[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 68 (Thursday, April 26, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D459-D460]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2019 for the Defense Health Program, 
after receiving testimony from Lieutenant General Nadja West, USA, 
Surgeon General of the Army, Vice Admiral C. Forrest Faison, III, USN, 
Surgeon General of the Navy, Lieutenant General Mark A. Ediger, USAF, 
Surgeon General of the Air Force, and Stacy Cummings, Program Executive 
Officer, Defense Healthcare Management Systems, all of the Department 
of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND FAMILY HOUSING
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine 
proposed Department of Defense budget estimates and justification for 
fiscal year 2019 for military construction and family housing, after 
receiving testimony from Lucian Niemeyer, Assistant Secretary for 
Energy, Installations and Environment, Lieutenant General Gwendolyn 
Bingham, USA, Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management, 
Vice Admiral Dixon R. Smith, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for 
Fleet Readiness and Logistics, Major General Vincent A. Coglianese, 
USMC, Commander, Marine Corps Installations Command and Assistant 
Deputy Commandant, Installations and Logistics (Facilities), and Major 
General Timothy S. Green, USAF, Director of Civil Engineers and Deputy 
Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection, all of 
the Department of Defense.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BUDGET
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Department of Defense budget posture in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2019 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from James N. Mattis, Secretary, 
David L. Norquist, Under Secretary (Comptroller), and General Joseph F. 
Dunford, Jr., USMC, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, all of the 
Department of Defense.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND ABUSE OVERSIGHT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations

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concluded an oversight hearing to examine Department of Health and 
Human Services and Department of Homeland Security efforts to protect 
unaccompanied alien children from human trafficking and abuse, 
including actions still needed to improve transfers and monitoring of 
care, after receiving testimony from James W. McCament, Deputy Under 
Secretary, Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans, Department of 
Homeland Security; Steven Wagner, Acting Assistant Secretary, 
Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and 
Human Services; Kathryn A. Larin, Director, Education, Workforce, and 
Income Security, Government Accountability Office; Allison E. Herre, 
Catholic Charities of Southwestern Ohio, Cincinnati; Jessica A. Ramos, 
Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc., Dayton, Ohio; Kelsey R. Wong, 
Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center, Staunton, Virginia; Pattiva McKean 
Cathell, Sussex Central High School, Georgetown, Delaware; and Laura 
Carothers Graham, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc., Wilmington, 
Delaware.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 2644, to ensure independent investigations and judicial review of 
the removal of a special counsel, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute; and
  The nominations of Gregory Allyn Forest, to be United States Marshal 
for the Western District of North Carolina, and Bradley A. Maxwell, to 
be United States Marshal for the Southern District of Illinois, both 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.