and distributed, no nongermane items may
be brought up during that meeting unless at least two-thirds of the
members present agree to consider those items.
(b) In the absence of the chairman, meetings of the committee may
be called by the ranking majority member of the committee who is
present, provided authority to call meetings has been delegated to such
member by the chairman.
Rule 3. Presiding Officer.--(a) The chairman shall preside at all
meetings and hearings of the committee except that in his absence the
ranking majority member who is present at the meeting shall preside.
(b) Notwithstanding the rule prescribed by subsection (a) any
member of the committee may preside over the conduct of a hearing.
Rule 4. Quorums.--(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) one-
third of the membership of the committee, including not less than one
member of the majority party and one member of the minority party,
shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of business.
(b) Notwithstanding the rule prescribed by subsection (a) one
member shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting a
hearing.
Rule 5. Reporting of Measures or Recommendations.--No measure or
recommendation shall be reported from the committee unless a majority
of the committee is actually present and a majority of those present
concur.
Rule 6. Proxy Voting; Polling.--(a) Except as provided by
paragraph 7(a)(3) of Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate
(relating to limitation on use of proxy voting to report a measure or
matter), members who are unable to be present may have their vote
recorded by proxy.
(b) At the discretion of the committee, members who are unable to
be present and whose vote has not been cast by proxy may be polled for
the purpose of recording their vote on any roll call taken by the
committee.
Rule 7. Order of Motions.--When several motions are before the
committee dealing with related or overlapping matters, the chairman may
specify the order in which the motions shall be voted upon.
Rule 8. Bringing a Matter to a Vote.--If the chairman determines
that a motion or amendment has been adequately debated, he may call for
a vote on such motion or amendment, and the vote shall then be taken,
unless the committee votes to continue debate on such motion or
amendment, as the case may be. The vote on a motion to continue debate
on any motion or amendment shall be taken without debate.
Rule 9. Public Announcement of Committee Votes.--Pursuant to
paragraph 7(b) of Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate
(relating to public announcement of votes), the results of roll call
votes taken by the committee on any measure (or amendment thereto) or
matter shall be announced publicly not later than the day on which such
measure or matter is ordered reported from the committee.
Rule 10. Subpoenas.--Subpoenas for attendance of witnesses and the
production of memoranda, documents, and records shall be issued by the
chairman, or by any other member of the committee designated by him.
Rule 11. Nominations.--In considering a nomination, the committee
may conduct an investigation or review of the nominee's experience,
qualifications, and suitability, to serve in the position to which he
or she has been nominated. To aid in such investigation or review, each
nominee may be required to submit a sworn detailed statement including
biographical, financial, policy, and other information which the
committee may request. The committee may specify which items in such
statement are to be received on a confidential basis. Witnesses called
to testify on the nomination may be required to testify under oath.
Rule 12. Open Committee Hearings.--To the extent required by
paragraph 5 of Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate (relating
to limitations on open hearings), each hearing conducted by the
committee shall be open to the public.
Rule 13. Announcement of Hearings.--The committee shall undertake
consistent with the provisions of paragraph 4(a) of Rule XXVI of the
Standing Rules of the Senate (relating to public notice of committee
hearings) to issue public announcements of hearings it intends to hold
at least one week prior to the commencement of such hearings.
Rule 14. Witnesses at Hearings.--(a) Each witness who is scheduled
to testify at any hearing must submit his written testimony to the
staff director not later than noon of the business day immediately
before the last business day preceding the day on which he is scheduled
to appear. Such written testimony shall be accompanied by a brief
summary of the principal points covered in the written testimony.
Having submitted his written testimony, the witness shall be allowed
not more than 10 minutes for oral presentation of his statement.
(b) Witnesses may not read their entire written testimony, but
must confine their oral presentation to a summarization of their
arguments.
(c) Witnesses shall observe proper standards of dignity, decorum,
and propriety while presenting their views to the committee. Any
witness who violates this rule shall be dismissed, and his testimony
(both oral and written) shall not appear in the record of the hearing.
(d) In scheduling witnesses for hearings, the staff shall attempt
to schedule witnesses so as to attain a balance of views early in the
hearings. Every member of the committee may designate witnesses who
will appear before the committee to testify. To the extent that a
witness designated by a member cannot be scheduled to testify during
the time set aside for the hearing, a special time will be set aside
for the witness to testify if the member designating that witness is
available at that time to chair the hearing.
Rule 15. Audiences.--Persons admitted into the audience for open
hearings of the committee shall conduct themselves with the dignity,
decorum, courtesy, and propriety traditionally observed by the Senate.
Demonstrations of approval or disapproval of any statement or act by
any member or witness are not allowed. Persons creating confusion or
distractions or otherwise disrupting the orderly proceeding of the
hearing shall be expelled from the hearing.
Rule 16. Broadcasting of Hearings.--(a) Broadcasting of open
hearings by television or radio coverage shall be allowed upon approval
by the chairman of a request filed with the staff director not later
than noon of the day before the day on which such coverage is desired.
(b) If such approval is granted, broadcasting coverage of the
hearing shall be conducted unobtrusively and in accordance with the
standards of dignity, propriety, courtesy, and decorum traditionally
observed by the Senate.
(c) Equipment necessary for coverage by television and radio
media shall not be installed in, or removed from, the hearing room
while the committee is in session.
(d) Additional lighting may be installed in the hearing room by
the media in order to raise the ambient lighting level to the lowest
level necessary to provide adequate television coverage of the hearing
at the then current state of the art of television coverage.
(e) The additional lighting authorized by subsection (d) of this
rule shall not be directed into the eyes of any members of the
committee or of any witness, and at the request of any such member or
witness, offending lighting shall be extinguished.
Rule 17. Subcommittees.--(a) The chairman, subject to the approval
of the committee, shall appoint legislative subcommittees. All
legislation shall be kept on the full committee calendar unless a
majority of the members present and voting agree to refer specific
legislation to an appropriate subcommittee.
(b) The chairman may limit the period during which House-passed
legislation referred to a subcommittee under paragraph (a) will remain
in that subcommittee. At the end of that period, the legislation will
be restored to the full committee calendar. The period referred to in
the preceding sentences should be 6 weeks, but may be extended in the
event that adjournment or a long recess is imminent.
(c) All decisions of the chairman are subject to approval or
modification by a majority vote of the committee.
(d) The full committee may at any time by majority vote of those
members present discharge a subcommittee from further consideration of
a specific piece of legislation.
(e) The chairman and ranking minority member shall serve as
nonvoting ex officio members of the subcommittees on which they do not
serve as voting members.
(f) Any member of the committee may attend hearings held by any
subcommittee and question witnesses testifying before that
subcommittee.
(g) Subcommittee meeting times shall be coordinated by the staff
director to ensure that--
(1) no subcommittee meeting will be held when the committee
is in executive session, except by unanimous consent;
(2) no more than one subcommittee will meet when the full
committee is holding hearings; and
(3) not more than two subcommittees will meet at the same
time.
Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (3), a subcommittee may meet
when the full committee is holding hearings and two subcommittees may
meet at the same time only upon the approval of the chairman and the
ranking minority member of the committee and subcommittees involved.
(h) All nominations shall be considered by the full committee.
(i) The chairman will attempt to schedule reasonably frequent
meetings of the full committee to permit consideration of legislation
reported favorably to the committee by the subcommittees.
Rule 18. Transcripts of Committee Meetings.--An accurate record
shall be kept of all markups of the committee, whether they be open or
closed to the public. A transcript, marked as ``uncorrected,'' shall be
available for inspection by members of the Senate, or members of the
committee together with their staffs, at any time. Not later than 21
business days after the meeting occurs, the committee shall make
publicly available through the Internet--
(a) a video recording;
(b) an audio recording; or
(c) after all members of the committee have had a reasonable
opportunity to correct their remarks for grammatical errors or to
accurately reflect statements, a corrected transcript.
Notwithstanding the above, in the case of the record of an
executive session of the committee that is closed to the public
pursuant to Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the record
shall not be published or made public in any way except by majority
vote of the committee after all members of the committee have had a
reasonable opportunity to correct their remarks for grammatical errors
or to accurately reflect statements made.
Rule 19. Amendment of Rules.--The foregoing rules may be added to,
modified, amended, or suspended at any time.
TAX
SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES
In the 118th Congress, the Senate Finance Committee
continued its focus on tax proposals to help working families,
drive new investments in U.S. innovation and manufacturing,
encourage local economic development, and curb tax avoidance
strategies.
The committee marked up the United States-Taiwan Expedited
Double-Tax Relief Act (S. 3084) on September 14, 2023,
resulting in a 27-0 vote.
Throughout both sessions, the committee continued
discussions with the Treasury Department on the implementation
of the Inflation Reduction Act, the CHIPS and Science Act, and
the ongoing negotiations at the Organisation for Economic Co-
operation and Development (OECD) related to tax challenges
arising from the digitalization of the economy.
