[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 93 (Wednesday, June 26, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D640-D641]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 388 
nominations in the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD TASK FORCE REPORT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces received 
a closed briefing on the Defense Science Board Task Force Report, 
``Resilient Military Systems and the Advanced Cyber Threat'' from Lewis 
A. Von Thaer, Co-Chair, Defense Science Board Task Force on Resilient 
Military Systems, Madelyn R. Creedon, Assistant Secretary for Global 
Strategic Affairs, Kristen J. Baldwin, Principal Deputy, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Systems Engineering, Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Research and Engineering, and Richard A. Hale, Deputy 
Chief Information Officer for Cybersecurity, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer, all of the Department of Defense.
IMPACT OF FEDERAL BUDGET DECISIONS ON CHILDREN
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
impact of Federal budget decisions on children, focusing on investing 
in our future, after receiving testimony from Bruce Lesley,

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First Focus, David B. Muhlhausen, The Heritage Foundation, Shavon 
Collier, and Sakhia Whitehead, all of Washington, D.C.; and Margaret 
Nimmo Crowe, Voices for Virginia's Children, Richmond.
FORENSICS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine advancing the science and standards of forensics, 
after receiving testimony from Tjin-A-Tsoi, Netherlands Forensic 
Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands; Michael R. Bromwich, The 
Bromwich Group LLC, Washington, D.C.; Gregory A. Schmunk, National 
Association of Medical Examiners, Des Moines, Iowa; and Jill Spriggs, 
Consortium of Forensic Science Organizations, Sacramento, California.
HEALTH CARE QUALITY
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine health 
care quality, focusing on the path forward, after receiving testimony 
from Mark McClellan, The Brookings Institution, and Christine K. 
Cassel, National Quality Forum, both of Washington, D.C.; David Lansky, 
Pacific Business Group on Health, San Francisco, California; and 
Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Kaiser Permanente Center for Effectiveness and 
Safety Research, Pasadena, California, on behalf of the Kaiser 
Permanente Medical Care Program.
ADVANCE CARE PLANNING
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
respecting patients' wishes and advance care planning, after receiving 
testimony from Gloria Ramsey, Associate Professor, Uniformed Services 
University of the Health Sciences, Department of Defense; H. James 
Towey, Aging with Dignity, Ava Maria, Florida; Harriet Warshaw, The 
Conversation Project, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Amy Vandenbroucke, 
National POLST Paradigm Program, Portland, Oregon.