[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 145 (Tuesday, December 2, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1066-D1067]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing 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, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine addressing domestic violence in professional 
sports, after receiving testimony from Troy Vincent, National Football 
League, Joe Torre, Major League Baseball, Kathy Behrens, National 
Basketball Association, Michele Roberts, National Basketball Players 
Association, and Jessica Berman, National Hockey League, all of New 
York, New York; Virginia Seitz, Major League Baseball Players 
Association, and Teri Patterson, NFL Players Association, both of 
Washington, DC; and Steven Fehr, National Hockey League Players' 
Association, Toronto, Canada.

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WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES' INNOVATION AND UTILITIES
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Water and 
Wildlife concluded a hearing 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, after 
receiving testimony from Jerry N. Johnson, Washington Suburban Sanitary 
Commission, Laurel, Maryland; Harlan L. Kelly, Jr., San Francisco 
Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco, California; Thomas Sigmund, 
NEW Water, Green Bay, Wisconsin; Andrew Kricun, Camden County Municipal 
Utilities Authority, Camden, New Jersey; and Jeffrey Longsworth, Barnes 
and Thornburg LLP, and John C. Hall, Center for Regulatory 
Reasonableness, both of Washington, DC.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  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, and Jeffery Martin Baran, of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
SUPER POLLUTANTS ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing 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, after receiving testimony 
from Durwood Zaelke, Institute for Governance and Sustainable 
Development, and Stephen Moore, Heritage Foundation, both of 
Washington, DC; Kevin Fay, The Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric 
Policy, Arlington, Virginia; Drew Shindell, Duke University Nicholas 
School of the Environment, Durham, North Carolina; and Benny Peiser, 
The Global Warming Policy Foundation, London, United Kingdom.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Richard Rahul Verma, of Maryland, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of India, who was introduced by Senator 
Reid, 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, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nomination of Lauren McGarity McFerran, of the 
District of Columbia, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations 
Board.
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. -