[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 165 (Thursday, October 4, 2018)] [Daily Digest] [Page D1109] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) BROADBAND IN RURAL AMERICA Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing to examine broadband, focusing on opportunities and challenges in rural America, after receiving testimony from Denny Law, Golden West Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc., Wall, South Dakota; Mona Thompson, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone Authority, Eagle Butte, South Dakota; Grant B. Spellmeyer, United States Cellular Corporation, Chicago, Illinois; and Godfrey Enjady, Mescalero Apache Telecommunications, Inc., Mescalero, New Mexico. NOMINATIONS Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Earle D. Litzenberger, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan, Eric George Nelson, of Texas, to be Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Judith Gail Garber, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cyprus, and Jeffrey Ross Gunter, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. INTELLIGENCE Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community.