[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 72 (Thursday, May 2, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D480-D481]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Homeland 
Security concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Homeland 
Security, after receiving testimony from Kevin McAleenan, Acting 
Secretary, and Chip Fulghum, Acting Under Secretary for Management, 
both of the Department of Homeland Security.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
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 Department of Labor, after 
receiving testimony from R. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of General James C. McConville, USA, for reappointment 
to the grade of general and to be Chief of Staff of the Army, after the 
nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Daniel Habib Jorjani, of 
Kentucky, to be Solicitor, and Mark Lee Greenblatt, of Maryland, to be 
Inspector General, both of the Department of the Interior, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of Sean Cairncross, of Minnesota, to be Chief Executive 
Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation, Alan R. Swendiman, of North 
Carolina, to be Deputy Director of the Peace Corps, and Robert A. 
Destro, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Labor, David Schenker, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant 
Secretary (Near Eastern Affairs), Edward F. Crawford, of Ohio, to be 
Ambassador to Ireland, James S. Gilmore, of Virginia, to be U.S. 
Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in 
Europe, with the rank of Ambassador, David Michael Satterfield, of 
Missouri, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey, Kate Marie 
Byrnes, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Macedonia, and 
Brian J. Bulatao, of Texas, to be an Under Secretary (Management), all 
of the Department of State.
FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE PERMITTING OVERSIGHT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine Federal

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infrastructure permitting and FAST-41, after receiving testimony from 
Alex Herrgott, Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council, Joseph 
Johnson, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Raul Garcia, Earthjustice, all 
of Washington, D.C.; Laura Abram, First Solar, Inc., San Francisco, 
California; and Michael Knisley, Ohio State Building and Construction 
Trades Council, Columbus.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 820, to strengthen programs authorized under the Debbie Smith Act 
of 2004, with an amendment; and
  The nominations of Virgil Madden, of Indiana, to be a Commissioner of 
the United States Parole Commission, Michael G. Bailey, to be United 
States Attorney for the District of Arizona, Brent R. Bunn, to be 
United States Marshal for the District of Idaho, and Eric S. Gartner, 
to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 
all of the Department of Justice.