[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 34 (Monday, February 25, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D179-D181]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

               Week of February 26 through March 1, 2019

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Eric D. Miller, of Washington, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Ninth Circuit, post-cloture.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: February 28, to 
hold hearings to examine implementing the Agriculture Improvement 
Act, 9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: February 28, Subcommittee on 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine addressing the opioid 
epidemic in America, focusing on prevention, treatment, and recovery 
at the state and local level, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: February 26, to hold hearings to 
examine United States Strategic Command and United States Northern 
Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal 
year 2020 and the Future Years Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Airland, to receive a closed briefing 
on the B-21 ``Raider'', 3 p.m., SVC-217.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine military personnel policies and military family 
readiness, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, to receive a closed 
briefing on Department of Defense cyber operations, 2:30 p.m., SVC-
217.
  February 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine nuclear 
policy and posture, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: February 26, 
business meeting to consider the nominations of Mark Anthony 
Calabria, of Virginia, to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance 
Agency, Bimal Patel, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary, and 
Dino Falaschetti, of Montana, to be Director, Office of Financial 
Research, both of the Department 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, Spencer Bachus III, 
of Alabama, and Judith DelZoppo Pryor, of Ohio, both

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to be a Member of the Board of Directors, and Kimberly A. Reed, of 
West Virginia, to be President, all of the Export-Import Bank of the 
United States, and Seth Daniel Appleton, of Missouri, and Robert 
Hunter Kurtz, of Virginia, both to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development; to be immediately followed by a 
hearing to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the 
Congress, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  February 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
legislative proposals on capital formation and corporate governance, 
10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: February 27, to hold hearings to examine 
the Budget Control Act, focusing on a review of cap-adjusted 
spending, 2:30 p.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: February 26, 
Subcommittee on Transportation and Safety, to hold hearings to 
examine connecting America, focusing on intermodal connections 
across our surface transportation network, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.
  February 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine policy 
principles for a Federal data privacy framework in the United 
States, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 26, to hold 
hearings to examine the state of the U.S. territories, 10 a.m., SD-
366.
  February 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine prospects 
for global energy markets, focusing on the role of the United States 
and perspectives from the International Energy Agency, 10 a.m., SD-
366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: February 27, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 383, to support carbon dioxide utilization 
and direct air capture research, to facilitate the permitting and 
development of carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration 
projects and carbon dioxide pipelines, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: February 26, to hold hearings to examine 
drug pricing in America, 10:15 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: February 27, to hold hearings to 
examine assessing the role of the United States in the world, 10:15 
a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: February 
27, to hold hearings to examine protecting the electric grid from an 
electromagnetic pulse or geomagnetic disturbance, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.
  February 28, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold 
hearings to examine China's impact on the United States education 
system, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: February 27, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the 45th anniversary of the Native American 
Programs Act and the establishment of the Administration for Native 
Americans, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Judiciary: February 26, Subcommittee on Intellectual 
Property, to hold hearings to examine the 2019 Annual Intellectual 
Property Report to Congress, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  February 28, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Neomi J. Rao, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the District of Columbia Circuit, Joseph F. Bianco, of New York, and 
Michael H. Park, of New York, both to be a United States Circuit 
Judge for the Second Circuit, Greg Girard Guidry, to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Michael 
T. Liburdi, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Arizona, Peter D. Welte, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of North Dakota, Aditya Bamzai, of Virginia, and Travis 
LeBlanc, of Maryland, both to be a Member of the Privacy and Civil 
Liberties Oversight Board, and Drew H. Wrigley, to be United States 
Attorney for the District of North Dakota, Department of Justice, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: February 27, to 
hold hearings to examine the future of American industry, 2:30 p.m., 
SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: February 26, to hold a joint 
hearing with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the 
legislative presentation of the Disabled American Veterans, 2 p.m., 
SD-G50.
  February 27, Full Committee, to hold a joint hearing with the 
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative 
presentation of The American Legion, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: February 28, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, February 27, Full Committee, business 
meeting to consider the Budget Views and Estimates Letter of the 
Committee on Agriculture for the Agencies and Programs under the 
Jurisdiction of the Committee for Fiscal Year 2020, 9:30 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  February 27, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The State of the 
Rural Economy'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, February 27, Subcommittee on 
Financial Services and General Government, hearing entitled 
``Election Security: Ensuring the Integrity of U.S. Election 
Systems'', 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, hearing entitled 
``Reviewing the Administration's Unaccompanied Children Program: 
State-Sanctioned Child Abuse'', 10 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, budget hearing on 
the Government Accountability Office, 10 a.m., HT-2 Capitol.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, hearing entitled ``The President's 
2019 National Emergency Declaration Circumventing Congress to Build 
a Border Wall and Its Effect on Military Construction and 
Readiness'', 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs, hearing entitled ``Oversight of U.S. Agency for 
International Development (USAID), Programs and Policies'', 10 a.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on the Departments of Transportation, 
and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, hearing 
entitled ``Stakeholder Perspectives: Fair Housing'', 10 a.m., 2358-A 
Rayburn.

