[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 67 (Tuesday, May 6, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D465-D466]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MILITARY COMPENSATION PROPOSALS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
Department of Defense proposals relating to military compensation, 
after receiving testimony from General Martin E. Dempsey, USA, 
Chairman, and Admiral James A. Winnefeld, Jr., USN, Vice Chairman, both 
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Raymond T. Odierno, USA, Chief of 
Staff of the Army, Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert, USN, Chief of Naval 
Operations, General Mark A. Welsh, III, USAF, Chief of Staff of the Air 
Force, General James F. Amos, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps, and 
General Frank J. Grass, ARNG, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, all 
of the Department of Defense; General Gordon R. Sullivan, USA (Ret.), 
Association of the United States Army, and General Craig R. McKinley, 
USAF (Ret.), Air Force Association, both of Arlington, Virginia; and 
General John H. Tilelli, Jr., USA (Ret.), Military Officers Association 
of America, and Vice Admiral John B. Totushek, USN (Ret.), Association 
of the United States Navy, both of Alexandria, Virginia.
EDUCATION BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2015 for education, 
after receiving testimony from Arne Duncan, Secretary, and Thomas 
Skelly, Acting Chief Financial Officer, both of the Department of 
Education.
HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT FUNDING AND FINANCING
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine new 
routes for funding and financing highways and transit, after receiving 
testimony from Senator Boxer; Joseph Kile, Assistant Director for 
Microeconomic Studies, Congressional Budget Office; Aubrey L. Layne, 
Jr., Virginia Secretary of Transportation, Richmond; Jayan Dhru, 
Standard and Poor's Rating Services, and Samara Barend, AECOM Capital, 
both of New York, New York; and Chris Edwards, Cato Institute, 
Washington, DC.
UKRAINE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine Ukraine, focusing on countering Russian intervention and 
supporting a democratic state, after receiving testimony from Victoria 
Nuland, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs; 
Daniel L. Glaser, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist 
Financing; Evelyn Farkas, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia; and Angela E. Stent, Georgetown 
University School of Foreign Service, and David J. Kramer, Freedom 
House, both of Washington, DC.
EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Federal Programs and the Federal 
Workforce concluded a hearing to examine a more efficient and effective 
government, focusing on cultivating the Federal workforce, after 
receiving testimony from Katherine Archuleta, Director, Office of 
Personnel Management; Carol Waller Pope, Chairman, Federal Labor 
Relations Authority; Jeri L. Buchholz, Assistant Administrator for 
Human Capital Management, National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration; Paige Hinkle-Bowles, Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Civilian Personnel Policy; and J. David Cox, Sr., American 
Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, Colleen M. Kelley, 
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Treasury Employees Union, Carol Bonosaro, Senior Executives 
Association, and Max Stier, Partnership for Public Service, all of 
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.