[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 79 (Thursday, June 6, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D530-D532]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL, SECRETARY OF THE SENATE, 
SERGEANT AT ARMS, AND UNITED STATES CAPITOL POLICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2014 for the Architect of the Capitol, Secretary of the Senate, 
the Sergeant at Arms and the United States Capitol Police, after 
receiving testimony from Stephen T. Ayers, Architect of the Capitol; 
Nancy Erickson, Secretary of the Senate; Terrance W. Gainer, Sergeant 
at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate; and Chief Kim C. Dine, United 
States Capitol Police.

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APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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 Justice, 
after receiving testimony from Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, 
and Michael E. Horowitz, Inspector General, both of the Department of 
Justice.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
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 Department of Labor, after receiving testimony from 
Seth D. Harris, Acting Secretary of Labor.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 1,998 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 534, to reform the National Association of Registered Agents and 
Brokers, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nomination of Fred P. Hochberg, of New York, to be President of 
the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
STATE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Economic Policy concluded a hearing to examine the state of the 
American Dream, focusing on economic policy and the future of the 
middle class, after receiving testimony from Steven D. Hill, Nevada 
Governor's Office of Economic Development Director, Las Vegas; Atif 
Mian, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey; Amy Traub, Demos, 
New York, New York; Nick Hanauer, Second Avenue Partners, Seattle, 
Washington; Diedre Melson, Portland, Oregon; John Cox, Newberg, Oregon; 
and Pamela Thatcher, Tualatin, Oregon.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Brian C. Deese, of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget.
DEEPWATER HORIZON PROGRESS REPORT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine a progress report 3 years after the Deepwater 
Horizon disaster, focusing on Gulf restoration, after receiving 
testimony from Lois Schiffer, General Counsel, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Rachel Jacobson, 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, 
Department of the Interior; Mayor George Neugent, Monroe County, 
Florida; Trudy D. Fisher, Mississippi Department of Environmental 
Quality Executive Director, Jackson; Jeff Trandahl, National Fish and 
Wildlife Foundation, Washington, DC; Eric Draper, Audubon Florida, 
Miami; and Stephen Polasky, University of Minnesota, St. Paul.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine programs and activities of the Department of the 
Interior, after receiving testimony from Sally Jewell, Secretary of the 
Interior.
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nomination of Michael Froman, of New York, to be United States Trade 
Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, after the nominee 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
LABOR ISSUES IN BANGLADESH
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine labor issues in Bangladesh, after receiving testimony from 
Robert Blake, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian 
Affairs; Eric R. Biel, Acting Associate Deputy Undersecretary of Labor 
for International Affairs; Lewis Karesh, Assistant United States Trade 
Representative for Labor, Office of the United States Trade 
Representative; Celeste Drake, American Federation of Labor and 
Congress of Industrial Organizations, Washington, DC; and Johan Lubbe, 
Littler Mendleson, P.C., New York, New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Patricia E. Campbell-Smith, of the District of Columbia, 
and Elaine D. Kaplan, of the District of Columbia, both to be a Judge 
of the United States Court of Federal Claims.

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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.