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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Lieutenant General Paul M. Nakasone, USA, to be general and Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service/Commander, United States Cyber Command, Department of Defense, and Brent K. Park, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration, and Anne Marie White, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary (Environmental Management), both of the Department of Energy, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
SEMIANNUAL MONETARY POLICY REPORT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress, including S. 2155, to promote economic growth, provide tailored regulatory relief, and enhance consumer protections, after receiving testimony from Jerome H. Powell, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing to examine implementation of positive train control, including opportunities to provide Federal assistance, after receiving testimony from Susan Fleming, Director, Physical Infrastructure, Government Accountability Office; Barry J. DeWeese, Assistant Inspector General for Surface Transportation Audits, Department of Transportation; David L. Mayer, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York, New York; and Richard Anderson, Amtrak, Washington, D.C.
ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CYBER SECURITY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine private sector and government challenges and opportunities to promote the cyber security and resiliency of our nation's critical energy infrastructure, after receiving testimony from former Representative Jim Matheson, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Arlington, Virginia; Bruce J. Walker, Assistant Secretary of Energy, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability; Barbara Endicott-Popovsky, University of Washington Center for Information Assurance and Cybersecurity, Bothell; Robert M. Lee, Dragos, Hanover, Maryland; and William H. Sanders, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana.
REBUILDING AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Administration's framework for rebuilding infrastructure in America, after receiving testimony from Elaine L. Chao, Secretary of Transportation; and R.D. James, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Department of Defense.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Robert Frank Pence, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Finland, who was introduced by Senator Cornyn, and Trevor D. Traina, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Austria, both of the Department of State, and Judy Lynn Shelton, of Virginia, to be United States Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
FEDERAL MANAGERS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management concluded a hearing to examine the role of Federal managers in hiring, after receiving testimony from Mark Reinhold, Associate Director, Employee Services, Office of Personnel Management; Angela Bailey, Chief Human Capital Officer, Department of Homeland Security; and Kevin E. Mahoney, Director of Human Resources and Chief Human Capital Officer, Department of Commerce.
NOMINATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of John F. Ring, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Billy J. Williams, to be United States Attorney for the District of Oregon, Mark S. James, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Missouri, Daniel C. Mosteller, to be United States Marshal for the District of South Dakota, and Jesse Seroyer, Jr., to be United States Marshal for the Middle District of Alabama, all of the Department of Justice.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to consider pending intelligence matters.
Committee recessed subject to the call.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community.
