[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 58 (Wednesday, April 9, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D400-D403]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2015 for the 
Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving testimony from Gina 
McCarthy, Administrator, and Maryann Froehlich, Acting Chief Financial 
Officer, both of the Environmental Protection Agency.
RAILWAY SAFETY FOR PASSENGERS AND COMMUNITIES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine an assessment on how to keep our railways safe for passengers 
and communities, after receiving testimony from Anthony Foxx, Secretary 
of Transportation; Deborah A.P. Hersman, Chairman, National 
Transportation Safety Board; Barb Graff, City of Seattle Office of 
Emergency Management Director, Seattle, Washington; and Timothy E. 
Pellerin, Fire/Rescue Department Fire Chief, Rangeley, Maine.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2015 for the Department of Labor, after receiving testimony from 
Thomas E. Perez, Secretary of Labor.
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAMS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine defense health programs, after receiving 
testimony from Lieutenant General Patricia D. Horoho, Surgeon General 
of the United States Army, Vice Admiral Matthew L. Nathan, Surgeon 
General of the United States Navy, Lieutenant General Thomas W. Travis, 
Surgeon General of the United States Air Force, and Christopher A. 
Miller, Program Executive Officer, Healthcare Management Systems, all 
of the Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates 
and justification for fiscal year 2015 for the Department of Energy, 
after receiving testimony from Ernest Moniz, Secretary, and Daniel B. 
Poneman, Deputy Secretary, both of the Department of Energy.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR 
FORCE
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 
the Navy and the Department of the Air Force, after receiving testimony 
from Dennis V. McGinn, Assistant Secretary of Navy for Energy, 
Installations, and Environment, Vice Admiral William D. French, 
Commander, Navy Installations Command, Major General Juan G. Ayala, 
Commander, Marine Corps Installations Command, Kathleen I. Ferguson, 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Performing Duties as Assistant 
Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment and 
Logistics, Major General Maryanne Miller, Deputy Chief, Air Force 
Reserve, and Brigadier General James Witham, Deputy Director, Air 
National Guard, all of the Department of Defense.

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DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland concluded a 
hearing to examine Army modernization in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2015 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from General John F. Campbell, USA, 
Vice Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General James O. Barclay III, USA, 
Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, and Major General (P) Michael E. 
Williamson, USA, Military Deputy and Director, Army Acquisition Corps, 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Logistics and 
Technology, all of the United States Army, Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a 
hearing to examine the Active, Guard, Reserve, and civilian personnel 
programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 
2015 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony 
from Lieutenant General Howard B. Bromberg, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff 
(G-1), and Sergeant Major Raymond F. Chandler III, both of the United 
States Army, Vice Admiral William F. Moran, USN, Chief of Naval 
Personnel/Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Manpower, Personnel, 
Training and Education (N-1), and Master Chief Petty Officer Michael D. 
Stevens, both of the United States Navy, Lieutenant General Samuel D. 
Cox, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel and Services 
(A-1), and Chief Master Sergeant James A. Cody, both of the United 
States Air Force, and Lieutenant General Robert E. Milstead, Jr., USMC, 
Deputy Commandant, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and Sergeant Major 
Micheal P. Barrett, both of the United States Marine Corps, 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 National Nuclear Security Administration 
management of its National Security Laboratories and the status of the 
Nuclear Security Enterprise in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for fiscal year 2015 and the Future Years Defense Program, 
after receiving testimony from Charles F. McMillan, Director, Los 
Alamos National Laboratory, Paul J. Hommert, Director, Sandia National 
Laboratories, and William H. Goldstein, Deputy Director for Science and 
Technology, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, all of the 
Department of Energy; and Norman R. Augustine, and Admiral Richard W. 
Mies, USN (Ret.), both Co-chair of the Congressional Advisory Panel on 
the Governance of the Nuclear Security Enterprise, Institute for 
Defense Analyses, Alexandria, Virginia.
MARS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science and Space concluded a hearing to examine from here to Mars, 
after receiving testimony from William H. Gerstenmaier, Associate 
Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration; Susan Eisenhower, The Eisenhower 
Group, Inc., Washington, DC.; and Leroy Chiao, former NASA Astronaut, 
and Commander, International Space Station Expedition 10, and Jeffrey 
Manber, NanoRacks LLC, both of Houston, Texas.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 429, to enable concrete masonry products manufacturers to 
establish, finance, and carry out a coordinated program of research, 
education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets for 
concrete masonry products, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 1014, to reduce sports-related concussions in youth, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1406, to amend the Horse Protection Act to designate additional 
unlawful acts under the Act, strengthen penalties for violations of the 
Act, improve Department of Agriculture enforcement of the Act, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1275, to direct the Secretary of Commerce to issue a fishing 
capacity reduction loan to refinance the existing loan funding the 
Pacific Coast groundfish fishing capacity reduction program, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1468, to require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the 
Network for Manufacturing Innovation, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute;
  S. 1793, to encourage States to require the installation of 
residential carbon monoxide detectors in homes, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1925, to limit the retrieval of data from vehicle event data 
recorders, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2022, to establish scientific standards and protocols across 
forensic disciplines, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;

