[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 48 (Thursday, April 11, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D299]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and 
Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2014 for the Department of Commerce, after receiving 
testimony from Rebecca Blank, Deputy Secretary, and Todd J. Zinser, 
Inspector General, both of the Department of Commerce.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and 
Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, after receiving testimony from Shaun Donovan, 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nomination of General Philip M. Breedlove, USAF for reappointment to the 
grade of general and to be Commander, United States European Command and 
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, after the nominee testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.
INDEPENDENT CONSULTANTS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Protection concluded a hearing to examine 
outsourcing accountability, focusing on examining the role of independent 
consultants, after receiving testimony from Daniel P. Stipano, Deputy Chief 
Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the 
Treasury; Richard M. Ashton, Deputy General Counsel, Board of Governors of 
the Federal Reserve System; Konrad Alt, Promontory Financial Group, LLC, 
Piedmont, California; James F. Flanagan, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 
Huntington, New York; and Owen Ryan, Deloitte and Touche LLP, Basking Ridge, 
New Jersey.
BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2014, after receiving 
testimony from Jeff Zients, Acting Director, Office of Management and 
Budget.
NOMINATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Regina McCarthy, of Massachusetts, to be 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, after the nominee, who 
was introduced by Senators Cowan and Warren, testified and answered 
questions in her own behalf.
PRESIDENT'S BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2014, after receiving 
testimony from Jacob J. Lew, Secretary of the Treasury.
U.S. POLICY TOWARD SYRIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
United States policy toward Syria, after receiving testimony from Robert 
Ford, Ambassador to the Syrian Arab Republic, and Beth Jones, Acting 
Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, both of the Department of 
State; Daniel Glaser, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist 
Financing; and Dennis Ross, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 
Washington, DC.
OPEN MARKETPLACE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine an open marketplace, focusing on the effect of guaranteed 
issue and new rating rules, after receiving testimony from Gary Cohen, 
Deputy Administrator and Director, Center for Consumer Information and 
Insurance Oversight, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department 
of Health and Human Services; Kevin Counihan, Access Health CT, Hartford, 
Connecticut; Sabrina Corlette, Georgetown University Center on Health 
Insurance Reforms, Washington, DC; Christopher Carlson, Oliver Wyman, 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Stacy Cook, Carroll, Iowa.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Kenneth John Gonzales, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of New Mexico.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence 
community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.