[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 176 (Thursday, December 12, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1174]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
P5 + 1 INTERIM NUCLEAR AGREEMENT WITH IRAN
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine assessing the P5+1 Interim Nuclear Agreement with 
Iran, focusing on Administration perspectives, after receiving 
testimony from Wendy Sherman, Under Secretary of State for Political 
Affairs; and David S. Cohen, Under Secretary of the Treasury.
WEATHER FORECASTING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard concluded a hearing to 
examine forecasting success, focusing on achieving U.S. weather 
readiness for the long term, after receiving testimony from Louis W. 
Uccellini, Assistant Administrator for Weather Services, and Director 
of the National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, Department of Commerce; William B. Gail, Global Weather 
Corporation, Boulder, Colorado; A. Thomas Young, NOAA Satellite 
Independent Review Team, Onancock, Virginia; Barry Lee Myers, 
AccuWeather, Inc, State College, Pennsylvania; Richard J. Hirn, 
National Weather Service Employees Organization, Washington, D.C.; and 
Lee E. Ohanian, University of California Los Angeles Ettinger Family 
Program in Macroeconomic Research.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Franklin M. Orr, Jr., of 
California, to be Under Secretary for Science, who was introduced by 
Senator Feinstein, and Jonathan Elkind, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
Secretary for International Affairs, both of the Department of Energy, 
and Rhea Sun Suh, of Colorado, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and 
Wildlife, and Tommy Port Beaudreau, of Alaska, to be an Assistant 
Secretary, who was introduced by Senator Begich, both of the Department 
of the Interior, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably the following 
business items:
  An original bill to repeal the Sustainable Growth Rate system and to 
consider health care extenders; and
  An original bill entitled, ``Supporting at Risk Children Act''.
ACCREDITATION AS QUALITY ASSURANCE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine accreditation as quality assurance, 
focusing on meeting the needs of 21st Century learning, after receiving 
testimony from Arthur Levine, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship 
Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey; Ralph A. Wolff, Western Association 
of Schools and Colleges, Alameda, California; Daniel Phelan, Jackson 
College, Jackson, Michigan; and Laura Rasar King, Council on Education 
for Public Health, Silver Spring, Maryland.
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.