[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 77 (Tuesday, June 4, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D514-D515]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and

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Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine an overview of the 
Federal Housing Administration, after receiving testimony from Carol 
Galante, Assistant Secretary for Housing, and Federal Housing 
Administration Commissioner, and David A. Montoya, Inspector General, 
Office of Inspector General, both of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development.
SEXUAL ASSAULTS IN THE MILITARY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
pending legislation regarding sexual assaults in the military, after 
receiving testimony from General Martin E. Dempsey, USA, Chairman, 
Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Raymond T. Odierno, USA, Chief of Staff 
United States Army, Admiral Jonathan Greenert, USN, Chief of Naval 
Operations, General James F. Amos, USMC, Commandant of the Marine 
Corps, General Mark A. Welsh III, USAF, Chief of Staff, United States 
Air Force, Lieutenant General Dana K. Chipman, JAGC, USA, Judge 
Advocate General of the United States Army, Vice Admiral Nanette M. 
DeRenzi, JAGC, USN, Judge Advocate General of the United States Navy, 
Lieutenant General Richard C. Harding, JAGC, USAF, Judge Advocate 
General of the United States Air Force, Major General Vaughn A. Ary, 
USMC, Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps, 
Brigadier General Richard C. Gross, USA, Legal Counsel to the Chairman 
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Colonel Donna W. Martin, USA, Commander, 
202nd Military Police Group, Captain Stephen J. Coughlin, USN, 
Commodore, Destroyer Squadron TWO, Colonel Tracy W. King, USMC, 
Commander, Combat Logistics Regiment 15, and Colonel Jeannie M. 
Leavitt, USAF, Commander, 4th Fighter Wing, all of the Department of 
Defense; Admiral Robert J. Papp, Commandant, and Rear Admiral Frederick 
J. Kenney, Jr., Judge Advocate General, both of the United States Coast 
Guard, Department of Homeland Security; Nancy Parrish, Protect Our 
Defenders, Burlingame, California; Anu Bhagwati, Service Women's Action 
Network, New York, New York; Major General John D. Altenburg, Jr., USA 
(Ret.), American Bar Association Standing Committee on Armed Forces 
Law, Springfield, Virginia; and Colonel Lawrence J. Morris, USA (Ret.), 
Catholic University, Washington, D.C.
IRAN SANCTIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine Iran sanctions, focusing on ensuring robust 
enforcement, and assessing next steps, after receiving testimony from 
David S. Cohen, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and 
Financial Intelligence; Wendy Sherman, Under Secretary of State for 
Political Affairs; and Eric L. Hirschhorn, Under Secretary of Commerce 
for Industry and Security.
FISCAL AND ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF AUSTERITY
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
fiscal and economic effects of austerity, after receiving testimony 
from Lawrence H. Summers, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts; 
and Simon Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School 
of Management, and Salim Furth, The Heritage Foundation Center for Data 
Analysis, both of Washington, D.C.
STATE OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Communications, Technology, and the Internet concluded a hearing to 
examine the state of wireless communications, after receiving testimony 
from Steve Largent, CTIA The Wireless Association, Steven K. Berry, 
Competitive Carriers Association, George S. Ford, Phoenix Center for 
Advanced Legal and Economic Public Policy Studies, and Delara 
Derakhshani, Consumers Union, all of Washington, D.C.; Doug Webster, 
Cisco System, Inc., Austin, Texas; and Thomas F. Nagel, Comcast 
Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine wildland fire management, after receiving testimony 
from Thomas Tidwell, Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; 
Kim Thorsen, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Public 
Safety, Resource Protection, and Emergency Services; Doug Decker, 
Oregon Department of Forestry State Forester, Salem, on behalf of the 
National Association of State Foresters; Christopher Topik, The Nature 
Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia; Lynn Jungwirth, The Watershed Center, 
Hayfork, California; and Diane Vosick, Northern Arizona University 
Ecological Restoration Institute, Flagstaff.
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.