[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 54 (Thursday, March 28, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D316-D317]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: COAST GUARD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Homeland 
Security concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification

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for fiscal year 2020 for the Coast Guard, after receiving testimony 
from Admiral Karl Schultz, Commandant, Coast Guard, Department of 
Homeland Security.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Education, 
after receiving testimony from Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education.
APPROPRIATIONS: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2020 for the Food and Drug 
Administration, after receiving testimony from Scott Gottlieb, 
Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and 
Human Services.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
Department of Energy's atomic energy defense programs in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2020 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Rick Perry, Secretary, 
and Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty, Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, and 
Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, both of the 
Department of Energy.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
original concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2020.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of David Bernhardt, of Virginia, to 
be Secretary of the Interior, after the nominee, who was introduced by 
Senator Gardner, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
PFAS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Federal response to the risks associated with 
per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), after receiving testimony 
from David P. Ross, Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, 
Environmental Protection Agency; Maureen Sullivan, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Environment; and Patrick N. Breysse, Director, 
National Center for Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, and Linda S. Birnbaum, Director, National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences and National Toxicology Program, National 
Institutes of Health, both of the Department of Health and Human 
Services.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Wing Chau, to be United States Marshal for the District 
of Rhode Island, and Ramona L. Dohman, to be United States Marshal for 
the District of Minnesota.