[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 37 (Thursday, March 1, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D212-D213]
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 Lieutenant General Paul M. Nakasone, USA, to be 
general and Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security 
Service/Commander, United States Cyber Command, Department of Defense, 
and Brent K. Park, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Administrator for

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Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security 
Administration, and Anne Marie White, of Michigan, to be an Assistant 
Secretary (Environmental Management), both of the Department of Energy, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
SEMIANNUAL MONETARY POLICY REPORT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the 
Congress, including S. 2155, to promote economic growth, provide 
tailored regulatory relief, and enhance consumer protections, after 
receiving testimony from Jerome H. Powell, Chairman, Board of Governors 
of the Federal Reserve System.
POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine implementation of positive train control, 
including opportunities to provide Federal assistance, after receiving 
testimony from Susan Fleming, Director, Physical Infrastructure, 
Government Accountability Office; Barry J. DeWeese, Assistant Inspector 
General for Surface Transportation Audits, Department of 
Transportation; David L. Mayer, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 
New York, New York; and Richard Anderson, Amtrak, Washington, D.C.
ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CYBER SECURITY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine private sector and government challenges and 
opportunities to promote the cyber security and resiliency of our 
nation's critical energy infrastructure, after receiving testimony from 
former Representative Jim Matheson, National Rural Electric Cooperative 
Association, Arlington, Virginia; Bruce J. Walker, Assistant Secretary 
of Energy, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability; 
Barbara Endicott-Popovsky, University of Washington Center for 
Information Assurance and Cybersecurity, Bothell; Robert M. Lee, 
Dragos, Hanover, Maryland; and William H. Sanders, University of 
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana.
REBUILDING AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Administration's framework for rebuilding 
infrastructure in America, after receiving testimony from Elaine L. 
Chao, Secretary of Transportation; and R.D. James, Assistant Secretary 
of the Army for Civil Works, Department of Defense.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Robert Frank Pence, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Finland, who was introduced by Senator 
Cornyn, and Trevor D. Traina, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Austria, both of the Department of State, and Judy Lynn 
Shelton, of Virginia, to be United States Director of the European Bank 
for Reconstruction and Development, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
FEDERAL MANAGERS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management concluded a hearing to 
examine the role of Federal managers in hiring, after receiving 
testimony from Mark Reinhold, Associate Director, Employee Services, 
Office of Personnel Management; Angela Bailey, Chief Human Capital 
Officer, Department of Homeland Security; and Kevin E. Mahoney, 
Director of Human Resources and Chief Human Capital Officer, Department 
of Commerce.
NOMINATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of John F. Ring, of the 
District of Columbia, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations 
Board, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own 
behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Billy J. Williams, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Oregon, Mark S. James, to be United States Marshal for the 
Western District of Missouri, Daniel C. Mosteller, to be United States 
Marshal for the District of South Dakota, and Jesse Seroyer, Jr., to be 
United States Marshal for the Middle District of Alabama, all of the 
Department of Justice.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
consider pending intelligence matters.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.