[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 57 (Tuesday, April 2, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D334-D335]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed 
budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2020 for the 
Department of Commerce, after receiving testimony from Michael Platt, 
Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, 
Steven Dillingham, Director, Census Bureau, David J. Redl, Assistant 
Secretary for Communications and Information, and Administrator, 
National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Neil 
Jacobs, Assistant Secretary for Environmental Observation and 
Prediction, performing the duties of Under Secretary for Oceans and 
Atmosphere, John Fleming, Assistant Secretary for Economic Development, 
Henry Childs, National Director, Minority Business Development 
Administration, Gil Kaplan, Under Secretary for International Trade, 
Matthew Borman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Administration, 
Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary for Intellectual Property, and Director, 
Patent and Trademark Office, and Walter Copan, Under Secretary for 
Standards and Technology, and Director, National Institute of Standards 
and Technology, all of the Department of Commerce.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of General Tod D. Wolters, USAF, for reappointment to 
the grade of general and to be Commander, United States European 
Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, and General Stephen J. 
Townsend, USA, for reappointment to the grade of general and to be 
Commander, United States Africa Command, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland concluded a 
hearing to examine Army modernization in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2020 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from Lieutenant General James F. 
Pasquarette, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, Lieutenant General James 
M. Richardson, USA, Deputy Commander, Army Futures Command, and 
Lieutenant General Paul A. Ostrowski, USA, Principal Military Deputy to 
the Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Acquisition, Logistics and 
Technology) and Director of the Army Acquisition Corps, all of the 
Department of Defense.
INVESTING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the application of environmental, social, and 
governance principles in investing and the role of asset managers, 
proxy advisors, and other intermediaries, after receiving testimony 
from former Senator Phil Gramm; James R. Copland, Manhattan Institute 
for Policy Research, New Bern, North Carolina; and John Streur, Calvert 
Research and Management, Washington, D.C.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2020 for the Department of Energy, after receiving testimony from 
Rick Perry, Secretary of Energy.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OVERSIGHT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, after 
receiving testimony from Kristine L. Svinicki, Chairman, and Jeff 
Baran, Stephen Burns, Annie Caputo, and David Wright, each a 
Commissioner, all of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
NATO AT 70
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine NATO at 70, focusing on a strategic partnership for the 21st 
century, after receiving testimony from Ian J. Brzezinski, Atlantic 
Council Brent Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, and Karen 
Donfried, German Marshall Fund of the United States, both of 
Washington, D.C.

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NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Ron A. Bloom, of New 
York, to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service, and James 
A. Crowell IV, and Jason Park, both of the District of Columbia, both 
to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of 
Columbia, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf.
REAUTHORIZING HEA
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine reauthorizing HEA, focusing on 
addressing campus sexual assault and ensuring student safety and 
rights, after receiving testimony from Patricia M. Hamill, Conrad 
O'Brien P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Fatima Goss Graves, National 
Women's Law Center, and Anne H. Meehan, American Council on Education, 
both of Washington, D.C.; Jeannie Suk Gersen, Harvard Law School, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Jeff S. Howard, East Tennessee State 
University, Johnson City.
ARBITRATION IN AMERICA
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
arbitration in America, after receiving testimony from Myriam Gilles, 
Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, New 
York; Alan S. Kaplinsky, Ballard Spahr LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 
F. Paul Bland, Jr., Public Justice, and Victor E. Schwartz, Shook Hardy 
and Bacon, LLP, both of Washington, D.C.; Alan S. Carlson, Italian 
Colors Restaurant, Oakland, California; and Kevin Ziober, Newport 
Beach, California.
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.
ALZHEIMER'S
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
Alzheimer's, focusing on new directions in biomedical research and 
caregiving, after receiving testimony from Richard Hodes, Director, 
National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Department 
of Health and Human Services; Clay Jacobs, Alzheimer's Association 
Greater Pennsylvania Chapter, Wilkes-Barre; Sharon Fekrat, Duke 
University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; and Mary Dysart 
Hartt and Mike Hartt, both of Hampden, Maine.