[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 9, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D792-D793]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
USSOUTHCOM NATIONAL DEFENSE STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities concluded a hearing to examine implementation of the 
National Defense Strategy in the United States Southern Command area of 
responsibility, after receiving testimony from Admiral Craig S. Faller, 
USN, Commander, United States Southern Command, Department of Defense.
NASA EXPLORATION PLANS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Aviation and Space concluded a hearing to examine National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration exploration plans, focusing on where we have 
been and where we are going, after receiving testimony from Eugene F. 
Kranz, former Apollo Flight Director, Houston, Texas; Christine M. 
Darden, formerly of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia; Mary Lynne Dittmar, 
Coalition for Deep Space Exploration, and Eric Stallmer, Commercial 
Spaceflight Federation, both of Washington, D.C.; and Homer Hickam, 
Rocket Boys, Huntsville, Alabama.
ENERGY LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy 
concluded a hearing to examine S. 1602, to amend the United States 
Energy Storage Competitiveness Act of 2007 to establish a research, 
development, and demonstration program for grid-scale energy storage 
systems, S. 1593, to require the Secretary of Energy to establish an 
energy storage research program, a demonstration program, and a 
technical assistance and grant program, S. 1183, to establish an energy 
storage and microgrid grant and technical assistance program, S. 1741, 
to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to advance 
energy storage deployment by reducing the cost of energy storage 
through research, development, and demonstration, S. 2048, to require 
the Secretary of Energy to establish a demonstration initiative focused 
on the development of long-duration energy storage technologies, 
including a joint program to be established in consultation with the 
Secretary of Defense, S. 1685, to require the Secretary of Energy to 
establish a program for the research, development, and demonstration of 
commercially viable technologies for the capture of carbon dioxide 
produced during the generation of natural gas-generated power, S. 143, 
to authorize the Department of Energy to conduct collaborative research 
with the Department of Veterans Affairs in order to improve healthcare 
services for veterans in the United States, S. 983, to amend the Energy 
Conservation and Production Act to reauthorize the weatherization 
assistance program, S. 1857, to amend the National Energy Conservation 
Policy Act to improve Federal energy and water performance requirements 
for Federal buildings and establish a Federal Energy Management 
Program, S. 1064, to require the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study 
on the national security

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implications of building ethane and other natural-gas-liquids-related 
petrochemical infrastructure in the United States, and H.R. 1138, to 
reauthorize the West Valley demonstration project, after receiving 
testimony from Senators Collins and Klobuchar; and Bruce J. Walker, 
Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity, and Shawn Bennett, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Oil and Gas, Office of Fossil Energy, both of 
the Department of Energy.
PROTECTING INNOCENCE IN A DIGITAL WORLD
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
protecting innocence in a digital world, after receiving testimony from 
Duffie Stone, National District Attorneys Association, Bluffton, South 
Carolina; Angela J. Campbell, Georgetown Law, and Stephen Balkam, 
Family Online Safety Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; Christopher 
McKenna, Protect Young Eyes, Caledonia, Michigan; and John F. Clark, 
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Alexandria, 
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.