[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 27, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D192-D193]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DOD CYBER OPERATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity received a 
closed briefing on Department of Defense cyber operations from B. Edwin 
Wilson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cyber Policy, Office of the 
Under Secretary for Policy, Rear Admiral William E. Chase, III, USN, 
Deputy Director, Command, Control, Communications, and Computers/Cyber, 
Joint Staff, J-6, and Captain Scott Asack, USN, Acting Deputy Director, 
Global Operations, Joint Staff, J-39, all of the Department of Defense.
MILITARY FAMILY READINESS OVERSIGHT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine military personnel policies and military 
family readiness, after receiving testimony from Lieutenant General 
Thomas C. Seamands, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, Vice Admiral 
Robert P. Burke, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, N-1, Lieutenant 
General Brian T. Kelly, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, 
Personnel and Services, Lieutenant General Michael A. Rocco, USMC, 
Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Sergeant Major 
Daniel A. Dailey, USA, Sergeant Major of the Army, Master Chief Petty 
Officer Russell L. Smith, USN, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, 
Chief Master Sergeant Kaleth O. Wright, USAF, Chief Master Sergeant of 
the Air Force, and Sergeant Major Ronald L. Green, USMC, Sergeant Major 
of the Marine Corps, all of the Department of Defense.
BUDGET CONTROL ACT
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
Budget Control Act, focusing on a review of cap-adjusted spending, 
after receiving testimony from Theresa Gullo, Assistant Director for 
Budget Analysis, Congressional Budget Office.
   Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 116th 
Congress.
FEDERAL DATA PRIVACY FRAMEWORK
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine policy principles for a Federal data privacy 
framework in the United States, after receiving testimony from Jon 
Leibowitz, 21st Century Privacy Coalition, Michael Beckerman, Internet 
Association, Brian A. Dodge, Retail Industry Leaders Association, and 
Victoria Espinel, BSA--The Software Alliance, all of Washington, D.C.; 
Randall Rothenberg, Interactive Advertising Bureau, New York, New York; 
and Woodrow Hartzog, Northeastern University School of Law and Khoury 
College of Computer Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts.
UTILIZING SIGNIFICANT EMISSIONS WITH INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing 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, after receiving testimony from Paul 
Sukut, Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Bismarck, North Dakota; Steve 
Oldham, Carbon Energineering, Squamish, Canada; and Kurt Waltzer, Clean 
Air Task Force, Boston, Massachusetts.
U.S. ROLE IN THE WORLD
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine assessing the role of the United States in the world, after 
receiving testimony from Stephen J. Hadley, former National Security 
Advisor, and William J. Burns, Carnegie Endowment for International 
Peace, both of Washington, D.C.
PROTECTING THE ELECTRIC GRID
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine protecting the electric grid from an 
electromagnetic pulse or geomagnetic disturbance, after receiving 
testimony from Karen S. Evans, Assistant Secretary of Energy, Office of 
Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response; Brian Harrell, 
Assistant Director for Infrastructure Security, Cybersecurity and 
Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security; Nathan 
Anderson, Acting Director, Government Accountability Office; Joseph 
McClelland, Director, Office of Energy Infrastructure Security, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission; Scott I. Aaronson, Edison Electric 
Institute, and Randy Horton, Electric Power Research Institute, both of 
Washington, D.C.; David W. Roop, Dominion Energy, Richmond, Virginia; 
Jim Vespalec, American Transmission Company, Waukesha, Wisconsin; 
George H. Baker, Foundation for Resilient Societies, Dayton, Virginia; 
Justin Kasper, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and Caitlin 
Durkovich, Toffer Associates, Arlington, Virginia.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of William Beach, of Kansas, to be 
Commissioner of Labor Statistics, Scott A. Mugno, of Pennsylvania, and 
John P. Pallasch, of Kentucky, both to be an Assistant Secretary, 
Cheryl Marie Stanton, of South Carolina, to be Administrator of the 
Wage and Hour Division, and John Lowry III, of Illinois, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training, all of the 
Department of Labor, Robert L. King, of Kentucky, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Postsecondary Education, Department of Education, Janet 
Dhillon, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission, Mary Anne Carter, of Tennessee, to be 
Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts, Marco M. Rajkovich, 
Jr., of Kentucky, William I. Althen, of Virginia, and Arthur R. Traynor 
III, of the District of Columbia, each to be a Member of the Federal 
Mine Safety and Health Review Commission.
ADMINISTRATION FOR NATIVE AMERICANS OVERSIGHT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine the 45th anniversary of the Native American Programs Act and 
the establishment of the Administration for Native Americans, after 
receiving testimony from Jean Hovland, Commissioner, Administration for 
Native Americans, Administration for Children and Families, Department 
of Health and Human Services; Joseph M. Socobasin, Passamaquoddy Tribe 
at Indian Township, Indian Township, Maine; Brian Vallo, Pueblo of 
Acoma, Acoma, New Mexico; and Joe James, Yurok Tribe, Klamath, 
California.
FUTURE OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the future of American industry, including S. 2, to 
safeguard certain technology and intellectual property in the United 
States from export to or influence by the People's Republic of China 
and to protect United States industry from unfair competition by the 
People's Republic of China, after receiving testimony from Brad W. 
Setser, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, New York; Robert D. 
Atkinson, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, and Bonnie 
S. Glaser, Center for Strategic and International Studies, both of 
Washington, D.C.; and Andrew Rush, Made in Space, Inc., Jacksonville, 
Florida.