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  February 27, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, budget hearing on 
the Government Publishing Office, 11 a.m., HT-2 Capitol.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, oversight hearing on 
the Food and Drug Administration, 2 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, hearing entitled ``Female Veterans 
Access to VA'', 10 a.m., HT-2 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, February 27, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, hearing entitled ``Transgender Service Policy'', 2 p.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, February 27, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``2017 Tax Law: Impact on the Budget and American 
Families'', 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, February 27, Subcommittee on 
Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, hearing 
entitled ``Classrooms in Crisis: Examining the Inappropriate Use of 
Seclusion and Restraint Practices'', 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing 
entitled ``Caring for Our Caregivers: Protecting Health Care and 
Social Service Workers from Workplace Violence'', 2 p.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, February 27, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Confronting a 
Growing Public Health Threat: Measles Outbreaks in the U.S.'', 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing entitled ``Clean 
Energy Infrastructure and the Workforce to Build It'', 10:30 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change, 
hearing entitled ``We'll Always Have Paris: Filling the Leadership 
Void Caused by Federal Inaction on Climate Change'', 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, February 27, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy'', 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion will hold a 
hearing entitled ``An Overview of Diversity Trends in the Financial 
Services Industry'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, February 27, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Trump Administration's Foreign Policy: A Mid-Term 
Assessment'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``America's Global Leadership: Why Diplomacy and 
Development Matter'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, February 27, Full Committee, 
hearing on ``Securing out Nation's Chemical Facilities: Building on 
the Progress of the CFATS Program'', 10 a.m., 310 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, February 28, Subcommittee on 
Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, hearing entitled 
``The National Emergencies Act of 1976'', 12 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, February 27, Full Committee, 
hearing on H.R. 560, the ``Northern Mariana Islands Residents Relief 
Act'', 10:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, February 27, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Hearing with Michael Cohen, Former Attorney to 
President Donald Trump'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Government Operations, hearing 
entitled ``Effects of Vacancies at the Merit Systems Protection 
Board'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, February 27, 
Subcommittee on Environment, hearing entitled ``Sea Change: Impacts 
of Climate Change on Our Oceans and Coasts'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, February 27, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Supporting America's Startups: Review of SBA 
Entrepreneurial Development Programs'', 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 27, Full 
Committee, business meeting on Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Views and 
Estimates of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; and 
markup on H.Con. Res. 16, authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds 
for the National Peace Officers Memorial Service and the National 
Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition; H.Con. Res. 19, authorizing 
the use of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box 
Derby; H.R. 1318, to direct the Library of Congress to obtain a 
stain glassed panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia 
and install the panel among the stained glass panels depicting the 
seals of States which overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library 
of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building; H.R. 639, to amend section 
327 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act to clarify that National Urban Search and Rescue 
Response System task forces may include Federal employees, 10 a.m., 
HVC-210.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, February 27, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``VA 2030: A Vision for the Future of VA'', 2 p.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Ways and Means, February 27, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``U.S.-China Trade'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Hearing: February 26, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 
to hold a joint hearing with the House Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs to examine the legislative presentation of the Disabled 
American Veterans, 2 p.m., SD-G50.
  February 27, Full Committee, to hold a joint hearing with the 
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative 
presentation of The American Legion, 10 a.m., SD-G50.