The committee held a number of hearings on support for
families, innovation and manufacturing, and tax fairness. On
support for families, the committee discussed policies related
to the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit, the cost
of child care, how to fight poverty, helping create savings
accounts for children, and expanding access to affordable
housing. Innovation and manufacturing were the focus of
hearings on the Inflation Reduction Act, local economic
development, and growing domestic manufacturing, as well as
marking up legislation to address double-tax issues with
Taiwan, an effort that would boost domestic semiconductor
manufacturing. The committee also focused on evaluating
fairness in the tax code, including a review of policies from
the 2017 tax law as well as tax avoidance strategies.
Full Committee Hearings
2023
March 7, 2023--``Tax Policy's Role in Increasing Affordable
Housing Supply for Working Families.'' Testimony was heard
from Denise Scott, president, Local Initiatives Support
Corporation (LISC), New York, NY; Steve Walker, executive
director, Washington State Housing Finance Commission,
Seattle, WA; Sharon Wilson Geno, president, National
Multifamily Housing Council, Washington, DC; Mark A.
Calabria, Ph.D., senior advisor, Cato Institute,
Washington, DC; and Garrett Watson, senior policy analyst
and modeling manager, Tax Foundation, Washington, DC.
March 16, 2023--``The President's Fiscal Year 2024 Budget With
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen.'' Testimony was heard
from Hon. Janet L. Yellen, Secretary, Department of the
Treasury, Washington, DC.
April 19, 2023--``The President's Fiscal Year 2024 IRS Budget
and the IRS's 2023 Filing Season.'' Testimony was heard
from Hon. Daniel I. Werfel, Commissioner, Internal Revenue
Service, Washington, DC.
May 11, 2023--``Cross-border Rx: Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
and U.S. International Tax Policy.'' Testimony was heard
from Brad W. Setser, Whitney Shepherdson senior fellow,
Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, DC; Daniel Bunn,
president and CEO, Tax Foundation, Washington, DC; Diane M.
Ring, professor of law, Boston College Law School, Boston,
MA; and William Morris, deputy global tax policy leader,
PwC, Washington, DC.
May 16, 2023--``House Republican Supplemental IRS Funding Cuts:
Analyzing the Impact on Federal Law Enforcement and the
Federal Deficit.'' Testimony was heard from Natasha Sarin,
Ph.D., associate professor, Yale Law School, Yale School of
Management, and former Treasury Counselor for Tax Policy
and Implementation, New Haven, CT; John Fort, director of
investigations, Kostelanetz LLP; and former Chief, Criminal
Investigation, IRS, Washington, DC; Pete Sepp, president,
National Taxpayers Union, Washington, DC; and Chris
Edwards, Kilts Family Chair in Fiscal Studies, Cato
Institute, Washington, DC.
May 18, 2023--``Tax Incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act:
Jobs and Investment in Energy Communities.'' Testimony was
heard from Katie Harris, Ph.D., legislative director,
BlueGreen Alliance, Washington, DC; Hon. Daniel Simmons,
principal, Simmons Energy and Environmental Strategies,
Falls Church, VA; Philip Rossetti, resident senior fellow,
energy and environment, R Street Institute, Washington, DC;
and Patty Horvatich, senior vice president, business
investment, Pittsburgh Regional Alliance, Pittsburgh, PA.
June 14, 2023--``Anti-Poverty and Family Support Provisions in
the Tax Code.'' Testimony was heard from Amy K. Matsui,
director of income security and senior counsel, National
Women's Law Center, Washington, DC; Melissa Lester,
resident, Galloway, OH; Bruce D. Meyer, Ph.D., McCormick
Foundation professor, Harris School of Public Policy,
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, and nonresident fellow,
American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC; and Grant
Collins, senior vice president for workforce development,
and president, Fedcap Inc., New York, NY.
November 9, 2023--``Examining How the Tax Code Affects High-
Income Individuals and Tax Planning Strategies.'' Testimony
was heard from Chye-Ching Huang, executive director, Tax
Law Center, New York University School of Law, New York,
NY; Morris Pearl, chair, Patriotic Millionaires, New York,
NY; William McBride, Ph.D., vice president of Federal tax
policy and Stephen J. Entin fellow in economics, Tax
Foundation, Washington, DC; and Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Ph.D.,
president, American Action Forum, Washington, DC.
2024
March 12, 2024--``American Made: Growing U.S. Manufacturing
Through the Tax Code.'' Testimony was heard from Mark R.
Widmar, chief executive officer, First Solar, Inc., Tempe,
AZ; Anna Fendley, director of regulatory and State policy,
United Steelworkers, Pittsburgh, PA; Shannon Janis, vice
president of global tax, onsemi, Scottsdale, AZ; Courtney
Silver, president and owner, Ketchie, Inc., Concord, NC;
and Peter R. Huntsman, chairman, president, and chief
executive officer, Huntsman Corporation, The Woodlands, TX.
March 21, 2024--``The President's Fiscal Year 2025 Budget.''
Testimony was heard from Hon. Janet L. Yellen, Secretary,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC.
April 16, 2024--``The President's Fiscal Year 2025 IRS Budget
and the IRS 2024 Filing Season.'' Testimony was heard from
Hon. Daniel I. Werfel, Commissioner, Internal Revenue
Service, Washington, DC.
May 21, 2024--``Child Savings Accounts and Other Tax-
Advantaged Accounts Benefiting American Children.''
Testimony was heard from William Elliott, Ph.D., professor
of social work, and director, Joint Doctoral Program in
Social Work and Social Science, University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, MI; Colleen Quint, president and CEO, Alfond
Scholarship Foundation, Portland, ME; Veronique de Rugy,
Ph.D., George Gibbs chair in political economy, and senior
research fellow at the Mercatus Center, George Mason
University, Fairfax, VA; and Adam N. Michel, Ph.D.,
director of tax policy studies, Cato Institute, Washington,
DC.
July 30, 2024--``Tax Tools for Local Economic Development.''
Testimony was heard from LaShea Lofton, Deputy City
Manager, Dayton, OH; Julia Nelmark, president and CEO,
Midwest Minnesota Community Development Corporation,
Detroit Lakes, MN; Michael J. Novogradac, managing partner,
Novogradac and Company LLP, San Francisco, CA; and Shay
Hawkins, president, Opportunity Funds Association,
Washington, DC.
September 12, 2024--``The 2025 Tax Policy Debate and Tax
Avoidance Strategies.'' Testimony was heard from Indivar
Dutta-Gupta, Doris Duke distinguished visiting fellow,
McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University, and
tax fellow, Roosevelt Institute, Washington, DC; Bob Lord,
senior advisor, tax policy, Patriotic Millionaires,
Washington, DC; Jeff Brabant, vice president, Federal
Government relations, National Federation of Independent
Business, Washington, DC; and Daniel Bunn, president and
CEO, Tax Foundation, Washington, DC.
Full Committee Open Executive Sessions
2023
September 14, 2023--Open Executive Session to consider an
original bill entitled the United States-Taiwan Expedited
Double-Tax Relief Act.
Full Committee Member Meetings
April 20, 2023--IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel on the IRS
Strategic Operating Plan.
June 7, 2023--``Roundtable on Tackling Tax Complexity: The
Small Business Perspective.'' Testimony was heard from
Alicia Chapman, owner and CEO of Willamette Technical
Fabricators, Portland, OR; Avonette Blanding, owner of
Blanding Financial Solutions LLC, Baltimore, MD; Stephanie
Camarillo, owner of Molly Maid of Boise and the Treasure
Valley, Boise, ID; Michael Norris, president and CEO of
Warrant Technologies, Bloomington, IN; and Roger Harris,
president of Padgett Advisors, Athens, GA.
October 31, 2023--IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel on IRS audit
rates and racial disparities in audit selection.
January 10, 2024--IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel on the
Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC).
Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight
2023
July 13, 2023--``Assessing 25 Years of the Child Tax Credit
(1997-2022).'' Testimony was heard from Indivar Dutta-
Gupta, president and executive director, Center for Law and
Social Policy, Washington, DC; Katherine Michelmore, Ph.D.,
associate professor, Gerald R. Ford School of Public
Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Kevin
Corinth, Ph.D., senior fellow and deputy director, Center
on Opportunity and Social Mobility, American Enterprise
Institute, Washington, DC; and Angela Rachidi, Ph.D.,
senior fellow and Rowe Scholar in Poverty Studies, American
Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC.
Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth
2024
September 25, 2024--``Providing Small Business Relief from
Remote Sales Tax Collection.'' Testimony was heard from Joe
Bishop-Henchman, executive vice president, National
Taxpayers Union Foundation, Washington, DC; Craig Johnson,
executive director, Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board,
Westby, WI; and Diane L. Yetter, president and founder,
Sales Tax Institute, Chicago, IL.
