[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

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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, 
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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.