[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 128 (Wednesday, September 25, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D907-D908]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
TERRORISM RISK INSURANCE ACT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a
hearing to examine reauthorizing the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act,
focusing on the state of the terrorism risk insurance market, after
receiving testimony from Peter J. Beshar, Marsh and McLennan Companies,
and Robert P. Hartwig, Insurance Information Institute, both of New
York, New York; and Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan, University of Pennsylvania
Wharton School Center for Risk Management and Decision Processes,
Philadelphia.
FINANCIAL SERVICES IN INDIA
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
National Security and International Trade and Finance concluded a
hearing to examine assessing the investment climate and improving
market access in financial services in India, after receiving testimony
from Arvind Subramanian, Peterson Institute for International Economics
and Center for Global Development, Chennai, India; and Richard M.
Rossow, McLarty Associates, Alexandria, Virginia.
PRESERVE FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a
hearing to examine the need to invest in America's infrastructure and
preserve Federal transportation funding, after receiving testimony from
Sean T. Connaughton, Commonwealth of Virginia Secretary of
Transportation, Richmond; T. Peter Ruane, American Road and
Transportation Builders Association, Michael P. Lewis, Rhode Island
Department of Transportation Director, on behalf of the American
Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Janet F.
Kavinoky, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Gregory M. Cohen, American Highway
Users Alliance, Raymond J. Poupore, National Construction Alliance II,
Kathy Ruffalo, Ruffalo and Associates, LLC, and Jack Schenendorf,
Covington and Burling LLP, all of Washington, D.C.; Gregory DiLoreto,
American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, Virginia; and Peter J.
Basso, Peter J. Basso and Associates, LLC, Rockville, Maryland.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to
examine the nominations of Philip S. Goldberg, of the District of
Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines, Robert
O. Blake, Jr., of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Indonesia, who was introduced by Senator Whitehouse, Karen Clark
Stanton, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of
Timor-Leste, and Amy Jane Hyatt, of California, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Palau, all of the Department of State, after the nominees
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Carol Waller Pope, of
the District of Columbia, who was introduced by Representative Norton,
Ernest W. Dubester, of Virginia, and Patrick Pizzella, of Virginia, all
to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, after the
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine
the nominations of Carolyn B. McHugh, of Utah, to be United States
Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, Pamela L. Reeves, to be United
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Vince
Girdhari Chhabria, to be United States District Judge for the Northern
District of California, who was introduced by Senator Boxer, and James
Maxwell Moody, Jr., to be United States
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District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, who was introduced
by Senators Pryor and Boozman, after the nominees testified and
answered questions in their own behalf.
THE STATE OF THE AMERICAN SENIOR
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to
examine the state of the American senior, focusing on the changing
retirement landscape for baby boomers, after receiving testimony
from Olivia S. Mitchell, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School,
Philadelphia; Paula A. Calimafde, Small Business Council of America,
Bethesda, Maryland; Richard W. Johnson, The Urban Institute,
Washington, DC.; and Joanne Jacobsen, Venice, Florida.
DANGEROUS SYNTHETIC DRUGS
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: Caucus
concluded a hearing to examine dangerous synthetic drugs, focusing on
unregulated forms of ecstasy, PCP and LSD, including S. 1323, to
address the continued threat posed by dangerous synthetic drugs by
amending the Controlled Substances Act relating to controlled substance
analogues, and S. 1322, to amend the Controlled Substances Act relating
to controlled substance analogues, after receiving testimony from
Senators Feinstein, Klobuchar, and Grassley; Michael Botticelli, Deputy
Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy; Joseph T. Rannazzisi,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, Drug
Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice; Timothy Heaphy,
United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia; and Nora
Volkow, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes
of Health, Department of Health and Human Services.