[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, [[Page D1079]] 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.