[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 41 (Thursday, March 7, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D230-D231]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of William Bookless, of California, to be Principal Deputy 
Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of 
Energy, and Veronica Daigle, of Virginia, and Thomas McCaffery, of 
California, both to be an Assistant Secretary, and Lisa M. Schenck, of 
Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Military 
Commission Review, all of the Department of Defense.
PROVIDING SAFE MILITARY HOUSING AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the chain of command's accountability to provide safe military housing 
and other building infrastructure to servicemembers and their families, 
after receiving testimony from Mark T. Esper, Secretary of the Army, 
Richard V. Spencer, Secretary of the Navy, Heather A. Wilson, Secretary 
of the Air Force, General Mark A. Milley, USA, Chief of Staff of the 
Army, Admiral John M. Richardson, USN, Chief of Naval Operations, 
General Robert B. Neller, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps, and 
General David L. Goldfein, USAF, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, all 
of the Department of Defense.
CHINA
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Security concluded a hearing to examine China, focusing on challenges 
for United States commerce, after receiving testimony from Daniel H. 
Rosen, Rhodium Group, New York, New York; Josh Kallmer, Information 
Technology Industry Council, and Samm Sacks, New America, both of 
Washington, D.C.; and Eric Rosenbach, Harvard Kennedy School Belfer 
Center for Science and International Affairs, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
PUBLIC LANDS IN THE WESTERN U.S.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine an overview of the multiple values and unique issues 
of access and development associated with public lands in the western 
United States, after receiving testimony from Sara Longan, Alaska 
Department of Natural Resources Deputy Commissioner, Anchorage; Laura 
Abram, First Solar, Inc., San Francisco, California; Bruce Hallin, Salt 
River Project, Phoenix, Arizona; Brent Keith, The Nature Conservancy, 
Arlington, Virginia; Patrick Malone, Barrick Gold of North America, 
Henderson, Nevada; and James D. Ogsbury, Western Governors' 
Association, Denver, Colorado.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nominations of Rita Baranwal, of Pennsylvania, to be an 
Assistant Secretary (Nuclear Energy), William Cooper, of Maryland, to 
be General Counsel, Christopher Fall, of Virginia, to be Director of 
the Office of Science, and Lane Genatowski, of New York, to be Director 
of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, all of the Department 
of Energy.

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U.S.-VENEZUELA RELATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, 
Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Global Women's Issues concluded a hearing to examine United States-
Venezuela relations and the path to a democratic transition, after 
receiving testimony from Mark Green, Administrator, United States 
Agency for International Development; Elliot Abrams, Special 
Representative for Venezuela, Department of State; and Eric Farnsworth, 
Council of the Americas, and Cynthia J. Arnson, Woodrow Wilson 
International Center for Scholars Latin American Program, both of 
Washington, D.C.
PRIVATE SECTOR DATA BREACHES
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations concluded a hearing to examine private 
sector data breaches, including how additional Federal authority could 
enhance consumer protection and provide flexibility, after receiving 
testimony from Alicia Puente Cackley, Director, Financial Markets and 
Community Investment, Government Accountability Office; Andrew Smith, 
Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission; Mark 
Begor, and Jamil Farshchi, both of Equifax Inc., Atlanta, Georgia; Arne 
Sorenson, Marriott International, Bethesda, Maryland; and John Giligan, 
Center for Internet Security, Greenbush, New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of 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, and Peter D. Welte, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of North Dakota.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.
PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the complex web of prescription drug prices, focusing on untangling the 
web and paths forward, after receiving testimony from Lisa Gill, 
Consumer Reports, Yonkers, New York; Pooja Babbrah, Point-of-Care 
Partners, LLC, Jacksonville, Florida; Stacie B. Dusetzina, Vanderbilt 
University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee; and Jane Horvath, 
Horvath Health Policy, Washington, D.C.