[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 37 (Wednesday, March 5, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D227-D228]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH PROGRAMS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine national security space launch programs, 
after receiving testimony from Cristina Chaplain, Director, Acquisition 
and Sourcing Management, Government Accountability Office; Michael 
Gass, United Launch Alliance, Centennial, Colorado; Elon Musk, Space 
Exploration Technologies, Hawthorne, California; and Scott Pace, George 
Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs Space 
Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2015 and the Future 
Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Charles T. Hagel, 
Secretary, General Martin E. Dempsey, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of 
Staff, and Robert F. Hale, Under Secretary, Comptroller, all of the 
Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing to examine nuclear forces and policies in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2015 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, after receiving testimony from M. Elaine Bunn, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Nuclear and Missile Defense Policy, Lieutenant 
General Stephen W. Wilson, USAF, Commander, Air Force Global Strike 
Command, Major General Garrett Harencak, USAF, Assistant Chief of 
Staff, Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration, and Vice Admiral 
Terry J. Benedict, USN, Director, Strategic Systems Programs, all of 
the Department of Defense.
PRESIDENT'S PROPOSED BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2015, after 
receiving testimony from Sylvia M. Burwell, Director, Office of 
Management and Budget.

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PRESIDENT'S PROPOSED BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2015, after 
receiving testimony from Jacob J. Lew, Secretary of the Treasury.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of L. Reginald Brothers, 
Jr., of Massachusetts, to be Under Secretary for Science and 
Technology, and Francis Xavier Taylor, of Maryland, to be Under 
Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, both of the Department of 
Homeland Security, after the nominees testified and answered questions 
in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nomination of Maria Contreras-Sweet, of 
California, to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
INCOME SECURITY AND THE ELDERLY
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
income security and the elderly, focusing on securing gains made in the 
war on poverty, and if trends in marriage, work, and pensions may 
increase vulnerability for some retirees, after receiving testimony 
from Barbara D. Bovbjerg, Managing Director, Education, Workforce, and 
Income Security, Government Accountability Office; Patricia Neuman, The 
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, and Joan Entmacher, National Women's 
Law Center, both of Washington, D.C.; and Dixie Shaw, Catholic 
Charities Maine, Caribou.