[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 86 (Wednesday, June 4, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D600-D601]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a closed hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2015 for National and Military Intelligence Programs, after 
receiving testimony from James R. Clapper, Jr., Director of National 
Intelligence; and Michael G. Vickers, Undersecretary of Defense for 
Intelligence.
STUDENT LOAN SERVICING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection concluded a hearing to 
examine student loan servicing, focusing on the borrower's experience, 
including S. 2292, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide 
for the refinancing of certain Federal student loans, and S. 1803, to 
require certain protections for student loan borrowers, after receiving 
testimony from Nancy Hoover, Denison University, Westerville, Ohio; 
William Hubbard, Student Veterans of America, and Robert Geremia, 
Washington Teachers' Union and American Federation of Teachers, both of 
Washington, DC; and Lindsey M. Burke, The Heritage Foundation, 
Alexandria, Virginia.
STUDENT LOAN DEBT
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
impact of student loan debt on borrowers and the economy, after 
receiving testimony from Rohit Chopra, Assistant Director and Student 
Loan Ombudsman, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Brittany Jones, 
Student Virginia Education Association, Richmond; and Richard K. 
Vedder, Center for College Affordability and Productivity, Athens, 
Ohio.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) implementation 
of the Fukushima Near-Term Task Force recommendations and other actions 
to enhance and maintain nuclear safety, after receiving testimony from 
Allison M. Macfarlane, Chairman, and Kristine L. Svinicki, George 
Apostolakis, William D. Magwood, IV, and William C. Ostendorff, all a 
Commissioner, all of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
PORT SECURITY
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine evaluating port security, focusing on 
progress made and challenges ahead, after receiving testimony from 
Ellen McClain, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transborder Policy, Rear 
Admiral Paul Thomas, Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy, Coast 
Guard, Kevin K. McAleenan, Acting Deputy Commissioner, Customs and 
Border Protection, Steve Sadler, Assistant Administrator, Office of 
Intelligence and Analysis, Transportation Security Administration, and 
Brian E. Kamoie, Assistant Administrator for Grant Programs, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, all of the Department of Homeland 
Security; and Stephen L. Caldwell, Director, Homeland Security and 
Justice, Government Accountability Office.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Geoffrey W. Crawford, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Vermont, and Nancy B. Firestone, of Virginia, 
Lydia Kay Griggsby, of Maryland, and Thomas L. Halkowski, of 
Pennsylvania, all to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal 
Claims, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf.
LOCATION PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the 
Law concluded a hearing to examine S. 2171, to address voluntary 
location tracking of electronic communications device, including the 
steps companies are taking to protect privacy, and if risks are clear 
to consumers, after receiving

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testimony from Bea Hanson, Principal Deputy Director, Office on 
Violence Against Women, Department of Justice; Jessica Rich, Director, 
Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission; Mark L. 
Goldstein, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, Government 
Accountability Office; Brian Hill, Anoka County Sheriff's Office 
Detective, Andover, Minnesota; and Luigi Mastria, Digital Advertising 
Alliance, Sally Greenberg, National Consumers League, Robert D. 
Atkinson, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, and Cindy 
Southworth, National Network to End Domestic Violence, on behalf of the 
Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women, all of Washington, DC.
MILITARY SERVICE TO SMALL BUSINESS OWNER
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine military service to small business owner, focusing 
on supporting America's veteran entrepreneurs, including S. 2143, to 
increase access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs to help create 
jobs, and an original bill ``to establish the veterans' business 
outreach center program, to improve the programs for veterans of the 
Small Business Administration'', after receiving testimony from Rhett 
Jeppson, Associate Administrator, Office of Veterans Business 
Development, and Julianna Duso, Director, Region X Veterans Business 
Outreach Center, both of the Small Business Administration; Trena 
Payton, ABN Technologies, Lacey, Washington; Gary Multanen, Best Bath 
Systems Inc., Caldwell, Idaho; and Daniel Proulx, Jr., Monument 
Construction, LLC, Nashua, New Hampshire.