[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 30, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D441-D443]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: FOREST SERVICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2015 for the Forest 
Service, after receiving testimony from Tom Tidwell, Chief, and Tony 
Dixon, Acting Director for Budget, both of the Forest Service, 
Department of Agriculture.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2015 for the Department of the Army, after receiving testimony 
from John M. McHugh, Secretary, General Raymond T. Odierno, Chief of 
Staff, General Frank J. Grass, Chief, National Guard Bureau, Lieutenant 
General Jeffrey W. Talley, 32nd Chief of the Reserve, and Major General 
Judd H. Lyons, Acting Director, National Guard, all of the Department 
of the Army, Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2015 for the Department of Education, 
after receiving testimony from Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY AND INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates and justification for fiscal year 2015 for the Department of 
the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service, after receiving 
testimony from Jacob Lew, Secretary, John A. Koskinen, Commissioner, 
Internal Revenue Service, and J. Russell George, Inspector General for 
Tax Administration, all of the Department of the Treasury.
APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2015 for the National Nuclear Security Administration, 
after receiving testimony from Lieutenant General Frank G. Klotz, USAF 
(Ret.), Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, 
Department of Energy.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
reform of the defense acquisition system in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2015 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from Frank Kendall III, Under 
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics; 
Michael J. Sullivan, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, 
Government Accountability Office; Moshe Schwartz,

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Specialist in Defense Acquisition Policy, Congressional Research 
Service, Library of Congress; Jonathan L. Etherton, National Defense 
Industrial Association, McLean, Virginia; and David J. Berteau, Center 
for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.
TSA OVERSIGHT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the Transportation Security 
Administration, focusing on confronting America's transportation 
security challenges, after receiving testimony from John Pistole, 
Administrator, Transportation Security Administration, Department of 
Homeland Security.
AFGHANISTAN BEYOND 2014
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South 
and Central Asian Affairs concluded a hearing to examine Afghanistan 
beyond 2014, after receiving testimony from Jarrett Blanc, Deputy 
Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Fatema Z. 
Sumar, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Affairs, 
both of the Department of State; Kathleen Campbell, Acting Deputy 
Assistant to the Administrator and Deputy Director of the Office of 
Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs, U.S. Agency for International 
Development; and General John Allen (Ret.), Brookings Institution, and 
Parnian Nazary, Women for Afghan Women, both of Washington, D.C.
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 improving intelligence and information sharing, 
after receiving testimony from I. Charles McCullough III, Inspector 
General of the Intelligence Community, Office of the Director of 
National Intelligence; John Roth, Inspector General, Department of 
Homeland Security; Michael E. Horowitz, Inspector General, Department 
of Justice; and David B. Buckley, Inspector General, Central 
Intelligence Agency.
INDIAN TRIBAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND SELF-DETERMINATION ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
S. 2132, to amend the Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-
Determination Act of 2005, after receiving testimony from Kevin 
Washburn, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; 
Tracey A. LeBeau, Director, Office of Indian Energy Policy and 
Programs, Department of Energy; Carole Lankford, Confederated Salish 
and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation, Pablo, Montana; Michael O. 
Finley, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington, 
D.C.; Aletha Tom, Moapa Band of Paiutes, Moapa, Nevada; and James M. 
Olguin, Southern Ute Indian Tribal Council, Ignacio, Colorado.
DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the Drug Enforcement Administration, after receiving testimony 
from Michele M. Leonhart, Administrator, Drug Enforcement 
Administration, Department of Justice.
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine how undisclosed money and post-McCutcheon campaign finance will 
affect the 2014 election and beyond, after receiving testimony from 
United States Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens (Ret.); 
Neil Reiff, Sandler, Reiff, Young and Lamb, Donald McGahn, Patton Boggs 
LLP, Norman J. Ornstein, American Enterprise Institute, Trevor Potter, 
Campaign Legal Center, and Ann M. Ravel, California Fair Political 
Practices Commission, all of Washington, D.C.
OVERMEDICATION PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine overmedication, focusing on problems and solutions, after 
receiving testimony from Robert Petzel, Under Secretary for Health, 
Veterans Health Administration, Tracy Gaudet, Director, Office of 
Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation, and Peter Marshall, 
Director of Primary Care Pain Management, Minneapolis VA Medical 
Center, all of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Brigadier General 
Norvell V. Coots, Deputy Commanding General (Support), Army Medical 
Command, and Assistant Surgeon General for Force Projection, and 
Colonel Kevin T. Galloway, Army Pain Management Program Director, 
Rehabilitation and Reintegration Division, both of the Office of the 
Surgeon General, United States Army, Department of Defense; Josephine 
Briggs, Director, National Center for Complementary and Alternative 
Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human 
Services; Janet R. Kahn, Peace Village Projects, Burlington, Vermont; 
and Mark J. Edlund, RTI International, Twin Falls, Idaho.
PRECIOUS METALS MARKET
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
exploring the perils of the precious metals market, after receiving 
testimony from

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Dama Brown, Director, Southwest Region, Federal Trade Commission; 
Rosemary Hollinger, Deputy Director, Division of Enforcement, Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission; Karl Spicer, Fairfax, Virginia; and Joe 
Melomo, Austin, Texas.