[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 193 (Wednesday, December 4, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1321]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NAVY SHIP AND SUBMARINE MAINTENANCE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded a joint 
hearing with the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support to 
examine Navy ship and submarine maintenance, after receiving testimony 
from James F. Geurts, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, 
Development, and Acquisition, and Vice Admiral Thomas J. Moore, USN, 
Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, both of the Department of 
Defense; and Diana C. Maurer, Director, Defense Capabilities and 
Management, Government Accountability Office.
SUICIDES AND PREVENTION STRATEGIES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a 
hearing to examine servicemember, family, and veteran suicides and 
prevention strategies, after receiving testimony from Captain Michael 
J. Colston, USN, Director for Mental Health Programs, Health Services 
Policy and Oversight Office, and Karin A. Orvis, Director, Defense 
Suicide Prevention Office, Office of the Secretary, both of the 
Department of Defense; Matthew A. Miller, Acting Director, Suicide 
Prevention Program, Department of Veterans Affairs; Richard McKeon, 
Suicide Prevention Branch Chief, Center for Mental Health Services, 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department 
of Health and Human Services; and Ronald C. Kessler, Harvard Medical 
School Department of Health Care Policy, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
PROTECT CONSUMER DATA PRIVACY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine legislative proposals to protect consumer data 
privacy, after receiving testimony from Julie Brill, Microsoft 
Corporation, Maureen K. Ohlhausen, 21st Century Privacy Coalition, 
Laura Moy, Georgetown University Law Center, Nuala O'Connor, Walmart 
Inc., and Michelle Richardson, Center for Democracy and Technology, all 
of Washington, D.C.
FWS CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE TASK FORCE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine an original bill to create a U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force, after receiving testimony 
from Brian R. Nesvik, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, and Whit 
Fosburgh, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, both of 
Washington, D.C.; and Kent A. Leonhardt, West Virginia Department of 
Agriculture, Charleston.
MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION OVERSIGHT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded an oversight 
hearing to examine the Millennium Challenge Corporation, after 
receiving testimony from Sean Cairncross, Chief Executive Officer, 
Millennium Challenge Corporation.
LEBANON AND IRAQ PROTESTS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, 
Central Asia, and Counterterrorism concluded a hearing to examine 
Lebanon and Iraq protests, focusing on insights, implications, and 
objectives for United States policy, after receiving testimony from 
Joey R. Hood, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near 
Eastern Affairs, Department of State.
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Paul J. Ray, of 
Tennessee, to be Administrator of the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, after the nominee, 
who was introduced by Senator Blackburn, testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Andrew Lynn Brasher, of Alabama, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, who was introduced by Senator 
Shelby, Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha, to be United States District Judge 
for the Central District of California, John Charles Hinderaker, and 
Scott H. Rash, both to be a United States District Judge for the 
District of Arizona, who were introduced by Senators McSally and 
Sinema, Joshua M. Kindred, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Alaska, who was introduced by Senator Sullivan, and Matthew 
Thomas Schelp, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Missouri, who was introduced by Senator Blunt, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.