[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 63 (Thursday, April 11, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D398-D399]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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 Department of Agriculture, 
after receiving testimony from Sonny Perdue, Secretary, and Robert 
Johansson, Chief Economist, and Erica Navarro, Budget Officer, all of 
the Department of Agriculture.
APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
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 National Institutes of 
Health, after receiving testimony from Francis S. Collins, Director, 
Douglas Lowy, Acting Director, National Cancer Institute, Griffin P. 
Rodgers, Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and 
Kidney Diseases, Anthony Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy 
and Infectious Diseases, Jon Lorsch, Director, National Institute of 
General Medical Sciences, Richard J. Hodes, Director, National 
Institute on Aging, Nora Volkow, Director, National Institute on Drug 
Abuse, all of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health 
and Human Services.
SPACE FORCE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the proposal to establish a United States Space Force, after receiving 
testimony from Patrick M. Shanahan, Acting Secretary, Heather

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A. Wilson, Secretary of the Air Force, General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., 
USMC, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and General John E. Hyten, 
USAF, Commander, United States Strategic Command, all of the Department 
of Defense.
ILLEGAL ROBOCALLS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet concluded a 
hearing to examine illegal robocalls, after receiving testimony from 
Doug Peterson, Nebraska Attorney General, Lincoln; and Kevin Rupy, 
USTelecom--The Broadband Association, and Margot Freeman Saunders, 
National Consumer Law Center, Washington, D.C.
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine opportunities for energy innovation and other 
potential solutions to help address global climate change, after 
receiving testimony from Robert Bryce, Manhattan Institute, and David 
B. Sandalow, Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy, both of New York, 
New York; Sarah Ladislaw, Center for Strategic and International 
Studies Energy and National Security Program, Washington, D.C.; Arun 
Majumdar, Stanford University Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford, 
California; and Abraham Silverman, NRG Energy, Inc., Princeton, New 
Jersey.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Kate Marie Byrnes, of Florida, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of North Macedonia, Edward F. Crawford, of 
Ohio, to be Ambassador to Ireland, who was introduced by Senators Brown 
and Portman, and David Michael Satterfield, of Missouri, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey, all of the Department of State, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.