[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 117 (Thursday, July 24, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D846-D847]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, of 
California, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy, after the nominee, who 
was introduced by Senator Feinstein, testified and answered questions 
in her own behalf.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine Social 
Security, focusing on a fresh look at workers' disability insurance, 
after receiving testimony from Stephen C. Goss, Chief Actuary, and 
Marianna LaCanfora, Acting Deputy Commissioner, Office of Retirement 
and Disability Policy, both of the Social Security Administration; and 
Rebecca D. Vallas, Center for American Progress, and Richard V. 
Burkhauser, Cornell University and American Enterprise Institute, both 
of Washington, DC.
IRAQ POLICY OPTIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine Iraq at a crossroads, focusing on options for United States 
policy, after receiving testimony from Brett McGurk, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of State; Elissa Slotkin, Performing the Duties of the 
Principal Deputy Undersecretary for Policy, and Michael D. Barbero, 
Lieutenant General, U.S. Army (Retired), both of the Department of 
Defense; and James Franklin Jeffrey, The Washington Institute for Near 
Eastern Policy, and Kenneth M. Pollack, The Brookings Institution, both 
of Washington, DC.
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Anne E. Rung, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, 
Office of Management and Budget, after the nominee testified and 
answered questions in her own behalf.
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental Relations, and the District 
of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine making the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency more effective for streamlined disaster operations, 
focusing on the path to efficiency, after receiving testimony from John 
Roth, Inspector General, and Joseph Nimmich, Associate Administrator, 
Office of Response and Recovery, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
both of the Department of Homeland Security; Chris Currie, Acting 
Director, Homeland Security and Justice, Government Accountability 
Office; and Daniel Sutter, Troy University Johnson Center for Political 
Economy, Troy, Alabama.

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NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Joseph L. Nimmich, of 
Maryland, to be Deputy Administrator, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security, after the nominee testified 
and answered questions in his own behalf.
ROLE OF STATES IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the role of states in higher education, 
after receiving testimony from Teresa Lubbers, Indiana Commission for 
Higher Education Commissioner, Indianapolis; Illinois Attorney General 
Lisa Madigan, Chicago; Eric W. Kaler, University of Minnesota, 
Minneapolis; and Laura W. Perna, University of Pennsylvania, 
Philadelphia.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Stephen R. Bough, to be United States District Judge 
for the Western District of Missouri, who was introduced by Senator 
McCaskill, Armando Ormar Bonilla, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, who was introduced 
by Senator Whitehouse, and Wendy Beetlestone, Mark A. Kearney, Joseph 
F. Leeson, Jr., and Gerald J. Pappert, all to be a United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, who were 
introduced by Senators Casey and Toomey, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.