[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 25, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D304-D305]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2015 for the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, after receiving testimony from Eric K. Shinseki, 
Secretary, Robert A. Petzel, Under Secretary for Health, Allison A. 
Hickey, Under Secretary for Benefits, Steven L. Muro, Under Secretary 
for Memorial Affairs, Stephen Warren, Executive in Charge for 
Information and Technology, and Helen Tierney, Executive in Charge for 
the Office of Management and Chief Financial Officer, all of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs.
APPROPRIATIONS: UNITED STATES CAPITOL POLICE, SENATE SERGEANT AT ARMS, 
AND THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2015 for the United States Capitol Police, the Senate Sergeant at 
Arms, and the Secretary of the Senate, after receiving testimony from 
Kim C. Dine, Chief of Police, United States Capitol Police; Terrance W. 
Gainer, Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate; and Nancy 
Erickson, Secretary of the Senate.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
United States Pacific Command and United States Forces Korea in review 
of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2015 and the 
Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Admiral 
Samuel J. Locklear III, USN, Commander, United States Pacific Command, 
and General Curtis M. Scaparrotti, USA, Commander, United Nations 
Command, Combined Forces Command, and United States Forces Korea, both 
of the Department of Defense.
MAINTAINING U.S. MILITARY TECHNOLOGY SUPERIORITY
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities received a closed briefing on challenges to maintaining 
United States military technology superiority from Frank Kendall III, 
Under Secretary for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, and Alan R. 
Shaffer, Acting Assistant Secretary for Research and Engineering, both 
of the Department of Defense.
IMPORTING ENERGY AND EXPORTING JOBS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine importing energy and exporting jobs, after 
receiving testimony from Adam Sieminski, Administrator, Energy 
Information Administration, Department of Energy; Jaroslav Neverovic, 
The Republic of Lithuania Minister of Energy, Vilnius; and W. David 
Montgomery, NERA Economic Consulting, David L. Goldwyn, Brookings 
Institution, and Edward C. Chow, Center

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for Strategic and International Studies, all of Washington, D.C.
TRANSPARENCY IN TRAINING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental Relations, and the District 
of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine transparency and training, 
focusing on preparing our first responders for emerging threats and 
hazards, after receiving testimony from Mike King, Acting Director of 
National Training and Education, Superintendent of the Center for 
Domestic Preparedness, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department 
of Homeland Security; Tim McLean, Casselton Fire Chief, Wheatland, 
North Dakota; and Lisa A. Stabler, Transportation Technology Center, 
Inc., Pueblo, Colorado, on behalf of the Association of American 
Railroads.
TEACHER PREPARATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine teacher preparation, focusing on 
ensuring a quality teacher in every classroom, after receiving 
testimony from Jeanne M. Burns, Louisiana Board of Regents Associate 
Commissioner for Teacher and Leadership Initiatives, Baton Rouge; 
Edward Crowe, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, Princeton, 
New Jersey; Mary Brabeck, Council for the Accreditation of Educator 
Preparation, and Timothy Daly, The New Teacher Project, both of New 
York, New York; and Mari Koerner, Arizona State University Mary Lou 
Fulton Teachers College, Tempe.
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.