TRADE
SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES
In the 118th Congress, the Senate Finance Committee worked
to expand trade and investment-related opportunities for
American workers, farmers, ranchers, and businesses. This work
included thorough oversight and communication of committee
priorities with respect to the administration's trade policy--
including the various trade initiatives led by the Office of
the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the
Department of Commerce.
The administration continued negotiating various trade-
related initiatives, including the Indo-Pacific Economic
Framework (IPEF), the Americas Partnership for Economic
Prosperity (APEP), the U.S./UK Dialogues on the Future of
Atlantic Trade, the U.S.-
Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade (U.S.-Taiwan
Initiative), and the U.S.-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment
Partnership (STIP). In addition to these initiatives, the
administration engaged with various U.S. trading partners on a
range of issues through Trade and Investment Framework
Agreements (TIFAs) and Trade and Investment Councils (TICs), as
well as through international forums such as the World Trade
Organization (WTO) and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APEC).
With respect to all of this work, the committee has
consistently insisted on close congressional consultation and
greater transparency and stakeholder engagement.
Throughout the 118th Congress, the committee also conducted
oversight over the administration's implementation and
enforcement of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
(USMCA), emphasizing the importance of full enforcement of all
commitments in the Agreement.
With respect to legislation, the committee drafted the
United States-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade First
Agreement Implementation Act, a bipartisan, bicameral bill to
approve the first trade agreement signed under the U.S.-Taiwan
Initiative and establish robust transparency and consultation
requirements for any future agreements negotiated under the
initiative. The legislation passed the Senate and the House of
Representatives by unanimous consent. In addition, committee
leadership facilitated Senate passage of the Moving Americans
Privacy Protection Act, which requires U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) to remove personally identifiable information,
such as Social Security and passport numbers, from cargo
manifests before public disclosure. The bill was also passed by
the House of Representatives and signed into law by the
President.
The committee also held hearings and member meetings to
examine the successes and challenges of U.S. trade policies and
to assess opportunities to improve and increase trade. The
hearings included ``Ending Trade that Cheats American
Workers,'' the President's 2023 and 2024 Trade Policy Agendas,
and ``Revitalizing and Renewing GSP, AGOA, and Other Trade
Preference Programs.'' The committee held a meeting of the
Senate Advisory Group on Negotiations (SAGON) with Secretary of
Commerce Gina Raimondo to discuss IPEF.
Full Committee Hearings
2023
February 16, 2023--``Ending Trade that Cheats American Workers
By Modernizing Trade Laws and Enforcement, Fighting Forced
Labor, Eliminating Counterfeits, and Leveling the Playing
Field.'' Testimony was heard from Cindy Allen, vice
president, regulatory affairs and compliance, FedEx
Logistics, Memphis, TN; Andy Meserve, president of Local
9423, United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber,
Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial, and Service
Workers International Union (USW), Owensboro, TN; Scott
Nova, executive director, Worker Rights Consortium,
Washington, DC; John Pickel, senior director, internal
supply chain policy, National Foreign Trade Council,
Washington, DC; and Brenda B. Smith, global director,
government outreach, Expeditors International of
Washington, Inc., Glen Burnie, MD.
March 23, 2023--``The President's 2023 Trade Policy Agenda.''
Testimony was heard from Hon. Katherine C. Tai, United
States Trade Representative, Executive Office of the
President, Washington, DC.
2024
April 17, 2024--``The President's 2024 Trade Policy Agenda.''
Testimony was heard from Hon. Katherine C. Tai, United
States Trade Representative, Executive Office of the
President, Washington, DC.
June 5, 2024--``Revitalizing and Renewing GSP, AGOA, and Other
Trade Preference Programs.'' Testimony was heard from
Florizelle Liser, president and CEO, Corporate Council on
Africa, Washington, DC; Melissa Nelson, general counsel and
corporate secretary, SanMar Corporation, Issaquah, WA;
Scott Lincicome, vice president, General Economics and
Stiefel Trade Policy Center, Cato Institute, Washington,
DC; and Allison Gill, legal director, Global Labor Justice,
Cambridge, MA.
Full Committee Member Meetings
May 2, 2023--Senate Advisory Group on Negotiations (SAGON)
meeting with Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo on the
Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF).
Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs,
and Global Competitiveness
2023
May 16, 2023--``Economic Cooperation for a Stronger and More
Resilient Western Hemisphere.'' Testimony was heard from
Jonathan Fantini Porter, CEO and executive director,
Partnership for Central America, Washington, DC; Eric
Farnsworth, vice president, Council of the Americas,
Washington, DC; Margaret Myers, director, Asia and Latin
America Program, Inter-American Dialogue, and fellow,
Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, DC; Cathy Feingold,
director of the International Department, AFL-CIO,
Washington, DC; and Neil Herrington, senior vice president,
Americas Program, United States Chamber of Commerce,
Washington, DC.
2024
May 21, 2024--``Examining Trade Enforcement and Entry of
Merchandise at U.S. Ports.'' Testimony was heard from John
Pickel, senior director, international supply chain policy,
National Foreign Trade Council, Washington, DC; James H.
Paylor, Jr., assistant general organizer, International
Longshoreman's Association, Pocono Pines, PA; and John
Drake, vice president, transportation, infrastructure, and
supply chain policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington,
DC.
HEALTH
SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES
In the 118th Congress, the Senate Committee on Finance
focused on improving mental health care for individuals covered
under Medicare and Medicaid and increasing oversight of
pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).
In March 2023, the committee held a hearing on PBMs and the
prescription drug supply chain, entitled ``Pharmacy Benefit
Managers and the Prescription Drug Supply Chain: Impact on
Patients and Taxpayers,'' focusing on key challenges and
potential policy solutions. Building off of these discussions,
in July 2023, the committee held a markup to consider the
Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act. This
bipartisan legislation updates Federal prescription drug
programs to address PBM practices that have grown increasingly
complex and opaque in recent years, often at the expense of
beneficiaries and taxpayers. MEPA's major provisions set out
new requirements for annual PBM drug price reporting to Part D
plans and the Department of Health and Human Services to delink
PBM compensation from medication prices and promote
transparency for pharmacies under Medicare Part D, prevent the
use of spread pricing in Medicaid, strengthen pharmacy access
for seniors, and ensure accurate payments to pharmacies under
Medicaid.
In May of 2023, the committee held a hearing on barriers to
mental health care under Federal health programs, entitled
``Barriers to Mental Health Care: Improving Provider Directory
Accuracy to Reduce the Prevalence of Ghost Networks,'' focusing
on enhancing provider directory reliability and reducing the
prevalence of ghost networks.
The committee later held a November markup of bipartisan
health proposals in the ``Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost
Drugs, and Extenders Act.'' The legislation aims to expand the
mental health care workforce and services under Medicare and
Medicaid; improve access to mental health services under the
Medicare program; incentivize behavioral health integration
with primary care; develop guidance on furnishing behavioral
health services via telehealth to individuals with limited
English proficiency under the Medicare program; require
enhanced and accurate lists of health providers under Medicare
Advantage (MA) plans; provide guidance to States on supporting
mental health care services for youth; reduce prescription drug
costs for Medicare Part D beneficiaries; ensure accurate
payments to pharmacies under Medicaid; protect seniors from
excessive cost sharing for certain medications; and extend
funding for certain programs and provisions under Medicare.
The committee also worked on a bipartisan basis to address
the ongoing increase in drug shortages. Key efforts included a
June 2023 Request for Information (RFI) to subject matter
experts and stakeholders on the complex factors fueling
medication shortages, along with a December 2023 hearing
entitled ``Drug Shortages: Examining Supply Challenges,
Impacts, and Policy Solutions from a Federal Health Program
Perspective.''
In April 2024, the committee held a hearing to discuss
approaches to updating the Medicare physician payment system
and prioritizing the treatment and management of chronic care
conditions among Medicare beneficiaries. Subsequently, the
committee chairman and ranking member released a May 2024 white
paper, ``Bolstering Chronic Care Through Physician Payment:
Current Challenges and Policy Options in Medicare Part B,''
outlining policy concepts for reforming the way physicians are
paid by Medicare, as well as for meeting the needs of those
living with chronic illnesses.
Full Committee Hearings
2023
March 22, 2023--``The President's Fiscal Year 2024 Health and
Human Services Budget.'' Testimony was heard from Hon.
Xavier Becerra, Secretary, Department of Health and Human
Services, Washington, DC.
