[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 17, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D405-D406]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2019 for the National Guard and Reserve, 
after receiving testimony from General Joseph L. Lengyel, Chief, 
National Guard Bureau, Lieutenant General Charles D. Luckey, Chief, 
Army Reserve, Lieutenant General Maryanne Miller, Chief, Air Force 
Reserve, Vice Admiral Luke M. McCollum, Chief, Navy Reserve, and 
Lieutenant General Rex C. McMillian, Commander, Marine Corps Forces 
Reserve, all of the Department of Defense.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Admiral Philip S. Davidson, USN, for reappointment 
to the grade of admiral and to be Commander, United States Pacific 
Command, and General Terrence J. O'Shaughnessy, USAF, for reappointment 
to the grade of general and to be Commander, United States Northern 
Command, and Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command, both 
of the Department of Defense, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded a 
hearing to examine Navy shipbuilding programs in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2019 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from James F. Geurts, Assistant 
Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition, Vice 
Admiral William R. Merz, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for 
Warfare Systems (OPNAV N9), and Lieutenant General Robert S. Walsh, 
USMC, Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and Integration, 
Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, and 
Commander, Marine Forces Strategic Command, all of the Department of 
Defense.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Thelma Drake, of Virginia, to be 
Federal Transit Administrator, Department of Transportation, Jeffrey 
Nadaner, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, and 
Seth Daniel Appleton, of Missouri, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nomination of Karl L. Schultz, to be Admiral 
and to be Commandant of the Coast Guard, Department of Homeland 
Security, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own 
behalf.

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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE OVERSIGHT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine deferred maintenance and operational needs 
of the National Park Service, after receiving testimony from Lena 
McDowall, Deputy Director for Management and Administration, National 
Park Service, Department of the Interior; Will Shafroth, National Park 
Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Marc Berejka, Recreational Equipment, 
Inc., Kent, Washington; Sarah Leonard, Alaska Travel Industry 
Association, Anchorage; Shawn Regan, Property and Environment Research 
Center, Bozeman, Montana; and Richard G. Ring, Coalition to Protect 
America's National Parks, Bethesda, Maryland.
U.S. POLICY IN YEMEN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine United States policy in Yemen, after receiving testimony from 
David M. Satterfield, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near 
Eastern Affairs; Robert Karem, Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Policy; and Robert Jenkins, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for 
Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, United States Agency 
for International Development.