[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 29 (Thursday, February 14, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D163-D164]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
United States Special Operations Command and United States Cyber 
Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 
2020 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony 
from Owen O. West, Assistant Secretary, Special Operations and Low-
Intensity Conflict, General Raymond A. Thomas, III, USA, Commander, 
United States Special Operations Command, and General Paul M. Nakasone, 
USA, Commander, United States Cyber Command, Director, National 
Security Agency, and Chief, Central Security Service, all of the 
Department of Defense.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Bimal Patel, of Georgia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Todd M. Harper, of Virginia, and 
Rodney Hood, of North Carolina, both to be a Member of the National 
Credit Union Administration Board, and Mark Anthony Calabria, of 
Virginia, to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, after 
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
ENERGY INDUSTRY CYBERSECURITY EFFORTS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the status and outlook for cybersecurity efforts in 
the energy industry, after receiving testimony from Neil Chatterjee, 
Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and Karen S. Evans, 
Assistant Secretary, Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and 
Emergency Response, both of the Department of Energy; Major William J. 
Keber, West Virginia National Guard's Critical Infrastructure 
Protection Battalion, Kingwood; James B. Robb, North American Electric 
Reliability Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia; and David Edward Whitehead, 
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc., Pullman, Washington.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee announced the 
following subcommittee assignments for the 116th Congress:
   Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Senators Capito 
(Chair), Inhofe, Cramer, Braun, Rounds, Sullivan, Boozman, Wicker, 
Shelby, Cardin,

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Sanders, Whitehouse, Merkley, Gillibrand, Booker, Markey, and Van 
Hollen.
   Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife: Senators Cramer 
(Chair), Capito, Braun, Sullivan, Boozman, Wicker, Shelby, Duckworth, 
Cardin, Sanders, Whitehouse, Merkley, and Van Hollen.
  Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety: Senators Braun (Chair), 
Inhofe, Capito, Cramer, Rounds, Sullivan, Boozman, Wicker, Ernst, 
Whitehouse, Cardin, Sanders, Merkley, Gillibrand, Booker, Markey, and 
Duckworth.
  Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory 
Oversight: Senators Rounds (Chair), Inhofe, Shelby, Ernst, Booker, 
Gillibrand, and Markey.
  Senators Barrasso and Carper serve as ex-officio members of each 
subcommittee.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.