[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 58 (Wednesday, April 3, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D345-D347]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2020 for the Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving testimony 
from Andrew Wheeler, Administrator, and Holly Greaves, Chief Financial 
Officer, both of the Environmental Protection Agency.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2020 for the Defense Health Program, 
after receiving testimony from Vice Admiral Raquel Bono, Director, 
Defense Health Agency, Lieutenant General Nadja West, Surgeon General 
of the Army, Vice Admiral Forrest Faison, Surgeon General of the Navy, 
Lieutenant General Dorothy Hogg, Surgeon General of the Air Force, and 
Stacy Cummings, Program Executive Officer of the Defense Healthcare 
Management Systems, all of the Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: FEMA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Homeland 
Security concluded a hearing to examine to examine the proposed budget 
estimates and justification for fiscal year 2020 for the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, after receiving testimony from Peter 
Gaynor, Acting Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security.
APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates 
and justification for fiscal year 2020 for the National Nuclear 
Security Administration, after receiving testimony from Lisa E. Gordon-
Hagerty, Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, Administrator, Charles 
P. Verdon, Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, Brent K. Park, 
Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, and Admiral 
James F. Caldwell, Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors, all of the 
National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2020 for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, after 
receiving testimony from Ben Carson, Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development.
APPROPRIATIONS: SERGEANT AT ARMS AND CAPITOL POLICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2020 for the Senate Sergeant at Arms and 
the United States Capitol Police, after receiving testimony from 
Michael Stenger, Sergeant at Arms, United States Senate; and Matthew 
Verderosa, Chief of Police, United States Capitol Police.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing to examine missile defense policies and programs in review of 
the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2020 and the Future 
Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from John C. Rood, 
Under Secretary for Policy, General Terrence J. O'Shaughnessy, USAF, 
Commander, United States Northern Command and North American Aerospace 
Defense Command, Lieutenant General Samuel A. Greaves, USAF, Director, 
Missile Defense Agency, and Lieutenant General James H. Dickinson, USA, 
Commander, United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army 
Forces Strategic Command and Joint Functional Component Command for 
Integrated Missile Defense, all of the Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 151, to deter criminal robocall violations and improve enforcement 
of section 227(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;

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  S. 494, to establish the American Fisheries Advisory Committee to 
assist in the awarding of fisheries research and development grants;
  S. 512, to establish an advisory office within the Bureau of Consumer 
Protection of the Federal Trade Commission to prevent fraud targeting 
seniors;
  S. 529, to establish a national program to identify and reduce losses 
from landslide hazards, to establish a national 3D Elevation Program, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 542, to protect the right of law-abiding citizens to transport 
knives interstate, notwithstanding a patchwork of local and State 
prohibitions;
  S. 881, to improve understanding and forecasting of space weather 
events;
  S. 877, to prohibit the sale of shark fins;
  S. 906, to improve the management of driftnet fishing, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 908, to provide for an equitable management of summer flounder 
based on geographic, scientific, and economic data;
  S. 910, to reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College 
Program Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 914, to reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation 
System Act of 2009, to clarify the authority of the Administrator of 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with respect to 
post-storm assessments, and to require the establishment of a National 
Water Center;
  S. 918, to prohibit the President or a Federal agency from 
constructing, operating, or offering wholesale or retail services on 
broadband networks without authorization from Congress, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 919, to reduce regulatory burdens and streamline processes related 
to commercial space activities; and
  The nominations of Ann Marie Buerkle, of New York, to be Chairman and 
a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Joseph Ryan 
Gruters, of Florida, Leon A. Westmoreland, of Georgia, and Rick A. 
