[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 108 (Thursday, July 25, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D772-D773]
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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Krysta L. Harden, of Georgia, to 
be Deputy Secretary, and Robert Bonnie, of Virginia, to be Under 
Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, both of the Department 
of Agriculture.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 1371, making appropriations for financial services and general 
government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014; and
  S. 1372, making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2014.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Stephen Woolman Preston, of the District of 
Columbia, to be General Counsel, Jon T. Rymer, of Tennessee, to be 
Inspector General, Susan J. Rabern, of Kansas, to be Assistant 
Secretary of the Navy for Financial Management and Comptroller, and 
Dennis V. McGinn, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy 
for Energy, Installations, and Environment, who was introduced by 
former Senator John Warner, all of the Department of Defense, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
WIRELINE COMMUNICATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Communications, Technology, and the Internet concluded a hearing to 
examine the state of wireline communications, after receiving testimony 
from Jeff Gardner, Windstream Corporation, Little Rock, Arkansas, on 
behalf of the United States Telecom Association; Shirley Bloomfield, 
NTCA--The Rural Broadband Association, Arlington, Virginia; Jerry 
James, COMPTEL, and Gigi Sohn, Public Knowledge, both of Washington, 
D.C.; and Larry Downes, Kensington, California.
IMPROVING CYBER SECURITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine improving cyber security, focusing on the 
partnership between National Institute of Standards and Technology 
(NIST) and the private sector, including S. 1353, to provide for an 
ongoing, voluntary public-private partnership to improve cybersecurity, 
and to strengthen cybersecurity research and development, workforce 
development and education, and public awareness and preparedness, after 
receiving testimony from Patrick Gallagher, Under Secretary of Commerce 
for Standards and Technology, and Director, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology; Arthur W. Coviello, Jr., EMC Corporation, 
Bedford, Massachusetts; Mark Clancy, The Depository Trust and Clearing 
Corporation, Tampa, Florida, on behalf of the American Bankers 
Association, Financial Services Roundtable, and Securities Industry and 
Financial Markets Association; and Dorothy Coleman, National 
Association of Manufacturers, Washington, D.C.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE'S SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING OPTIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine supplemental funding options to support the National 
Park Service's efforts to address deferred maintenance and operational 
needs, after receiving testimony from Jonathan B. Jarvis, Director, 
National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Gerard Gabrys, 
National Park Hospitality Association, Fairfax, Virginia; Craig Obey, 
National Parks Conservation Association, Washington, D.C.; David 
MacDonald, Friends of Acadia, Bar Harbor, Maine; and Dan Puskar, 
Association of Partners for Public Lands, Wheaton, Maryland.
WATER RESOURCE INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power concluded a hearing to examine the issues associated with aging 
water resource infrastructure in the United States, after receiving 
testimony from Lowell Pimley, Deputy Commissioner of Operations, Bureau 
of Reclamation, Department of the Interior; James R. Hannon, Chief of 
Operations and Regulatory, Army Corps of Engineers, Department of the 
Army, Department of Defense; Charles V. Stern, Specialist in Natural 
Resources Policy, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; 
Charles Kiely, District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority Assistant 
General Manager, Washington, D.C.; and Gerald E. Galloway, University 
of Maryland, College Park.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Michael B. Thornton, of Virginia, and Joseph W. Nega, of 
Illinois, both to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court, and F. 
Scott Kieff, of Illinois, to be a Member of the United States 
International Trade Commission.
CRISIS IN EGYPT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the crisis in Egypt, after receiving testimony from Dennis 
Ross, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Michele Dunne, 
Atlantic Council Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, both of 
Washington, D.C.; and Daniel C. Kurtzer, Princeton Universtiy Woodrow 
Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton, New 
Jersey.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of David D. Pearce, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to Greece, John B. Emerson, of California, to be Ambassador 
to the Federal Republic of Germany, who was introduced by Senators 
Feinstein and Boxer, John Rufus Gifford, of Massachusetts, to be 
Ambassador to Denmark, who was introduced by Senator Kaine, Denise 
Campbell Bauer, of California, to be Ambassador to Belgium, and James 
Costos, of California, to be Ambassador to Spain and to serve 
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to 
Andorra, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Alejandro Nicholas 
Mayorkas, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Secretary of 
Homeland Security, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators 
Feinstein and Landrieu, testified and answered questions in his own 
behalf.
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.