[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 78 (Thursday, May 22, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D556]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND 
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Committee adopted the fiscal year 2015 
302(b) allocations.
  Also, committee ordered favorably reported the following business 
items:
  An original bill making appropriations for Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies for fiscal year 2015; and
  An original bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for 
fiscal year 2015.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original bill entitled, ``Carl Levin National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015''.
TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing, Transportation and Community Development concluded a hearing 
to examine bringing our transit infrastructure to a state of good 
repair, after receiving testimony from Dorval Carter, Chief Counsel, 
Federal Transit Administration, Department of Transportation; Joseph M. 
Casey, Southeast Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, Philadelphia; 
Beverly Scott, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Boston; and 
Gary Thomas, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Dallas, Texas.
ACCESS AND SUPPORTS FOR SERVICEMEMBERS AND VETERANS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine access and supports for servicemembers 
and veterans in higher education, after receiving testimony from Lauren 
Thompson Starks, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Under Secretary, 
Department of Education; Thomas L. Langdon, Director, State Liaison and 
Education Opportunities for Military Community and Family Policy, 
Readiness and Force Management, Department of Defense; William Hubbard, 
Student Veterans of America, Washington, DC; David Carlson, University 
of Vermont, Burlington; and Kimrey Rhinehardt, The University of North 
Carolina, Chapel Hill.