[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 129 (Tuesday, July 30, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D933-D934]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Gen. John E. Hyten, USAF, for reappointment to the 
grade of general and to be Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 
Department of Defense, after the nominee, who was introduced by former 
Representative Heather Wilson, testified and answered question in his 
own behalf.
DIGITAL CURRENCIES AND BLOCKCHAIN
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine regulatory frameworks for digital currencies and 
blockchain, including S. 2243, to amend the Expedited Funds 
Availability Act to require that funds deposited be available for 
withdrawal in real-time, after receiving testimony from Rebecca M. 
Nelson, Specialist in International Trade and Finance, Congressional 
Research Service, Library of Congress; Jeremy Allaire, Circle Internet 
Financial Limited, Boston, Massachusetts; and Mehrsa Baradaran, 
University of California School of Law, Irvine.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 2302, to amend title 23, United States Code, to authorize funds 
for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1992, to amend the FAST Act to repeal a rescission of funds; and
  6 General Services Administration resolutions.
USMCA
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, after receiving testimony from 
Paula Barnett, Paula Elaine Barnett Jewelry, Brownsville, Oregon; Matt 
Blunt, American Automotive Policy Council, and Michael Wessel, United 
Steelworkers union staff

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liaison to the Labor Advisory Committee, both of Washington, D.C.; 
James C. Collins, Jr., Corteva Agriscience, Wilmington, Delaware; Derek 
Leathers, Werner Enterprises, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska; and Thomas J. 
Vilsack, U.S. Dairy Export Council, Arlington, Virginia.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of John Leslie Carwile, of Maryland, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia, Erin Elizabeth McKee, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Independent State of Papua New 
Guinea, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation 
as Ambassador to the Solomon Islands and Ambassador to the Republic of 
Vanuatu, Anthony F. Godfrey, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Serbia, and Herro Mustafa, of California, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Bulgaria, all of the Department of State, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
U.S. SOUTHERN BORDER MIGRATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine unprecedented migration at the United 
States southern border, focusing on what is required to improve 
conditions, after receiving testimony from Mark Morgan, Acting 
Commissioner, Customs and Border Protection, and Jennifer L. Costello, 
Deputy Inspector General, both of the Department of Homeland Security.
FEDERAL HIRING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management concluded a hearing to 
examine solutions to improve Federal hiring, after receiving testimony 
from Yvonne D. Jones, Director, Strategic Issues, Government 
Accountability Office; Angela Bailey, Chief Human Capital Officer, 
Department of Homeland Security; and Daniel R. Sitterly, Assistant 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Human Resources and Administration/
Operations, Security, and Preparedness.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Sharon Fast Gustafson, of 
Virginia, to be General Counsel, and Charlotte A. Burrows, of the 
District of Columbia, to be a Member, both of the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission.
U.S. COPYRIGHT OFFICE OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Intellectual Property 
concluded an oversight hearing to examine the United States Copyright 
Office, after receiving testimony from Karyn A. Temple, United States 
Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress.
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.