[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 19, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D602-D603]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2014 for Joint Strike Fighter, focusing on how restructuring has 
improved the program, but affordability challenges and other risks 
remain, after receiving testimony from Frank Kendall, Under Secretary 
for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, Admiral Jonathan Greenert, 
U.S. Navy, Chief of Naval Operations, General Mark A. Welsh III, Chief 
of Staff, United States Air Force, General John M. Paxton, Jr., 
Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, Lieutenant General 
Christopher Bogdan, Program Executive Officer F-35, and J. Michael 
Gilmore, Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, Office of the 
Secretary, all of the Department of Defense; Michael J. Sullivan, 
Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, Government 
Accountability Office; and Michael O'Hanlon, Brookings Institution, 
Washington, D.C.
PASSENGER AND FREIGHT RAIL SAFETY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine next steps in improving passenger and freight rail 
safety, focusing on preliminary observations on federal rail safety 
oversight and positive train control implementation, after receiving 
testimony from Joseph C. Szabo, Administrator, Federal Railroad 
Administration, Department of Transportation; Deborah A.P. Hersman, 
Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board; Susan A. Fleming, 
Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, Government Accountability 
Office; James P. Redeker, Connecticut Department of Transportation 
Commissioner, Newington; Michelle Teel, Missouri Department of 
Transportation Multimodal Operations Director, Jefferson City; Edward 
R. Hamberger, Association of American Railroads, and Kathryn Waters, 
American Public Transportation Association, both of Washington, D.C.; 
and James A. Stem, Jr., SMART--Transportation Division, Cleveland, 
Ohio.
AIRLINE INDUSTRY CONSOLIDATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security concluded a hearing to 
examine airline industry consolidation, focusing on issues raised by 
the proposed merger of American Airlines and US Airways, after 
receiving testimony from Susan L. Kurland, Assistant Secretary of 
Transportation for Aviation and International Affairs; Gerald L. 
Dillingham, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, Government 
Accountability Office; Doug Parker, US Airways, Tempe, Arizona; Gary F. 
Kennedy, American Airlines, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas; and Charles A. 
Leocha, Consumer Travel Alliance, Springfield, Virginia.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Geoffrey R. Pyatt, of California, to be 
Ambassador to Ukraine, and Tulinabo Salama Mushingi, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to Burkina Faso, both of the Department of State, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.

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OLDER AMERICANS ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Primary Health and Aging concluded a hearing to examine reducing senior 
poverty and hunger, including S. 1028, to reauthorize and improve the 
Older Americans Act of 1965, after receiving testimony from Nancy J. 
Altman, Pension Rights Center, and Howard Bedlin, National Council on 
Aging, both of Washington, D.C.; Ellie Hollander, Meals on Wheels 
Association of America, Alexandria, Virginia; and Paul Downey, National 
Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs, San Diego, 
California.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the Federal Bureau of Investigation, after receiving testimony 
Robert S. Mueller III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Department of Justice.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Todd M. Hughes, of the District of Columbia, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, Colin Stirling 
Bruce, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of 
Illinois, Sara Lee Ellis, and Andrea R. Wood, both to be a United 
States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, and 
Madeline Hughes Haikala, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Alabama, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
PAPERLESS SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
paperless Social Security payments, focusing on protecting seniors from 
fraud and confusion, after receiving testimony from Richard L. Gregg, 
Fiscal Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; Theresa Gruber, Assistant 
Deputy Commissioner for Operations, and Patrick P. O'Carroll, Jr., 
Inspector General, both of the Social Security Administration; Rebecca 
Vallas, Community Legal Services, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and 
Alexandra J. Lane, Winter Haven, Florida.