[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 52 (Tuesday, March 26, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D297-D301]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
                       APPROPRIATIONS--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
    Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
  Science, and Related Agencies held a budget hearing on the National 
    Science Foundation. Testimony was heard from France A. Cordova, 
                 Director, National Science Foundation.
                              APPROPRIATIONS--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
     Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
    Development, and Related Agencies held a budget hearing on the 
 Department of Energy. Testimony was heard from Rick Perry, Secretary, 
                         Department of Energy.
                   APPROPRIATIONS--OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
 General Government held a budget hearing on the Office of Management 
  and Budget. Testimony was heard from Russ Vought, Acting Director, 
                    Office of Management and Budget.
                           APPROPRIATIONS--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, 
   Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies held a 
budget hearing on the Department of Education. Testimony was heard from 
            Betsy DeVos, Secretary, Department of Education.
                        APPROPRIATIONS--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and 
    Related Agencies held a budget hearing on the Department of the 
 Interior. Testimony was heard from Scott J. Cameron, Principal Deputy 
 Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, Department of 
    the Interior; and Denise Flanagan, Director, Office of Budget, 
                      Department of the Interior.
                                APPROPRIATIONS--RESERVE COMPONENTS
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a budget 
   hearing on the Reserve Components. Testimony was heard from Major 
 General Bradley James, Commander, U.S. Marine Forces Reserve; General 
 Joseph Lengyel, Chief, U.S. National Guard Bureau; Lieutenant General 
 Charles Luckey, Chief, U.S. Army Reserve; Vice Admiral Luke McCollum, 
  Chief, U.S. Navy Reserve; and Lieutenant General Richard W. Scobee, 
                     Chief, U.S. Air Force Reserve.
                                                        MEMBER DAY
    Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Departments of 
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
   held a hearing entitled ``Member Day''. Testimony was heard from 
 Representatives Cisneros, Espaillat, Jackson Lee, Malinowski, Rose of 
              New York, Van Drew, Visclosky, and Watkins.
                                  APPROPRIATIONS--U.S. COAST GUARD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Department of Homeland 
 Security held a budget hearing on the U.S. Coast Guard. Testimony was 
     heard from Admiral Karl Schultz, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard.
                                                        MEMBER DAY
    Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
 Science, and Related Agencies held a hearing entitled ``Member Day''. 
 Testimony was heard from Representatives Brooks of Alabama, Haaland, 
              Jackson Lee, Jeffries, Posey, and Visclosky.
          APPROPRIATIONS--MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND BRAC OVERVIEW
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction, 
  Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies held a budget hearing on the 
  Military Installations and BRAC Overview. Testimony was heard from 
Brigadier General John J. Allen, Air Force Director of Civil Engineers, 
Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection, 
    Headquarters, U.S. Air Force; Lieutenant General Gwen Bingham, 
                   Assistant Chief for Installations

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  Management, U.S. Army; Major General Vincent A. Coglianese, Marine 
Corps Installations Command/Assistant Deputy Commandant, Installations 
    and Logistics (Facilities), U.S. Marine Corps; Robert McMahon, 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment, Department of Defense; 
  and Vice Admiral Dixon R. Smith, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, 
               Fleet Readiness and Logistics, U.S. Navy.
                                                        MEMBER DAY
    Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies held a 
  hearing entitled ``Member Day''. Testimony was heard from Chairman 
McGovern, and Representatives Thompson of Pennsylvania, Dunn, Gonzalez-
                 Colon of Puerto Rico, and Jackson Lee.
                                         U.S. INDO-PACIFIC COMMAND
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight 
  hearing on the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. Testimony was heard from 
  General Robert Abrams, Commander, U.S. Forces Korea, United Nations 
Command, Combined Forces Command; and Admiral Phil Davidson, Commander, 
          U.S. Indio-Pacific Command. This hearing was closed.
       THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BUDGET 
                            REQUEST FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
  Committee on Armed Services: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
 ``The Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Budget Request 
 from the Department of Defense''. Testimony was heard from Patrick M. 
 Shanahan, Acting Secretary of Defense, Department of the Defense; and 
General Joseph F. Dunford, U.S. Marine Corps, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of 
                                 Staff.
       DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUDGET REQUEST FOR 
                                    SEAPOWER AND PROJECTION FORCES
 Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection 
  Forces held a hearing entitled ``Department of the Navy Fiscal Year 
2020 Budget Request for Seapower and Projection Forces''. Testimony was 
    heard from James F. Geurts, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for 
  Research Development and Acquisition, Department of the Navy; Vice 
 Admiral William R. Merz, U.S. Navy, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations 
for Warfare Systems (N9); and Lieutenant General David H. Berger, U.S. 
   Marine Corps, Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development 
 Command, and Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and Integration.
            DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FY 2020 BUDGET
    Committee on the Budget: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
 ``Department of Health and Human Services FY 2020 Budget''. Testimony 
 was heard from Eric D. Hargan, Deputy Secretary, Department of Health 
                          and Human Services.
     PROTECTING WORKERS' RIGHT TO ORGANIZE: THE NEED FOR LABOR LAW 
                                                            REFORM
 Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health, Employment, 
Labor, and Pensions held a hearing entitled ``Protecting Workers' Right 
to Organize: The Need for Labor Law Reform''. Testimony was heard from 
                           public witnesses.
        STRENGTHENING PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF CHILD ABUSE AND 
                                                           NEGLECT
  Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Civil Rights and 
 Human Services held a hearing entitled ``Strengthening Prevention and 
 Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect''. Testimony was heard from Judy 
King, Director, Family Support Programs, Washington State Department of 
          Children, Youth, and Families; and public witnesses.
                                             MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
 Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Communications and 
 Technology held a markup on H.R. 1644, the ``Save the Internet Act of 
    2019''. H.R. 1644 was forwarded to the full Committee, without 
                               amendment.
     THE ADMINISTRATION OF DISASTER RECOVERY FUNDS IN THE WAKE OF 
                                HURRICANES HARVEY, IRMA, AND MARIA
Committee on Financial Services: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
    ``The Administration of Disaster Recovery Funds in the Wake of 
Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria''. Testimony was heard from Fernando 
   Gil Ensenat, Secretary of Housing, Puerto Rico; Jeremy Kirkland, 
   Counsel to the Inspector General, Department of Housing and Urban 
    Development; Daphne Lemelle, Executive Director, Harris County 
      Community Services Department, Texas; and a public witness.
                                            MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Financial Services: Full Committee began a markup on H.R. 
  389, the ``Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Act''; H.R. 1500, the 
 ``Consumers First Act''; H.R. 1595, the ``Secure and Fair Enforcement 
 Banking Act of 2019''; H.R. 1815, the ``SEC Disclosure Effectiveness 
 Testing Act''; and H.R. 1856, the ``Ending Homelessness Act of 2019''.

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     UNDERSTANDING ODEBRECHT: LESSONS FOR COMBATING CORRUPTION IN 
                                                      THE AMERICAS
 Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, 
 Civilian Security, and Trade held a hearing entitled ``Understanding 
    Odebrecht: Lessons for Combating Corruption in the Americas''. 
               Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
         PROPOSED SMALL ARMS TRANSFERS: BIG IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. 
                                                    FOREIGN POLICY
      Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Proposed Small Arms Transfers: 
 Big Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy''. Testimony was heard from 
       Representative Torres of California, and public witnesses.
                            LOOKING FORWARD: U.S.-AFRICA RELATIONS
 Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, 
  Global Human Rights, and International Organizations held a hearing 
  entitled ``Looking Forward: U.S.-Africa Relations''. Testimony was 
                      heard from public witnesses.
                        THE HISTORIC AMERICAN ALLIANCE WITH EUROPE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, 
  and the Environment held a hearing entitled ``The Historic American 
   Alliance with Europe''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
          THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY'S FAMILY SEPARATION 
                              POLICY: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE BORDER
   Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Border Security, 
 Facilitation, and Operations held a hearing entitled ``The Department 
of Homeland Security's Family Separation Policy: Perspectives from the 
          Border''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
                                             MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
  Committee on the Judiciary: Full Committee held a markup on H. Res. 
  243, of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Attorney 
 General to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of 
  Representatives relating to the actions of former Federal Bureau of 
 Investigation Acting Director Andrew McCabe. H. Res. 243 was ordered 
                         reported, as amended.
