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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D500-D501 on May 13, 2014.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
HIGH FREQUENCY AND AUTOMATED TRADING IN FUTURES MARKETS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded a hearing to examine high frequency and automated trading in futures markets, after receiving testimony from Vincent McGonagle, Director, Division of Market Oversight, Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Terrence A. Duffy, CME Group Inc., Chicago, Illinois; and Andrei Kirilenko, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management, Cambridge.
EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine expanding economic opportunity for women and families, after receiving testimony from Heather Boushey, Washington Center for Equitable Growth, and Sabrina L. Schaeffer, Independent Women's Forum, both of Washington, DC; and AnnMarie Duchon, MomsRising.org, Boston, Massachusetts.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Tourism, Competitiveness, and Innovation: Senators Schatz (Chair), Nelson, Pryor, Klobuchar, Begich, Markey, Walsh, Scott, Blunt, Heller, Coats, Fischer, and Johnson (WI).
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Suzette M. Kimball, of West Virginia, to be Director of the United States Geological Survey, who was introduced by Senator Manchin, and Estevan R. Lopez, of New Mexico, to be Commissioner of Reclamation, who was introduced by Senators Udall
(NM) and Heinrich, both of the Department of the Interior, and Monica C. Regalbuto, of Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
POLLUTED TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE STORMWATER RUNOFF
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife concluded a hearing to examine polluted transportation infrastructure stormwater runoff, after receiving testimony from Paul Mather, Oregon Department of Transportation Highway Division Administrator, Salem; James P. Gibson, Jr., Sanitation District No.1 of Northern Kentucky, Fort Wright; Kim Coble, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Annapolis, Maryland; Daniel E. Medina, Atkins, Calverton, Maryland; Ken Cuccinelli, Cuccinelli and Associates, Fairfax, Virginia; Gregory M. Cohen, American Highway Users Alliance, Washington, DC; and Andre Monette, Best Best and Krieger, San Diego, California.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Paige Eve Alexander, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, and Alice G. Wells, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Thomas P. Kelly III, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Djibouti, and Cassandra Q. Butts, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine improving financial management at the Department of Defense, after receiving testimony from Robert F. Hale, Under Secretary (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer, Robert M. Speer, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller, Susan J. Rabern, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Financial Management and Comptroller, Jamie M. Morin, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller, and Jon T. Rymer, Inspector General, all of the Department of Defense; and Asif A. Khan, Director, Financial Management and Assurance, Government Accountability Office.
STRENGTHENING MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine strengthening minority serving institutions, focusing on the best practices and innovations for student success, after receiving testimony from Marybeth Gasman, University of Pennsylvania Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions, Philadelphia; Michael L. Lomax, UNCF, Washington, DC; Eloy Ortiz Oakley, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, California; D. Jason DeSousa, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, North Carolina; and John Bassett, Heritage University, Toppenish, Washington.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Julie E. Carnes, of Georgia, and Jill A. Pryor, of Georgia, both to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, Leslie Joyce Abrams, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, and Michael P. Boggs, Mark Howard Cohen, Leigh Martin May, and Eleanor Louise Ross, all to be a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, after the nominees, who were all introduced by Senators Chambliss and Isakson, testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
ECONOMIC ESPIONAGE AND TRADE SECRET THEFT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism concluded a hearing to examine economic espionage and trade secret theft, focusing on if laws are adequate for today's threats, after receiving testimony from Randall C. Coleman, Assistant Director, Counterintelligence Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; Peter L. Hoffman, The Boeing Company, Chicago, Illinois; Pamela Passman, Center for Responsible Enterprise and Trade, Washington, DC; Drew Greenblatt, Marlin Steel Wire Products, Baltimore, Maryland; and Douglas K. Norman, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana.
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.
