[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 75 (Wednesday, May 9, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D500-D501]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2019 for the Department of Defense, after 
receiving testimony from James N. Mattis, Secretary, and General Joseph 
F. Dunford, Jr., USMC, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, both of the 
Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine 
proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2019 for 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, after receiving testimony from 
Randy C. Reeves, Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs, Jon J. 
Rychalski, Assistant Secretary for Management and Chief Financial 
Officer, Carolyn M. Clancy, Executive-in-Charge, Veterans Health 
Administration, and Thomas J. Murphy, Executive-in-Charge, Veterans 
Benefits Administration, all of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT AND FOREST SERVICE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands, Forests, and Mining concluded a hearing to examine the law 
enforcement programs at the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest 
Service, coordination with other Federal, state, and local law 
enforcement, and the effects on rural communities, after receiving 
testimony from Tracy Perry, Director, Law Enforcement and 
Investigations, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Brian Steed, 
Deputy Director for Policy and Programs, Bureau of Land Management, 
Department of the Interior; Utah State Representative Mike Noel, Salt 
Lake City; Jackson Brossy, Navajo Nation, Red Mesa, Arizona; and Paul 
J. Larkin, Jr., The Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.
AMERICA'S WATER INFRASTRUCTURE ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine an original bill entitled, ``America's Water 
Infrastructure Act of 2018'', after receiving testimony from Jeff 
Bullock, Delaware Secretary of State, Dover, on behalf of the Diamond 
State Port Corporation; Pat Riley, Family Farm Alliance, Roundup, 
Montana; Dennis Sternberg, Arkansas Rural Water Association, Lonoke; 
Kristina Swallow, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, 
Virginia; and Anthony Pratt, American Shore and Beach Preservation 
Association, Lewes, Delaware.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of Jonathan R. Cohen, of California, to be the Deputy 
Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, 
with the rank and status of Ambassador, and the Deputy Representative 
of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United 
Nations, and to be Representative of the United States of America to 
the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, during his 
tenure of service as Deputy Representative of the United States of 
America to the United Nations, Joseph Cella, of Michigan, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Fiji, and to serve concurrently and 
without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of 
Kiribati, the Republic of Nauru, the Kingdom of Tonga, and Tuvalu, and 
David B. Cornstein, of New York, to be Ambassador to Hungary, all of 
the Department of State, Eliot Pedrosa, of Florida, to be United States 
Alternate Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank, 
and Jackie Wolcott, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the International Atomic Energy Agency, with the 
rank of Ambassador, and to be Representative of the United States of 
America to the Vienna Office of the United Nations, with the rank of 
Ambassador, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
INTERNATIONAL PREDATORY ECONOMIC PRACTICES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Multilateral 
International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International 
Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy concluded a hearing to 
examine a multilateral and strategic response to international 
predatory economic practices, after receiving testimony from Michael 
Wessel, Commissioner, United States-China Economic and Security 
Commission; Matthew P. Goodman, Center for Strategic and International 
Studies, and Kimberly Glas, BlueGreen Alliance, both of Washington, 
D.C.; and Robert D. Atkinson, Information Technology and Innovation 
Foundation, Chevy Chase, Maryland.

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U.S. SPENDING IN AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine United States spending in Afghanistan, 
after receiving testimony from John F. Sopko, Special Inspector General 
for Afghanistan Reconstruction, Department of Defense; Gregory E. 
McNeill, Majority Staff Director, Subcommittee on Federal Spending 
Oversight and Emergency Management, Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs; Sergio Gor, Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of 
Senator Rand Paul; and Laurel E. Miller, RAND Corporation, Arlington, 
Virginia.
NOMINATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Tara Sweeney, of Alaska, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of the Interior, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator 
Sullivan, testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Ryan Wesley Bounds, of Oregon, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, J. Campbell Barker, and Jeremy D. 
Kernodle, both to be a United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Texas, Susan Brnovich, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Arizona, Chad F. Kenney, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, who was 
introduced by Senators Casey and Toomey, and Maureen K. Ohlhausen, of 
Virginia, to be Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
NOMINATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine the nomination of Gina Haspel, of Kentucky, to be 
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by former Senators Chambliss and Bayh, testified and 
answered questions in her own behalf.