[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 98 (Wednesday, July 10, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D681]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SMITHFIELD FOODS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine Smithfield, focusing on foreign purchases of 
American food companies, after receiving testimony from Matthew J. 
Slaughter, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, Hanover, New 
Hampshire; Usha C. V. Haley, West Virginia University Robbins Center 
for Global Business, Morgantown; Daniel M. Slane, U.S. Chamber of 
Commerce U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, 
Washington, D.C.; and C. Larry Pope, Smithfield Foods, Smithfield, 
Virginia.
STOPPING FRAUDULENT ROBOCALL SCAMS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance concluded a hearing 
to examine stopping fraudulent robocall scams, focusing on if more can 
be done, after receiving testimony from Lois Greisman, Associate 
Director of the Division of Marketing Practices, Bureau of Consumer 
Protection, Federal Trade Commission; Eric J. Bash, Associate Chief, 
Enforcement Bureau, Federal Communications Commission; Kevin Rupy, 
United States Telecom Association, and Michael Altschul, CTIA-The 
Wireless Association, both of Washington, D.C.; Matthew Stein, Primus 
Telecommunications Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and Aaron Foss, 
Nomorobo, Mt. Sinai, New York.
REPEALING THE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH RATE
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
repealing the Sustainable Growth Rate and the path forward, focusing on 
a view from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, after 
receiving testimony from Jonathan Blum, Acting Principal Deputy 
Administrator and Director, Center of Medicare, Centers for Medicare 
and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services.
BOSTON MARATHON BOMBINGS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine lessons learned from the Boston Marathon 
bombings, focusing on preparing for and responding to the attack, after 
receiving testimony from Richard Serino, Deputy Administrator, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security; Kurt N. 
Schwartz, Undersecretary for Homeland Security and Homeland Security 
Advisor, and Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency Director, 
Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, and 
Edward F. Davis, Boston Police Department Commissioner, both of Boston 
Massachusetts; and Arthur L. Kellermann, The RAND Corporation, 
Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 815, to prohibit the employment discrimination on the basis of 
sexual orientation or gender identity, with an amendment in the nature 
of a subsitute; and
  The nomination of Cynthia L. Attwood, of Virginia, to be a Member of 
the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Patricia Ann Millett, of Virginia, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, who was 
introduced by Senators Warner and Kaine, Gregory Howard Woods, to be 
United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 
Elizabeth A. Wolford, to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of New York, and Debra M. Brown, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi, who was 
introduced by Senators Cochran and Wicker, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
DIABETES RESEARCH
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
diabetes research, focusing on reducing the burden of diabetes at all 
ages and stages, after receiving testimony from Griffin P. Rodgers, 
Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney 
Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human 
Services; Jeffrey Brewer, JDRF, Ray Allen, and Jean Smart, all of New 
York, New York; and Quinn Ferguson, JDRF Children's Congress, Poland 
Spring, Maine.