[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 127 (Tuesday, September 24, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D903-D905]
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 Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Deborah Lee James, of Virginia, to be Secretary of the 
Air Force, Jessica Garfola Wright, of Pennsylvania, to be Under 
Secretary for Personnel and Readiness, and Marcel J. Lettre II, of 
Maryland, to be Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Intelligence, all 
of the Department of Defense, Frank G. Klotz, of Virginia, to be Under 
Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security, and Kevin A. Ohlson, of 
Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the 
Armed Forces.

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JOBS AND THE ECONOMY
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
impact of political uncertainty on jobs and the economy, after 
receiving testimony from Mark Zandi, Moody's Analytics, West Chester, 
Pennsylvania; Chad Stone, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 
Washington, D.C.; and Allan H. Meltzer, Carnegie Mellon University, 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
SUSTAINABLE FISHING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard concluded a hearing to 
examine the role of certification in rewarding sustainable fishing, 
after receiving testimony from Samuel D. Rauch III, Acting Assistant 
Administrator for the National Marine Fisheries Service, National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Darren 
Blue, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Facilities Management and 
Services Programs, Public Buildings Service, General Services 
Administration; Stefanie Moreland, Policy Advisor for Fisheries to 
Alaska Governor Sean Parnell, Juneau; Jeffrey Rice, Wal-Mart Stores, 
Inc., Bentonville, Arkansas; Michael Montelongo, Sodexo, Inc., 
Gaithersburg, Maryland; and John Connelly, National Fisheries 
Institute, McLean, Virginia.
REBUILDING THE NATION'S INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and 
Security concluded a hearing to examine rebuilding the nation's 
infrastructure, focusing on leveraging innovative financing to 
supplement Federal investment, after receiving testimony from Norman Y. 
Mineta, former Secretary of Transportation and Commerce; Matt Connelly, 
UPS, Atlanta, Georgia; Peter J. Basso, Peter J. Basso and Associates, 
LLC, and Robert Dove, The Carlyle Group, both of Washington, D.C.; and 
J. Perry Offutt, Morgan Stanley and Co. LLC, New York, New York.
BLACK CARBON
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air 
and Nuclear Safety concluded a hearing to examine black carbon, 
focusing on a global health problem with low-cost solutions, after 
receiving testimony from Robert D. Singletary, Oklahoma Department of 
Environmental Quality Supervising Attorney for Air Quality and Land 
Protection, Oklahoma City; Conrad G. Schneider, Clean Air Task Force, 
Brunswick, Maine; Timothy V. Johnson, Corning Incorporated, Corning, 
New York; Allen Schaeffer, Diesel Technology Forum, Frederick, 
Maryland; and Robert C. Harris, Jr., Alabama State Port Authority, 
Mobile.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Dwight L. Bush, Sr., of the District of 
Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco, who was 
introduced by Senator Durbin, Mark Bradley Childress, of Virginia, to 
be Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania, Thomas Frederick 
Daughton, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Namibia, 
Matthew T. Harrington, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Lesotho, Eunice S. Reddick, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Niger, John Hoover, of Massachusetts, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Sierra Leone, and Michael Stephen 
Hoza, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cameroon, all 
of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Tomasz P. Malinowski, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Labor, Keith Michael Harper, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador 
during his tenure of service as United States Representative to the UN 
Human Rights Council, Crystal Nix-Hines, of California, for the rank of 
Ambassador during her tenure of service as the United States Permanent 
Representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and 
Cultural Organization, and Pamela K. Hamamoto, of Hawaii, to be 
Representative to the Office of the United Nations and Other 
International Organizations in Geneva, with the rank of Ambassador, all 
of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine United States efforts to reduce 
healthcare-associated infections, after receiving testimony from 
Patrick Conway, Chief Medical Officer and Director, Center for Clinical 
Standards and Quality, and Acting Director, Center for Medicare and 
Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, and Beth Bell, 
Director, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious 
Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, both of the 
Department of Health and Human Services; Ciaran Staunton, Rory

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Staunton Foundation, New York, New York; Jonathan Perlin, Hospital 
Corporation of America, Nashville, Tennessee; and Joe Kiani, The 
Patient Safety Movement Foundation, Irvine, California.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ordered favorably 
reported an original resolution authorizing expenditures by committees 
of the Senate for the periods October 1, 2013 through September 30, 
2014 and October 1, 2014 through February 28, 2015.
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.