[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 6, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D122-D124]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ARMY READINESS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support concluded a closed hearing to examine United States Army 
readiness, after receiving testimony from Mark T. Esper, Secretary of 
the Army, General Mark A. Milley, USA, Chief of Staff of the Army, both 
of the Department of Defense; and John H. Pendleton, Director, Defense 
Capabilities and Management, Government Accountability Office.
GLOBAL NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENTS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces received 
a closed briefing on global nuclear developments from Richard Kline, 
Senior Defense Intelligence Analyst, Defense Intelligence Agency, 
Department of Defense; Stockton Butler, Deputy National Intelligence 
Officer for Weapons of Mass Destruction, Joint Atomic Energy 
Intelligence Committee; and Frank Szakaly, National Intelligence 
Officer for Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Michael Allison, Principle 
Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Military Issues, both of the 
National Intelligence Council.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res. 47) authorizing 
expenditures by the Committee, and adopted its rules of procedure for 
the 116th Congress.
  Also, Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development: 
Senators Perdue (Chair), Shelby, Cotton, Rounds, McSally, Moran, 
Cramer, Menendez, Reed, Warren, Cortez Masto, Jones, and Smith.
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection: 
Senators Scott (SC) (Chair), Rounds, Tillis, Kennedy, Moran, Cramer, 
Shelby, Toomey, Sasse, Warren, Reed, Tester, Warner, Schatz, Van 
Hollen, Cortez Masto, and Jones.
Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment: Senators Toomey 
(Chair), Shelby, McSally, Scott (SC), Cotton, Rounds, Perdue, Tillis, 
Kennedy, Van Hollen, Reed, Menendez, Tester, Warner, Warren, Smith, and 
Sinema.
Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance: 
Senators Sasse (Chair), McSally, Moran, Toomey, Scott (SC), Warner, 
Schatz, Van Hollen, and Sinema.

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Subcommittee on Economic Policy: Senators Cotton (Chair), Cramer, 
Sasse, Perdue, Tillis, Kennedy, Cortez Masto, Menendez, Jones, Smith, 
and Sinema.
Senators Crapo and Brown are ex-officio members of each subcommittee.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res. 48) authorizing 
expenditures by the committee for the 116th Congress.
  Also, Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Aviation and Space: Senators Cruz (Chair), Thune, 
Blunt, Moran, Gardner, Blackburn, Capito, Lee, Sinema, Schatz, Udall, 
Peters, Duckworth, Tester, and Rosen.
Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the 
Internet: Senators Thune (Chair), Cruz, Blunt, Fischer, Moran, 
Sullivan, Gardner, Blackburn, Capito, Lee, Johnson, Young, Scott (FL), 
Schatz, Klobuchar, Blumenthal, Markey, Udall, Peters, Baldwin, 
Duckworth, Tester, Sinema, and Rosen.
Subcommittee on Manufacturing, Trade, and Consumer Protection: Senators 
Moran (Chair), Thune, Fischer, Sullivan, Blackburn, Capito, Lee, 
Johnson, Young, Blumenthal, Klobuchar, Schatz, Markey, Udall, Baldwin, 
Sinema, and Rosen.
Subcommittee on Science, Oceans, Fisheries, and Weather: Senators 
Gardner (Chair), Cruz, Sullivan, Johnson, Scott (FL), Baldwin, 
Blumenthal, Schatz, and Peters.
Subcommittee on Security: Senators Sullivan (Chair), Cruz, Blunt, 
Fischer, Blackburn, Lee, Johnson, Young, Scott (FL), Markey, Klobuchar, 
Blumenthal, Schatz, Udall, Duckworth, Sinema, and Rosen.
Subcommittee on Transportation and Safety: Senators Fischer (Chair), 
Thune, Blunt, Moran, Gardner, Capito, Young, Scott (FL), Duckworth, 
Klobuchar, Blumenthal, Markey, Udall, Peters, and Baldwin.
Senators Wicker and Cantwell are ex-officio members of each 
subcommittee.
WINNING THE RACE TO 5G
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine winning the race to 5G and the next era of 
technology innovation in the United States, after receiving testimony 
from Michael Wessel, Commissioner, U.S.-China Economic and Security 
Review Commission; Brad Gillen, CTIA, Steven K. Berry, Competitive 
Carriers Association, and Shailen P. Bhatt, The Intelligent 
Transportation Society of America, all of Washington, D.C.; and Kim 
Zentz, Urbanova, Spokane, Washington.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
adopted its rules of procedure, and ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution (S. Res. 49) authorizing expenditures by the 
Committee for the 116th Congress.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee adopted its rules of procedure, 
and ordered favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 256, to amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to provide 
flexibility and reauthorization to ensure the survival and continuing 
vitality of Native American languages,
  S. 257, to provide for rental assistance for homeless or at-risk 
Indian veterans,
  S. 294, to establish a business incubators program within the 
Department of the Interior to promote economic development in Indian 
reservation communities; and
  An original resolution (S. Res. 52) authorizing expenditures by the 
committee for the 116th Congress.
FINANCIAL SECURITY IN RETIREMENT
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
financial security in retirement, focusing on innovations and best 
practices to promote savings, after receiving testimony from Gene L. 
Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States, Government 
Accountability Office; John Scott, The Pew Charitable Trusts Retirement 
Savings Project, Washington, D.C.; Denis St. Peter, CES, Inc., Brewer, 
Maine; and Linda K. Stone, Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement, 
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
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