[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 4 (Wednesday, January 8, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D23]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            JANUARY 9, 2014

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
situation in South Sudan, 10:15 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 619, 
to amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent unjust and 
irrational criminal punishments, S. 1410, to focus limited Federal 
resources on the most serious offenders, S. 1675, to reduce 
recidivism and increase public safety, and the nominations of 
Carolyn B. McHugh, of Utah, and Nancy L. Moritz, of Kansas, both to 
be a United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, John B. 
Owens, of California, and Michelle T. Friedland, of California, both 
to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, David 
Jeremiah Barron, of Massachusetts, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the First Circuit, Jeffrey Alker Meyer, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Connecticut, Timothy L. Brooks, 
to be United States District Judge for the Western District of 
Arkansas, James Donato, Beth Labson Freeman, and Vince Girdhari 
Chhabria, all to be a United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of California, Pedro A. Delgado Hernandez, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico, Pamela L. 
Reeves, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Tennessee, James Maxwell Moody, Jr., to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Matthew Frederick 
Leitman, Judith Ellen Levy, Laurie J. Michelson, and Linda Vivienne 
Parker, all to be a United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Michigan, Christopher Reid Cooper, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Columbia, M. Douglas Harpool, to 
be United States District Judge for the Western District of 
Missouri, Gerald Austin McHugh, Jr., and Edward G. Smith, both to be 
a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, Sheryl H. Lipman, to be United States District Judge 
for the Western District of Tennessee, Stanley Allen Bastian, to be 
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, 
Manish S. Shah, to be United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of Illinois, Daniel D. Crabtree, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Kansas, Cynthia Ann Bashant, to 
be United States District Judge for the Southern District of 
California, Jon David Levy, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Maine, Theodore David Chuang, and George Jarrod 
Hazel, both to be a United States District Judge for the District of 
Maryland, and Peter Joseph Kadzik, of New York, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General, Gary Blankinship, to be United States Marshal for 
the Southern District of Texas, Robert L. Hobbs, to be United States 
Marshal for the Eastern District of Texas, Amos Rojas, Jr., to be 
United States Marshal for the Southern District of Florida, and 
Peter C. Tobin, to be United States Marshal for the Southern 
District of Ohio, all of the Department of Justice, 9:30 a.m., SD-
226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``The Extenders Policies: What Are They and How Should They 
Continue Under a Permanent SGR Repeal Landscape?'', 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.-
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Monetary Policy 
and Trade, hearing entitled ``International Impacts of the Federal 
Reserve's Quantitative Easing Program'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global 
Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, 
hearing entitled ``Will there be an African Economic Community?'', 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution and 
Civil Justice, hearing on H.R. 7, the ``No Taxpayer Funding for 
Abortion Act'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Obama Administration's War on Coal: The Recent Report by the 
Office of the Inspector General'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Waste in Government: What's Being Done?'', 9:30 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Research and Technology, hearing entitled ``Private Sector Programs 
that Engage Students in STEM'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.