[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 30, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D456-D457]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
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 and 
advance appropriations requests for 2021 for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, after receiving testimony from Robert L. Wilkie, Secretary, 
Paul R. Lawrence, Under Secretary for Benefits, Veterans Benefits 
Administration, Randy C. Reeves, Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs, 
Jon J. Rychalski, Assistant Secretary for Management and Chief 
Financial Officer, and Richard A. Stone, Executive in Charge, Veterans 
Health Administration, all of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
APPROPRIATIONS: USAID
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 United States 
Agency for International Development, after receiving testimony from 
Mark Green, Administrator, United States Agency for International 
Development.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Admiral William F. Moran, USN, for reappointment to 
the grade of admiral and to be Chief of Naval Operations, and 
Lieutenant General David H. Berger, USMC, to be general and to be 
Commandant of the Marine Corps, who was introduced by Senator Kaine, 
both of the Department of Defense, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
GUIDANCE, SUPERVISORY EXPECTATIONS, AND THE RULE OF LAW
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine how banking agencies regulate and supervise 
institutions, focusing on guidance, supervisory expectations, and the 
rule of law, after receiving testimony from Greg Baer, Bank Policy 
Institute, Washington, D.C.; Margaret E. Tahyar, Davis Polk and 
Wardwell LLP, New York, New York; and Patricia A. McCoy, Boston College 
Law School, Boston, Massachusetts.
CYBERSECURITY OF THE INTERNET OF THINGS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Security concluded a hearing to examine strengthening the cybersecurity 
of the Internet of Things, after receiving testimony from Charles H. 
Romine, Director, Information Technology Laboratory, National Institute 
of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce; Matthew J. Eggers, 
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Robert Mayer, USTelecom, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Mike Bergman, Consumer Technology Association, 
Arlington, Virginia; and Harley Geiger, Rapid7, Boston, Massachusetts.
U.S. GLOBAL LEADERSHIP IN NUCLEAR ENERGY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine pathways to reestablish United States global 
leadership in nuclear energy, including S. 903, to direct the Secretary 
of Energy to establish advanced nuclear goals, provide for a versatile, 
reactor-based fast neutron source, make available high-assay, low-
enriched uranium for research, development, and demonstration of 
advanced nuclear reactor concepts, after receiving testimony from Mark 
Peters, Laboratory Director, Idaho National Laboratory, Department of 
Energy; Jeffrey S. Merrifield, former Commissioner, Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, and Maria 
Korsnick, Nuclear Energy Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; Ashley E. 
Finan, Nuclear Innovation Alliance, Jamestown, Rhode Island; and Mark 
McManus, United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the 
Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada, 
AFL-CIO, Annapolis, Maryland.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Ada E. Brown, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Texas, Steven D. Grimberg, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, who was introduced 
by Senator

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Isakson, David John Novak, to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Virginia, who was introduced by Senator Kaine, and 
Matthew H. Solomson, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States 
Court of Federal Claims, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Intellectual Property 
concluded a hearing to examine World Intellectual Property Day 2019, 
focusing on the role of intellectual property in sports and public 
safety, after receiving testimony from Matt Priest, Footwear 
Distributors and Retailers of America, Washington, D.C.; Andrew Love, 
Specialized Bicycles, Salt Lake City, Utah; and Riche T. McKnight, 
Endeavor, and Michael Potenza, NBA Properties, Inc., both of New York, 
New York.
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.