[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 74 (Thursday, May 15, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D513-D514]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported S. 1217, to provide secondary mortgage market 
reform, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and 
Security concluded a hearing to examine Surface Transportation 
Reauthorization, focusing on local perspectives on moving America, 
after receiving testimony from Mayor David R. Martin, Stamford, 
Connecticut; Mayor Sly James, Kansas City, Missouri; and John Robert 
Smith, Transportation for America, Paul S. Fisher, CenterPoint 
Properties Trust, on behalf of the Coalition for America's Gateways and 
Trade Corridors, and Raymond J. Poupore, National Infrastructure 
Alliance, all of Washington, DC.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported S. 2322, to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
construction programs, with amendments.
THE THREAT OF BOKO HARAM
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs 
concluded a hearing to examine addressing the threat of Boko Haram, 
after receiving testimony from Robert P. Jackson, Acting Assistant 
Secretary of State for African Affairs; Earl Gast, Assistant 
Administrator for Africa, United States Agency for International 
Development; Alice Friend, Principal Director for African Affairs, 
Department of Defense; and Lantana Adbullahi, Search for Common Ground, 
Jos, Nigeria.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Andrew H. Schapiro, of Illinois, to be 
Ambassador to the Czech Republic, and Nina Hachigian, of California, to 
be Representative of the United States of America to the Association of 
Southeast Asian Nations, with the

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rank and status of Ambassador, both of the Department of State, after 
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
ONLINE ADVERTISING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations concluded a hearing to examine online 
advertising and hidden hazards to consumer security and date privacy, 
after receiving testimony from Maneesha Mithal, Associate Director, 
Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, Federal Trade Commission; 
Alex Stamos, Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, California; George Salem, Google 
Inc., Mountain View, California; Craig D. Spiezle, Online Trust 
Alliance, Washington, D.C.; and Luigi Mastria, Digital Advertising 
Alliance, New York, New York.
U.S. TOBACCO USE AND REGULATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the state of tobacco use and regulation 
in the United States, focusing on progress and challenges, after 
receiving testimony from Tim McAfee, Director, Office on Smoking and 
Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Mitchell 
Zeller, Director, Center for Tobacco Products, Food and Drug 
Administration, both of the Department of Health and Human Services.
VETERANS' AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the state of Veterans Affairs health care, after receiving 
testimony from Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary, Robert A. Petzel, Under 
Secretary for Health, Richard J. Griffin, Acting Inspector General, 
Office of Inspector General, and John D. Daigh, Jr., Assistant 
Inspector General for Healthcare Inspections, all of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs; Debra A. Draper, Director, Health Care, Government 
Accountability Office; Daniel M. Dellinger, The American Legion, Joseph 
A. Violante, DAV, Tom Tarantino, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of 
America, Carl Blake, Paralyzed Veterans of America, D. Wayne Robinson, 
Student Veterans of America, Ryan M. Gallucci, Veterans of Foreign Wars 
of the United States, Richard Weidman, Vietnam Veterans of America, and 
Phillip Longman, New America Foundation, all of Washington, DC; and 
Rear Admiral W. Clyde Marsh, USN, Retired, National Association of 
State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Alexandria, Virginia.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
   Committee recessed subject to the call.