[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 76 (Thursday, May 10, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D508-D509]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2019 for the Department of the Interior, after receiving testimony from 
Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior.

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APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed 
budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2019 for the 
Department of Commerce, after receiving testimony from Wilbur Ross, 
Secretary of Commerce.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2019 for the Department of Health and 
Human Services, after receiving testimony from Alex M. Azar II, 
Secretary of Health and Human Services.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Lisa Porter, of Virginia, to be a Deputy Under 
Secretary, James N. Stewart, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant 
Secretary, James H. Anderson, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary, and Gregory J. Slavonic, of Oklahoma, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of the Navy, who was introduced by Senator Lankford, all of 
the Department of Defense, and Charles P. Verdon, of California, to be 
Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security 
Administration, Department of Energy, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
MODERNIZING DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine modernizing development finance, including S. 2463, to 
establish the United States International Development Finance 
Corporation, after receiving testimony from Ray W. Washburne, Overseas 
Private Investment Corporation, Daniel F. Runde, Center for Strategic 
and International Studies, and George M. Ingram, Brookings Institution, 
all of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S.2559, to amend title 17, United States Code, to implement the 
Marrakesh Treaty; and
  The nominations of Mark Jeremy Bennett, of Hawaii, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Nancy E. Brasel, and Eric 
C. Tostrud, both to be a United States District Judge for the District 
of Minnesota, Robert R. Summerhays, to be United States District Judge 
for the Western District of Louisiana, and Cheryl A. Lydon, to be 
United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina, Sonya K. 
Chavez, to be United States Marshal for the District of New Mexico, 
Scott E. Kracl, to be United States Marshal for the District of 
Nebraska, and J. C. Raffety, to be United States Marshal for the 
Northern District of West Virginia, all of the Department of Justice.