[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 154 (Monday, September 17, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1018-D1019]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. AGRICULTURAL TRADE
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: On Thursday, 
September 13, 2018, Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
perspectives on United States agricultural trade, after receiving 
testimony from Gregory F. Doud, Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office 
of the United States Trade Representative; and Ted McKinney, Under 
Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, and Robert 
Johansson, Chief Economist, both of the Department of Agriculture.
CBO TRANSPARENCY
Committee on the Budget: On Thursday, September 13, 2018, Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine an update on transparency at the 
Congressional Budget Office, after receiving testimony from Keith Hall, 
Director, Congressional Budget Office.
TRANSPORTATION OF TOMORROW
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: On Thursday, 
September 13, 2018, Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
transportation of tomorrow, focusing on emerging technologies that will 
move America, after receiving testimony from Tina Quigley, Regional 
Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas; David S. 
Sanford, Rolls-Royce Marine North America, Inc., Reston, Virginia; 
Laurie Tolson, GE Transportation, Chicago, Illinois; and Josh Raycroft, 
Virgin Hyperloop One, Los Angeles, California.
ADVANCED NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: On Thursday, September 13, 
2018, Committee concluded a hearing to examine advanced nuclear 
technology, focusing on safety and associated benefits of licensing 
accident tolerant fuels for commercial nuclear reactors, after 
receiving testimony from Raymond Furstenau, Director of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research, Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Tina Taylor, 
Electric Power Research Institute, Washington, D.C.; John Williams, 
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Birmingham, Alabama; and Christina 
Back, General Atomics, San Diego, California.
EVOLVING THREATS TO THE HOMELAND
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: On Thursday, 
September 13, 2018, Committee concluded a hearing to examine evolving 
threats to the homeland, including S. 2836, to assist the Department of 
Homeland Security in preventing emerging threats from unmanned aircraft 
and vehicles, and S. 3085, to establish a Federal Acquisition Security 
Council and to provide executive agencies with authorities relating to 
mitigating supply chain risks in the procurement of information 
technology, after receiving testimony from Scott A. McBride, 
Infrastructure Security Manager, National and Homeland Security, Idaho 
National Laboratory, Department of Energy; Kevin Mandia, FireEye, Inc., 
Milpitas, California; Cathy L. Lanier, National Football League, New 
York, New York; and Jennifer Bisceglie, Interos Solutions, Inc., 
Alexandria, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations: Senators Portman (Chair), 
Lankford, Paul, Daines, Kyl, Carper, Heitkamp, Peters, and Hassan.
Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management: 
Senators Paul (Chair), Lankford, Enzi, Hoeven, Peters, Harris, and 
Jones.
Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management: Senators 
Lankford (Chair), Portman, Enzi, Daines, Kyl, Heitkamp, Carper, Hassan, 
and Harris.
  Senators Johnson and McCaskill are ex officio members of each 
subcommittee.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: On Thursday, September 13, 2018, Committee 
ordered favorably reported the following business items:
  S.2961, to reauthorize subtitle A of the Victims of Child Abuse Act 
of 1990, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S.3354, to amend the Missing Children's Assistance Act;
  S.3170, to amend title 18, United States Code, to make certain 
changes to the reporting requirement of certain service providers 
regarding child sexual exploitation visual depictions; and
  The nominations of Ryan Douglas Nelson, of Idaho, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Richard J. Sullivan, of New York, 
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be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, Gary Richard 
Brown, Diane Gujarati, Eric Ross Komitee, and Rachel P. Kovner, each to 
be a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 
Stephen R. Clark, Sr., to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Missouri, Lewis J. Liman, and Mary Kay Vyskocil, 
both to be a United States District Judge for the Southern District of 
New York, John L. Sinatra, Jr., to be United States District Judge for 
the Western District of New York, Joshua Wolson, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Jason R. Dunn, 
to be United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, and Dallas 
L. Carlson, to be United States Marshal for the District of North 
Dakota, both of the Department of Justice, and James W. Carroll, Jr., 
of Virginia, to be Director of National Drug Control Policy.