[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 161 (Wednesday, November 13, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1078-D1079]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SEQUESTRATION AND THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine sequestration and the defense industrial 
base, after receiving testimony from Mayor Larry Morrissey,

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Rockford, Illinois; Marion Blakey, Aerospace Industries Association, 
and Lawrence P. Farrell, National Defense Industrial Association, both 
of Arlington, Virginia; Greg Bloom, Seal Science, Inc., Irvine, 
California; Stephen S. Fuller, George Mason University Center for 
Regional Analysis, Fairfax, Virginia; Larry Williams, BRS Aerospace, 
South Saint Paul, Minnesota; and Owen Herrnstadt, International 
Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Upper Marlboro, 
Maryland.
MANUFACTURING HUBS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the role of manufacturing hubs in a 21st century 
innovation economy, after receiving testimony from Senator Brown; Penny 
Pritzker, Secretary of Commerce; Eric Spiegel, Siemens Corporation, 
Washington, D.C.; Martin A. Schmidt, Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology, Cambridge; Michael S. Garvey, M-7 Technologies, Youngstown, 
Ohio; and Terry Brewer, Brewer Science, Inc., Rolla, Missouri.
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Jeh Charles Johnson, 
of New Jersey, to be Secretary of Homeland Security, after the nominee, 
who was introduced by Senators Menendez and Booker, testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
SURVEILLANCE TRANSPARENCY ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the 
Law concluded a hearing to examine S. 1452, to enhance transparency for 
certain surveillance programs authorized by the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978, after receiving testimony from Senator 
Heller; Robert S. Litt, General Counsel, Office of the Director of 
National Intelligence; J. Bradford Wiegmann, Deputy Assistant Attorney 
General, National Security Division, Department of Justice; Richard 
Salgado, Google, Inc., Mountain View, California; and Kevin S. 
Bankston, Center for Democracy and Technology, and Paul Rosenzweig, Red 
Branch Consulting, PLLC, both of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Nancy L. Moritz, of Kansas, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, who was introduced by Senator 
Moran, Sheryl H. Lipman, to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of Tennessee, Stanley Allen Bastian, to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, who was 
introduced by Senator Murray, and Manish S. Shah, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, who was 
introduced by Senator Kirk, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
VETERAN ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAMS
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine a review of programs for veteran entrepreneurs, 
after receiving testimony from Rhett Jeppson, Associate Administrator, 
Small Business Administration; Lieutenant Colonel Jason C. Anderson, 
USAF, Active-Duty Entrepreneur LLC, Springfield, Virginia; Louis J. 
Celli, The American Legion, and Joe Wynn, Vets Group, Inc., both of 
Washington, D.C.; Robin D. Kistler, Louisiana State University, Baton 
Rouge; Aaron Dirks, PosiGen, New Orleans, Louisiana; Robert Rehder, 
Fayetteville State University Veterans Business Outreach Center, 
Fayetteville, North Carolina; Mike Haynie, Syracuse University 
Institute for Veterans and Military Families, Syracuse, New York; Chris 
Ferguson, Shoulder 2 Shoulder Inc., Arlington, Virginia; and C. E. 
Rowe, America's SBDC, Burke, Virginia.