[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 62 (Wednesday, April 10, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D387-D390]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CHILD NUTRITION REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine perspectives on child nutrition reauthorization, 
after receiving testimony from Brandon Lipps, Acting Deputy Under 
Secretary of Agriculture, Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, 
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service; Kathryn A. Larin, Director, 
Education, Workforce, and Income Security, Government Accountability 
Office; Joshua Mathiasmeier, Kansas Public Schools, Kansas City; 
Michael J. Halligan, God's Pantry Food Bank, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky; 
Lauren Waits, Atlanta Community Food Bank, Atlanta, Georgia; Kati 
Wagner, National CACFP Sponsors Association, Round Rock, Texas; and 
Olanrewaju Falusi, American Academy of Pediatrics, Washington, D.C.

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APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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 
Justice, after receiving testimony from William P. Barr, Attorney 
General, and Lee Lofthus, Chief Financial Officer, both of the 
Department of Justice.
APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a 
hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for 
fiscal year 2020 for the National Guard and Reserve, after receiving 
testimony from General Joseph L. Lengyel, Chief of the National Guard 
Bureau, Lieutenant General Charles D. Luckey, Chief of the Army 
Reserve, Lieutenant General Richard W. Scobee, Chief of the Air Force 
Reserve, Vice Admiral Luke M. McCollum, Chief of the Navy Reserve, and 
Major General Bradley S. James, Commander of the Marine Corps Forces 
Reserve, all of the Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILTY OFFICE AND CONGRESSIONAL 
BUDGET OFFICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2020 for the Government Accountability 
Office and Congressional Budget Office, after receiving testimony from 
Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States, Government 
Accountability Office; and Keith Hall, Director, Congressional Budget 
Office.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
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 U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation within the Department of 
Interior, after receiving testimony from R.D. James, Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, and Lieutenant General Todd T. 
Semonite, Chief of Engineers, Army Corps of Engineers, both of the 
Department of Defense; and Brenda Burman, Commissioner, Bureau of 
Reclamation, and Timothy R. Petty, Assistant Secretary for Water and 
Science, both of the Department of the Interior.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded a 
hearing to examine Marine Corps ground modernization and naval aviation 
programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 
2020 and Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from 
James F. Geurts, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, 
Development, and Acquisition, Lieutenant General David H. Berger, USMC, 
Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Deputy 
Commandant for Combat Development and Integration, Lieutenant General 
Steven R. Rudder, USMC, Deputy Commandant for Aviation, Headquarters 
United States Marine Corps, and Rear Admiral Scott D. Conn, USN, 
Director, Air Warfare, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, all of 
the Department of Defense.
DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE CYBERSECURITY POLICY
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity concluded a 
closed hearing to examine defense industrial base cybersecurity policy, 
after receiving testimony from Kevin M. Fahey, Assistant Secretary for 
Acquisition, James F. Geurts, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for 
Research, Development, and Acquisition, Garry P. Reid, Director for 
Defense Intelligence (Intelligence and Security), Office of the Under 
Secretary for Intelligence, and Major General Thomas E. Murphy, USAF, 
Director, Protecting Critical Technology Task Force, Office of the 
Secretary, all of the Department of Defense.
BROADBAND MAPPING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine broadband mapping, focusing on challenges and 
solutions, after receiving testimony from Tim Donovan, Competitive 
Carriers Association, and Jonathan Spalter, USTelecom, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Mike McCormick, Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation, 
Jackson; Mike Oblizalo, Hood Canal Communications, Shelton, Washington; 
and Chip Strange, Ookla, LLC, Seattle, Washington.
PIPELINE SAFETY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Safety concluded a hearing to examine pipeline 
safety, focusing on Federal oversight and stakeholder perspectives, 
after receiving testimony from Howard Elliott, Administrator, Pipeline 
and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of 
Transportation; Robert Sumwalt, Chairman, National Transportation 
Safety Board; Paul R. Amato, Iroquois Pipeline Operating

