[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 10 (Thursday, January 16, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D62-D63]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FUTURE RECRUITING CHALLENGES IN THE FISCALLY CONSTRAINED ENVIRONMENT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel held a 
hearing entitled ``Future Recruiting Challenges in the Fiscally 
Constrained Environment''. Testimony was heard from Rear Admiral Lower 
Half Annie B. Andrews, Commander, Navy Recruiting Command, U.S. Navy; 
Major General Mark A. Brilakis, Commanding General of Recruiting 
Command, U.S. Marine Corps; Brigadier General Gina Grosso, Director of 
Force Management Policy, U.S. Air Force; Ms. Vee Penrod, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Personnel Policy, 
Department of Defense; and Major General Thomas Seamands, Director of 
Military Personnel Management, U.S. Army.
2014: SEEKING PPACA ANSWERS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``2014: Seeking PPACA Answers''. 
Testimony was heard from Gary Cohen, Director Center for Consumer 
Information and Insurance Oversight, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services, Department of Health and Human Services.
WATER AS A GEOPOLITICAL THREAT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and 
Emerging Threats held a hearing entitled ``Water as a Geopolitical 
Threat''. Testimony was heard from Jeremy M. Sharp, Specialist in 
Middle Eastern Affairs Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, 
Congressional Research Service; and public witnesses.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Natural Resources: Full Committee held a business meeting 
to consider a motion to authorize the Chairman to issue subpoenas for 
the production of documents and to issue subpoenas to individuals to 
appear before the Committee on Natural Resources on matters within the 
Committee's jurisdiction. The motion was approved, without amendment.
HHS' OWN SECURITY CONCERNS ABOUT HEALTHCARE.GOV
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Full Committee held a 
hearing entitled ``HHS' Own Security Concerns about HealthCare.gov''. 
Testimony was heard from Kevin Charest, Chief Information Security 
Officer, Department of Health and Human Services; Teresa Fryer, Chief 
Information Security Officer, Director, Enterprise Information Security 
Group, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; and Frank Baitman, 
Chief Information Officer, Department of Health and Human Services.
HEALTHCARE.GOV: CONSEQUENCES OF STOLEN IDENTITY
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Full Committee held a 
hearing entitled ``Healthcare.gov: Consequences of Stolen Identity''. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
SEC'S CROWDFUNDING PROPOSAL
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Investigation, Oversight 
and Regulations held a hearing entitled ``SEC's Crowdfunding Proposal: 
Will it Work for Small Businesses?''. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY FRAUD SCHEME IN NEW YORK
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held a 
hearing entitled ``Social Security Disability Fraud Scheme in New 
York''. Testimony was heard from Patrick P. O'Carroll, Jr., Inspector 
General, Social Security Administration; and Carolyn Colvin, Acting 
Commissioner, Social Security Administration.
ONGOING INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Full Committee held a 
hearing entitled ``Ongoing Intelligence Activities''. This was a closed 
hearing.

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Joint Meetings
INCOME INEQUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
income inequality in the United States, after receiving testimony from 
Robert B. Reich, University of California at Berkeley Goldman School of 
Public Policy; Scott Winship, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, 
New York, New York; Melissa Kearney, University of Maryland, College 
Park; and Aparna Mathur, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, 
D.C.