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  S. 2028, to amend the law relating to sport fish restoration and 
recreational boating safety;
  S. 2076, to amend the provisions of title 46, United States Code, 
related to the Board of Visitors to the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy;
  S. 2086, to address current emergency shortages of propane and other 
home heating fuels and to provide greater flexibility and information 
for Governors to address such emergencies in the future, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2140, to improve the transition between experimental permits and 
commercial licenses for commercial reusable launch vehicles, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 2052, to direct the Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with 
the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, to 
conduct an interagency review of and report to Congress on ways to 
increase the global competitiveness of the United States in attracting 
foreign direct investment; and
  The nominations of David J. Arroyo, of New York, to be a Member of 
the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 
William P. Doyle, of Pennsylvania, to be a Federal Maritime 
Commissioner, and nominations for promotion in the United States Coast 
Guard.
PRIMARY CARE ACCESS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Primary Health and Aging concluded a hearing to examine addressing 
primary care access and workforce challenges, focusing on voices from 
the field, after receiving testimony from Rebecca Spitzgo, Associate 
Administrator, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and 
Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Linda 
T. Kohn, Director, Health Care, Government Accountability Office; Gary 
Wiltz, Teche Action Clinic, Franklin, Louisiana; Stan Brock, Remote 
Area Medical, Rockford, Tennessee; Joseph Nichols, MedStar Franklin 
Square Family Health Center, Baltimore, Maryland; Margaret Flinter, 
Community Health Center, Inc., Middletown, Connecticut; Deborah Edberg, 
Erie Family Health Center, Chicago, Illinois; L. Allen Dobson, Jr., 
Community Care of North Carolina, Raleigh; Jim Hotz, Albany Area 
Primary Health Care, Albany, Georgia.
INDIAN EDUCATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine Indian education, focusing on Indian students in public 
schools, and cultivating the next generation, after receiving testimony 
from William Mendoza, Executive Director, White House Initiative on 
American Indian and Alaska Native Education; Mandy Smoker Broaddus, 
Montana Office of Public Instruction Director of Indian Education, 
Helena; Dan Hudson, Wyoming State Impact Aid Chairman, Lander; Alberto 
Siqueiros, Baboquivari Unified School District, Sells, Arizona; and 
Brent D. Gish, National Indian Impacted Schools Association, 
Naytahwaush, Minnesota.
COMCAST-TIME WARNER CABLE MERGER
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger and the impact on consumers, after 
receiving testimony from David L. Cohen, Comcast Corporation, and 
Christopher S. Yoo, University of Pennsylvania Center for Technology, 
Innovation and Competition, both of Philadelphia; Arthur T. Minson, 
Jr., Time Warner Cable Inc., New York, New York; Gene Kimmelman, Public 
Knowledge, Washington, DC; James Bosworth, Back9Network Inc., Hartford, 
Connecticut; and Richard J. Sherwin, Spot On Networks, LLC, New Haven, 
Connecticut.
ELECTION ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine election administration, focusing on making voter rolls more 
complete and more accurate, after receiving testimony from Elaine 
Manlove, Delaware State Election Commissioner, Dover; Judd Choate, 
Director of Elections, Colorado Secretary of State's Office, Denver; 
Christopher M. Thomas, Michigan Director of Elections, Lansing; and 
John W. Lindback, Electronic Registration Information Center, 
Washington, DC.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 1728, to amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting 
Act to improve ballot accessibility to uniformed services voters and 
overseas voters, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1937, to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States 
to develop contingency plans to address unexpected emergencies or 
natural disasters that may threaten to disrupt the administration of an 
election for Federal office;
  S. 1947, to rename the Government Printing Office the Government 
Publishing Office;
  S. 2197, to repeal certain requirements regarding newspaper 
advertising of Senate stationery contracts; and
  The nominations of Thomas Hicks, of Virginia, and Myrna Perez, of 
Texas, both to be a Member of the Election Assistance Commission.

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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION BUDGET
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2015 for the Small Business Administration, after receiving 
testimony from Maria Contreras-Sweet, Administrator, Peggy E. 
Gustafson, Inspector General, and Winslow Sargeant, Chief Counsel for 
Advocacy, all of the Small Business Administration.