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Company, Shelton, Connecticut, on behalf of the Interstate Natural Gas 
Association of America; and Robin Rorick, American Petroleum Institute, 
Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S.383, to support carbon dioxide utilization and direct air capture 
research, to facilitate the permitting and development of carbon 
capture, utilization, and sequestration projects and carbon dioxide 
pipelines;
  S.747, to reauthorize the diesel emissions reduction program;
  An original bill entitled, ``John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization 
Act of 2019''; and
  8 General Services Administration resolutions.
TAX FILING SEASON
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 2019 
tax filing season and the 21st century Internal Revenue Service, after 
receiving testimony from Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner, Internal 
Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUDGET
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2020 
for the Department of State, after receiving testimony from Mike 
Pompeo, Secretary of State.
HIGHER EDUCATION ACT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine reauthorizing the Higher Education Act, 
focusing on strengthening accountability to protect students and 
taxpayers, after receiving testimony from Tressie McMillan Cottom, 
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond; Adam Looney, Brookings 
Institution Center on Regulation and Markets, Washington, D.C.; David 
A. Tandberg, State Higher Education Executive Officers, Boulder, 
Colorado; and Belle Wheelan, Southern Association of Colleges and 
Schools Commission on Colleges, Decatur, Georgia.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN INDIAN COUNTRY
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
building out Indian country, focusing on tools for community 
development, after receiving testimony from Tara Mac Lean Sweeney, 
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; Jodie Harris, 
Director, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, Department 
of the Treasury; Henry Childs II, National Director, Minority Business 
Development Agency, Department of Commerce; Jacki Ponti-Lazaruk, Chief 
Innovation Officer, Rural Development, Department of Agriculture; and 
Mark Thompson, Acoma Pueblo, Albuquerque, New Mexico, on behalf of the 
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center and Indian Pueblos Marketing, Inc.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Jeffrey A. Rosen, of Virginia, to be Deputy Attorney 
General, Department of Justice, who was introduced by Senator Portman; 
and Jeffrey Vincent Brown, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Texas, Stephanie L. Haines, to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, who was 
introduced by Senator Toomey, and Brantley Starr, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
FREE SPEECH
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution concluded 
a hearing to examine free speech, focusing on technological censorship 
and the public discourse, after receiving testimony from Carlos Monje, 
Twitter, Inc., Washington, D.C.; Neil Potts, Facebook, Menlo Park, 
California; Chuck Konzelman, Unplanned, Los Angeles, California; 
Francesca Tripodi, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia; 
Marilyn Musgrave, Susan B. Anthony List, Fort Morgan, Colorado; Eugene 
Kontorovich, George Mason University Antonin Scalia School of Law, 
Arlington, Virginia; and Robert Parker, Brush Prairie, Washington.
SBA'S INTERNATIONAL TRADE PROGRAM
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine reauthorization of the Small Business 
Administration's international trade programs, after receiving 
testimony David M. Glaccum, Associate Administrator, Office of 
International Trade, Small Business Administration; Manny Mencia, 
Enterprise Florida, on behalf of the State International Development 
Organizations, and Daniel J. Pische, First American Bank, both of Coral 
Gables, Florida; Signe Pringle, Maryland Department of Commerce, 
Baltimore, on behalf of the State International Development 
Organizations; and Scott Gornall, BAON Enterprises, LLC, Chestertown, 
Maryland.

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VA MISSION ACT
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine VA MISSION Act, focusing on implementing the Veterans Community 
Care Program, after receiving testimony from Richard A. Stone, 
Executive in Charge, Kameron Matthews, Deputy Under Secretary for 
Health for Community Care, and Jennifer MacDonald, VA MISSION Act Lead, 
all of the Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans 
Affairs; Sharon M. Silas, Acting Director, Health Care, Government 
Accountability Office; Adrian Atizado, Disabled American Veterans, 
Washington, D.C.; and Merideth Randles, Milliman, Inc., Seattle, 
Washington.