[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 52 (Wednesday, April 17, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D329-D331]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2014 for the National Guard and Reserve, after receiving testimony 
from General Frank J. Grass, Chief, National Guard Bureau, Lieutenant 
General William E. Ingram, Jr., Director, Army National Guard, 
Lieutenant General Stanley E. Clarke III, Director, Air National Guard, 
Lieutenant General Jeffrey W. Talley, Chief of the U.S. Army Reserve, 
Vice Admiral Robin R. Braun, U.S. Navy, Chief of Navy Reserve, 
Lieutenant General Steven A. Hummer, Commander, U.S. Marine Corps 
Forces Reserve, and Lieutenant General James F. Jackson, Chief of Air 
Force Reserve, all of the Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal

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year 2014 for the Department of Education, after receiving testimony 
from Arne Duncan, Secretary, and Thomas Skelly, Budget Director, both 
of the Department of Education.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 549 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2014 and the Future 
Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Chuck Hagel, 
Secretary, and General Martin E. Dempsey, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs 
of Staff, both of the Department of Defense.
SITUATION IN SYRIA
Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a briefing on the 
situation in Syria from Chuck Hagel, Secretary, and General Martin E. 
Dempsey, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, both of the Department 
of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a 
hearing to examine the Active, Guard, Reserve, and civilian personnel 
programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 
2014 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony 
from Jessica L. Wright, Acting Under Secretary for Personnel and 
Readiness, Jonathan Woodson, Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs and 
Director of TRICARE Management Activity, Frederick E. Vollrath, Acting 
Assistant Secretary for Readiness and Force Management, and Richard O. 
Wightman, Acting Assistant Secretary for Reserve Affairs, all of the 
Department of Defense; Master Chief Joseph L. Barnes, USN (Ret.), Fleet 
Reserve Association, Colonel Steven P. Strobridge, USAF (Ret.), 
Military Officers Association of America, and Kathleen B. Moakler, 
National Military Family Association, all of Alexandria, Virginia; and 
Captain Marshall Hanson, USN (Ret.), Reserve Officers Association, 
Washington, D.C.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
open and closed hearings to examine nuclear forces and policies in 
review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2014 and 
the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from 
Madelyn R. Creedon, Assistant Secretary for Global Strategic Affairs, 
Andrew C. Weber, Assistant Secretary for Nuclear, Chemical, and 
Biological Defense Programs, Lieutenant General James M. Kowalski, 
USAF, Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command, Major General Garrett 
Harencak, USAF, Assistant Chief of Staff, Strategic Deterrence and 
Nuclear Integration, Major General Robert E. Wheeler, USAF, Deputy 
Chief Information Officer for Command, Control, Communications and 
Computers and Information Infrastructure Capabilities, Rear Admiral 
Terry J. Benedict, USN, Director, Strategic Systems Programs, Brigadier 
General Thomas W. Bergeson, USAF, Director, Operational Capability 
Requirements, and Colonel Timothy A. Woods, USAF, Senior Material 
Leader, Long Range Strike Bomber, System Program Manager, Air Force 
Rapid Capabilities Office, all of the Department of Defense.
HOMEOWNERS HARMED BY FORECLOSURES
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing, Transportation and Community Development concluded a hearing 
to examine helping homeowners harmed by foreclosures, focusing on 
ensuring accountability and transparency in foreclosure reviews, 
including enhancing continuing reviews and activities under amended 
consent orders, after receiving testimony from Lawrence L. Evans, Jr., 
Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, Government 
Accountability Office; Joseph A. Smith, Jr., Monitor of the National 
Mortgage Settlement, Raleigh, North Carolina; David C. Holland, Rust 
Consulting, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Debby Goldberg, National 
Fair Housing Alliance, Silver Spring, Maryland.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell, of West Virginia, to be Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget.
FUTURE OF PASSENGER RAIL
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the future of passenger rail, focusing on what's 
next for the Northeast Corridor, after receiving testimony from Joseph 
H. Boardman, Amtrak, James P. Redeker, Connecticut Department of 
Transportation Commissioner, on behalf of the Northeast Corridor 
Infrastructure and Operations Advisory Commission, John Tolman, 
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, and R. Richard 
Geddes, American Enterprise Institute, all of Washington, D.C.; and Jim

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Steer, Steer Davies Gleave, London, United Kingdom.
BUDGET
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2014, after 
receiving testimony from Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and 
Human Services.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell, of 
West Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BUDGET
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request 
for fiscal year 2014 for the Department of Homeland Security, after 
receiving testimony from Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland 
Security.
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION BUDGET
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2014 for the Small Business Administration, after receiving 
testimony from Karen Mills, Administrator, Peggy E. Gustafson, 
Inspector General, and Winslow Sargeant, Chief Counsel for Advocacy, 
all of the Small Business Administration.