[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 148 (Thursday, September 6, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D985-D986]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, INTERNATIONAL TRADE 
ADMINISTRATION, AND UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
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 Bureau 
of Industry and Security, the International Trade Administration, and 
the United States International Trade Commission, after receiving 
testimony from Richard Ashooh, Assistant Secretary for Export 
Administration, Bureau of Industry and Security, and Nazak Nikakhtar, 
Assistant Secretary for Industry and Analysis, International Trade 
Administration, both of the Department of Commerce; and David S. 
Johanson, Chairman, United States International Trade Commission.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee announced the following 
subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Airland: Senators Cotton (Chair), Wicker, Tillis, 
Sullivan, Cruz, Sasse, Kyl, King, McCaskill, Blumenthal, Donnelly, 
Warren, and Peters.
Subcommittee on Cybersecurity: Senators Rounds (Chair), Fischer, 
Perdue, Graham, Sasse, Nelson, McCaskill, Gillibrand, and Blumenthal.
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities: Senators Ernst 
(Chair), Wicker, Fischer, Perdue, Cruz, Scott, Heinrich, Nelson, 
Shaheen, and Peters.
Subcommittee on Personnel: Senators Tillis (Chair), Ernst, Graham, 
Sasse, Gillibrand, McCaskill, and Warren.
Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support: Senators Sullivan 
(Chair), Rounds, Ernst, Perdue, Kaine, Shaheen, and Hirono.

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Subcommittee on SeaPower: Senators Wicker (Chair), Cotton, Rounds, 
Tillis, Scott, Kyl, Hirono, Shaheen, Blumenthal, Kaine, and King.
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces: Senators Fischer (Chair), Cotton, 
Sullivan, Cruz, Graham, Kyl, Donnelly, Heinrich, Warren, and Peters.
Senators Inhofe and Reed are ex-officio members of each subcommittee.
RUSSIA SANCTIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine outside perspectives on Russia sanctions, focusing 
on current effectiveness and potential for next steps, including S. 
2313, to deter foreign interference in United States elections, after 
receiving testimony from Heather A. Conley, Center for Strategic and 
International Studies, Rachel Ziemba, Center for a New American 
Security, and Daniel Fried, all of Washington, D.C.; and Michael 
McFaul, Stanford University Freeman Spogli Institute for International 
Studies, Glasgow, Montana.
NOMINATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure concluded a hearing to examine the 
nomination of Harold B. Parker, of New Hampshire, to be Federal 
Cochairperson of the Northern Border Regional Commission, after the 
nominee, who was introduced by Senator Shaheen, testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held a hearing to examine the 
nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh, of Maryland, to be an Associate 
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The nominee 
testified in his own behalf. Hearing recessed subject to the call and 
will meet again on Friday, September 7, 2018.