[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 14, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D46-D47]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                            JANUARY 15, 2014

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to receive a closed briefing on the 
situation in Iraq and Syria, 9:30 a.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, to hold hearings to 
examine regulating financial holding companies and physical 
commodities, 2 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the future of unmanned aviation in the United 
States economy, focusing on safety and privacy considerations, 2:30 
p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider the nominations 
of Sarah Bloom Raskin, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of the 
Treasury, and Rhonda K. Schmidtlein, of Missouri, to be a Member of 
the United States International Trade Commission; to be immediately 
followed by a hearing to examine the nomination of R. Gil 
Kerlikowske, of the District of Columbia, to be Commissioner of 
Customs, Department of Homeland Security, and L. Paige Marvel, of 
Maryland, and Tamara Wenda Ashford, of Virginia, both to be a Judge 
of the United States Tax Court, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider S. 
1901, to authorize the President to extend the term of the nuclear 
energy agreement with the Republic of Korea until March 19, 2016, 
and the nominations of Cynthia H. Akuetteh, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Gabonese Republic, and to serve 
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to 
the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Catherine Ann 
Novelli, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Economic Growth, 
Energy, and the Environment, Tina S. Kaidanow, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Coordinator for Counterterrorism, with the rank and 
status of Ambassador at Large, Michael A. Hammer, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chile, Kevin Whitaker, 
of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Colombia, Daniel W. 
Yohannes, of Colorado, to be Representative of the United States of 
America to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and 
Development, with the rank of Ambassador, Sarah Sewall, of 
Massachusetts, to be Under Secretary for Civilian Security, 
Democracy, and Human Rights, Helen Meagher La Lime, of the District 
of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Angola, Larry 
Edward Andre, Jr., of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Islamic 
Republic of Mauritania, Eric T. Schultz, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Zambia, Puneet Talwar, of the District 
of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Political-Military 
Affairs, Carlos Roberto Moreno, of California, to be Ambassador to 
Belize, Rose Eilene Gottemoeller, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary 
for Arms Control and International Security, Frank A. Rose, of 
Massachusetts, to be Assistant Secretary for Verification and 
Compliance, Adam M. Scheinman, of Virginia, to be Special 
Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation, 
Timothy M. Broas, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
the Netherlands, Donald Lu, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Albania, Robert A. Sherman, of Massachusetts, to be 
Ambassador to the Portuguese Republic, Karen Clark Stanton, of 
Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Timor-
Leste, Amy Jane Hyatt, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Palau, Tomasz P. Malinowski, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Labor, 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, John Hoover, of Massachusetts, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Sierra Leone, Thomas Frederick 
Daughton, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Namibia, 
Dwight L. Bush, Sr., of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador 
to the Kingdom of Morocco, Matthew T. Harrington, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Lesotho, Charles Hammerman Rivkin, of 
the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Economic and 
Business Affairs, Mark Bradley Childress, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania, Pamela K. Hamamoto, 
of Hawaii, to be Representative of the United States of America to 
the Office of the United Nations and Other International 
Organizations in Geneva, with the rank of Ambassador, Michael 
Stephen Hoza, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Cameroon, Brian A. Nichols, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Peru, Eunice S. Reddick, of the District of Columbia, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Niger, Bruce Heyman, of Illinois, 
to be Ambassador to Canada, Richard Stengel, of New York, to be 
Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy, and Anthony Luzzatto Gardner, 
of New York, to be Representative of the United States of America to 
the European Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador, all of 
the Department of State, Catherine Ann Novelli, of Virginia, to be 
United States Alternate Governor of the International Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development, United States Alternate Governor of 
the Inter-American Development Bank, and to be United States 
Alternate

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Governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
Carolyn Hessler Radelet, of Virginia, to be Director of the Peace 
Corps, Michael G. Carroll, of New York, to be Inspector General, 
United States Agency for International Development, Mark E. Lopes, 
of Arizona, to be United States Executive Director of the Inter-
American Development, Janet L. Yellen, of California, to be United 
States Alternate Governor of the International Monetary Fund, and 
Dana J. Hyde, of Maryland, to be Chief Executive Officer, Millennium 
Challenge Corporation; to be immediately followed by a hearing to 
examine implications of the crisis in Ukraine, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine aging in 
comfort, focusing on assessing the special needs of America's 
Holocaust survivors, 2:15 p.m., SD-562.
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: to 
hold hearings to examine strategies to counter the drug trade as 
United States troop drawdown continues, focusing on the future of 
United States counternarcotics efforts in Afghanistan, 3 p.m., SD-
138.


                                 House

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications 
and Technology, hearing entitled ``#CommActUpdate: Perspectives from 
Former FCC Chairman'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The Impact of the Volcker Rule on Job Creators, Part I'' 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``South Sudan's Broken Promise?'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and 
International Organizations, hearing entitled ``A Report on the G8 
Dementia Summit'', 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing entitled ``NAFTA at 
Twenty: Accomplishments, Challenges, and the Way Forward'', 2 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``A False Narrative Endangers the Homeland'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and 
Security Technologies, markup on H.R. 3696, the ``National 
Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2013'', 
2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 7, the 
``No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act'', 10:15 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Strengthening Agency Oversight: Empowering the 
Inspectors General Community'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The Power of Connection: Peer-to-Peer Businesses'', 1 p.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Railroad, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, hearing entitled ``A 
Review of the Challenges Facing California High Speed Rail'', 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Vendors in the OR--VA's Failed 
Oversight of Surgical Implants'', 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.