[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 28, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D81-D82]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Madelyn R. Creedon, of Indiana, to be Principal Deputy 
Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, Brad R. 
Carson, of Oklahoma, to be Under Secretary of the Army, William A. 
LaPlante, Jr., of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air 
Force, and 1,096 nominations in the Army and Air Force.
MILITARY RETIREMENT SYSTEM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
recent changes to the United States military retirement system, after 
receiving testimony from Christine H. Fox, Acting Deputy Secretary, and 
Admiral James A. Winnefeld, Jr., USN, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 
of Staff, both of the Department of Defense; General John H. Tilelli, 
Jr., USA (Ret.), Military Officers Association of America, Master 
Sergeant Richard J. Delaney, USAF (Ret.), The Retired Enlisted 
Association, and David S. C. Chu, Institute for Defense Analyses, all 
of Alexandria, Virginia; and General Gordon R. Sullivan, USA (Ret.), 
Association of the United States Army, Arlington, Virginia.
REAUTHORIZATION OF THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the reauthorization of the Export-
Import Bank of the United States, after receiving testimony from Fred 
P. Hochberg, President and Chairman, Export-Import Bank of the United 
States.
CRITICAL MINERALS POLICY ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 1600, to facilitate the reestablishment of 
domestic, critical mineral designation, assessment, production, 
manufacturing, recycling, analysis, forecasting, workforce, education, 
research, and international capabilities in the United States, after 
receiving testimony from David Danielson, Assistant Secretary of 
Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; Lawrence D. 
Meinert, Mineral Resources Program Coordinator, Geological Survey, 
Department of the Interior; Major General Robert H. Latiff, (Ret.), 
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia; David Isaacs, Semiconductor 
Industry Association, and Jennifer Thomas, The Alliance of Automobile 
Manufacturers, both of Washington, D.C.; Jim Sims, Molycorp, Inc., 
Greenwood, Colorado; Gregory Conrad, Interstate Mining Compact 
Commission, Herndon, Virginia, on behalf of the Alaska Department of 
Natural Resources; and Roderick G. Eggert, Colorado School of Mines, 
Golden.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Max Sieben

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Baucus, of Montana, to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of China, 
who was introduced by Senator Tester, Arnold A. Chacon, of Virginia, to 
be Director General of the Foreign Service, and Daniel Bennett Smith, 
of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Research, 
all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY OVERTIME
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Federal Programs and the Federal 
Workforce concluded a hearing to examine overtime at the Department of 
Homeland Security, after receiving testimony from Carolyn N. Lerner, 
Special Counsel, Office of Special Counsel; Ron Vitiello, Deputy Chief, 
Border Patrol, and Catherine Emerson, Chief Human Capital Officer, both 
of the Department of Homeland Security; and Brandon Judd, National 
Border Patrol Council, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Steven Paul Logan, John Joseph Tuchi, Diane J. 
Humetewa, Rosemary Marquez, Douglas L. Rayes, and James Alan Soto, all 
to be a United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, after 
the nominees, who were introduced by Senators Flake and McCain, 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.