[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 142 (Wednesday, November 19, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1044-D1045]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           NOVEMBER 20, 2014

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the Takata airbag recalls and the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) recall process, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Lauren McGarity McFerran, of 
the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the National Labor 
Relations Board, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, to hold hearings to 
examine the pricing of generic drugs, 1 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to examine Wall 
Street bank involvement with physical commodities, focusing on the 
extent to which banks and their holding companies own physical 
commodities like oil, natural gas, aluminum and other industrial 
metals, as well as own or control businesses like power

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plants, oil and gas pipelines, and commodity warehouses, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-106.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 2520, 
to improve the Freedom of Information Act, H.R. 1447, to encourage 
States to report to the Attorney General certain information 
regarding the deaths of individuals in the custody of law 
enforcement agencies, and the nominations of Jorge Luis Alonso, and 
John Robert Blakey, both to be a United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Illinois, Allison Dale Burroughs, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, 
Jeanne E. Davidson, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States 
Court of International Trade, Haywood Stirling Gilliam, Jr., to be 
United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
California, Amos L. Mazzant III, and Robert William Schroeder III, 
both to be a United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Texas, Amit Priyavadan Mehta, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Columbia, Robert Lee Pitman, to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Texas, and Sarah R. 
Saldana, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland 
Security, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: business meeting to 
consider the nominations of Matthew Vincent Masterson, of Ohio, and 
Christy A. McCormick, of Virginia, both to be a Member of the 
Election Assistance Commission, 2 p.m., S-216, Capitol.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.


                                 House

  Committee on Foreign Affairs, November 20, Full Committee, markup 
on the following legislative measures: H.R. 2901, the ``Senator Paul 
Simon Water for the World Act of 2013''; H.R. 5206, to allow Foreign 
Service and other executive agency employees to designate 
beneficiaries of their death benefits; H.R. 5241, the ``Crimea 
Annexation Non-recognition Act''; H.R. 5656, the ``Feed the Future 
Global Food Security Act of 2014''; H.R. 5685, the ``Rewards for 
Justice Congressional Notification Act of 2014''; H.R. 5710, the 
``Ebola Emergency Response Act''; H. Res. 714, reaffirming the 
peaceful and collaborative resolution of maritime and jurisdictional 
disputes in the South China Sea and the East China Sea as provided 
for by universally recognized principles of international law, and 
reaffirming the strong support of the United States Government for 
freedom of navigation and other internationally lawful uses of sea 
and airspace in the Asia-Pacific region; and H. Res. 758, strongly 
condemning the actions of the Russian Federation, under President 
Vladimir Putin, which has carried out a policy of aggression against 
neighboring countries aimed at political and economic domination, 
9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  November 20, Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, 
hearing entitled ``Examining What a Nuclear Iran Deal Means for 
Global Security'', 1 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, November 20, Subcommittee on 
Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs, hearing entitled 
``Is the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge Being Properly 
Managed?'', 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, November 20, Subcommittee on 
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing entitled 
``Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund: Inquiry into the 
Adequacy of Process in Verifying Eligibility'', 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, November 20, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Cybersecurity Threats: The Way 
Forward'', 9 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.