[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 168 (Wednesday, October 18, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1098]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Thomas L. Carter, of South Carolina, for the 
rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Representative of 
the United States of America on the Council of the International Civil 
Aviation Organization, Jennifer Gillian Newstead, of New York, to be 
Legal Adviser, Manisha Singh, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary 
(Economic and Business Affairs), who was introduced by Senator 
Sullivan, and Michael T. Evanoff, of Arkansas, to be an Assistant 
Secretary (Diplomatic Security), all of the Department of State, after 
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Jeff Tien Han Pon, of 
Virginia, to be Director, and Michael Rigas, of Massachusetts, to be 
Deputy Director, both of the Office of Personnel Management, and Emily 
Webster Murphy, of Missouri, to be Administrator of General Services, 
who was introduced by Senator McCaskill, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management concluded a 
hearing to examine Federal support for research, after receiving 
testimony from Brian A. Nosek, University of Virginia Center for Open 
Science, Charlottesville; Terence Kealey, The Cato Institute, 
Cambridge, United Kingdom; and Rebecca Cunningham, University of 
Michigan Injury Center, Ann Arbor.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Patrick Pizzella, of Virginia, to 
be Deputy Secretary, Cheryl Marie Stanton, of South Carolina, to be 
Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, and David G. Zatezalo, of 
West Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health, 
all of the Department of Labor, Janet Dhillon, of Pennsylvania, and 
Daniel M. Gade, of North Dakota, both to be a Member of the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission, Carlos G. Muniz, of Florida, to be 
General Counsel, Department of Education, Peter B. Robb, of Vermont, to 
be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, and Gerald W. 
Fauth, of Virginia, Kyle Fortson, of the District of Columbia, and 
Linda A. Puchala, of Maryland, each to be a Member of the National 
Mediation Board.
DOJ OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the Department of Justice, after receiving testimony from 
former Senator Jefferson B. Sessions III, Attorney General, Department 
of Justice.