[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 59 (Thursday, April 10, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D412-D413]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2015 for the Department of Commerce, 
after receiving testimony from Penny Pritzker, Secretary of Commerce.
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 Air Force in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2015 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from Deborah Lee James, Secretary, 
and General Mark A. Welsh III, Chief of Staff, both of the Department 
of the Air Force, Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing to examine strategic forces programs of the National Nuclear 
Security Administration and the Office of Environmental Management of 
the Department of Energy in review of the Defense Authorization Request 
for fiscal year 2015 and the Future Years Defense Program, after 
receiving testimony from Bruce Held, Acting Administrator, Donald L. 
Cook, Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, and Admiral John M. 
Richardson, Deputy Administrator, Office of Naval Reactors, all of the 
National Nuclear Security Administration, and James Owendoff, Acting 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, all 
of the Department of Energy.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded a 
hearing to examine Navy shipbuilding programs in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2015 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from Sean J. Stackley, Assistant 
Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, Vice 
Admiral Joseph P. Mulloy, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for 
Integration of Capabilities and Resources, and Vice Admiral William H. 
Hilarides, Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, all of the Department 
of Defense.
ELECTRIC GRID RELIABILITY AND SECURITY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine how to increase the reliability and 
security of the nation's electric grid from cyber and physical attacks, 
after receiving testimony from Cheryl A. LaFleur, Acting Chairman, and 
Philip D. Moeller, Commissioner, both of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Department of Energy; Gerry Cauley, North American Electric 
Reliability Corporation, Sue Kelly, American Public Power Association, 
Colette D. Honorable, National Association of Regulatory Utility 
Commissioners, Michael J. Kormos, PJM Interconnection L.L.C., Nicholas 
K. Akins, American Electric Power, Thad Hill, Calpine Corporation, and 
James L. Hunter, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, all 
of Washington, DC; and Cheryl L. Roberto, Environmental Defense Fund, 
Columbus, Ohio.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BUDGET
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2015, after 
receiving testimony from Kathleen G. Sebelius, Secretary of Health and 
Human Services.
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUDGET
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2015 
for international development priorities, after receiving testimony 
from Rajiv Shah, Administrator, United States Agency for International 
Development.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. Res. 410, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the 
anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, with amendments;
  S. Res. 413, recognizing 20 years since the genocide in Rwanda, and 
affirming it is in the national interest of the United States to work 
in close coordination with international partners to help prevent and 
mitigate acts of genocide and mass atrocities; and
  Lists in the Foreign Service.
TRANSATLANTIC SECURITY CHALLENGES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs 
concluded a hearing to examine transatlantic security challenges, 
focusing on Central and

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Eastern Europe, after receiving testimony from Victoria Nuland, 
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs; Derek 
Chollet, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security 
Affairs; and Julianne Smith, Center for a New American Security, Ian J. 
Brzezinski, Atlantic Council Brent Scowcroft Center on International 
Security, and Edward C. Chow, Center for Strategic and International 
Studies Energy and National Security Program, all of Washington, DC.
OVERSIGHT OF SMALL AGENCIES
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Financial and Contracting Oversight concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine small agencies, including an original bill entitled ``Small 
Agency Inspector General Act'', after receiving testimony from Peggy E. 
Gustafson, Inspector General, Small Business Administration, on behalf 
of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency; 
Osvaldo Luis Gratacos, Inspector General, Export-Import Bank of the 
United States; Hubert Sparks, Inspector General, Appalachian Regional 
Commission; Michael Carroll, Acting Inspector General, United States 
Agency for International Development; and Beryl H. Davis, Director, 
Financial Management and Assurance, Government Accountability Office.
STRONG START FOR AMERICA'S CHILDREN ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine expanding access to quality early 
learning, focusing on the ``Strong Start for America's Children Act'', 
after receiving testimony from Mayor Angel Taveras, Providence, Rhode 
Island; John E. Pepper, Jr., Proctor and Gamble Company, Cincinnati, 
Ohio, on behalf of ReadyNation/America's Edge; Steven Barnett, Rutgers 
University National Institute for Early Education Research, New 
Brunswick, New Jersey; and Grover J. Whitehurst, Brookings Institution 
Brown Center on Education Policy, Washington, DC.
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.