[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 14 (Thursday, January 31, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D63]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Charles Timothy Hagel, of Nebraska, to be Secretary 
of Defense, after the nominee, who was introduced by former Senators 
John Warner and Sam Nunn, testified and answered questions in his own 
behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 952 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund and the need to 
invest in the nation's ports, after receiving testimony from Jo-Ellen 
Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Department of 
Defense; Michael R. Christensen, Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro, 
California, on behalf of the California Association of Port 
Authorities, and the California Marine Affairs and Navigation 
Conference; Michael R. Lorino, Jr., Associated Branch Pilots, Metairie, 
Louisiana; James K. Lyons, Alabama State Port Authority, Mobile; and 
Andrew H. Cairns, Washington, DC, on behalf of the American Society of 
Civil Engineers.
PENSION SAVINGS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine pension savings, focusing on if workers 
are saving enough for retirement, after receiving testimony from Edward 
Moslander, TIAA-CREF, New York, New York; Julia McCarthy, Fidelity 
Investments, Boston, Massachusetts; M. Cindy Hounsell, Women's 
Institute for a Secure Retirement, Washington, DC; and Brigitte 
Madrian, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported its 
rules of procedure for the 113th Congress and announced the following 
subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights: 
Senators Klobuchar (Chair), Schumer, Franken, Coons, Blumenthal, Lee, 
Graham, Grassley, and Flake.
  Subcommittee on Bankruptcy and the Courts: Senators Coons (Chair), 
Durbin, Whitehouse, Klobuchar, Franken, Sessions, Grassley, Flake, and 
Cruz.
  Subcommittee on The Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights: 
Senators Durbin (Chair), Franken, Coons, Blumenthal, Hirono, Cruz, 
Graham, Cornyn, and Hatch.
  Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism: Senators Whitehouse (Chair), 
Feinstein, Schumer, Durbin, Klobuchar, Graham, Cruz, Sessions, and Lee.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security: Senators 
Schumer (Chair), Leahy, Feinstein, Durbin, Klobuchar, Blumenthal, 
Hirono, Cornyn, Grassley, Hatch, Sessions, Flake, and Cruz.
  Subcommittee on Oversight, Federal Rights and Agency Action: Senators 
Blumenthal (Chair), Leahy, Klobuchar, Hatch, and Flake.
  Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law: Senators Franken 
(Chair), Feinstein, Schumer, Whitehouse, Coons, Hirono, Flake, Hatch, 
Lee, Cornyn, and Graham.