March 30, 2023--``Pharmacy Benefit Managers and the
Prescription Drug Supply Chain: Impact on Patients and
Taxpayers.'' Testimony was heard from Robin Feldman, Arthur
J. Goldberg distinguished professor of law, Albert Abramson
'54 distinguished professor of law chair, and director of
the Center for Innovation, University of California Law,
San Francisco, CA; Karen Van Nuys, Ph.D., senior fellow,
Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and
Economics, and executive director, Value of Life Sciences
Innovation Program, University of Southern California, Los
Angeles, CA; Lawton Robert Burns, Ph.D., MBA, James Joo-Jin
Kim professor, professor of health care management, Wharton
School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA;
Jonathan Levitt, co-founding partner, Frier Levitt
Attorneys at Law, Pine Brook, NJ; and Matthew Gibbs,
Pharm.D., president, Capital Rx Inc., New York, NY.
May 3, 2023--``Barriers to Mental Health Care: Improving
Provider Directory Accuracy to Reduce the Prevalence of
Ghost Networks.'' Testimony was heard from Keris Jan
Myrick, vice president of partnerships, Inseparable,
Washington, DC; Jack Resneck, Jr., M.D., president,
American Medical Association, Chicago, IL; Robert L.
Trestman, Ph.D., M.D., chair and professor, Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Carilion Clinic,
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, on behalf of the
American Psychiatric Association, Washington, DC; Mary
Giliberti, J.D., chief of public policy, Mental Health
America, Alexandria, VA; and Jeff Rideout, M.D., MA, FACP,
president and CEO, Integrated Healthcare Association,
Oakland, CA.
June 8, 2023--``Consolidation and Corporate Ownership in Health
Care: Trends and Impacts on Access, Quality, and Costs.''
Testimony was heard from Zack Cooper, Ph.D., associate
professor of public health, and associate professor of
economics, Yale University, New Haven, CT; R. Shawn Martin,
executive vice president and chief executive officer,
American Academy of Family Physicians, Leawood, KS; Karen
Joynt Maddox, M.D., MPH, associate professor, School of
Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, MO; Chris
Thomas, FACHE, president and CEO, Community Hospital, Grand
Junction, CO; and Caroline Pearson, executive director,
Peterson Center on Healthcare, New York, NY.
October 18, 2023--``Medicare Advantage Annual Enrollment:
Cracking Down on Deceptive Practices and Improving Senior
Experiences.'' Testimony was heard from Christina Reeg,
Ohio Senior Health Insurance Information Program Director,
Ohio Department of Insurance, Columbus, OH; Cobi
Blumenfeld-Gantz, CEO and co-founder, Chapter, New York,
NY; and Krista Hoglund, A.S.A., MAAA, chief executive
officer, Security Health Plan, Marshfield, WI.
December 5, 2023--``Drug Shortages: Examining Supply
Challenges, Impacts, and Policy Solutions from a Federal
Health Program Perspective.'' Testimony was heard from
Immaculada Hernandez, Pharm.D., Ph.D., professor, Division
of Clinical Pharmacy, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and
Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San
Diego, La Jolla, CA; Marta E. Wosinska, Ph.D., senior
fellow, Schaeffer Initiative on Health Policy, The
Brookings Institution, Washington, DC; Allan Coukell,
senior vice president, public policy, Civica Rx, Lehi, UT;
and Jason R. Westin, M.D., MS, FACP, director, Lymphoma
Clinical Research Program, and section chief, Aggressive
Lymphoma, Department of Lymphoma and Myeloma, MD Anderson
Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
2024
February 8, 2024--``Artificial Intelligence and Health Care:
Promise and Pitfalls.'' Testimony was heard from Peter
Shen, head of digital and automation for North America,
Siemens Healthineers, Washington, DC; Mark Sendak, M.D.,
MPP, co-lead, Health AI Partnership, Durham, NC; Michelle
M. Mello, J.D., Ph.D., professor of health policy and law,
Stanford University, Stanford, CA; Ziad Obermeyer, M.D.,
associate professor and Blue Cross of California
distinguished professor, University of California,
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; and Katherine Baicker, Ph.D.,
provost, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
March 14, 2024--``The President's Fiscal Year 2025 Health and
Human Services Budget.'' Testimony was heard from Hon.
Xavier Becerra, Secretary, Department of Health and Human
Services, Washington, DC.
April 11, 2024--``Bolstering Chronic Care Through Medicare
Physician Payment.'' Testimony was heard from Amol Navathe,
M.D., Ph.D., professor of health policy, medicine, and
healthcare management, Perelman School of Medicine and The
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
PA; Steven P. Furr, M.D., FAAFP, president, American
Academy of Family Physicians, Jackson, AL; Patricia L.
Turner, M.D., MBA, FACS, executive director and chief
executive officer, American College of Surgeons, Chicago,
IL; and Melanie Matthews, chief executive officer,
Physicians of Southwest Washington (PSW), and president,
MultiCare Connected Care, Olympia, WA.
May 1, 2024--``Hacking America's Health Care: Assessing the
Change Healthcare Cyber Attack and What's Next.'' Testimony
was heard from Andrew Witty, chief executive officer,
UnitedHealth Group, Minnetonka, MN.
May 16, 2024--``Rural Health Care: Supporting Lives and
Improving Communities.'' Testimony was heard from Michael
Topchik, executive director, Chartis Center for Rural
Health, Chicago, IL; Jeremy P. Davis, MHA, president and
CEO, Grande Ronde Hospital, La Grande, OR; Lori Rodefeld,
MS, director of GME development, Wisconsin Collaborative
for Rural Graduate Medical Education (WCRGME), Rural
Wisconsin Health Cooperative, Sauk City, WI; and Keith J.
Mueller, Ph.D., Gerhard Hartman professor of health
management and policy and director, Rural Policy Research
Institute (RUPRI), chair, RUPRI Health Panel, and director,
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis College of
Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
May 23, 2024--``Front Lines of the Fentanyl Crisis: Supporting
Communities and Combating Addiction Through Prevention and
Treatment.'' Testimony was heard from Tony Vezina,
executive director, 4th Dimension Recovery Center (4D),
Portland, OR; Abigail J. Herron, D.O., vice president and
chief behavioral health officer, The Institute for Family
Health, New York, NY; Caleb J. Banta-Green, Ph.D., MPH,
MSW, research professor, University of Washington School of
Medicine, Seattle, WA; and Jeanmarie Perrone, M.D.,
director, Center for Addiction Medicine and Policy,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
September 17, 2024--``Lower Health Care Costs for Americans:
Understanding the Benefits of the Inflation Reduction
Act.'' Testimony was heard from Judith Aiken, retired
registered nurse, Portland, ME; Kirsten Axelsen,
nonresident fellow, American Enterprise Institute, and
senior policy advisor, DLA Piper, Washington, DC; Rena
Conti, Ph.D., dean's research scholar and associate
professor, Department of Markets, Public Policy, and Law,
Questrom School of Business, Boston University, Boston, MA;
Theo Merkel, director, private health reform initiative and
senior research fellow, Paragon Health Institute,
Washington, DC, and senior fellow, Manhattan Institute, New
York, NY; and Jeanne Lambrew, Ph.D., director of health
care reform and senior fellow, The Century Foundation, New
York, NY.
September 24, 2024--``Chaos and Control: How Trump Criminalized
Women's Health Care.'' Testimony was heard from Kaitlyn
Joshua, Baton, Rouge, LA; Amelia Huntsberger, M.D.,
obstetrician and gynecologist, Eugene, OR; Christina
Francis, M.D., obstetrician and gynecologist, and chief
executive officer, American Association of Pro-Life
Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Fort Wayne, IN; Heather G.
Hacker, J.D., partner, Hacker Stephens LLP, Austin, TX; and
Michele Bratcher Goodwin, J.D., Linda D. and Timothy J.
O'Neill professor of constitutional law and global health
policy, and co-faculty director, O'Neill Institute for
National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law
Center, Washington, DC.
Full Committee Open Executive Sessions
2023
July 26, 2023--Open Executive Session to consider the
Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act.
November 8, 2023--Open Executive Session to consider an
original bill entitled the Better Mental Health Care,
Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act.
Subcommittee on Health Care
2023
March 29, 2023--``An Oral Health Crisis: Identifying and
Addressing Health Disparities.'' Testimony was heard from
Warren Brill, DMD, owner, Eastpoint Dentistry, and
congressional liaison, American Academy of Pediatric
Dentistry, Baltimore, MD; Jonathan P. Forte, MHA, FACHE,
president and CEO, RiverStone Health, Billings, MT; Cherae
Farmer-Dixon, D.D.S., MSPH, MBA, FACD, FICD, dean and
professor, School of Dentistry, Meharry Medical College,
Nashville, TN; and Marko Vujicic, Ph.D., chief economist
and vice president, Health Policy Institute, American
Dental Association, Chicago, IL.
