[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 94 (Thursday, June 27, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D650-D651]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  An original bill (S. 1243) making appropriations for Transportation, 
Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2014; and
  An original bill (S. 1245) making appropriations for Energy and Water 
Development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014.

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NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Melvin L. Watt, of North 
Carolina, to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, who was 
introduced by Senators Hagan and Burr, Jason Furman, of New York, to be 
a Member and Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, who was 
introduced by Senator Schumer, Kara Marlene Stein, of Maryland, who was 
introduced by Senator Reed, and Michael Sean Piwowar, of Virginia, who 
was introduced by Senator Crapo, both to be a Member of the Securities 
and Exchange Commission, and Richard T. Metsger, of Oregon, to be a 
Member of the National Credit Union Administration Board, who was 
introduced by Senator Merkley, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
EXPLOSIONS IN WEST, TEXAS AND GEISMAR, LOUISIANA
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine Federal risk management and emergency 
planning programs to prevent and address chemical threats, including 
the events leading up to the explosions in West, Texas and Geismar, 
Louisiana, after receiving testimony from Rafael Moure-Eraso, 
Chairperson, Chemical Safety Board; Barry N. Breen, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, 
Environmental Protection Agency; Randall L. Sawyer, Contra Costa Health 
Services, Martinez, California; Richard Webre, Ascension Parish Office 
of Homeland Security, Gonzales, Louisiana; Paul Orum, Coalition to 
Prevent Chemical Disasters, Washington, D.C.; M. Sam Mannan, Texas A&M 
University System Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, College 
Station; and Kim Nibarger, United Steelworkers, Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Financial and Contracting Oversight concluded a hearing to examine 
contract management by the Department of Energy, after receiving 
testimony from Gregory H. Friedman, Inspector General, and Jack Surash, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition and Project Management, 
Office of Environmental Management, both of the Department of Energy; 
Joseph F. Bader, Board Member, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; 
Michael Graham, Bechtel National, Inc., Washington, D.C.; Michael 
McKlevy, CH2M HILL Constructors, Inc., Englewood, Colorado; and Frank 
Sheppard, Parsons Salt Waste Processing Facility, Pasadena, California.
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.