[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 68 (Wednesday, May 15, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D447-D448]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a closed hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2014 for National and Military Intelligence programs, after 
receiving testimony from James R. Clapper, Jr., Director of National 
Intelligence, and Michael G. Vickers, Undersecretary for Intelligence, 
both of the Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENTS OF THE AIR FORCE AND ARMY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for the Departments of 
the Air Force and Army, after receiving testimony from Katherine G. 
Hammack, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy, and 
Environment, Lieutenant General Michael Ferriter, Assistant Chief of 
Staff for Installation Management, Brigadier General Walter E. 
Fountain, Acting Deputy Director of the Army National Guard, Addison D. 
Davis IV, Command Executive Officer, United States Army Reserve 
Command, Kathleen I. Ferguson, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Air 
Force for Installations, Environment and Logistics, Timothy Bridges, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Major 
General Timothy Byers, The Civil Engineer, Major General Richard 
Haddad, Deputy Chief, Air Force Reserve, and Brigadier General James 
Witham, Deputy Director, Air National Guard, all of the Department of 
Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
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 
year 2014 for the National Institutes of Health, after receiving 
testimony from Francis S. Collins, Director, Anthony S. Fauci, 
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Gary 
H. Gibbons, Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 
Richard J. Hodes, Director, National Institute on Aging, Story C. 
Landis, Director, National Institute for Neurological Disorders and 
Stroke, and Harold E. Varmus, Director, National Cancer Institute, all 
of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human 
Services.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2014 for the Department of Energy, after receiving 
testimony from Daniel B. Poneman, Acting Secretary of Energy.
PROTECTING TAXPAYERS AND THE ECONOMY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
National Security and International Trade and Finance concluded a 
hearing to examine improving cross border resolution to better protect 
taxpayers and the economy, after receiving testimony from James R. 
Wigand, Director, Office of Complex Financial Institutions, Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation; Michael S. Gibson, Director, Division of 
Banking Supervision and Regulation, Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System; and William C. Murden, Director, Office of 
International Banking and Securities Markets, Department of the 
Treasury.
ADVANCED VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine advanced vehicle technology and its implications, 
after receiving testimony from David L. Strickland, Administrator, 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of 
Transportation; Mitch Bainwol, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, 
Washington, D.C.; Peter F. Sweatman, University of Michigan 
Transportation Research Institute, Ann Arbor; John D. Lee, University 
of Wisconsin-Madison; and Jeffrey J. Owens, Delphi Automotive, Troy, 
Michigan.
UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD IRAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine United States Policy toward Iran, after receiving testimony 
from Wendy Sherman, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; and 
David S. Cohen, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and 
Financial Intelligence.

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NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Robert D. Okun, and 
Michael Kenny O'Keefe, both to be an Associate Judge of the Superior 
Court of the District of Columbia, after the nominees, who were both 
introduced by Representative Norton, testified and answered questions 
in their own behalf.
INDIAN AFFAIRS OVERSIGHT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine the views and priorities of Interior Secretary Jewell with 
regard to matters of Indian affairs, after receiving testimony from 
Sally Jewell, Secretary, and Lawrence Roberts, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Indian Affairs, both of the Department of the Interior.