[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 72 (Tuesday, May 13, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D500-D501]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
HIGH FREQUENCY AND AUTOMATED TRADING IN FUTURES MARKETS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine high frequency and automated trading in futures 
markets, after receiving testimony from Vincent McGonagle, Director, 
Division of Market Oversight, Commodity Futures Trading Commission; 
Terrence A. Duffy, CME Group Inc., Chicago, Illinois; and Andrei 
Kirilenko, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of 
Management, Cambridge.
EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
expanding economic opportunity for women and families, after receiving 
testimony from Heather Boushey, Washington Center for Equitable Growth, 
and Sabrina L. Schaeffer, Independent Women's Forum, both of 
Washington, DC; and AnnMarie Duchon, MomsRising.org, Boston, 
Massachusetts.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee announced 
the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Tourism, Competitiveness, and Innovation: Senators 
Schatz (Chair), Nelson, Pryor, Klobuchar, Begich, Markey, Walsh, Scott, 
Blunt, Heller, Coats, Fischer, and Johnson (WI).
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Suzette M. Kimball, of West 
Virginia, to be Director of the United States Geological Survey, who 
was introduced by Senator Manchin, and Estevan R. Lopez, of New Mexico, 
to be Commissioner of Reclamation, who was introduced by Senators Udall 
(NM) and Heinrich, both of the Department of the Interior, and Monica 
C. Regalbuto, of Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for 
Environmental

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Management, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
POLLUTED TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE STORMWATER RUNOFF
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Water and 
Wildlife concluded a hearing to examine polluted transportation 
infrastructure stormwater runoff, after receiving testimony from Paul 
Mather, Oregon Department of Transportation Highway Division 
Administrator, Salem; James P. Gibson, Jr., Sanitation District No.1 of 
Northern Kentucky, Fort Wright; Kim Coble, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, 
Annapolis, Maryland; Daniel E. Medina, Atkins, Calverton, Maryland; Ken 
Cuccinelli, Cuccinelli and Associates, Fairfax, Virginia; Gregory M. 
Cohen, American Highway Users Alliance, Washington, DC; and Andre 
Monette, Best Best and Krieger, San Diego, California.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Paige Eve Alexander, of Virginia, to be an 
Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, and Alice G. Wells, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the 
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Thomas P. Kelly III, of California, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Djibouti, and Cassandra Q. Butts, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Commonwealth of The 
Bahamas, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine improving financial management at the 
Department of Defense, after receiving testimony from Robert F. Hale, 
Under Secretary (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer, Robert M. 
Speer, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management 
and Comptroller, Susan J. Rabern, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for 
Financial Management and Comptroller, Jamie M. Morin, Assistant 
Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller, 
and Jon T. Rymer, Inspector General, all of the Department of Defense; 
and Asif A. Khan, Director, Financial Management and Assurance, 
Government Accountability Office.
STRENGTHENING MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine strengthening minority serving 
institutions, focusing on the best practices and innovations for 
student success, after receiving testimony from Marybeth Gasman, 
University of Pennsylvania Penn Center for Minority Serving 
Institutions, Philadelphia; Michael L. Lomax, UNCF, Washington, DC; 
Eloy Ortiz Oakley, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, California; D. 
Jason DeSousa, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, North 
Carolina; and John Bassett, Heritage University, Toppenish, Washington.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Julie E. Carnes, of Georgia, and Jill A. Pryor, of 
Georgia, both to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh 
Circuit, Leslie Joyce Abrams, to be United States District Judge for 
the Middle District of Georgia, and Michael P. Boggs, Mark Howard 
Cohen, Leigh Martin May, and Eleanor Louise Ross, all to be a United 
States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, after the 
nominees, who were all introduced by Senators Chambliss and Isakson, 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
ECONOMIC ESPIONAGE AND TRADE SECRET THEFT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism 
concluded a hearing to examine economic espionage and trade secret 
theft, focusing on if laws are adequate for today's threats, after 
receiving testimony from Randall C. Coleman, Assistant Director, 
Counterintelligence Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Department of Justice; Peter L. Hoffman, The Boeing Company, Chicago, 
Illinois; Pamela Passman, Center for Responsible Enterprise and Trade, 
Washington, DC; Drew Greenblatt, Marlin Steel Wire Products, Baltimore, 
Maryland; and Douglas K. Norman, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, 
Indiana.
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.