May 17, 2023--``Improving Health Care Access in Rural
Communities: Obstacles and Opportunities.'' Testimony was
heard from Erin Aune, MBA, CRHCP, vice president of
strategic programs, Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital,
Glasgow, MT; Sara K. Rich, president and CEO, Choptank
Community Health System, Denton, MD; David C. Herman, M.D.,
CEO, Essentia Health, Duluth, MN; and Mark Holmes, Ph.D.,
director, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services
Research, director, North Carolina Rural Health Research
Center, and professor, Health Policy and Management,
Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
July 20, 2023--``The Cost of Inaction and the Urgent Need to
Reform the U.S. Transplant System.'' Testimony was heard
from LaQuayia Goldring, kidney transplant recipient and
kidney transplant candidate, Louisville, KY; Molly J.
McCarthy, vice chair and Region 6 Patient Affairs Committee
representative, Organ Procurement and Transplantation
Network (OPTN), and 3-time kidney transplant recipient,
Redmond, WA; Matthew D. Wadsworth, president and CEO, Life
Connection of Ohio, Kettering, OH; Raymond J. Lynch, M.D.,
M.S., FACS, professor of surgery and public health
director, transplantation quality and outcomes, The
Pennsylvania State College of Medicine at Hershey, Hershey,
PA; and Donna R. Cryer, J.D., founder and CEO, Global Liver
Institute, Washington, DC.
September 19, 2023--``Aging in Place: The Vital Role of Home
Health in Access to Care.'' Testimony was heard from Carrie
Edwards, R.N., BSN, MHA, LSSGB, director, Home Care
Services, Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings, NE; Judith A.
Stein, J.D., executive director/attorney, Center for
Medicare Advocacy, Willimantic, CT; Tracy M. Mroz, Ph.D.,
OTR/L, FAOTA, associate professor, Department of
Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle,
WA; William A. Dombi, J.D., president, National Association
of Home Care and Hospice, Washington, DC; and David C.
Grabowski, Ph.D., professor, Department of Health Care
Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
November 14, 2023--``Ensuring Medicare Beneficiary Access: A
Path to Telehealth Permanency.'' Testimony was heard from
Nicki Perisho, BSN, R.N., principal investigator and
program director, Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource
Center, Whitefish, MT; Eric Wallace, M.D., FASN, professor
of medicine, UAB eMedicine, medical director, co-director
of home dialysis, and director of Rare Genetic Kidney
Disease Clinic, Division of Nephrology, Department of
Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL; Chad
Ellimoottil, M.D., MS, associate professor and medical
director of virtual care, University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, MI; and Ateev Mehrotra, M.D., MPH, professor of
health care policy, Department of Health Care Policy,
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
2024
April 9, 2024--``Roundtable on Closing Gaps in the Care
Continuum: Opportunities to Improve Substance Use Disorder
Care in the Federal Health Programs.'' Testimony was heard
from Brendan Saloner, Ph.D., Bloomberg professor of
American health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Malcolm
Horn, Ph.D., LCSW, MAC, SAP, chief behavioral health
officer, Rimrock Foundation, Billings, MT; Sarah Bagley,
M.D., M.Sc., associate professor of medicine and
pediatrics, and associate program director, Grayken Fellow
in Addiction Medicine, Boston Medical Center and Boston
University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine,
Boston, MA; and Paul J. Christine, M.D., Ph.D., assistant
professor of medicine, University of Colorado School of
Medicine and Denver Health, Aurora, CO.
SOCIAL SECURITY
SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES
In the 118th Congress, the Senate Committee on Finance
activities with respect to the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
(OASI), the Disability Insurance (DI), and the Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) programs focused on oversight of the
Social Security Administration's operations, improper payments,
and examining the challenges DI and SSI beneficiaries face when
working or attempting to work. The committee held a hearing
about the President's Fiscal Year 2025 budget request for the
Social Security Administration and a hearing to find new
opportunities to simplify and modernize the agency's disability
programs to support beneficiaries' efforts to return to work.
The Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy Subcommittee
also held a field hearing to examine the impact of the Windfall
Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset provisions
on workers in Ohio.
Full Committee Hearings
2024
March 20, 2024--``The President's Fiscal Year 2025 Social
Security Administration Budget.'' Testimony was heard from
Hon. Martin O'Malley, Commissioner, Social Security
Administration, Baltimore, MD.
June 18, 2024--``Work and Social Security Disability Benefits:
Addressing Challenges and Creating Opportunities.''
Testimony was heard from William R. Morton, Analyst in
Income Security, Congressional Research Service,
Washington, DC; Susan B. Wilschke, Associate Commissioner,
Office of Research, Demonstration, and Employment Support,
Social Security Administration, Baltimore, MD; Erin M.
Godtland, Assistant Director, Education, Workforce, and
Income Security, Government Accountability Office,
Washington, DC; and Katherine Zuleger, Manager, Wausau, WI
Social Security Administration (SSA) field office,
president, Chicago Social Security Management Association,
and executive committee member, National Council of Social
Security Management Associations (NCSSMA), Wausau, WI.
Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions,
and Family Policy
2024
June 7, 2024--``Keeping the Promise of Social Security for
Ohio's First Responders and Public Servants.'' Testimony
was heard from Brian Steel, president, Fraternal Order of
Police, Capital City Lodge #9, Columbus, OH; George
Sakellakis, director of organization, Ohio Patrolmen's
Benevolent Association, Medina, OH; Jamie Patton, Sheriff,
Union County, and director-at-large, Buckeye State
Sheriffs' Association, Columbus, OH; Carl Jordan, pension
and disability representative, Ohio Association of
Professional Firefighters, Massilon, OH; Barb Ward, special
needs bus driver, and member, Ohio Association of Public
School Employees (OAPSE/AFSCME Local 4), Fairland Local
Schools, Proctorville, OH; Diane Gibson, retired teacher,
Ohio Federation of Teachers, Cincinnati, OH; and Cheryl
Williams, school secretary, Bailey Elementary School,
Dublin, OH.
HUMAN SERVICES
Full Committee Hearings
2023
October 25, 2023--``Exploring Paid Leave: Policy, Practice, and
Impact on the Workforce.'' Testimony was heard from Jocelyn
Frye, president, National Partnership for Women and
Families, Washington, DC; Ben Verhoeven, president, Peoria
Gardens, Inc., Albany, OR; Elizabeth Milito, executive
director, Small Business Legal Center, National Federation
of Independent Business, Washington, DC; and Rachel U.
Greszler, senior research fellow, Grover M. Hermann Center
for the Federal Budget, The Heritage Foundation,
Washington, DC.
2024
May 22, 2024--``The Family First Prevention Services Act:
Successes, Roadblocks, and Opportunities for Improvement.''
Testimony was heard from Hon. Rebecca Jones Gaston,
Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth, and
Families, Administration for Children and Families,
Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC;
David Reed, MSW, LCSW, CSAYC, Deputy Director, Child
Welfare Services, Indiana Department of Child Services,
Indianapolis, IN; JooYeun Chang, program director for child
well-being, Doris Duke Foundation, New York, NY; and Laurie
Tapozada, kinship caregiver, peer mentor, and kinship
navigator professional, Cranston, RI.
July 9, 2024--``Examining the State of Child Care: How Federal
Policy Solutions Can Support Families, Close Existing Gaps,
and Strengthen Economic Growth.'' Testimony was heard from
Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO, National Women's Law
Center, Washington, DC; Megan Pratt, Ph.D., assistant
professor of practice, College of Health, Oregon State
University, Corvallis, OR; Katharine B. Stevens, Ph.D.,
founder and president, Center on Child and Family Policy,
Washington, DC; and Ryan Page, Director of Child Care, Iowa
Department of Health and Human Services, Des Moines, IA.
OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS
SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES
In the 118th Congress, Senate Finance Committee chairman
Wyden conducted a number of oversight investigations into areas
within the committee's jurisdiction. On tax matters, Chairman
Wyden conducted a series of inquiries examining the methods by
which the ultra-wealthy shielded their income from taxation in
the United States. These efforts included the release of a
report summarizing a two-year investigation into Swiss bank
Credit Suisse, which found the bank to be complicit in ongoing
tax evasion by Americans. These efforts also included the
release of a report exposing private placement life insurance
policies as a tax shelter for the ultra-wealthy.
The chairman conducted a series of inquiries examining how
major multinational companies, particularly pharmaceutical
companies, benefited from tax cuts in the 2017 Republican tax
bill. Chairman Wyden's investigative staff periodically
released findings from those efforts.
The chairman also led and conducted a series of efforts,
with the assistance of Senator Grassley and the committee, to
examine the safety and efficacy of the United States' organ
transplant system. These efforts resulted in the passage of the
Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
Act, which will improve the organ donation system by breaking
up the contract for the Organ Procurement and Transplantation
Network (OPTN) and encouraging participation from competent and
transparent contractors.
The chairman investigated links between automobile
manufacturer supply chains and forced labor in Xinjiang, China.
