[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 156 (Tuesday, November 5, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1051-D1052]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
WILDFIRES
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on 
Conservation, Forestry and Natural Resources concluded a hearing to 
examine wildfires, after receiving testimony from Jim Hubbard, Deputy 
Chief, State and Private Forestry, Forest Service, Department of 
Agriculture; Davey Pitcher, Wolf Creek Ski Area, Pagosa Springs, 
Colorado; Christopher Topik, The Nature Conservancy, Washington, D.C.; 
Tom Troxel, Intermountain Forest Association, Rapid City, South Dakota, 
on behalf of the Federal Forest Resource Coalition; and Sallie Clark, 
El Paso County Commissioner, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
HOUSING FINANCE REFORM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine housing finance reform, focusing on protecting small 
lender access to the secondary mortgage market, including

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S. 1217, to provide secondary mortgage market reform, after receiving 
testimony from Richard Swanson, Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, 
Des Moines, Iowa, on behalf of the Council of Federal Home Loan Banks; 
William A. Loving, Pendleton Community Bank, Franklin, West Virginia, 
on behalf of the Independent Community Bankers of America; Bill Hampel, 
Credit Union National Association, Lorton, Virginia; Bill Cosgrove, 
Union Home Mortgage Corp., Madina, Ohio, on behalf of the Mortgage 
Bankers Association; John Harwell, Apple Federal Credit Union, Fairfax, 
Virginia, on behalf of the National Association of Federal Credit 
Unions; and Jeff Plagge, Northwest Financial Corp., Spirit Lake, Iowa, 
on behalf of the American Bankers Association.
METHANE EMISSIONS FROM OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Oversight 
concluded a hearing to examine methane emissions from oil and gas 
operations, after receiving testimony from Sarah Dunham, Director, 
Office of Atmospheric Programs, Environmental Protection Agency; David 
Allen, University of Texas at Austin Cockrell School of Engineering; 
Mark K. Boling, Southwestern Energy Company, Houston, Texas; Vignesh 
Gowrishankar, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, New York; 
Darren Smith, Devon Energy Corporation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and 
Dan Hill, Texas A&M University, College Station.
CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 
(Treaty Doc. 112-7), after receiving testimony from Senators Ayotte and 
Kirk; Representative Duckworth; Tom Ridge, former Secretary of Homeland 
Security, and National Organization on Disability, Chevy Chase, 
Maryland; Dick Thornburgh, former Attorney General of the United 
States, and Susan Yoshihara, Catholic Family and Human Rights 
Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; Timothy Meyer, University of 
Georgia School of Law, Athens; and Michael Farris, Patrick Henry 
College, Purcellville, Virginia.
ONLINE FEDERAL HEALTH INSURANCE MARKETPLACE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the online Federal health insurance 
marketplace, focusing on enrollment challenges and the path forward, 
after receiving testimony from Marilyn Tavenner, Administrator, Centers 
for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human 
Services.
AMERICANS ACCESS TO JUSTICE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Bankruptcy and the Courts 
concluded a hearing to examine if limiting the scope of civil discovery 
will diminish accountability and leave Americans without access to 
justice, after receiving testimony from Arthur R. Miller, New York 
University School of Law, and Sherrilyn Ifill, NAACP Legal Defense and 
Educational Fund, Inc., both of New York, New York; and Andrew Pincus, 
Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
an original bill entitled, ``Intelligence Authorization Act''.