[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 56 (Tuesday, April 23, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D358-D360]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2014 for the Department of Homeland Security, after receiving 
testimony from Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Department of the Army in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for fiscal year 2014 and the Future Years Defense Program, 
after receiving testimony from John M. McHugh, Secretary of the Army, 
and General Raymond T. Odierno, USA, Chief of Staff of the Army, both 
of the Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities concluded open and closed hearings to examine 
proliferation prevention programs at the Department of Energy and at 
the Department of Defense 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, Michael Lansdown, Defense Intelligence 
Agency, and Kenneth A. Myers III, Director, Strategic Command Center 
for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Director, and Nick 
Wager, both of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, all of the 
Department of Defense; and Anne Harrington, Deputy Administrator for 
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security 
Administration, Department of Energy.
CFPB SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's semi-
annual report to Congress, after receiving testimony from Richard 
Cordray, Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
VETERANS PROGRAM PROPOSALS BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee to examine the President's proposed 
budget and revenue request for fiscal year 2014 for Veterans' program 
proposals, after receiving testimony from Erik K. Shinseki, Secretary, 
Robert A. Petzel, Undersecretary for Health, and Allison A. Hickey, 
Undersecretary for Benefits, all of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
COAST GUARD AND NOAA BUDGET
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard concluded a hearing to 
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2014 
for the Coast Guard and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, after receiving testimony from Admiral Robert J. Papp, 
Jr., Commandant, Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security; and 
Kathryn Sullivan, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and 
Atmosphere, and

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Acting Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science and Space concluded a hearing to examine challenges and 
opportunities for human space exploration, after receiving testimony 
from William H. Gerstenmaier, Associate Administrator for Human 
Exploration and Operations, National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration; Stephen Cook, Dynetics, Inc., Huntsville, Alabama; and 
Lieutenant General Thomas P. Stafford, USAF (Ret.), Satellite Beach, 
Florida.
HYDROPOWER LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 306 and H.R. 678, bills to authorize all Bureau 
of Reclamation conduit facilities for hydropower development under 
Federal Reclamation law, S. 545, to improve hydropower, H.R. 267, to 
improve hydropower, and S. 761, to promote energy savings in 
residential and commercial buildings and industry, after receiving 
testimony from Representative McMorris Rodgers; Jeff C. Wright, 
Director, Office of Energy Projects, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission; Lowell Pimley, Deputy Commissioner of Operations, and Kerry 
McCalman, Manager, Power Resources Office, both of the Bureau of 
Reclamation, Department of the Interior; and Kathleen Hogan, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency, Office of Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
PARKS BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded a hearing to examine S. 59, to designate a 
Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial at the March Field Air 
Museum in Riverside, California, S. 155, to designate a mountain in the 
State of Alaska as Denali, S. 156, to allow for the harvest of gull 
eggs by the Huna Tlingit people within Glacier Bay National Park in the 
State of Alaska, S. 219, to establish the Susquehanna Gateway National 
Heritage Area in the State of Pennsylvania, S. 225, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of alternatives for 
commemorating and interpreting the role of the Buffalo Soldiers in the 
early years of the National Parks, S. 228, to establish the Sacramento-
San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area, S. 285, to designate the 
Valles Caldera National Preserve as a unit of the National Park System, 
S. 305, to authorize the acquisition of core battlefield land at 
Champion Hill, Port Gibson, and Raymond for addition to Vicksburg 
National Military Park, S. 349, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 
to designate a segment of the Beaver, Chipuxet, Queen, Wood, and 
Pawcatuck Rivers in the States of Connecticut and Rhode Island for 
study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
System, S. 371, to establish the Blackstone River Valley National 
Historical Park, to dedicate the Park to John H. Chafee, S. 476, to 
amend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend to the 
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission, S. 486, 
to authorize pedestrian and motorized vehicular access in Cape Hatteras 
National Seashore Recreational Area, S. 507, to establish the Manhattan 
Project National Historical Park in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Los Alamos, 
New Mexico, and Hanford, Washington, and S. 615, to establish 
Coltsville National Historical Park in the State of Connecticut, after 
receiving testimony from Peggy O'Dell, Deputy Director for Operations, 
National Park Service, Department of the Interior; and Ingrid Kolb, 
Director, Office of Management, Department of Energy.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Marilyn B. Tavenner, of Virginia, to be Administrator of 
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
CHILD WELFARE CASE STUDY
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
Antwone Fisher story as a case study for child welfare, after receiving 
testimony from Gary Stangler, Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, 
St. Louis, Missouri; Eric Fenner, Casey Family Programs, Westerville, 
Ohio; Kevin A. Campbell, Center for Family Finding and Youth 
Connectedness, Lakewood, Washington; and Antwone Fisher, Los Angeles, 
California.
SUCCESSFUL PRIMARY CARE PROGRAMS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Primary Health and Aging concluded a hearing to examine successful 
primary care programs, after receiving testimony from Rebecca Spitzgo, 
Associate Administrator, Bureau of Clinical Recruitment and Service, 
and Director, National Health Service Corps, Health Resources and 
Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; 
George Rust, Morehouse School of Medicine National Center for Primary 
Care, Atlanta, Georgia; Daniel R. Hawkins, Jr., National Association of 
Community Health Centers, Washington, D.C.; Paul R. G. Cunningham, East 
Carolina University Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, North 
Carolina; Deborah Wachtel, American Association of Nurse Practitioners 
(AANP), Essex, Vermont; and Bruce M. Koeppen, Quinnipiac University 
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Netter MD School of Medicine, Hamden, Connecticut.
COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine S. 
744, to provide for comprehensive immigration reform, after receiving 
testimony from Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security.
DRONE WARS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil 
Rights and Human Rights concluded a hearing to examine drone wars, 
focusing on the constitutional and counterterrorism implications of 
targeted killing, after receiving testimony from General James E. 
Cartwright, USMC (Ret.), Peter Bergen, New America Foundation, and Rosa 
Brooks, Georgetown University Law Center, all of Washington, D.C.; 
Colonel Martha McSally, USAF (Ret.), Tucson, Arizona; Ilya Somin, 
George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, Virginia; and Farea 
Al-Muslimi, Sana'a, Yemen.
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.