[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 25 (Thursday, February 8, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D137-D138]
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 Paul C. Ney, Jr., of Tennessee, to be General 
Counsel, who was introduced by Senator Corker, Kevin Fahey, of 
Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary, and Thomas E. Ayres, of 
Pennsylvania, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force, 
all of the Department of Defense, and Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, of Virginia, 
to be Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, Department of Energy, after 
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Jelena McWilliams, of Ohio, to be 
Chairperson of the Board of Directors, and to be a Member of the Board 
of Directors, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Marvin Goodfriend, 
of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System, and Thomas E. Workman, of New York, to be a 
Member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council.
  Also, Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development: 
Senators Scott (Chair), Shelby, Heller, Rounds, Tillis, Kennedy, Moran, 
Menendez, Reed, Heitkamp, Schatz, Van Hollen, and Jones.
  Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection: 
Senators Toomey (Chair), Shelby, Corker, Heller, Scott, Sasse, Cotton, 
Perdue, Kennedy, Warren, Reed, Tester, Warner, Donnelly, Schatz, Van 
Hollen, and Cortez Masto.
  Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment: Senators 
Heller (Chair), Shelby, Corker, Toomey, Scott, Sasse, Rounds, Tillis, 
Moran, Warner, Reed, Menendez, Tester, Warren, Van Hollen, Cortez 
Masto, and Jones.
  Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and 
Finance: Senators Sasse (Chair), Corker, Cotton, Rounds, Perdue, 
Donnelly, Warner, Heitkamp, and Schatz.
  Subcommittee on Economic Policy: Senators Cotton (Chair), Toomey, 
Perdue, Tillis, Kennedy, Moran, Heitkamp, Menendez, Warren, Donnelly, 
and Jones.
  Senators Crapo and Brown are ex officio members of each subcommittee.
U.S. ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the evolution of energy infrastructure in 
the United States and how lessons learned from the past can inform 
future opportunities, after receiving testimony from David Allen, 
McKinstry Company, Seattle, Washington; John Di Stasio, Large Public 
Power Council, Philip D. Moeller, Edison Electric Institute, and Donald 
F. Santa, Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, all of 
Washington, D.C.; Kenneth B. Medlock III, Rice University James A. 
Baker III Institute for Public Policy Center for Energy Studies, 
Houston, Texas; and Philip Mezey, Itron, Inc., Liberty Lake, 
Washington.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee announced the following 
subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and 
Counterterrorism: Senators Risch (Chair), Rubio, Johnson, Young, 
Portman, Kaine, Cardin, Murphy, and Booker.
  Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian 
Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues: Senators 
Rubio (Chair), Johnson, Flake, Gardner, Isakson, Cardin, Udall, 
Shaheen, and Kaine.
  Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation: Senators 
Johnson (Chair), Risch, Barrasso, Portman, Paul, Murphy, Markey, 
Cardin, and Shaheen.
  Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy: Senators Flake 
(Chair), Young, Barrasso, Isakson, Paul, Booker, Coons, Udall, and 
Merkley.
  Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International 
Cybersecurity Policy: Senators Gardner (Chair), Risch, Rubio, Barrasso, 
Isakson, Markey, Merkley, Murphy, and Kaine.
  Subcommittee on Multilateral International Development, Multilateral 
Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental 
Policy: Senators Young (Chair), Flake, Gardner, Barrasso, Portman, 
Merkley, Udall, Coons, and Markey.

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  Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, International 
Operations, and Bilateral International Development: Senators Isakson 
(Chair), Risch, Rubio, Portman, Paul, Shaheen, Coons, Booker, and 
Udall.
  Senators Corker and Menendez are ex officio members of each 
subcommittee.
THE OPIOID CRISIS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the opioid crisis, focusing on the 
impact on children and families, after receiving testimony from Becky 
Savage, 525 Foundation, Granger, Indiana; Stephen W. Patrick, 
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee; and 
William C. Bell, Casey Family Programs, Seattle, Washington.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Kurt D. Engelhardt, of Louisiana, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Barry W. Ashe, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Howard C. 
Nielson, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Utah, James R. Sweeney II, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Indiana, and John C. Anderson, to be United States 
Attorney for the District of New Mexico, Brandon J. Fremin, to be 
United States Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana, Joseph P. 
Kelly, to be United States Attorney for the District of Nebraska, Scott 
W. Murray, to be United States Attorney for the District of New 
Hampshire, David C. Weiss, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Delaware, David G. Jolley, to be United States Marshal for 
the Eastern District of Tennessee, and Thomas M. Griffin, Jr., to be 
United States Marshal for the District of South Carolina, all of the 
Department of Justice.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.