The investigation resulted in the release of a report which
found that certain automakers shipped to the United States cars
and parts made by a Chinese company banned for forced labor,
and that auto companies are failing to police their supply
chains for Chinese components made with forced labor.
The chairman investigated allegations of abuse and neglect
in youth residential treatment facilities operated by four
major companies. The chairman's investigative staff released a
report and the committee held a hearing on the results of the
investigation, which found that children in these facilities
are regularly subjected to physical, sexual, and verbal abuse;
inappropriate restraints and seclusions; unsafe and unsanitary
conditions; and lack of necessary behavioral health care.
The chairman also investigated eight hospitals in States
with abortion bans for more information following news reports
that the hospitals delayed and denied women emergency
reproductive health care in potential violation of the
Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA).
Chairman Wyden's investigative staff released a committee
report on the findings of the investigation, which concluded
that, faced with the challenges presented by State abortion
bans, most of the hospitals surveyed have not provided
physicians with clear and comprehensive guidance on protocols
for providing the emergency reproductive health care that is
guaranteed under EMTALA.
Full Committee Hearings
2023
June 22, 2023--``Cattle Supply Chains and Deforestation of the
Amazon.'' Testimony was heard from Jason Weller, global
chief sustainability officer, JBS, Greeley, CO; Rick
Jacobsen, manager, commodities policy, Environmental
Investigation Agency U.S., Washington, DC; Ryan C. Berg,
Ph.D., director, Americas Program, Center for Strategic and
International Studies, Washington, DC; and Leo McDonnell,
owner-operator, McDonnell Angus, Columbus, MT, on behalf of
the United States Cattlemen's Association, Washington, DC.
2024
June 12, 2024--``Youth Residential Treatment Facilities:
Examining Failures and Evaluating Solutions.'' Testimony
was heard from Reagan Stanford, J.D., abuse and neglect
managing attorney, Disability Rights Arkansas, Little Rock,
AR; Elizabeth Manley, faculty and senior advisor for health
and behavioral health policy, Innovations Institute,
University of Connecticut School of Social Work, Hartford,
CT; and Kathryn A. Larin, Director, Education, Workforce,
and Income Security, Government Accountability Office,
Washington, DC. Invited to testify: Marc Miller, president
and chief executive officer, Universal Health Services,
King of Prussia, PA.
Full Committee Member Meetings
July 11, 2023--Joint member meeting with the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on ``Improving the
U.S. Organ Transplant System,'' with Jonathan Blum,
Principal Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer,
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Carole Johnson,
Administrator, Health Resources and Services
Administration; Jean Moody Williams, Deputy Director,
Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services; Suma Nair, Associate
Administrator, Health Systems Bureau, Health Resources and
Services Administration.
Nominations
Halie L. Craig, of Pennsylvania, to be a member of the United
States International Trade Commission for the remainder
of the term expiring June 16, 2026, vice Randolph J.
Stayin, resigned.
November 21, 2024: Received in the Senate and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
December 18, 2024: Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
January 3, 2025: Returned to the President under the
provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the
Standing Rules of the Senate.
James Bernard Coughlan, of Illinois, to be a member of the
United States International Trade Commission for a term
expiring December 16, 2030, vice Rhonda K. Schmidtlein,
term expired.
November 21, 2024: Received in the Senate and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
December 18, 2024: Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
January 3, 2025: Returned to the President under the
provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the
Standing Rules of the Senate.
David Samuel Johnson, of Virginia, to be Inspector General for
Tax Administration, Department of the Treasury, vice J.
Russell George, deceased.
July 23, 2024: Received in the Senate and referred
sequentially to the Committee on Finance; when
reported by the Committee on Finance, pursuant to
an order of January 7, 2009, to be sequentially
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs for 20 calendar days.
November 14, 2024: Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
December 5, 2024: Committee on Finance. Ordered to be
reported favorably.
December 5, 2024: Reported by Senator Wyden, Committee on
Finance, without printed report.
December 5, 2024: Referred sequentially to the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs for 20
calendar days under authority of the order of the
Senate of January 7, 2009.
January 3, 2025: Returned to the President under the
provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the
Standing Rules of the Senate.
Deva A. Kyle, of Virginia, to be Director of the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation for a term of 5 years,
vice Gordon Hartogensis, term expired.
July 11, 2024: Received in the Senate and referred jointly to
the Committees on Finance and Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions pursuant to section 411(c) of
Pub. L. 109-280.
November 14, 2024: Received message of withdrawal of
nomination from the President.
William Patrick J. Kimmitt, of Virginia, to be a member of the
United States International Trade Commission for a term
expiring June 16, 2029, vice F. Scott Kieff, term
expired.
July 11, 2024: Received in the Senate and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
January 3, 2025: Returned to the President under the
provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the
Standing Rules of the Senate.
Benjamin A. Guider III, of Louisiana, to be a judge of the
United States Tax Court for a term of 15 years, vice
Richard T. Morrison, term expired.
May 9, 2024: Received in the Senate and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
July 10, 2024: Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
July 25, 2024: Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported
favorably.
July 25, 2024: Reported by Senator Wyden, Committee on
Finance, without printed report.
July 25, 2024: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar
No. 715. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond
to requests to appear and testify before any duly
constituted committee of the Senate.
September 25, 2024: Considered by Senate.
September 25, 2024: Confirmed by the Senate by voice vote.
Cathy Fung, of California, to be a judge of the United States
Tax Court for a term of 15 years, vice Joseph H. Gale,
retired.
May 9, 2024: Received in the Senate and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
July 10, 2024: Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
July 25, 2024: Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported
favorably.
July 25, 2024: Reported by Senator Wyden, Committee on
Finance, without printed report.
July 25, 2024: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar
No. 714. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond
to requests to appear and testify before any duly
constituted committee of the Senate.
September 25, 2024: Motion to proceed to executive session to
consideration of nomination agreed to in Senate by
voice vote.
September 25, 2024: Cloture motion presented in Senate.
September 25, 2024: By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory
quorum required under Rule XXII waived.
November 13, 2024: By unanimous consent agreement, debate and
vote November 13, 2024.
November 13, 2024: Considered by Senate.
November 13, 2024: Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay vote,
58-37. Record vote number: 260.
November 13, 2024: By unanimous consent agreement, debate and
vote November 14, 2024.
November 14, 2024: Considered by Senate.
November 14, 2024: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay vote,
59-37. Record vote number: 261. (S05310)
Jeffrey Samuel Arbeit, of the District of Columbia, to be a
judge of the United States Tax Court for a term of 15
years, vice Michael B. Thornton, resigned.
May 9, 2024: Received in the Senate and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
July 10, 2024: Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
July 25, 2024: Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported
favorably.
July 25, 2024: Reported by Senator Wyden, Committee on
Finance, without printed report.
July 25, 2024: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar
No. 713. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond
to requests to appear and testify before any duly
constituted committee of the Senate.
September 25, 2024: Considered by Senate.
September 25, 2024: Confirmed by the Senate by voice vote.
Adam B. Landy, of South Carolina, to be a judge of the United
States Tax Court for a term of 15 years, vice David
Gustafson, term expired.
February 1, 2024: Received in the Senate and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
June 4, 2024: Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
June 13, 2024: Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported
favorably.
June 13, 2024: Reported by Senator Wyden, Committee on
Finance, without printed report.
June 13, 2024: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar
No. 702. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond
to requests to appear and testify before any duly
constituted committee of the Senate.
July 11, 2024: Motion to proceed to executive session to
consideration of nomination agreed to in Senate by
voice vote.
July 11, 2024: Cloture motion presented in Senate.
July 11, 2024: By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory
quorum required under Rule XXII waived.
July 23, 2024: By unanimous consent agreement, vote July 24,
2024.
July 23, 2024: By unanimous consent agreement, vote to be
determined.
July 24, 2024: Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay vote, 85-
12. Record vote number: 216.
July 24, 2024: Considered by Senate.
July 25, 2024: By unanimous consent agreement, vote July 29,
2024.
July 29, 2024: Considered by Senate.
July 29, 2024: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay vote, 73-
13. Record vote number: 220.
Kashi Way, of Maryland, to be a judge of the United States Tax
Court for a term of 15 years, vice Mark Van Dyke
Holmes, term expired.
February 1, 2024: Received in the Senate and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
June 4, 2024: Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
June 13, 2024: Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported
favorably.
June 13, 2024: Reported by Senator Wyden, Committee on
Finance, without printed report.
June 13, 2024: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar
No. 701. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond
to requests to appear and testify before any duly
constituted committee of the Senate.
July 11, 2024: Motion to proceed to executive session to
consideration of nomination agreed to in Senate by
voice vote.
July 11, 2024: Cloture motion presented in Senate.
July 11, 2024: By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory
quorum required under Rule XXII waived.
