[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 7, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D236]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUDIT
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
Department of Defense audit and business operations reform at the 
Pentagon, after receiving testimony from David Norquist, Under 
Secretary (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer, and John H. 
Gibson, II, Chief Management Officer, both of the Department of 
Defense.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Joseph E. Macmanus, of New York, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Colombia, Marie Royce, of California, to 
be an Assistant Secretary (Educational and Cultural Affairs), who was 
introduced by Senator Udall, Robin S. Bernstein, of Florida, to be 
Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, who was introduced by Senator 
Nelson, and Edward Charles Prado, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the 
Argentine Republic, who was introduced by Senator Cornyn, all of the 
Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported H.R. 2825, to amend the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 to make certain improvements in the laws administered by 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, with an amendment in the nature of 
a substitute.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of John B. Nalbandian, of Kentucky, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, who was introduced by Senators 
McConnell and Paul, Kari A. Dooley, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Connecticut, who was introduced by Senator Murphy, 
Dominic W. Lanza, to be United States District Judge for the District 
of Arizona, Jill Aiko Otake, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Hawaii, who was introduced by Senator Schatz, and Joseph H. 
Hunt, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of 
Justice, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf.
SMALL BUSINESS BANKRUPTCY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, 
Federal Rights and Federal Courts concluded a hearing to examine small 
business bankruptcy, focusing on assessing the system, after receiving 
testimony from Robert J. Keach, American Bankruptcy Institute 
Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11, Portland, Maine; Edward 
J. Janger, Brooklyn Law School, New York, New York; and Craig 
Goldblatt, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP, Washington, D.C.
SECURITY CLEARANCE REFORM
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine security clearance reform, after receiving testimony from 
Brenda S. Farrell, Director, Defense Capabilities and Management, 
Government Accountability Office; Charles S. Phalen, Jr., Director, 
National Background Investigations Bureau, Office of Personnel 
Management; Brian Dunbar, Assistant Director, Special Security 
Directorate, National Counterintelligence and Security Center; Garry P. 
Reid, Director for Defense Intelligence (Intelligence and Security), 
and Daniel E. Payne, Director, Defense Security Service, both of the 
Department of Defense; Kevin Phillips, ManTech Inc., Fairfax, Virginia; 
and Jane Chappell, Raytheon Company, and David J. Berteau, Professional 
Services Council, both of Arlington, Virginia.
STOPPING SENIOR SCAMS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
stopping senior scams, after receiving testimony from Doug Shadel, AARP 
Washington, SeaTac; Mary Bach, AARP Pennsylvania Consumer Issues Task 
Force, Murrysville; Adrienne Omansky, Stop Senior Scams Acting Program, 
Los Angeles, California; and Rita and Stephen Shiman, both of Saco, 
Maine.