Dearborn, of Oklahoma, each to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of 
Directors, Diana Furchtgott-Roth, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
Secretary, and Heidi R. King, of California, to be Administrator of the 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, both of the Department 
of Transportation, Barry Lee Myers, of Pennsylvania, to be Under 
Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, and a routine list in 
the Coast Guard.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. Res. 23, supporting the goals and ideals of Countering 
International Parental Child Abduction Month and expressing the sense 
of the Senate that Congress should raise awareness of the harm caused 
by international parental child abduction, with an amendment;
  S. Res. 27, calling for a prompt multinational freedom of navigation 
operation in the Black Sea and urging the cancellation of the Nord 
Stream 2 pipeline;
  S. Res. 35, supporting democratic principles and standards in Bolivia 
and throughout Latin America, with an amendment;
  S. Res. 67, expressing the sense of the Senate on the importance and 
vitality of the United States alliances with Japan and the Republic of 
Korea, and our trilateral cooperation in the pursuit of shared 
interests, with an amendment;
  S. Res. 95, recognizing the 198th anniversary of the independence of 
Greece and celebrating democracy in Greece and the United States;
  S. Res. 96, commending the Government of Canada for upholding the 
rule of law and expressing concern over actions by the Government of 
the People's Republic of China in response to a request from the United 
States Government to the Government of Canada for the extradition of a 
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. executive;
  S. Res. 123, supporting the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and 
recognizing its 70 years of accomplishments; and
  The nominations of John P. Abizaid, of Nevada, to be Ambassador to 
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Stephen Akard, of Indiana, to be Director 
of the Office of Foreign Missions, with the rank of Ambassador, Lynda 
Blanchard, of Alabama, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia, 
Joseph Cella, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Fiji, 
and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as 
Ambassador to the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of Nauru, the 
Kingdom of Tonga, and Tuvalu, R. Clarke Cooper, of Florida, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of State (Political-Military Affairs), Michael J. 
Fitzpatrick, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Ecuador, 
Kenneth S. George, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Oriental Republic 
of Uruguay, Brett P. Giroir, of Texas, to be Representative of the 
United States on the Executive Board of the World Health Organization, 
Jeffrey Ross Gunter, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Iceland, Ronald Douglas Johnson, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of El Salvador, W. Patrick Murphy, of Vermont, to be 
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia, Daniel N. Rosenblum, of 
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Republic of Uzbekistan, Robert K. Scott, of Maryland, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Malawi, Donald R. Tapia, of Arizona, to be 
Ambassador to Jamaica, Matthew H. Tueller, of Utah, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Iraq, Keith Krach, of California, to be an Under 
Secretary of State (Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment), 
United States Alternate Governor of the European Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development, United States Alternate Governor of the 
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a term of 
five years, and United States Alternate Governor of the Inter-American 
Development Bank for a term of five years, David Schenker, of New 
Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs), 
David Stilwell, of Hawaii, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (East 
Asian and Pacific Affairs), and Kip Tom, of Indiana, for the rank of 
Ambassador during his tenure of service as U.S. Representative to the 
United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, all of the Department 
of State, John Barsa, of Florida, to be an Assistant Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Development, Jane L. Corwin, 
of New York, Robert C. Sisson, of Michigan, and Lance V. Yohe, of North 
Dakota, all to be a Commissioner on the part of the United States on 
the International Joint Commission, United States and Canada, and Mark 
Rosen, of Connecticut, to be United States Executive Director of the 
International Monetary Fund.
ENHANCING TRIBAL SELF-GOVERNANCE AND SAFETY
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
enhancing tribal self-governance and safety of Indian roads, after 
receiving testimony from Timothy Hess, Associate Administrator, Office 
of Federal Lands Highway, Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
Transportation; Leroy Gishi, Chief of the Division of Transportation, 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; Stephen Roe 
Lewis, Gila River Indian Community, Sacaton, Arizona; and Joe Garcia, 
Ohkay Owingeh, Owingeh, New Mexico.
WOMEN INVENTORS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Intellectual Property 
concluded a hearing to examine women inventors and the future of 
American innovation, after receiving testimony from Robin L. Rasor, 
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Barbara Gault, Institute for 
Women's Policy Research, Washington, D.C.; Patricia E. Bath, American 
Institute for the Prevention of Blindness, Los Angeles, California; and 
Sandra K. Nowak, 3M Company, St. Paul, Minnesota.
ACCESS TO CAPITAL PROGRAMS
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine reauthorization of the Small Business 
Administration's Access to Capital programs, after receiving testimony 
from William M. Manger, Associate Administrator, Office of Capital 
Access, Small Business Administration; Julie Huston, immito, LLC, 
Denver, Colorado; Patricia Kibbe, Evergreen Business Capital, Seattle, 
Washington; Robert Villarreal, CDC Small Business Finance, San Diego, 
California; and Connie Evans, Association for Enterprise Opportunity, 
Washington, D.C.