[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 150 (Wednesday, September 18, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1026-D1027]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MASS VIOLENCE, EXTREMISM, AND DIGITAL RESPONSIBILITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine mass violence, extremism, and digital 
responsibility, after receiving testimony from Monika Bickert, 
Facebook, Menlo Park, California; Nick Pickles, Twitter, Inc., and 
Derek Slater, Google LLC, both of San Francisco, California; and George 
Selim, Anti-Defamation League, Washington, D.C.
WATER RESOURCES INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine improving American economic competitiveness through 
water resources infrastructure, after receiving testimony from Patrick 
O'Toole, Family Farm Alliance, Savery, Wyoming; Jamey K. Sanders, 
Choctaw Transportation Company, Inc., Dyersburg, Tennessee, on behalf 
of the Associated General Contractors of America; and Derek Brockbank, 
American Shore and Beach Preservation Association, Washington, D.C.
U.S. POLICY IN THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine United States policy in the Indo-Pacific region, focusing on 
Hong Kong, alliances and partnerships, and other issues, after 
receiving testimony from David Stilwell, Assistant Secretary of State, 
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of Andrew P. Bremberg, of Virginia, to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the Office of the 
United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, with 
the rank of Ambassador, John Leslie Carwile, of Maryland, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia, Anthony F. Godfrey, of Virginia, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia, 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, Herro Mustafa, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Bulgaria, and routine lists in the Foreign Service.
U.S.-COLOMBIA RELATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, 
Transnational Crime, Civilian

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Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues concluded 
a hearing to examine United States-Colombia relations, focusing on new 
opportunities to reinforce and strengthen the bilateral relationship, 
after receiving testimony from Kirsten D. Madison, Assistant Secretary 
for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, and Kevin M. 
O'Reilly, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere 
Affairs, both of the Department of State; John Barsa, Assistant 
Administrator for Latin America and the Caribbean, United States Agency 
for International Development; and Christine Balling, Latin American 
Affairs, and Adrienne Arsht, Latin America Center, both of Washington, 
D.C.
TRIBAL ACCESS TO SPECTRUM
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Government Accountability Office report on tribal access to 
spectrum, focusing on promoting communications services in Indian 
country, after receiving testimony from Andrew Von Ah, Director, 
Physical Infrastructure Issues, Government Accountability Office; 
Donald K. Stockdale, Jr., Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 
Federal Communications Commission; Belinda Nelson, Gila River 
Telecommunications, Inc., Chandler, Arizona; and Kimball Sekaquaptewa, 
Santa Fe Indian School, Santa Fe, New Mexico.