[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 35 (Tuesday, March 12, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D182-D183]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014 AND THE FUTURE YEARS 
DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the U.S. Strategic Command and

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U.S. Cyber Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for 
fiscal year 2014 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving 
testimony from General C. R. Kehler, Commander, United States Strategic 
Command, and General Keith B. Alexander, Commander, United States Cyber 
Command, both of the Department of Defense.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Richard Cordray, of Ohio, to be 
Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, who was introduced 
by Senator Brown, and Mary Jo White, of New York, to be a Member of the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, who was introduced by Senator 
Schumer, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION OVERSIGHT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the Federal Communications Commission, 
after receiving testimony from Julius Genachowski, Chairman, and Robert 
M. McDowell, Mignon L. Clyburn, Jessica Rosenworcel, and Ajit Pai, each 
a Commissioner, all of the Federal Communications Commission.
JOB CORPS BUDGET
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Employment and Workplace Safety concluded a hearing to examine Job 
Corps budget shortfall, focusing on safeguarding workforce training for 
America's disconnected youth, after receiving testimony from Jane 
Oates, Assistant Secretary for the Employment and Training 
Administration, and Elliot P. Lewis, Assistant Inspector General for 
Audit, Office of Inspector General, both of the Department of Labor; 
and Antoine L. Dixon, National Director, Job Corps Civilian 
Conservation Centers, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 374, to ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from 
buying a firearm are listed in the national instant criminal background 
check system and require a background check for every firearm sale, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  S. 146, to enhance the safety of America's schools, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute.
NATIONAL SECURITY THREATS TO THE UNITED STATES
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine current and projected national security threats to the United 
States, after receiving testimony from James R. Clapper, Director of 
National Intelligence; Robert Mueller, Director of the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation, Department of Justice; John Brennan, Director of the 
Central Intelligence Agency; Phillip Goldberg, Assistant Secretary of 
State for the Bureau of Intelligence and Research; Lieutenant General 
Michael T. Flynn, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, 
Department of Defense; and Mathew Olsen, Director of the National 
Counterterrorism Center.