[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 186 (Tuesday, November 27, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1205-D1206]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COMMISSION ON THE NATIONAL DEFENSE STRATEGY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the findings and recommendations of the Commission on the National 
Defense Strategy, after receiving testimony from Eric S. Edelman, and 
Admiral Gary Roughhead, USN (Ret.), both Co-Chair, Commission on the 
National Defense Strategy, Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 1,592 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
NAVY SHIPBUILDING PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded a 
hearing to examine Navy shipbuilding programs, after receiving 
testimony from James F. Geurts, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for 
Research, Development, and Acquisition, Vice Admiral William R. Merz, 
USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfare Systems (OPNAV N9), 
and Lieutenant General David H. Berger, USMC, Commanding General, 
Marine Corps Combat Development Command, and Deputy Commandant for 
Combat Development and Integration, all of the Department of Defense.
FTC OVERSIGHT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security 
concluded an oversight hearing to examine the Federal Trade Commission, 
after receiving testimony from Joseph J. Simons, Chairman, and Rohit 
Chopra, Noah Joshua Phillips, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, and Christine S. 
Wilson, each a Commissioner, all of Federal Trade Commission.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nominations of Rita Baranwal, of Pennsylvania, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Energy (Nuclear Energy), Bernard L.

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McNamee, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, and Raymond David Vela, of Texas, to be Director of the 
National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Multilateral 
International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International 
Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy concluded a hearing to 
examine multilateral economic institutions and United States foreign 
policy, after receiving testimony from David Malpass, Under Secretary 
of the Treasury for International Affairs; Roland de Marcellus, Acting 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Finance and 
Development, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs; Clay Lowery, Rock 
Creek Global Advisors LLC, Arlington, Virginia; Scott A. Morris, Center 
for Global Development, Bethesda, Maryland; and Jennifer Hillman, 
Georgetown University Law Center, Thea Mei Lee, Economic Policy 
Institute, and Stephanie Segal, Center for Strategic and International 
Studies, all of Washington, D.C.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.