[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 44 (Thursday, March 5, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D242-D243]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed 
budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2021 for the 
Department of Commerce, after receiving testimony from Wilbur Ross, 
Secretary of Commerce.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and

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Education, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed 
budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2021 for the 
Department of Education, after receiving testimony from Betsy DeVos, 
Secretary of Education.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the posture of the Navy in review of the Defense Authorization Request 
for fiscal year 2021 and the Future Years Defense Program, after 
receiving testimony from Thomas B. Modly, Acting Secretary of the Navy, 
Admiral Michael M. Gilday, USN, Chief of Naval Operations, and General 
David H. Berger, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps, all of the 
Department of Defense.
THREATS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine threats posed by state-owned and state-supported 
enterprises to public transportation, after receiving testimony from 
Senators Cornyn and Baldwin; E. Michael O'Malley, Railway Supply 
Institute, Scott N. Paul, Alliance for American Manufacturing, and 
Emily de La Bruyere, Horizon Advisory, all of Washington, D.C.; and 
Frank J. Cilluffo, Auburn University McCrary Institute for Cyber and 
Critical Infrastructure Security, Auburn, Alabama.
GLOBAL ENERGY MARKETS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the latest developments and longer-term prospects 
for global energy markets, with a special focus on the United States, 
from the perspective of the International Energy Agency, after 
receiving testimony from Fatih Birol, International Energy Agency, 
Paris, France.
GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on State Department and 
USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International 
Development concluded a hearing to examine the Global Engagement 
Center, focusing on leading the United States Government's fight 
against global disinformation threat, after receiving testimony from 
Lea Gabrielle, Special Envoy and Coordinator for the Global Engagement 
Center, Department of State; and Dan Blumenthal, American Enterprise 
Institute, and Alina Polyakova, Center for European Policy Analysis, 
both of Washington, D.C.
CORONAVIRUS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the Federal interagency response to the 
Coronavirus and preparing for future global pandemics, after receiving 
testimony from Ken Cuccinelli II, Senior Official Performing the Duties 
of the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security; and Robert Kadlec, 
Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Preparedness and 
Response.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Children and Families: Senators Paul (Chair), 
Murkowski, Burr, Cassidy, Scott (SC), Romney, Loeffler, Casey, Sanders, 
Murphy, Kaine, Hassan, and Smith.
  Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety: Senators Collins 
(Chair), Scott (SC), Paul, Romney, Braun, Cassidy, Loeffler, Baldwin, 
Casey, Warren, Smith, Jones, and Rosen.
  Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security: Senators Enzi 
(Chair), Burr, Cassidy, Roberts, Romney, Braun, Murkowski, Scott (SC), 
Loeffler, Sanders, Baldwin, Murphy, Warren, Kaine, Hassan, Jones, and 
Rosen.
  Senators Alexander and Murray are ex officio members of each 
subcommittee.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha, Stanley Blumenfeld, and Mark 
C. Scarsi, each to be a United States District Judge for the Central 
District of California, John Charles Hinderaker, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Arizona, and Grace Karaffa Obermann, 
of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal 
Claims.