[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 26, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D733-D735]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
approved for full committee consideration an original bill making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2019.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies approved 
for full committee consideration an original bill making appropriations 
for the Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services, 
Department of Education, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2019.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Lieutenant General Stephen R. Lyons, USA, to be 
general and

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Commander, United States Transportation Command, Department of Defense, 
after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
ACCESS TO CAPITAL
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine legislative proposals to increase access to capital, 
including S. 588, to require the Securities and Exchange Commission to 
clarify what constitutes a general solicitation under the Federal 
securities laws, S. 1117, to protect the investment choices of 
investors in the United States, S. 2126, to amend the Sarbanes-Oxley 
Act of 2002 to provide a temporary exemption for low-revenue issuers 
from certain auditor attestation requirements, S. 2347, to amend the 
Securities Act of 1933 to expand the ability to use testing the waters 
and confidential draft registration submissions, S. 2765, to amend the 
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to exempt investment advisers who 
solely advise certain rural business investment companies, and S. 3004, 
to amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to exclude privately held, non-
custody brokers and dealers that are in good standing from certain 
requirements under title I of that Act, after receiving testimony from 
Raymond J. Keating, Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council, 
Vienna, Virginia; Mercer E. Bullard, University of Mississippi School 
of Law, Oxford; and Christopher H. Daniel, Government Finance Officers 
Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Teri L. Donaldson, of Texas, to 
be Inspector General, who was introduced by Senator Barrasso, 
Christopher Fall, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Science, 
Karen S. Evans, of West Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary 
(Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response), and Daniel 
Simmons, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary (Energy Efficiency 
and Renewable Energy), all of the Department of Energy, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
PRESCRIPTION DRUG AFFORDABILITY AND INNOVATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
prescription drug affordability and innovation, focusing on addressing 
challenges in today's market, after receiving testimony from Alex M. 
Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
U.S. POLICY IN EUROPE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Europe and Regional 
Security Cooperation concluded a hearing to examine United States 
policy in Europe, after receiving testimony from A. Wess Mitchell, 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, 
Department of State.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 1158, to help prevent acts of genocide and other atrocity crimes, 
which threaten national and international security, by enhancing United 
States Government capacities to prevent, mitigate, and respond to such 
crises, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2779, to amend the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act of 
2001, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2463, to establish the United States International Development 
Finance Corporation, with an amendment;
  H.R. 3776, to support United States international cyber diplomacy, 
with an amendment; and
  The nominations of Stephen Akard, of Indiana, to be Director of the 
Office of Foreign Missions, with the rank of Ambassador, Robin S. 
Bernstein, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, 
Kenneth S. George, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Oriental Republic 
of Uruguay, Harry B. Harris, Jr., of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Korea, Joseph N. Mondello, of New York, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Georgette Mosbacher, of Florida, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Poland, Tibor Peter Nagy, Jr., of 
Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary (African Affairs), Gordon D. 
Sondland, of Washington, to be Representative of the United States of 
America to the European Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador, 
Ronald Gidwitz, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Belgium, Cherith Norman Chalet, of New Jersey, to be Representative of 
the United States of America to the United Nations for U.N. Management 
and Reform, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be an Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the 
General Assembly of the United Nations, during her tenure of service as 
Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations 
for U.N. Management and Reform, and Brian A. Nichols, of Rhode Island, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe, all of the Department of 
State, and routine lists in the Foreign Service.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:

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  S. 3029, to revise and extend the Prematurity Research Expansion and 
Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act (PREEMIE Act), with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1112, to support States in their work to save and sustain the 
health of mothers during pregnancy, childbirth, and in the postpartum 
period, to eliminate disparities in maternal health outcomes for 
pregnancy-related and pregnancy-associated deaths, to identify 
solutions to improve health care quality and health outcomes for 
mothers, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 808, to provide protections for certain sports medicine 
professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary 
State, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  An original bill to reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and 
Technical Education Act; and
  The nominations of Scott Stump, of Colorado, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education, Department of 
Education, and John Lowry III, of Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary 
of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training.
SURVIVORS' BILL OF RIGHTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Survivors' Bill of Rights, focusing on implementation and next 
steps, after receiving testimony from Howard Spivak, Principal Deputy 
Director, National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, 
Department of Justice; Amanda Nguyen, Rise, Washington, D.C.; and Terry 
Crews, Beverly Hills, California.
PROTECTING OUR ELECTIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism 
concluded a hearing to examine protecting our elections, focusing on 
examining shell companies and virtual currencies as avenues for foreign 
interference, including S. 2939, to amend title 18, United States Code, 
to prohibit the establishment of a corporation to conceal election 
contributions and donations by foreign nationals, and S. 1989, to 
enhance transparency and accountability for online political 
advertisements by requiring those who purchase and publish such ads to 
disclose information about the advertisements to the public, after 
receiving testimony from David Murray, Financial Integrity Network, 
Scott Dueweke, The Identity and Payments Association, and Sheila 
Krumholz, Center for Responsive Politics, all of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
an original bill entitled, ``Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019''.