[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 73 (Wednesday, May 14, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D507-D508]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine defense research and innovation, after 
receiving testimony from Alan R. Shaffer, Principal Deputy, Assistant 
Secretary for Defense Research and Engineering, Arati Prabhakar, 
Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, David E. Walker, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science, Technology, 
and Engineering, Rear Admiral Matthew L. Klunder, United States Navy, 
Chief of Naval Research, Mary J. Miller, Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
the Army for Research and Technology, and Terry M. Rauch, Director of 
Medical Research, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs, 
all of the Department of Defense.
STRENGTHENING FINANCIAL MARKETS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government concluded a hearing to examine strengthening 
oversight and integrity of the financial markets, focusing on fiscal 
year 2015 resource needs of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 
and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, after receiving 
testimony from Mary Jo White, Chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange 
Commission; and Mark P. Wetjen, Acting Chairman, Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission.
NUCLEAR REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine nuclear reactor decommissioning, focusing on 
stakeholder views, after receiving testimony from Michael Weber, Deputy 
Executive Director for Materials, Waste, Research, Tribal, and 
Compliance Programs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Christopher 
Recchia, Vermont Public Service Department Commissioner, Montpelier; 
Donald Mosier, City of Del Mar Councilmember, Del Mar, California; and 
Geoffrey H. Fettus, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., and Marvin 
S. Fertel, Nuclear Energy Institute, both of Washington, DC.
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell, of West Virginia, to be Secretary 
of Health and Human Services, after the nominee, who was introduced by 
Senator Coburn, testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Mark Sobel, of Virginia, to be United States 
Executive Director, and Sunil Sabharwal, of California, to be United 
States Alternate Executive Director, both of the International Monetary 
Fund, Matthew T. McGuire, of the District of Columbia, to be United 
States Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction 
and Development, and Mileydi Guilarte, of the District of Columbia, to 
be United States Alternate Executive Director of the Inter-American 
Development Bank, after the nominees testified and answered questions 
in their own behalf.
CHEMICAL FACILITIES ANTI-TERRORISM STANDARDS PROGRAM
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine charting a path forward for the Chemical 
Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standards Program, after receiving testimony 
from Suzanne E. Spaulding, Under Secretary, and David Wulf, Director, 
both of the National Protection and Programs Directorate, Department of 
Homeland Security; Stephen L. Caldwell, Director, Homeland Security and 
Justice, Government Accountability Office; Dana A. Shea, Specialist in 
Science and Technology Policy, Resources, Science, and Industry 
Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; and Anna 
Fendley, United Steelworkers, and Tim Scott, The Dow Chemical Company, 
on behalf of the American Chemistry Council, both of Washington, DC.
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FOR DISASTER RESPONSE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental Relations, and the District 
of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine the role of mitigation in 
reducing Federal expenditures for disaster response, after receiving 
testimony from David Miller, Associate Administrator, Federal Insurance 
and Mitigation Administration, Federal Emergency

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Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security; Chris Currie, 
Acting Director, Homeland Security and Justice, Government 
Accountability Office; Chad Berginnis, Association of State Floodplain 
Managers, Madison, Wisconsin; and Robert Detlefsen, National 
Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, Washington, DC., on behalf 
of the BuildStrong Coalition.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  An original bill entitled, ``The Strong Start for America's Children 
Act''; and
  The nomination of R. Jane Chu, of Missouri, to be Chairperson of the 
National Endowment for the Arts.
WILDFIRES AND FOREST MANAGEMENT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine wildfires and forest management, focusing on how prevention 
is preservation, after receiving testimony from Kevin K. Washburn, 
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; James Hubbard, 
Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestry, Forest Service, Department of 
Agriculture; Dan Breuninger, Mescalero Apache Tribe, Mescalero, New 
Mexico; Phil Rigdon, Intertribal Timber Council, Portland, Oregon; 
Jonathan Brooks, White Mountain Apache Tribe, White River, Arizona; and 
Adrian Leighton, Salish Kootenai College and Third Indian Forest 
Management Assessment Team, Pablo, Montana.
BULLETPROOF VEST PARTNERSHIP GRANT PROGRAM
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program, focusing on supporting 
law enforcement officers, including S. 933, to amend title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the 
authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program through 
fiscal year 2018, after receiving testimony from Ann M. Carrizales, 
City of Stafford Police Department, Stafford, Texas; and Yousry A. 
Zakhary, City of Woodway Public Safety Department, Woodway, Texas, on 
behalf of the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
ELECTION DATA
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine a collection, analysis and use of elections data, focusing on a 
measured approach to improving election administration, after receiving 
testimony from Kevin J. Kennedy, Wisconsin Government Accountability 
Board Director and General Counsel, Madison; Heather K. Gerken, Yale 
Law School, New Haven, Connecticut; Charles Stewart III, Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology, Cambridge; David J. Becker, The Pew Charitable 
Trusts, Washington, DC.; and J. Justin Riemer, former Virginia State 
Board of Elections Deputy Secretary, Richmond.
HEROIN AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: Caucus 
concluded a hearing to examine heroin and prescription drug abuse, 
including S. 1657, to reduce prescription drug misuse and abuse, S. 
2092, to provide certain protections from civil liability with respect 
to the emergency administration of opioid overdose drugs, S. 1323, to 
address the continued threat posed by dangerous synthetic drugs by 
amending the Controlled Substances Act relating to controlled substance 
analogues, and S. 1322, to amend the Controlled Substances Act relating 
to controlled substance analogues, after receiving testimony from 
Michael P. Botticelli, Acting Director, Office of National Drug Control 
Policy; Nora D. Volkow, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 
National Institutes of Health, and H. Westley Clark, Director, Center 
for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration, both of the Department of Health and Human 
Services; Joseph T. Rannazzisi, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office 
of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of 
Justice; and Andrew Kolodny, Phoenix House Foundation, New York, New 
York.