July 11, 2024: By unanimous consent agreement, debate July
23, 2024.
July 23, 2024: Considered by Senate.
July 23, 2024: By unanimous consent agreement, debate and
vote July 24, 2024.
July 24, 2024: Considered by Senate.
July 24, 2024: Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay vote, 78-
16. Record vote number: 215.
July 24, 2024: By unanimous consent agreement, vote July 25,
2024.
July 25, 2024: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay vote, 79-
16. Record vote number: 218.
Rose E. Jenkins, of the District of Columbia, to be a judge of
the United States Tax Court for a term of 15 years,
vice Elizabeth Crewson Paris, term expired.
February 1, 2024: Received in the Senate and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
June 4, 2024: Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
June 13, 2024: Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported
favorably.
June 13, 2024: Reported by Senator Wyden, Committee on
Finance, without printed report.
June 13, 2024: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar
No. 700. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond
to requests to appear and testify before any duly
constituted committee of the Senate.
September 17, 2024: Motion to proceed to executive session to
consideration of nomination agreed to in Senate by
voice vote.
September 17, 2024: Cloture motion presented in Senate.
September 17, 2024: By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory
quorum required under Rule XXII waived.
September 19, 2024: Considered by Senate.
September 19, 2024: Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay
vote, 76-15. Record vote number: 248.
September 19, 2024: By unanimous consent agreement, debate
September 23, 2024.
September 23, 2024: Considered by Senate.
September 23, 2024: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay vote,
69-17. Record vote number: 249.
Nelson W. Cunningham, of the District of Columbia, to be a
Deputy United States Trade Representative (Western
Hemisphere, Europe, the Middle East, Labor, and
Environment), with the rank of Ambassador, vice Jayme
Ray White.
January 11, 2024: Received in the Senate and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
May 23, 2024: Received message of withdrawal of nomination
from the President.
James R. Ives, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department
of the Treasury, vice Eric M. Thorson.
January 11, 2024: Received in the Senate and referred
sequentially to the Committee on Finance; when
reported by the Committee on Finance, pursuant to
an order of January 7, 2009, to be sequentially
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs for 20 calendar days.
June 4, 2024: Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
June 13, 2024: Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported
favorably.
June 13, 2024: Reported by Senator Wyden, Committee on
Finance, without printed report.
June 13, 2024: Referred sequentially to the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs for 20
calendar days under authority of the order of the
Senate of January 7, 2009.
July 23, 2024: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs discharged under the authority
of the order of the Senate of January 7, 2009.
July 23, 2024: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar
No. 712. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond
to requests to appear and testify before any duly
constituted committee of the Senate.
January 3, 2025: Returned to the President under the
provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the
Standing Rules of the Senate.
Marjorie A. Rollinson, of Virginia, to be Chief Counsel for the
Internal Revenue Service and an Assistant General
Counsel in the Department of the Treasury, vice Michael
J. Desmond.
January 8, 2024: Received in the Senate and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
January 31, 2024: Committee on Finance. Ordered to be
reported favorably.
January 31, 2024: Reported by Senator Wyden, Committee on
Finance, without printed report.
January 31, 2024: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar.
Calendar No. 514. Subject to nominee's commitment
to respond to requests to appear and testify before
any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
February 26, 2024: Motion to proceed to executive session to
consideration of nomination agreed to in Senate by
voice vote.
February 26, 2024: Cloture motion presented in Senate.
February 26, 2024: By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory
quorum required under Rule XXII waived.
February 28, 2024: Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay vote,
52-42. Record vote number: 59.
February 28, 2024: Considered by Senate.
February 28, 2024: By unanimous consent agreement, debate
February 29, 2024.
February 29, 2024: Considered by Senate.
February 29, 2024: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay vote,
56-41. Record vote number: 60.
Rebecca Lee Haffajee, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant
Secretary of Health and Human Services, vice Richard G.
Frank.
January 8, 2024: Received in the Senate and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
January 31, 2024: Committee on Finance. Ordered to be
reported favorably.
January 31, 2024: Reported by Senator Wyden, Committee on
Finance, without printed report.
January 31, 2024: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar.
Calendar No. 513. Subject to nominee's commitment
to respond to requests to appear and testify before
any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
January 3, 2025: Returned to the President under the
provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the
Standing Rules of the Senate.
Corey Anne Tellez, of Illinois, to be a Deputy Under Secretary
of the Treasury, vice Jonathan Davidson.
November 13, 2023: Received in the Senate.
November 13, 2023: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar in the
Privileged Nominations section with nominee
information requested by the Committee on Finance,
pursuant to S. Res. 116, 112th Congress.
January 11, 2024: Referred to the Committee on Finance as
requested by Senator Wyden.
January 31, 2024: Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
March 6, 2024: Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported
favorably.
March 6, 2024: Reported by Senator Wyden, Committee on
Finance, without printed report.
March 6, 2024: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar
No. 537. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond
to requests to appear and testify before any duly
constituted committee of the Senate.
January 3, 2025: Returned to the President under the
provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the
Standing Rules of the Senate.
Martin O'Malley, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of Social
Security for the remainder of the term expiring January
19, 2025, vice Andrew M. Saul.
July 26, 2023: Received in the Senate and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
November 2, 2023: Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
November 28, 2023: Committee on Finance. Ordered to be
reported favorably.
November 28, 2023: Reported by Senator Wyden, Committee on
Finance, without printed report.
November 28, 2023: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar.
Calendar No. 415. Subject to nominee's commitment
to respond to requests to appear and testify before
any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
December 7, 2023: By unanimous consent agreement, debate and
vote to be determined.
December 14, 2023: By unanimous consent agreement, debate and
vote December 18, 2023.
December 18, 2023: Considered by Senate.
December 18, 2023: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay vote,
50-11. Record vote number: 347.
Marjorie A. Rollinson, of Virginia, to be Chief Counsel for the
Internal Revenue Service and an Assistant General
Counsel in the Department of the Treasury, vice Michael
J. Desmond.
June 6, 2023: Received in the Senate and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
September 28, 2023: Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
November 2, 2023: Committee on Finance. Ordered to be
reported favorably.
November 2, 2023: Reported by Senator Wyden, Committee on
Finance, without printed report.
November 2, 2023: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar.
Calendar No. 399. Subject to nominee's commitment
to respond to requests to appear and testify before
any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
January 3, 2024: Returned to the President under the
provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the
Standing Rules of the Senate.
Rebecca Lee Haffajee, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant
Secretary of Health and Human Services, vice Richard G.
Frank.
January 23, 2023: Received in the Senate and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
March 2, 2023: Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported
favorably.
March 2, 2023: Reported by Senator Wyden, Committee on
Finance, without printed report.
March 2, 2023: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar
No. 63. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond
to requests to appear and testify before any duly
constituted committee of the Senate.
January 3, 2024: Returned to the President under the
provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the
Standing Rules of the Senate.
Brent Neiman, of Illinois, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of
the Treasury, vice Ramin Toloui.
January 23, 2023: Received in the Senate and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
March 2, 2023: Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported
favorably.
March 2, 2023: Reported by Senator Wyden, Committee on
Finance, without printed report.
March 2, 2023: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar
No. 62. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond
to requests to appear and testify before any duly
constituted committee of the Senate.
March 9, 2023: Motion to proceed to executive session to
consideration of nomination agreed to in Senate by
voice vote.
March 9, 2023: Cloture motion presented in Senate.
March 9, 2023: By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory
quorum call required under Rule XXII waived.
March 9, 2023: By unanimous consent agreement, debate March
14, 2023.
March 14, 2023: Considered by Senate.
March 14, 2023: Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay vote,
52-40. Record vote number: 53.
March 14, 2023: By unanimous consent agreement, debate and
vote March 15, 2023.
March 15, 2023: Considered by Senate.
March 15, 2023: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay vote, 54-
40. Record vote number: 54.
Kathryn Rose Lang, of Maryland, to be a member of the Social
Security Advisory Board for a term expiring September
30, 2026, vice Henry J. Aaron, term expired.
January 23, 2023: Received in the Senate.
January 23, 2023: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar in the
Privileged Nominations section with nominee
information requested by the Committee on Finance,
pursuant to S. Res. 116, 112th Congress.
January 11, 2024: Referred to the Committee on Finance as
requested by Senator Wyden.
January 31, 2024: Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
January 3, 2025: Returned to the President under the
provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the
Standing Rules of the Senate.
Andrew G. Biggs, of Oregon, to be a member of the Social
Security Advisory Board for a term expiring September
30, 2030 (reappointment).
January 23, 2023: Received in the Senate.
January 23, 2023: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar in the
Privileged Nominations section with nominee
information requested by the Committee on Finance,
pursuant to S. Res. 116, 112th Congress.
