[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 144 (Monday, December 1, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1059-D1060]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                            DECEMBER 2, 2014

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Robert M. Scher, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities, Elissa 
Slotkin, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for 
International Security Affairs, David J. Berteau, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Logistics and Material Readiness, Alissa M. Starzak, 
of New York, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Army, 
and Admiral Harry B. Harris, Jr., USN, for reappointment to the 
grade of admiral and to be Commander, United States Pacific Command, 
all of the Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine addressing domestic violence in professional 
sports, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Water 
and Wildlife, to hold hearings to examine innovation and the 
utilities of the future, focusing on how local water treatment 
facilities are leading the way to better manage wastewater and water 
supplies, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2963, to remove a 
limitation on a prohibition relating to permits for discharges 
incidental to normal operation of vessels, and the nominations of 
Virginia Tyler Lodge, and Ronald Anderson Walter, both to be a 
Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, 
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Jeffery Martin Baran, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, 11:30 a.m., S-219, Capitol.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine S. 2911, to establish 
a task force to review policies and measures to promote, and to 
develop best practices for, reduction of short-lived climate 
pollutants, 2:15 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Richard Rahul Verma, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of India, and Peter Michael McKinley, of Virginia, to 
be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, both of the 
Department of State, and Isobel Coleman, of New York, to be an 
Alternate Representative to the Sessions of the General Assembly of 
the United Nations during her tenure of service as Representative of 
the United States of America to the United Nations for U.N. 
Management and Reform, and to be Representative to the United 
Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, with the rank of Ambassador, 
2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider the nomination of Lauren McGarity McFerran, of 
the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the National Labor 
Relations Board, and any pending nominations, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold a closed meeting to 
consider certain intelligence matters, 3 p.m., HVC-304.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``National Defense Panel Assessment of the 2014 Quadrennial Defense 
Review'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, hearing entitled 
``The Role of Maritime and Air Power in DoD's Third Offset 
Strategy'', 3:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation, and Trade; and Subcommittee on the Middle East and 
North Africa, joint hearing entitled ``ISIS and the Threat from 
Foreign Fighters'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing entitled ``Hong 
Kong: A Broken Promise?'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Open Borders: The Impact of Presidential Amnesty on Border 
Security'', 9 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``President Obama's Executive Overreach on Immigration'', 1 p.m., 
2141 Rayburn.