                                              LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
  Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and 
Wildlife held a hearing on H.R. 1326, the ``ACCESS Act''; H.R. 877, the 
 ``Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act''; 
H.R. 1809, to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and 
   the Dingell-Johnson Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act, to 
   provide parity for United States territories and the District of 
Columbia, to make technical corrections to such Acts and related laws, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 737, the ``Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act 
 of 2019''; H.R. 1305, the ``Albatross and Petrel Conservation Act''; 
H.R. 1380, the ``Big Cat Public Safety Act''; and H.R. 1568, the ``SAVE 
 Right Whales Act''. Testimony was heard from Representatives Sablan, 
    Thompson of California, and Austin Scott of Georgia; and public 
                               witnesses.
          THE NEED TO PROTECT THE ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 
                                                     COASTAL PLAIN
  Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
  Resources held a hearing entitled ``The Need to Protect the Arctic 
  National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain''. Testimony was heard from 
                           public witnesses.
                                            MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Oversight and Reform: Full Committee held a markup on H.R. 
  745, the ``Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act''; 
 H.R. 964, the ``Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act''; H.R. 1076, 
   the ``Fair Chance Act''; H.R. 1496, the ``Presidential Allowance 
  Modernization Act''; H.R. 1847, the ``Inspector General Protection 
Act''; H.R. 540, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
   Service located at 770 Ayrault Road in Fairport, New York, as the 
 ``Louise and Bob Slaughter Post Office''; H.R. 1198, to designate the 
   facility of the United States Postal Service located at 404 South 
   Boulder Highway in Henderson, Nevada, as the ``Henderson Veterans 
 Memorial Post Office Building''; H.R. 1449, to designate the facility 
  of the United States Postal Service located at 3033 203rd Street in 
   Olympia Fields, Illinois, as the ``Captain Robert L. Martin Post 
 Office''; S. 725, a bill to change the address of the postal facility 
designated in honor of Captain Humayun Khan; H.R. 828, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 25 Route 111 in 
 Smithtown, New York, as the ``Congressman Bill Carney Post Office''; 
  and H.R. 829, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
  Service located at 1450 Montauk Highway in Mastic, New York, as the 
``Army Specialist Thomas J. Wilwerth Post Office Building''. H.R. 745, 
H.R. 964, H.R. 1076, H.R. 1496, and H.R. 1847 were ordered reported, as 
              amended. H.R. 540, H.R. 1198, H.R. 1449, S.

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  725, H.R. 828 and H.R. 829 were ordered reported, without amendment.
            IMPROVING DATA SECURITY AT CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCIES
    Committee on Oversight and Reform: Subcommittee on Economic and 
 Consumer Policy held a hearing entitled ``Improving Data Security at 
    Consumer Reporting Agencies''. Testimony was heard from Michael 
    Clements, Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, 
  Government Accountability Office; Andrew Smith Director, Bureau of 
  Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission; and public witnesses.
        REVITALIZING AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING
 Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Research 
    and Technology; and Subcommittee on Energy held a joint hearing 
        entitled ``Revitalizing American Leadership in Advanced 
Manufacturing''. Testimony was heard from Mike Molnar, Director of the 
 Office of Advanced Manufacturing, National Institute of Standards and 
  Technology; Valri Lightner, Acting Director, Advanced Manufacturing 
Office, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of 
                     Energy; and public witnesses.
       CLEARED FOR TAKE-OFF? IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SMALL BUSINESS 
                                              RUNWAY EXTENSION ACT
     Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Contracting and 
    Infrastructure held a hearing entitled ``Cleared for Take-off? 
Implementation of the Small Business Runway Extension Act''. Testimony 
                    was heard from public witnesses.
        THE COST OF DOING NOTHING: WHY INVESTMENT IN OUR NATION'S 
                                                  AIRPORTS MATTERS
 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Full Committee held a 
  hearing entitled ``The Cost of Doing Nothing: Why Investment in our 
Nation's Airports Matters''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
         TRADE AND LABOR: CREATING AND ENFORCING RULES TO BENEFIT 
                                                  AMERICAN WORKERS
   Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing 
  entitled ``Trade and Labor: Creating and Enforcing Rules to Benefit 
     American Workers''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Joint Meetings
       No joint committee meetings were held.

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