[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 64 (Thursday, May 1, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D450]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on 
Jobs, Rural Economic Growth and Energy Innovation concluded a hearing 
to examine the importance of regional strategies in rural economic 
development, after receiving testimony from Doug O'Brien, Deputy Under 
Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development; Dawn Keeley, Red River 
Regional Council, Grafton, North Dakota; Gary Person, City Manager, 
Sidney, Nebraska; Mark Tilsen, Native American Natural Foods, Kyle, 
South Dakota; and Chuck Fluharty, Rural Policy Research Institute, 
Columbia, Missouri.
APPROPRIATIONS: NASA
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 National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration, after receiving testimony from Charles F. Bolden, 
Jr., Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
UKRAINIAN CRISIS AND RUSSIA
Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a closed briefing on 
the Ukrainian crisis and Russia from General Philip M. Breedlove, USAF, 
Commander, U.S. European Command, and Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, 
Department of Defense.
SOCIAL IMPACT BONDS
Committee on the Budget: Committee with the Government Performance Task 
Force concluded a hearing to examine exploring social impact bonds, 
focusing on investing in what works, after receiving testimony from 
Maryland State Delegate Mark Fisher, Annapolis; Kyle McKay, Texas 
Legislative Budget Board, Austin; Mark Fisher, United Kingdom 
Department for Work and Pensions, London; and Jeffrey B. Liebman, 
Harvard Kennedy School Social Impact Bond Technical Assistance Lab, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
GAS AND PROPANE SHORTAGES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine shortages on gas, focusing on a look into propane 
shortages this winter, after receiving testimony from Melanie 
Kenderdine, Director, Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis, and 
Energy Counselor to the Secretary, Department of Energy; Nils Nichols, 
Director, Division of Pipeline Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission; Andrew J. Black, Association of Oil Pipe Lines, Washington, 
D.C.; Joe Cordill, Cordill Butane Propane Service, Winnsboro, 
Louisiana; John Zimmerman, Minnesota Turkey Growers Association, 
Northfield; and Gary France, France Propane Service, Schofield, 
Wisconsin.
PRESIDENT'S 2014 TRADE POLICY AGENDA
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's 2014 Trade Policy Agenda, after receiving testimony from 
Michael Froman, Ambassador, United States Trade Representative.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Deirdre M. Daly, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Connecticut, and James Walter Frazer Green, to be United 
States Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana, both of the 
Department of Justice, and Elisebeth Collins Cook, of Virginia, to be a 
Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.
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.