[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 42 (Thursday, March 13, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D279-D280]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and 
Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2015 for the Department of 
Transportation, after receiving testimony from Anthony Foxx, Secretary of 
Transportation.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND FOREIGN OPERATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2015 for the Department of State and Foreign Operations, 
after receiving testimony from John F. Kerry, Secretary of State.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine United 
States Northern Command and United States Southern Command in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2015 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, after receiving testimony from General Charles H. Jacoby, 
Jr., United States Army, Commander, United States Northern Command, and 
North American Aerospace Defense Command, and General John F. Kelly, United 
States Marine Corps, Commander, United States Southern Command, both of the 
Department of Defense.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Stanley Fischer, of New York, to be a 
Member and Vice Chairman, Jerome H. Powell, of Maryland, and Lael Brainard, 
of the District of Columbia, both to be a Member, all of the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Gustavo Velasquez Aguilar, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, and J. Mark McWatters, of Texas, to be a Member of the National 
Credit Union Administration, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
U.S. AVIATION INDUSTRY AND JOBS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation 
Operations, Safety, and Security concluded a hearing to examine the United

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States aviation industry and jobs, focusing on keeping American 
manufacturing competitive, after receiving testimony from Dennis Muilenburg, 
Boeing, Seattle, Washington; Marion C. Blakey, Aerospace Industries 
Association of America, Arlington, Virginia; and Nicholas E. Calio, Airlines 
for America, and Edward Wytkind, AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department, 
both of Washington, D.C.
IDEAS TO STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND THE MIDDLE CLASS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine innovative 
ideas to strengthen and expand the middle class, after receiving testimony 
from George Packer, The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America, New 
York, New York; William C. Dunkelberg, National Federation of Independent 
Business, and Leonard E. Burman, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Diane C. Swonk, Mesirow Financial, Chicago, Illinois; and 
Lawrence Lindsey, The Lindsey Group, Fairfax, Virginia.
KEYSTONE XL AND THE NATIONAL INTEREST DETERMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine Keystone XL and the National Interest Determination, after 
receiving testimony from Karen A. Harbert, U.S. Chamber of Commerce 
Institute for 21st Century Energy, and General James L. Jones, USMC 
(ret.), Jones Group International, both of Washington, D.C.; James 
Hansen, Columbia University Earth Institute Climate Science, Awareness 
and Solutions Program, New York, New York; and Michael Brune, Sierra 
Club, San Francisco, California.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BUDGET
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request 
for fiscal year 2015 for the Department of Homeland Security, after 
receiving testimony from Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the nomination of L. Reginald Brothers, Jr., 
of Massachusetts, to be Under Secretary of Homeland Security for 
Science and Technology.
FEMA BUDGET
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental Relations, and the District 
of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed 
budget request for fiscal year 2015 for the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, after receiving testimony from Craig Fugate, 
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of 
Homeland Security.
FDA INITIATIVES AND PRIORITIES
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the Food and Drug Administration's 
initiatives and priorities, focusing on protecting the public health, 
after receiving testimony from Margaret A. Hamburg, Commissioner of 
Food and Drugs, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and 
Human Services.
TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine tribal transportation, focusing on pathways to 
infrastructure and economic development in Indian country, after 
receiving testimony from Michael Black, Director, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, Department of the Interior; Robert W. Sparrow, Director, 
Tribal Transportation Program, Federal Highway Administration, 
Department of Transportation; Dana Buckles, Assiniboine and Sioux 
Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation, Poplar, Montana; Wes Martel, and 
John Smith, both of the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes, 
Fort Washakie, Wyoming, on behalf of the Joint Business Council; and 
Edward K. Thomas, Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of 
Alaska, Juneau.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee began consideration of the 
nominations of Gregg Jeffrey Costa, of Texas, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Tanya S. Chutkan, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Columbia, M. Hannah Lauck, to 
be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 
Leo T. Sorokin, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Massachusetts, and John Charles Cruden, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General, Department of Justice, but did not complete action 
thereon, and will met again on Thursday, March 27, 2014.
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.