[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 188 (Thursday, November 29, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1221-D1222]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Thomas McCaffery, of California, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Defense, and William Bookless, of California, to be 
Principal Deputy Administrator, National Nuclear Security 
Administration, Department of Energy, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
COMBATING FORMS OF ILLICIT FINANCE
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine combating money laundering and other forms of 
illicit finance, focusing on regulator and law enforcement perspectives 
on reform, after receiving testimony from Kenneth A. Blanco, Director, 
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and Grovetta N. Gardineer, Senior 
Deputy Comptroller for Compliance and Community Affairs, Office of the 
Comptroller of the Currency, both of the Department of the Treasury; 
and Steven M. D'Antuono, Section Chief, Criminal Investigative 
Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.
ENERGY LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy 
concluded a hearing to examine S. 1089, to require the Secretary of 
Energy to review and update a report on the energy and environmental 
benefits of the re-refining of used lubricating oil, S. 1713, to 
require certain financial assistance under the State energy program and 
the Weatherization Assistance Program to be distributed without undue 
delay to support State and local high-impact energy efficiency and 
renewable energy initiatives, S. 1875, to move the United States toward 
greater energy independence and security, to increase the flexibility, 
efficiency, and reliability of the electric grid, to increase the 
competitiveness of the United States economy, to protect consumers, and 
to improve the energy performance of the Federal Government, S. 2257, 
to establish the IMPACT for Energy Foundation, S. 2803, to amend the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 to improve the conversion, use, and storage 
of carbon dioxide produced from fossil fuels, S. 2968, to amend the 
Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to clarify whistleblower rights and 
protections, S. 3088, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require 
the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to prepare veterans for 
careers in the energy industry, including the solar, wind, 
cybersecurity, and other low-carbon emissions sectors or zero-emissions 
sectors of the energy industry, S. 3295, to improve energy performance 
in Federal buildings, S. 3376, to require the Secretary of Energy to 
establish an energy storage research program, a demonstration and 
deployment program, and a technical assistance and grant program, S. 
3422, to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish advanced nuclear 
goals, provide for a versatile, reactor-based fast neutron source, make 
available high-assay, low-enriched uranium for research, development, 
and demonstration of advanced nuclear reactor concepts, S. 3495, to 
provide certainty with respect to the timing of Department of Energy 
decisions to approve or deny applications to export natural gas, S. 
3618 and H.R. 6511, bills to authorize the Secretary of Energy to carry 
out a program to lease underutilized Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
facilities, H.R. 6398, to authorize the Department of Energy to conduct 
collaborative research with the Department of Veterans Affairs in order 
to improve healthcare services for veterans in the United States, and 
an original bill entitled, ``Enhancing State Energy Security Planning 
and Emergency Preparedness Act'', after receiving testimony from 
Representative Barton; and Mark W. Menezes, Under Secretary of Energy.

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NOMINATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Alexandra Dapolito Dunn, of 
Virginia, to be Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, after the nominee, who was introduced 
by Senator Whitehouse, testified and answered questions in her own 
behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 2076, to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the 
expansion of activities related to Alzheimer's disease, cognitive 
decline, and brain health under the Alzheimer's Disease and Healthy 
Aging Program, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3530, to reauthorize the Museum and Library Services Act, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3657, to reauthorize the Traumatic Brain Injury program, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3482, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the 
Emergency Medical Services for Children program;
  H.R. 315, to amend the Public Health Service Act to distribute 
maternity care health professionals to health professional shortage 
areas identified as in need of maternity care health services; and
  The nominations of Erhard R. Chorle, of Illinois, to be a Member of 
the Railroad Retirement Board, Gordon Hartogensis, of Connecticut, to 
be Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Robert L. 
King, of Kentucky, to be Assistant Secretary of Education for 
Postsecondary Education, and John P. Pallasch, of Kentucky, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Labor.