[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 49 (Thursday, March 27, 2014)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D325-D327] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS: FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2015 for the Federal Communications Commission, after receiving testimony from Tom Wheeler, Chairman, and Ajit Pai, Commissioner, both of the Federal Communications Commission. APPROPRIATIONS: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies concluded open and closed hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2015 for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, after receiving testimony from James B. Comey, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice. DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the posture of the Department of the Navy in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2015 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Ray Mabus, Secretary, Admiral Jonathan Greenert, Chief [[Page D326]] of Naval Operations, and General James F. Amos, Commandant of the Marine Corps, all of the Department of the Navy, Department of Defense. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported 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 Minerals Management, both of the Department of the Interior. Also, committee announced the following subcommittee assignments: Subcommittee on Energy: Senators Franken (Chair), Wyden, Johnson (SD), Cantwell, Sanders, Stabenow, Udall (CO), Manchin, Heinrich, Baldwin, Risch, Heller, Flake, Alexander, Portman, and Hoeven. Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining: Senators Manchin (Chair), Wyden, Johnson (SD), Cantwell, Udall (CO), Franken, Schatz, Heinrich, Baldwin, Barrasso, Risch, Lee, Heller, Flake, Scott, Alexander, and Hoeven. Subcommittee on National Parks: Senators Udall (CO) (Chair), Wyden, Sanders, Stabenow, Schatz, Heinrich, Baldwin, Portman, Barrasso, Lee, Alexander, and Hoeven. Subcommittee on Water and Power: Senators Schatz (Chair), Johnson (SD), Cantwell, Sanders, Stabenow, Manchin, Franken, Lee, Barrasso, Risch, Heller, Flake, and Scott. Senators Landrieu and Murkowski are ex officio members of each subcommittee. MAP-21 REAUTHORIZATION Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to examine MAP-21 reauthorization, focusing on state and local perspectives on transportation priorities and funding, after receiving testimony from Michael P. Lewis, Rhode Island Department of Transportation Director, Providence; Sue Minter, Vermont Agency of Transportation Deputy Secretary, Montpelier; Mayor Gregory A. Ballard, Indianapolis, Indiana; Mayor Mick Cornett, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Bill Fontenot, St. Landry Parish President, Opelousas, Louisiana; James H. Willox, Converse County Board of County Commissioners Chairman, Douglas, Wyoming, on behalf of the Wyoming County Commissioners Association Committee on Transportation; and Dave Gula, Wilmington Area Planning Council, Newark, Delaware. POWER AFRICA INITIATIVE Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs concluded a hearing to examine powering Africa's future, focusing on the Power Africa Initiative, after receiving testimony from Earl Gast, Assistant Administrator for Africa, United States Agency for International Development; Mimi Alemayehou, Executive Vice President, Overseas Private Investment Corporation; Rick Angiuoni, Director of Africa, Export-Import Bank of the United States; Paul Hinks, Symbion Power LLC, Del Renigar, General Electric, and Thomas H. Hart, The ONE Campaign, all of Washington, D.C.; and Tony O. Elumelu, Heirs Holdings, Lagos, Nigeria. NOMINATIONS Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Sherry Moore Trafford, and Steven M. Wellner, both to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, after the nominees, who were both introduced by Representative Norton, testified and answered questions in their own behalf. FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine strengthening the Federal Student Loan Program for borrowers, after receiving testimony from James W. Runcie, Chief Operating Officer, Federal Student Aid, Department of Education; Michelle Asha Cooper, Institute for Higher Education Policy, Washington, D.C.; Deanne Loonin, National Consumer Law Center Student Loan Borrower Assistance Project, Boston, Massachusetts; Roberta L. Johnson, Iowa State University, Ames; and Marian Malone Dill, Lee University, Cleveland, Tennessee. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported 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. ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR THOSE WHO SERVE Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Oversight, Federal Rights and Agency Action concluded a hearing to examine access to justice for those who serve, after receiving testimony from Colonel Paul E. Kantwill, Director, Office of Legal Policy, Office of the Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness, Judge Advocate General's Corps, United States [[Page D327]] Army, and Dwain Alexander, II, Senior Civilian Attorney, Region Legal Service Office, Mid-Atlantic, and Lieutenant Kenneth Savage, United States Navy Reserve, both of the Department of the Navy, all of the Department of Defense; John S. Odom, Jr., Jones and Odom, L.L.P., Shreveport, Louisiana; and Major General Andrew Davis, USMC (Ret.), Reserve Officers Association, and Ian De Planque, Legislative Commission of the American Legion, both of Washington, D.C. 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.