[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 146 (Wednesday, December 3, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1080-D1081]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            DECEMBER 4, 2014

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of Colette Dodson Honorable, of Arkansas, to 
be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 10:30 a.m., 
SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider S. 
2946, to provide improved water, sanitation, and hygiene programs 
for high priority developing countries, S. Res. 578, supporting the 
role of the United States in ensuring children in the world's 
poorest countries have access to vaccines and immunization through 
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, S. Res. 586, calling on the Government 
of Burma to develop a non-discriminatory and comprehensive solution 
that addresses Rakhine State's needs for peace, security, harmony, 
and development under equitable and just application of the rule of 
law, H. Con. Res. 107, denouncing the use of civilians as human 
shields by Hamas and other terrorist organizations in violation of 
international humanitarian law, the nominations of Antony Blinken, 
of New York, to be Deputy Secretary, Robert Francis Cekuta, of New 
York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan, Richard M. 
Mills, Jr., of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia, 
Jess Lippincott Baily, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Macedonia, and Margaret Ann Uyehara, of

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Ohio, to be Ambassador to Montenegro, all of the Department of 
State, Leon Aron, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors, and Carol Leslie Hamilton, of California, to be 
an Alternate Representative to the Sixty-ninth Session of the 
General Assembly of the United Nations, and lists in the Foreign 
Service, 10 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine The FANS 
Act, focusing on if sports blackouts and antitrust exemptions are 
harming fans, consumers, and the games themselves, 10:15 a.m., SD-
226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Leigh A. Bradley, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, 
Department of Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global 
Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, 
hearing entitled ``Is Academic Freedom Threatened by China's 
Influence on U.S. Universities?'', 1 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries, 
Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs, hearing on H.R. 3099, the 
``Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Conservation Act of 2013'', 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Ongoing Intelligence Activities'', 9 a.m., HVC-
304. This hearing will be closed.