[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 24 (Monday, February 10, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D132-D133]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
EXAMINING DRUG SHORTAGES AND RECENT EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THEM
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
entitled ``Examining Drug Shortages and Recent Efforts to Address 
Them''. Testimony was heard from Marcia Crosse, Director, Health Care, 
Government Accountability Office; and Douglas Throckmorton, Deputy 
Director, Regulatory Programs, Food and Drug Administration.
CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION AND SOUNDNESS IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2013
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 3193, the 
``Consumer Financial Protection and Soundness Improvement Act of 
2013''. The Committee granted, by record vote of 6-4, a structured rule 
for H.R. 3193. The rule provides one hour of general debate equally 
divided and controlled by the

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chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Financial 
Services. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of 
the bill. The rule makes in order as original text for the purpose of 
amendment an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the 
text of Rules Committee Print 113-36 modified by the amendment printed 
in part A of the Rules Committee report and provides that it shall be 
considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against that 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. The rule makes in order only 
those further amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee 
report. Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in 
the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, 
shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified 
in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject 
to a demand for division of the question. The rule waives all points of 
order against the amendments printed in part B of the report. The rule 
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. In 
section 2, the rule provides that on any legislative day during the 
period from February 13, 2013, through February 24, 2014: the Journal 
of the proceedings of the previous day shall be considered as approved; 
and the Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to meet at a 
date and time to be announced by the Chair in declaring the 
adjournment. In section 3, the rule provides that the Speaker may 
appoint Members to perform the duties of the Chair for the duration of 
the period addressed by section 2. In section 4, the rule waives clause 
6(a) of rule XIII for a two-thirds vote to consider a report from the 
Committee on Rules on the same day it is presented to the House with 
respect to any resolution reported through the legislative day of 
February 12, 2014, providing for consideration or disposition of a 
measure relating to the public debt limit. Testimony was heard from 
Chairman Hensarling and Representative Waters.
BUSINESS MEETING
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Full Committee held a 
business meeting on member access requests. This was a closed meeting.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.