Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Xxx- xxxxxx concluded a hearing to examine defense health care reform, after receiving testimony from Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs, Vice Admiral Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, USN, Direc- tor of the Defense Health Agency, Lieutenant Gen- eral Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, USAF, Surgeon General of the Air Force, Lieutenant General Xxxxx X. Xxxx, USA, Surgeon General of the Army and Commanding General, Army Medical Command, Vice Admiral X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx III, USN, Surgeon General of the Navy and Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, all of the Department of Defense; Xxxxxxxxxx X.
Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Airland received a closed briefing on the B–21 ‘‘Raider’’ D183 D184 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST February 26, 2019 from General Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, USAF, Vice Chief of Staff, and Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Director, Rapid Capabilities Office, both of the Air Force, Depart- ment of Defense. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomina- tions of Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, of Virginia, to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Xxxxx Xxxxx, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary, and Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, of Montana, to be Director, Office of Financial Research, both of the Department of the Treasury, Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, of Virginia, and Xxxxxx Xxxx, of North Carolina, both to be a Member of the National Credit Union Administra- tion Board, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx XXX, of Alabama, and Ju- dith XxxXxxxx Xxxxx, of Ohio, both to be a Member of the Board of Directors, and Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxx, of West Virginia, to be President, all of the Export-Im- port Bank of the United States, and Xxxx Xxxxxx Xx- xxxxxx, of Missouri, and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, of Virginia, both to be an Assistant Secretary of Hous- ing and Urban Development. SEMIANNUAL MONETARY POLICY REPORT TO THE CONGRESS Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress, after receiving testimony from Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. CONNECTING AMERICA Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Sub- committee on Transportation and Safety concluded a hearing to examine connecting America, focusing on intermodal connections across our surface transpor- tation network, after receiving testimony from Xxxxx Xxxxx, American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association, Washington, D.C.; Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Port of Long Beach, Long Beach, Cali- fornia, on behalf of the Intermodal Association of North America; Xxxxx Xxxx, IMC Companies, Inc., Memphis, Tennessee, on behalf of the Agri- culture Transportation Coalition; and Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of the Coalition for America’s Gateways and Trade Corridors. UNITED STATES TERRITORIES Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the state of the United States territories, after receiving testimony from Puerto Rico Governor Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, San Xxxx; Guam Gove...
Committee on Armed Services. Committee received a closed briefing on the security situation in Afghani- xxxx from Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Deputy Assistant Sec- retary for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia, Lieutenant General Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, USAF, Deputy Commander, United States Central Com- mand, and Major General Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, USMC, Director for Intelligence (J2), Joint Chiefs of Staff, all of the Department of Defense. PROXY PROCESS AND RULES Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine proxy process and rules, focusing on current practices and potential changes, including H.R. 4015, to improve the quality of proxy advisory firms for the protection of investors and the U.S. economy, and in the public interest, by fostering accountability, transparency, re- sponsiveness, and competition in the proxy advisory firm industry, and S. 3614, to amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to require proxy advisory firms to register as investment advisers under that Act, after receiving testimony from Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Of- fice of New York City Comptroller Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, New York, New York, and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, former Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mylan N.V., and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, United States Chamber of Commerce Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness, both of Wash- ington, D.C. ARCTIC MARITIME TRANSPORTATION Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Sub- committee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard concluded a hearing to examine pre- paring for maritime transportation in a changing arctic, after receiving testimony from Captain Ed- ward Page, USCG (Ret.), Marine Exchange of Alas- ka, Juneau; Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Chamber of Shipping of America, Washington, D.C.; and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Arctic Waterways Safety Committee, and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Ocean Conservancy, both of Anchorage, Alaska. ZIMBABWE
Committee on Armed Services to hold hearings to examine the posture of the Department of the Air Force in review
Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Airland approved for full committee consideration those pro- visions which fall under the subcommittee’s jurisdic- tion of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2024. June 20, 2023 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D631 AUTHORIZATION: DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Stra- tegic Forces approved for full committee consider- ation those provisions which fall under the sub- committee’s jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2024.
Committee on Armed Services. Held a hearing on the findings of the Department of Defense Independent Review Relating to Fort Hood. Xxxxxxxxx was heard from Xxxx Xxxx, former Secretary of the Depart- ment of Veterans Affairs, and former Secretary of the Army, Department of Defense; and XXX Xxxx Xxxxx, USN (xxx.); former Chief of Naval Operations, Department of Defense. ISSUES AFFECTING NAVAL FORCE STRUCTURE Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces held a hearing on issues affecting Naval force structure. Testimony was heard from Xxxx Xxxx, Senior Analyst, CBO; Xxxxxx X’Xxxxxx, Specialist in Naval Affairs, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; and a public witness. AL QA’XXX IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA
Committee on Armed Services to hold hearings to examine findings and recommendations of the Department of De- fense Independent Review Relating to Fort Hood; with the possibility of a closed session in SR–222 following the open session, 9:30 a.m., SDG–50. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Xxxxx Xxxx, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Export Adminis- tration, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, of New Jersey, to be Assistant Secretary and Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, and Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, of Vir- ginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement, all of the Department of Commerce, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, De- partment of Housing and Urban Development, Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, of Ohio, to be President, Government Na- tional Mortgage Association, and Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, of Xxxx- land, and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, of New York, both to be a Director of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, 9:30 a.m., SD–538. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hear- ings to examine the research and development priorities and imperatives needed to meet the medium and long term challenges associated with climate change, 10 a.m., SD–366.
Committee on Armed Services. Committee ordered favor- ably reported the nominations of Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, of Maryland, and Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxx, of Vir- ginia, both to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, and 1,023 routine military nominations. NOMINATIONS Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing on the nominations of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board, and Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx XXX, of New York, to be a Mem- ber of the Advisory Board of the Saint Xxxxxxxx Sea- way Development Corporation, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
Committee on Armed Services. Committee received a closed briefing on the Niger investigation and report from Xxxx X.
Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Cyber- security concluded open and closed hearings to ex- amine recent ransomware attacks, after receiving tes- xxxxxx from Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Deputy Assistant Sec- retary for Cyber Policy, Major General Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, USAF, Director of Operations, United States Cyber Command, and Rear Admiral Xxxxxx X. Xxx, USN, Deputy Director for Global Oper- ations, Joint Staff, all of the Department of Defense. CHILD CARE
