[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 37 (Thursday, February 28, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D201-D202]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AGRICULTURE IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine implementing the Agriculture Improvement Act, after 
receiving testimony from Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture.
OPIOID EPIDEMIC IN AMERICA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing 
to examine addressing the opioid epidemic in America, focusing on 
prevention, treatment, and recovery at the state and local level, after 
receiving testimony from Mark Stringer, Missouri Department of Mental Health 
Director, Jefferson City; Beth Tanzman, Department of Vermont Health Access 
Blueprint for Health Executive Director, Waterbury; Karen Cropsey, 
University of Alabama, Birmingham; Charissa Fotinos, Health Care Authority, 
Olympia, Washington; James Berry, West Virginia University, Morgantown; and 
Daisy Pierce, Navigating Recovery, Laconia, New Hampshire.
NUCLEAR POLICY AND POSTURE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
nuclear policy and posture, after receiving testimony from Madelyn R. 
Creedon, former Principal Deputy Administrator, National Nuclear Security 
Administration; Franklin C. Miller, former Special Assistant to the 
President of the

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United States, and former Senior Director for Defense Policy and Arms 
Control, National Security Council Staff; and General C. Robert Kehler, USAF 
(Ret.), former Commander, United States Strategic Command, Department of 
Defense.
CAPITAL FORMATION AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine legislative proposals on capital formation and corporate 
governance, after receiving testimony from Catherine Mott, BlueTree Capital, 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Thomas Quaadman, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Center 
for Capital Markets Competitiveness, Staten Island, New York; and Heather 
Slavkin Corzo, AFL-CIO, Bethesda, Maryland.
GLOBAL ENERGY MARKETS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine prospects for global energy markets, focusing on the role of the 
United States and perspectives from the International Energy Agency, after 
receiving testimony from Fatih Birol, International Energy Agency, Paris, 
France.
CHINA'S IMPACT ON U.S. EDUCATION SYSTEM
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations concluded a hearing to examine China's impact 
on the United States education system, including observations on Confucius 
Institutes in the United States and U.S. universities in China, after 
receiving testimony from Jason Bair, Acting Director, International Affairs 
and Trade, Government Accountability Office; Walter Douglas, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, and Jennifer 
Zimdahl Galt, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational 
and Cultural Affairs, both of the Department of State; and General Mitchell 
M. Zais, USA (Ret.), Deputy Secretary of Education.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Neomi J. Rao, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
District of Columbia Circuit, 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.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of William R. Evanina, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the 
National Counterintelligence and Security Center, Office of the Director of 
National Intelligence.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive 
a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of the 
intelligence community.