[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 61 (Tuesday, April 9, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D375-D376]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND FAMILY HOUSING
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine 
proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2020 for 
military construction and family housing, after receiving testimony 
from Robert McMahon, Assistant Secretary for Sustainment, Lieutenant 
General Gwendolyn Bingham, USA, Assistant Chief of Staff for 
Installation Management, Vice Admiral Dixon R. Smith, USN, Deputy Chief 
of Naval Operations for Fleet Readiness and Logistics, Major General 
Vincent A. Coglianese, USMC, Commander, Marine Corps Installation 
Command, and Assistant Deputy Commandant, Installations and Logistics 
(Facilities), and Brigadier General John J. Allen, USAF, Director of 
Civil Engineers, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering and 
Force Protection, all of the Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates and justification for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of 
State, after receiving testimony from Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the posture of the Department of the Navy in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2020 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from Richard V. Spencer, Secretary 
of the Navy, Admiral John M. Richardson, USN, Chief of Naval 
Operations, and General Robert B. Neller, USMC, Commandant of the 
Marine Corps, all of the Department of Defense.
 BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 82 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
NATIONAL DEFENSE STRATEGY
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities concluded a hearing to examine United States Special 
Operations Command's efforts to transform the force for future security 
challenges and implement the National Defense Strategy, after receiving 
testimony from Major General Mark C. Schwartz, USA, Deputy Commander, 
United States Joint Special Operations Command, Lieutenant General 
Francis M. Beaudette, USA, Commanding General, United States Army 
Special Operations Command, Lieutenant General Marshall B. Webb, USAF, 
Commander, United States Air Force Special Operations Command, Rear 
Admiral Collin P. Green, USN, Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command, 
and Major General Daniel D. Yoo, USMC, Commander, United States Marine 
Corps Forces Special Operations Command, all of the Department of 
Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland concluded a 
hearing to examine Air Force modernization in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2020 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from Lieutenant General Arnold W. 
Bunch, Jr., USAF, Military Deputy for Office of the Assistant Secretary 
of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, and 
Lieutenant General Timothy G. Fay, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for 
Strategy, Integration and Requirements, and Major General Brian S. 
Robinson, USAF, Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for

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Operations, both of the Headquarters United States Air Force, all of 
the Department of Defense.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2020 for the 
Department of Defense, after receiving testimony from David L. 
Norquist, Performing the Duties of the Deputy Secretary, Under 
Secretary (Comptroller), and Chief Financial Officer, Department of 
Defense.
FOREST SERVICE 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 Forest Service, after receiving testimony from 
Victoria Christiansen, Chief, Forest Service, Department of 
Agriculture.
DRUG PRICES
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine drug 
pricing in America, after receiving testimony from Steve Miller, Cigna 
Corporation, Bloomfield, Connecticut; Derica Rice, CVS Health and CVS 
Caremark, Woonsocket, Rhode Island; William Fleming, Humana Inc., 
Louisville, Kentucky; John Prince, OptumRx, Minnetonka, Minnesota; and 
Mike Kolar, Prime Therapeutics LLC, Eagan, Minnesota.
ARIA IN ACTION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, 
and International Cybersecurity Policy concluded a hearing to examine 
ARIA in action, focusing on human rights, democracy, and the rule of 
law, after receiving testimony from Bhuchung K. Tsering, International 
Campaign for Tibet, Washington, D.C.; Rushan Abbas, Campaign for 
Uyghurs, Herndon, Virginia; and Tun Khin, Burmese Rohingya Organisation 
UK, London, United Kingdom.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Jeffrey L. Eberhardt, of Wisconsin, to be 
Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation, 
with the rank of Ambassador, and James S. Gilmore, of Virginia, to be 
U.S. Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in 
Europe, with the rank of Ambassador, who was introduced by Senator 
Kaine, both of the Department of State; and Alan R. Swendiman, of North 
Carolina, to be Deputy Director of the Peace Corps, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
MIGRATION AT THE U.S. SOUTHERN BORDER
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine migration at the United States Southern 
border, focusing on perspectives from the frontline, after receiving 
testimony from Rodolfo Karisch, Chief Patrol Agent, Rio Grande Valley 
Sector, Border Patrol, and Randy Howe, Executive Director for 
Operations, Office of Field Operations, both of Customs and Border 
Protection, and Timothy J. Tubbs, Deputy Special Agent in Charge, 
Homeland Security Investigations--Laredo, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement, all of the Department of Homeland Security; Greg 
Cherundolo, Chief of Operations, Office of Global Enforcement, Drug 
Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice; and Jonathan White, 
Commander, Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, Department of 
Health and Human Services.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nomination of Gordon Hartogensis, of 
Connecticut, to be Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty 
Corporation.
PAIN-CAPABLE UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 
160, to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect pain-capable 
unborn children, after receiving testimony from Georgia State Senator 
Jen Jordan, Atlanta; Melissa Ohden, The Abortion Survivors Network, 
Gladstone, Missouri; Valerie Peterson, Equal Opportunity Schools, 
Dallas, Texas; Donna Harrison, American Association of Pro-Life 
Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Eau Claire, Michigan; and Catherine 
Glenn Foster, Americans United for Life, Arlington, Virginia.
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.