[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 13, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D262-D264]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
     (Committees not listed did not meet)
                                                        NOMINATION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Heath P. Tarbert, of Maryland, 
   to be Chairman and to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures 
 Trading Commission, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator 
      Cornyn, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
                       APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
     concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of the Air Force, 
 after receiving testimony from Heather Wilson, Secretary, and General 
David L. Goldfein, Chief of Staff, both of the Air Force, Department of 
                                Defense.
                                                 U.S. NAVAL FORCES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower received a closed 
briefing on the most significant threats to United States Naval Forces 
 and how Naval Forces plan to operate in a contested environment from 
 Anthony Schinella, National Intelligence Officer for Military Issues, 
Office of the Director of National Intelligence; and John F. Stratton, 
  Senior Military Analyst, Office of Naval Intelligence, Vice Admiral 
  William R. Merz, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfare 
     Systems, and Lieutenant General David H. Berger, USMC, Deputy 
Commandant of the Marine Corps for Combat Development and Integration, 
                   all of the Department of Defense.
                                                            BUDGET
 Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
    President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2020, after 
  receiving testimony from Russell Vought, Acting Director, Office of 
                         Management and Budget.
                                                THE NEW SPACE RACE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
 a hearing to examine the new space race, focusing on ensuring United 
    States global leadership on the final frontier, after receiving 
     testimony from James F. Bridenstine, Administrator, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration; and Kevin M. O'Connell, Director, 
      Office of Space Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
                Administration, Department of Commerce.
                                    DIESEL EMISSIONS REDUCTION ACT
   Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
   hearing to examine an original bill entitled, ``Diesel Emissions 
  Reduction Act of 2019'', after receiving testimony from Dale Krapf, 
  Krapf School Bus, West Chester, Pennsylvania; Kurt Nagle, American 
 Association of Port Authorities, Alexandria, Virginia; and Timothy V. 
           Johnson, Corning Incorporated, Corning, New York.
                                            U.S.-CHINA COMPETITION
   Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
 examine a new approach for an era of United States-China competition, 
 after receiving testimony from former Senator Jim Talent; and Oriana 
Skylar Mastro, Georgetown University Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign 
                       Service, Washington, D.C.
                                                       NOMINATIONS
 Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
 the nominations of Daniel P. Collins, and Kenneth Kiyul Lee, who was 
 introduced by Senator Cotton, both of California, both to be a United 
    States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, after the nominees 
         testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
                                       PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
   Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Intellectual Property 
concluded an oversight hearing to examine the United States Patent and 
 Trademark Office, after receiving testimony from Andrei Iancu, Under 
 Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, and Director, Patent 
                         and Trademark Office.
                                                       CYBER CRIME
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
    hearing to examine cyber crime, focusing on the threat to small 
businesses, including S. 771, to amend section 21 of the Small Business 
   Act to require cyber certification for small business development 
     center counselors, S. 772, to require an annual report on the 
  cybersecurity of the Small Business Administration, after receiving 
                             testimony from

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    Charles H. Romine, Director, Information Technology Laboratory, 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce; 
 Maria Roat, Chief Information Officer, Small Business Administration; 
       Karen A. Harper, Charles River Analytics Inc., Cambridge, 
 Massachusetts, on behalf of the National Small Business Association; 
     Elizabeth Hyman, CompTIA, Washington, D.C.; and Stacey Smith, 
        Cybersecurity Association of Maryland, Inc., Baltimore.
                                                  BUSINESS MEETING
 Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
    the nomination of John Lowry III, of Illinois, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training.

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