[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 180 (Wednesday, December 18, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1211-D1212]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DATA BROKERS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine what information data brokers have on consumers, 
and how they use it, after receiving testimony from Jessica Rich, 
Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission; Pam 
Dixon, World Privacy Forum, San Diego, California; Joseph Turow, 
University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication, 
Philadelphia; Tony Hadley, Experian, Costa Mesa, California; and Jerry 
Cerasale, Direct Marketing Association, Washington, DC.
RETIREMENT
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions and 
Family Policy concluded a hearing to examine the role of Social 
Security, defined benefits, and private retirement accounts in relation 
to retirement crisis, after receiving testimony from Robert G. Romasco, 
AARP, Andrew G. Biggs, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy 
Research, and Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research, all 
of Washington, DC; and John Sweeney, Fidelity Investments, Boston, 
Massachusetts.
ASIA IV REBALANCE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs concluded a hearing to examine economic engagement in the Asia-
Pacific region, focusing on rebalance to Asia IV, after receiving 
testimony from Scot A. Marciel, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; John Andersen, 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Global Markets, 
International Trade Administration; and Matthew P. Goodman, Center for 
Strategic and International Studies, and Derek Scissors, American 
Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, both of Washington, 
DC.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  An original bill entitled, ``Egypt Assistance Reform Act of 2013'';
  S. 653, to provide for the establishment of the Special Envoy to 
Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and 
South Central Asia;
  S. Res. 314, commemorating and supporting the goals of World AIDS 
Day;
  S. Res. 288, supporting enhanced maritime security in the Gulf of 
Guinea and encouraging increased cooperation between the United States 
and West and Central African countries to fight armed robbery at sea, 
piracy, and other maritime threats;
  S. Res. 312, calling on the government of Iran to fulfill their 
promises of assistance in this case of Robert Levinson, one of the 
longest held United States civilians in our Nation's history;
  S. Res. 75, condemning the Government of Iran for its state-sponsored 
persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the 
International Covenants on Human Rights, with amendments;
  S. Res. 318, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the 
critical need for political reform in Bangladesh;

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  S. Res. 319, expressing support for the Ukrainian people in light of 
President Yanukovych's decision not to sign an Association Agreement 
with the European Union; and
  The nominations of Dana J. Hyde, of Maryland, to be Chief Executive 
Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation, Mark E. Lopes, of Arizona, 
to be United States Executive Director of the Inter-American 
Development Bank for a term of three years, and Keith Michael Harper, 
of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as 
United States Representative to the UN Human Rights Council, Department 
of State.
BUSINESS MEETING
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee order 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1417, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize 
programs under part A of title XI of such Act, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 1719 to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the 
poison center national toll-free number, national media campaign, and 
grant program; and
  The nominations of David Weil, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator 
of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor, France A. Cordova, 
of New Mexico, to be Director of the National Science Foundation, and 
Steven Joel Anthony, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Railroad Retirement Board.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 1352, to reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and 
Self-Determination Act of 1996, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute; and
  The nomination of Vincent G. Logan, of New York, to be Special 
Trustee, Office of Special Trustee for American Indians, Department of 
the Interior.
SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH AND SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY 
TRANSFER
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine Small Business Innovation Research and Small 
Business Technology Transfer, focusing on measuring the effectiveness 
of the reauthorization act and maximizing research dollars to America's 
small businesses, after receiving testimony from Frank Rusco, Director, 
Natural Resources and Environment, Government Accountability Office; 
Chris Rinaldi, Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business 
Technology Transfer, and Andre Gudger, Director, both of the Office of 
Small Business Program, Department of Defense; Manny Oliver, Director, 
Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology 
Transfer, Department of Energy; Matthew Portnoy, Director, Office of 
Extramural Programs, National Institutes of Health, Department of 
Health and Human Services; Pravina Raghavan, Deputy Associate 
Administrator, Office of Investment and Innovation, Small Business 
Administration; Lisa Sobolewski, Small Business Innovation Research 
Program Director, Department of Homeland Security; Robert Savoie, 
Geocent, LLC, Metairie, Louisiana; Charles Wessner, National Academy of 
Sciences, and Jere Glover, Small Business Technology Council, both of 
Washington, DC; Mahendra K. Jain, Kentucky Science and Technology 
Corporation, Lexington; Jenny Houston, Warwick Mills, New Ipswich, New 
Hampshire; and Dave Green, Physical Sciences, Inc., Andover, 
Massachusetts.
LONG-TERM CARE POLICY
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the future of long-term care policy, focusing on continuing the 
conversation, after receiving testimony from Bruce Chernof, The SCAN 
Foundation, Long Beach, California, and Mark Warshawsky, American 
Enterprise Institute, Arlington, Virginia, both of the Commission on 
Long-Term Care; and Judy Feder, Georgetown University McCourt School of 
Public Policy, and Anne Tumlinson, Avalere Health, both of Washington, 
DC.