[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 95 (Wednesday, June 18, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D663-D665]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2015 for the Department of Defense, after receiving testimony from 
Chuck Hagel, Secretary, and General Martin Dempsey, Chairman, Joint 
Chiefs of Staff, both of the Department of Defense.
HIGH FREQUENCY TRADING'S IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities, Insurance, and Investment concluded a hearing to examine 
high frequency trading's impact on the economy, after receiving 
testimony from Hal S. Scott, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts; Jeffrey M. Solomon, Cowen and Company, LLC, New York, 
New York; and Andrew M. Brooks, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., 
Baltimore, Maryland.

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E-CIGARETTE MARKETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine e-cigarette marketing and potential consequences 
for youth, after receiving testimony from Susanne E. Tanski, Dartmouth 
Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, New Hampshire, on behalf of the 
American Academy of Pediatrics; Matthew L. Myers, Campaign for Tobacco-
Free Kids, and Scott D. Ballin, both of Washington, DC; Jason Healy, 
blu eCigs, Charlotte, North Carolina; and Craig Weiss, NJOY, 
Scottsdale, Arizona.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 1771, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to adjust the 
Crooked River boundary, to provide water certainty for the City of 
Prineville, Oregon;
  S. 1800, to require the Secretary of the Interior to submit to 
Congress a report on the efforts of the Bureau of Reclamation to manage 
its infrastructure assets, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 1946, to amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to 
modify the authorization of appropriations, with an amendment;
  S. 1965, to amend the East Bench Irrigation District Water Contract 
Extension Act to permit the Secretary of the Interior to extend the 
contract for certain water services;
  S. 2010, to amend the Water Conservation and Utilization Act to 
authorize the development of non-Federal hydropower and issuance of 
leases of power privileges at projects constructed pursuant to the 
authority of the Water Conservation and Utilization Act, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2019, to reauthorize and update certain provisions of the Secure 
Water Act, with amendments;
  H.R. 1963, to amend the Water Conservation and Utilization Act to 
authorize the development of non-Federal hydropower and issuance of 
leases of power privileges at projects constructed pursuant to the 
authority of the Water Conservation and Utilization Act, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  An original bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; and
  The nominations of Suzette M. Kimball, of West Virginia, to be 
Director of the United States Geological Survey, and Estevan R. Lopez, 
of New Mexico, to be Commissioner of Reclamation, both of the 
Department of the Interior, Monica C. Regalbuto, of Illinois, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management, and Norman 
C. Bay, of New Mexico, and Cheryl A. LaFleur, of Massachusetts, both to 
be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air 
and Nuclear Safety concluded a hearing to examine climate change, 
focusing on the need to act now, after receiving testimony from Alabama 
Attorney General Luther Strange, Montgomery; former Governor Christine 
Todd Whitman, The Whitman Strategy Group, Oldwick, New Jersey, William 
D. Ruckelshaus, Madrona Venture Group, Seattle, Washington, William K. 
Reilly, TPG Capital, San Francisco, California, and Lee M. Thomas, 
Jacksonville, Florida, all a former Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency; Daniel B. Botkin, University of California, Santa 
Barbara, New York, New York; and Joseph R. Mason, Louisiana State 
University, Baton Rouge.
U.S. AFGHANISTAN POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine United States policy in Afghanistan and the regional 
implications of the 2014 transition, after receiving testimony from 
James Dobbins, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, 
Department of State; and Kelly E. Magsamen, Acting Assistant Secretary 
of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs.
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded open and closed hearings to examine the intelligence 
community, focusing on keeping watch over its contractor workforce, 
including additional actions needed to improve reporting on and 
planning for the use of contract personnel, after receiving testimony 
from Stephanie O'Sullivan, Principal Deputy Director of National 
Intelligence; and Timothy J. DiNapoli, Director, Acquisition and 
Sourcing Management, Government Accountability Office.
NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAM BILLS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
S. 1948, to promote the academic achievement of American Indian, Alaska 
Native, and Native Hawaiian children with the establishment of a Native 
American language grant program, and S. 2299, to amend the Native 
American Programs Act of 1974 to reauthorize a provision to ensure the 
survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages, after 
receiving testimony from William Mendoza, Executive Director, White 
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Initiative on Indian and Alaska Native Education; Lillian Sparks 
Robinson, Administration for Children and Families, Department of 
Health and Human Services; Montana State Representative Clarena M. 
Brockie, Harlem; Thomas Shortbull, Oglala Lakota College, Kyle, South 
Dakota, on behalf of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium; 
Ed Delgado, Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin, Oneida; Namaka 
Rawlins, `Aha Punana Leo, Inc., Hilo, Hawaii; and Sonta Hamilton Roach, 
Shageluk, Alaska.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil 
Rights and Human Rights approved for full committee consideration S.J. 
Res. 19, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect 
elections, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
GROWING SMALL BUSINESS EXPORTS
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine growing small business exports and growing United 
States Jobs, after receiving testimony from Mark Calhoon, Washington 
State Department of Commerce Business Services Division Senior Managing 
Director, Seattle; Jennifer Verdon, Idaho Department of Commerce 
International Business Division Manager, Boise; Eric Hahn, General 
Plastics Manufacturing, Tacoma, Washington; Donald F. Tyler, Corfin 
Industries LLC, Salem, New Hampshire; Bob Campbell, Alliance Solutions 
Group, Inc., Newport News, Virginia; and W. Dan Hendrix, World Trade 
Center Arkansas, Rogers.
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION SERVICES
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the reduction in face-to-face services at the Social Security 
Administration, after receiving testimony from Nancy Berryhill, Deputy 
Commissioner for Operations, Social Security Administration; Tammy 
DeLong, Aroostook Area Agency on Aging, Presque Isle, Maine; Scott 
Hale, National Council of Social Security Management Associations, 
Washington, DC; and Brenda Holt, Gadsden County Commissioner, Quincy, 
Florida.