[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 68 (Wednesday, May 7, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D473-D474]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FARM BILL
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the 2014 Farm Bill, focusing on implementation and 
next steps, after receiving testimony from Thomas Vilsack, Secretary of 
Agriculture.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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 for fiscal 
year 2015 for the Department of Health and Human Services, after 
receiving testimony from Thomas Frieden, Director, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, Mary K. Wakefield, Administrator, Health 
Resources and Services Administration, Mark Greenberg, Acting Assistant 
Secretary, Administration for Children and Families, and Tim Love, 
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 
all of the Department of Health and Human Services.

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INVESTING IN CYBERSECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Homeland 
Security concluded a hearing to examine investing in cybersecurity, 
focusing on understanding risks and building capabilities for the 
future, after receiving testimony from Phyllis Schneck, Deputy Under 
Secretary for Cybersecurity and Communications, National Protection and 
Programs Directorate, Peter Edge, Executive Associate Director, 
Homeland Security Investigations, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 
and William Noonan, Deputy Special Agent in Charge, Criminal 
Investigative Division, Secret Service, all of the Department of 
Homeland Security; Jonathan Katz, University of Maryland Cybersecurity 
Center, College Park; Dave Mahon, CenturyLink, Denver, Colorado; Scott 
R. Bowers, Indiana Electric Cooperatives, Indianapolis; and Christopher 
Peters, Entergy Corporation, The Woodlands, Texas.
APPROPRIATIONS: FEDERAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates and oversight for fiscal year 2015 for Federal information 
technology investments, after receiving testimony from Steven 
VanRoekel, Federal Chief Information Officer, Administrator for E-
Government and Information Technology, Office of Management and Budget; 
Daniel M. Tangherlini, Administrator, General Services Administration; 
Katherine Archuleta, Director, Office of Personnel Management; and 
David A. Powner, Director, Information Technology Management Issues, 
Government Accountability Office.
DRIVERS OF JOB CREATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Economic Policy concluded a hearing to examine drivers of job creation, 
including S. 1106, to improve the accuracy of mortgage underwriting 
used by Federal mortgage agencies by ensuring that energy costs are 
included in the underwriting process, to reduce the amount of energy 
consumed by homes, to facilitate the creation of energy efficiency 
retrofit and construction jobs, and S. 2189, to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to improve and extend the deduction for new and 
existing energy-efficient commercial buildings, after receiving 
testimony from Jennifer Erickson, Center for American Progress, 
Virginia Beach, Virginia; Derek Smith, Clean Energy Works, Portland, 
Oregon; Emil H. Frankel, Bipartisan Policy Center, Washington, DC.; 
Robert Dietz, National Association of Home Builders, Arlington, 
Virginia; and R. Thomas Buffenbarger, International Association of 
Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Brookeville, Maryland.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine Surface Transportation Reauthorization, focusing 
on progress, challenges, and next steps, after receiving testimony from 
Anthony R. Foxx, Secretary of Transportation.
INDIAN AFFAIRS BILLS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
S. 1603, to reaffirm that certain land has been taken into trust for 
the benefit of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatami 
Indians, S. 1818, to ratify a water settlement agreement affecting the 
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, S. 2040, to exchange trust and fee land to 
resolve land disputes created by the realignment of the Blackfoot River 
along the boundary of the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, S. 2041, to 
repeal the Act of May 31, 1918, and S. 2188, to amend the Act of June 
18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to 
take land into trust for Indian tribes, after receiving testimony from 
Senator Moran; Kevin Washburn, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for 
Indian Affairs; Brian Cladoosby, National Congress of American Indians, 
Washington, DC.; Nathan Small, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Fort Hall 
Business Council, Ft. Hall, Idaho; Elwood Lowery, Pyramid Lake Paiute 
Tribe, Nixon, Nevada; and DK Sprague, Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of 
Pottawatomi Indians Gun Lake Tribe, Dorr, Michigan.
THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the fight against cancer, focusing on challenges, progress, and 
promise, after receiving testimony from Harold Varmus, Director, 
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of 
Health and Human Services; Thomas Sellers, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center 
and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida; Mary Dempsey, Patrick Dempsey 
Center for Cancer Hope and Healing, Lewiston, Maine; Valerie Harper, 
Greenwich, Connecticut; and Chip Kennett, Alexandria, Virginia.