January 11, 2024: Referred to the Committee on Finance as
requested by Senator Wyden.
January 31, 2024: Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
January 3, 2025: Returned to the President under the
provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the
Standing Rules of the Senate.
Daniel I. Werfel, of the District of Columbia, to be
Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the term expiring
November 12, 2027, vice Charles P. Rettig, term
expired.
January 3, 2023: Received in the Senate and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
February 15, 2023: Committee on Finance. Hearings held. S.
Hrg. 118-398.
March 2, 2023: Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported
favorably.
March 2, 2023: Reported by Senator Wyden, Committee on
Finance, without printed report.
March 2, 2023: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar
No. 61. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond
to requests to appear and testify before any duly
constituted committee of the Senate.
March 6, 2023: Motion to proceed to executive session to
consideration of nomination agreed to in Senate by
voice vote.
March 6, 2023: Cloture motion presented in Senate.
March 6, 2023: By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory
quorum required under Rule XXII waived.
March 7, 2023: By unanimous consent agreement, vote March 8,
2023.
March 8, 2023: Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay vote, 51-
44. Record vote number: 48.
March 8, 2023: Considered by Senate.
March 8, 2023: By unanimous consent agreement, debate and
vote March 9, 2023.
March 9, 2023: Considered by Senate.
March 9, 2023: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay vote, 54-
42. Record vote number: 50.
Patricia Hart Neuman, of the District of Columbia, to be a
member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age
and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal
Disability Insurance Trust Fund for a term of 4 years,
vice Robert D. Reischauer, term expired.
January 3, 2023: Received in the Senate.
January 3, 2023: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar in the
Privileged Nominations section with nominee
information requested by the Committee on Finance,
pursuant to S. Res. 116, 112th Congress.
September 28, 2023: Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
October 18, 2023: Referred to the Committee on Finance as
requested by Senator Wyden.
November 2, 2023: Committee on Finance. Ordered to be
reported favorably.
November 2, 2023: Reported by Senator Wyden, Committee on
Finance, without printed report.
November 2, 2023: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar.
Calendar No. 398. Subject to nominee's commitment
to respond to requests to appear and testify before
any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
January 3, 2025: Returned to the President under the
provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the
Standing Rules of the Senate.
Patricia Hart Neuman, of the District of Columbia, to be a
member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital
Insurance Trust Fund for a term of 4 years, vice Robert
D. Reischauer, term expired.
January 3, 2023: Received in the Senate.
January 3, 2023: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar in the
Privileged Nominations section with nominee
information requested by the Committee on Finance,
pursuant to S. Res. 116, 112th Congress.
September 28, 2023: Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
October 18, 2023: Referred to the Committee on Finance as
requested by Senator Wyden.
November 2, 2023: Committee on Finance. Ordered to be
reported favorably.
November 2, 2023: Reported by Senator Wyden, Committee on
Finance, without printed report.
November 2, 2023: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar.
Calendar No. 397. Subject to nominee's commitment
to respond to requests to appear and testify before
any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
January 3, 2025: Returned to the President under the
provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the
Standing Rules of the Senate.
Patricia Hart Neuman, of the District of Columbia, to be a
member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal
Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund for a term
of 4 years, vice Robert D. Reischauer, term expired.
January 3, 2023: Received in the Senate.
January 3, 2023: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar in the
Privileged Nominations section with nominee
information requested by the Committee on Finance,
pursuant to S. Res. 116, 112th Congress.
September 28, 2023: Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
October 18, 2023: Referred to the Committee on Finance as
requested by Senator Wyden.
November 2, 2023: Committee on Finance. Ordered to be
reported favorably.
November 2, 2023: Reported by Senator Wyden, Committee on
Finance, without printed report.
November 2, 2023: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar.
Calendar No. 396. Subject to nominee's commitment
to respond to requests to appear and testify before
any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
January 3, 2025: Returned to the President under the
provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the
Standing Rules of the Senate.
Sharon Beth Lewis, of Oregon, to be a member of the Social
Security Advisory Board for a term expiring September
30, 2028, vice Alan L. Cohen, term expired.
January 3, 2023: Received in the Senate.
January 3, 2023: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar in the
Privileged Nominations section with nominee
information requested by the Committee on Finance,
pursuant to S. Res. 116, 112th Congress.
January 11, 2024: Referred to the Committee on Finance as
requested by Senator Wyden.
January 31, 2024: Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
January 3, 2025: Returned to the President under the
provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the
Standing Rules of the Senate.
Andrew G. Biggs, of Oregon, to be a member of the Social
Security Advisory Board for a term expiring September
30, 2024, vice Lanhee J. Chen, term expired.
January 3, 2023: Received in the Senate.
January 3, 2023: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar in the
Privileged Nominations section with nominee
information requested by the Committee on Finance,
pursuant to S. Res. 116, 112th Congress.
January 11, 2024: Referred to the Committee on Finance as
requested by Senator Wyden.
January 3, 2025: Returned to the President under the
provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the
Standing Rules of the Senate.
Demetrios L. Kouzoukas, of Virginia, to be a member of the
Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors
Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability
Insurance Trust Fund for a term of 4 years, vice
Charles P. Blahous III, term expired.
January 3, 2023: Received in the Senate.
January 3, 2023: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar in the
Privileged Nominations section with nominee
information requested by the Committee on Finance,
pursuant to S. Res. 116, 112th Congress.
September 28, 2023: Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
October 18, 2023: Referred to the Committee on Finance as
requested by Senator Wyden.
November 2, 2023: Committee on Finance. Ordered to be
reported favorably.
November 2, 2023: Reported by Senator Wyden, Committee on
Finance, without printed report.
November 2, 2023: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar.
Calendar No. 395. Subject to nominee's commitment
to respond to requests to appear and testify before
any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
January 3, 2025: Returned to the President under the
provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the
Standing Rules of the Senate.
Demetrios L. Kouzoukas, of Virginia, to be a member of the
Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance
Trust Fund for a term of 4 years, vice Charles P.
Blahous III, term expired.
January 3, 2023: Received in the Senate.
January 3, 2023: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar in the
Privileged Nominations section with nominee
information requested by the Committee on Finance,
pursuant to S. Res. 116, 112th Congress.
September 28, 2023: Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
October 18, 2023: Referred to the Committee on Finance as
requested by Senator Wyden.
November 2, 2023: Committee on Finance. Ordered to be
reported favorably.
November 2, 2023: Reported by Senator Wyden, Committee on
Finance, without printed report.
November 2, 2023: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar.
Calendar No. 394. Subject to nominee's commitment
to respond to requests to appear and testify before
any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
January 3, 2025: Returned to the President under the
provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the
Standing Rules of the Senate.
Demetrios L. Kouzoukas, of Virginia, to be a member of the
Board of Trustees of the Federal Supplementary Medical
Insurance Trust Fund for a term of 4 years, vice
Charles P. Blahous III, term expired.
January 3, 2023: Received in the Senate.
January 3, 2023: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar in the
Privileged Nominations section with nominee
information requested by the Committee on Finance,
pursuant to S. Res. 116, 112th Congress.
September 28, 2023: Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
October 18, 2023: Referred to the Committee on Finance as
requested by Senator Wyden.
November 2, 2023: Committee on Finance. Ordered to be
reported favorably.
November 2, 2023: Reported by Senator Wyden, Committee on
Finance, without printed report.
November 2, 2023: Placed on Senate Executive Calendar.
Calendar No. 393. Subject to nominee's commitment
to respond to requests to appear and testify before
any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
January 3, 2025: Returned to the President under the
provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the
Standing Rules of the Senate.
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS REFERRED
TO THE COMMITTEE
There were 828 Senate bills and 24 House bills referred to
the committee for consideration during the 118th Congress. In
addition, 16 Senate and House resolutions (joint, concurrent,
or simple resolutions) were referred to the committee.
REPORTS, PRINTS, AND STUDIES
During the 118th Congress, the committee and supporting
joint committees prepared and issued 5 reports, special prints,
and studies on the following topics:
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Title Document no. To accompany
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The Modernizing and Ensuring PBM 118-122........... S. 2973
Accountability Act.
The Better Mental Health Care, 118-121........... S. 3430
Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders
Act.
United States-Taiwan Expedited 118-107........... S. 3084
Double-Tax Relief Act.
Report on the Activities of the 118-4............. ..................
Committee on Finance of the
United States Senate During the
117th Congress.
Rules of Procedure of the 118-2............. ..................
Committee on Finance.
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OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS
During the 118th Congress, a total of 392 official
communications were submitted to the committee. Of these, 371
were Executive Communications--these communications include
reports to advise and inform the Congress, required annual or
semi-annual agency budget and activities summaries, and
requests for legislative action. The committee also received 21
Petitions and Memorials.
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