[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 4, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D111-D113]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a closed briefing on 
the situation in Afghanistan from Jennifer C. Walsh, Principal 
Director, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia, Office of the 
Secretary, Brigadier General Robert P. White, USA, Director, Pakistan/
Afghanistan Coordination Cell, J-5, Joint Staff, and Kent A. Breedlove, 
Senior Defense Intelligence Analyst for Afghanistan, Defense 
Intelligence Agency, all of the Department of Defense; and

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Jarrett Blanc, Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and 
Pakistan, Department of State.
MOVING FROM CONSTANT CRISES TO BROAD-BASED GROWTH
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
moving from constant crises to broad-based growth, focusing on the 2014 
outlook, after receiving testimony from Mark Zandi, Moody's Analytics, 
West Chester, Pennsylvania; Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and 
Policy Priorities, Washington, D.C.; and David A. Rosenberg, Gluskin 
Sheff and Associates Inc., Ontario, Canada.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Rhea Sun Suh, of Colorado, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, and Janice Marion Schneider, 
of New York, to be Assistant Secretary for Land and Mineral Management, 
both of the Department of the Interior, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA DRINKING WATER CRISIS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Water and 
Wildlife concluded a hearing to examine the safety and security of 
drinking water supplies following the Central West Virginia drinking 
water crisis, including S. 1961, to protect surface water from 
contamination by chemical storage facilities, and S. 1009, to 
reauthorize and modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act, after 
receiving testimony from Natalie E. Tennant, West Virginia Secretary of 
State, Randy C. Huffman, West Virginia Department of Environmental 
Protection Cabinet Secretary, and Michael W. McNulty, Putnam Public 
Service District, all of Charleston, West Virginia; Erik D. Olson, 
Natural Resources Defense Council, and Richard O. Faulk, Hollingsworth 
LLP, both of Washington, D.C.; Brent Fewell, Troutman Sanders, Potomac, 
Maryland, on behalf of United Water; and R. Peter Weaver, International 
Liquid Terminals Association, Arlington, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of R. Gil Kerlikowske, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Commissioner of Customs, Department of Homeland Security, Richard G. 
Frank, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, and Paige Marvel, of Maryland, and Tamara Wenda Ashford, of 
Virginia, both to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court.
IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine negotiations on Iran's nuclear program, after receiving 
testimony from Wendy Sherman, Under Secretary of State for Political 
Affairs; David S. Cohen, Under Secretary of the Treasury; David 
Albright, Institute for Science and International Security, and Mark 
Dubowitz, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, both of Washington, 
D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. Res. 333, strongly recommending that the United States renegotiate 
the return of the Iraqi Jewish Archive to Iraq;
  S. Res. 270, supporting the goals and ideals of World Polio Day and 
commending the international community and others for their efforts to 
prevent and eradicate polio; and
  The nominations of Rose Eilene Gottemoeller, of Virginia, to be Under 
Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Frank A. Rose, 
of Massachusetts, to be a Assistant Secretary for Verification and 
Compliance, Puneet Talwar, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Political-Military Affairs, Robert C. Barber, of 
Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland, George 
James Tsunis, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway, 
Colleen Bradley Bell, of California, to be Ambassador to Hungary, Keith 
M. Harper, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of 
service as United States Representative to the UN Human Rights Council, 
Max Sieben Baucus, of Montana, to be Ambassador to the People's 
Republic of China, and Arnold A. Chacon, of Virginia, to be Director 
General of the Foreign Service, all of the Department of State.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Bathsheba Nell Crocker, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for International Organization 
Affairs, Michael Anderson Lawson, of California, for the rank of 
Ambassador during his tenure of service as Representative of the United 
States of America on the Council of the International Civil Aviation 
Organization, and Robert A. Wood, of New York, for the rank of 
Ambassador during his tenure of service as U.S. Representative to the 
Conference on Disarmament, all of the Department of State, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.

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SECURITY IN SOCHI
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on 
security in Sochi from Fred Glazier, Deputy Director for Intelligence 
Directorate, National Counterterrorism Center; Gregory Starr, Assistant 
Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security; John Cohen, Deputy 
Counterterrorism Coordinator and Senior Advisor to the Secretary of 
Homeland Security; John S. Adams, Deputy Assistant Director, 
Counterterrorism Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department 
of Justice; and Garry Reid, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, and Major General Darryl 
Roberson, Vice Director, Operations, Joint Chiefs of Staff, both of the 
Department of Defense.
ARMY RECRUITING CONTRACTS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Financial and Contracting Oversight concluded a hearing to examine 
fraud and abuse in army recruiting contracts, after receiving testimony 
from Lieutenant General William T. Grisoli, Director of the Army Staff, 
Major General David E. Quantock, Provost Marshal General of the Army, 
Commanding General, Army Criminal Investigation Command and Army 
Corrections Command, Joseph P. Bentz, Principal Deputy Auditor General, 
Army Audit Agency, and Lieutenant General Clyde A. Vaughn, USA (Ret.), 
former Director, and Colonel Mike Jones, USA (Ret.), former Division 
Chief, Strength Maintenance Division, both of the Army National Guard, 
all of the Department of Defense; and Philip Crane, and Kay Hensen, 
both of Docupak, Pelham, Alabama.
NOMINATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Vivek Hallegere 
Murthy, of Massachusetts, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps 
of the Public Health Service, and to be Surgeon General of the Public 
Health Service, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator 
Warren, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
PRIVACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
privacy in the digital age, focusing on preventing data breaches and 
combating cybercrime, after receiving testimony from Edith Ramirez, 
Chairwoman, Federal Trade Commission; William Noonan, Deputy Special 
Agent in Charge, Secret Service, Criminal Investigative Division, Cyber 
Operations Branch; Mythili Raman, Acting Assistant Attorney General, 
Department of Justice; Delara Derakhshani, Consumers Union, Washington, 
D.C.; Michael R. Kingston, Neiman Marcus Group, Dallas, Texas; John 
Mulligan, Target, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Fran Rosch, Symantec 
Corporation, Mountain View, California.
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.