[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 100 (Wednesday, June 25, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D712-D714]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
REVIEW OF CREDIT AVAILABILITY IN RURAL AMERICA
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, 
and Credit held a hearing on a

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review of credit availability in rural America. Testimony was heard 
from Chris Beyerhelm, Deputy Administrator, Farm Loan Programs, Farm 
Service Agency, Department of Agriculture; Nathan S. Kauffman, 
Assistant Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank, Kansas City; and public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Appropriations: Full Committee held a markup on Financial 
Services and General Government Appropriations Bill FY 2015. The bill 
was ordered reported, as amended.
MEDICARE PROGRAM INTEGRITY: SCREENING OUT ERRORS, FRAUD, AND ABUSE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Medicare Program Integrity: 
Screening Out Errors, Fraud, and Abuse''. Testimony was heard from 
Shantanu Agrawal, M.D., Deputy Administrator and Director, Center for 
Program Integrity, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Gary 
Cantrell, Deputy Inspector General for Investigations, Office of 
Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services; and 
Kathleen M. King, Director, Health Care, Government Accountability 
Office.
EXAMINING REAUTHORIZATION OF THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK
Committee on Financial Services: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``Examining Reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank: Corporate 
Necessity or Corporate Welfare?''. Testimony was heard from Fred P. 
Hochberg, President and Chairman, Export-Import Bank; Osvaldo Luis 
Gratacoos, Inspector General; Export-Import Bank; Mathew J. Scire, 
Director, Financial Services and General Government Markets and 
Community Investment, Government Accountability Office; Douglas W. 
Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget Office; and public witnesses.
LIBYA AT A CROSSROADS: A FALTERING TRANSITION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on the Middle East and North 
Africa held a hearing entitled ``Libya at a Crossroads: A Faltering 
Transition''. Testimony was heard from Anne W. Patterson, Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State; and 
Derek Chollet, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International 
Security Affairs, Department of Defense.
REVIEWING THE ADMINISTRATION'S FY 2015 BUDGET REQUEST FOR EUROPE AND 
EURASIA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and 
Emerging Threats held a hearing entitled ``Reviewing the 
Administration's FY 2015 Budget Request for Europe and Eurasia''. 
Testimony was heard from Daniel Rosenblum, Coordinator, U.S. Assistance 
to Europe and Eurasia, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, 
Department of State; Jonathan Katz, Deputy Assistant Administrator, 
Bureau for Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Agency for International 
Development; and Denise Rollins, Acting Assistant Administrator, Bureau 
for Asia, U.S. Agency for International Development.
CHILDREN MIGRATING FROM CENTRAL AMERICA: SOLVING A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere held a 
hearing entitled ``Children Migrating from Central America: Solving a 
Humanitarian Crisis''. Testimony was heard from Francisco Palmieri, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central America and the Caribbean, 
Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Department of State; and Mark 
Lopes, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Latin America and the 
Caribbean, U.S. Agency for International Development.
HOW DATA MINING THREATENS STUDENT PRIVACY
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, 
Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies; and Committee on 
Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, 
Elementary and Secondary Education held a joint subcommittee hearing 
entitled ``How Data Mining Threatens Student Privacy''. Testimony was 
heard from Joyce Popp, Chief Information Officer, Idaho State 
Department of Education; and public witnesses.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURE
Committee on House Administration: Full Committee held a hearing on 
H.R. 186, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to permit 
candidates for election for Federal office to designate an individual 
who will be authorized to disburse funds of the authorized campaign 
committees of the candidate in the event of the death of the candidate. 
Testimony was heard from Representative Jones.
MUSIC LICENSING UNDER TITLE 17 PART TWO
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual 
Property and the Internet held a hearing

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entitled ``Music Licensing Under Title 17 Part Two''. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
AN ADMINISTRATION MADE DISASTER: THE SOUTH TEXAS BORDER SURGE OF 
UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN MINORS
Committee on the Judiciary: Full Committee held a hearing entitled ``An 
Administration Made Disaster: The South Texas Border Surge of 
Unaccompanied Alien Minors''. Testimony was heard from Tom Homan, 
Executive Associate Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations, U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Ronald Vitiello, Deputy Chief, 
Border Patrol, Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland 
Security; and public witnesses.
INCREASING CARBON SOIL SEQUESTRATION ON PUBLIC LANDS
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands and 
Environmental Regulation held an oversight hearing entitled 
``Increasing Carbon Soil Sequestration on Public Lands''. Testimony was 
heard from Tommie Martin, Supervisor, Gila County, Arizona; and public 
witnesses.
MANAGEMENT FAILURES: OVERSIGHT OF THE EPA
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Full Committee held a 
hearing entitled ``Management Failures: Oversight of the EPA''. 
Testimony was heard from Senators Whitehouse and Vitter; and Gina 
McCarthy, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURE
Committee on Rules: Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process held 
a legislative hearing on H.R. 1869, the ``Biennial Budgeting and 
Enhanced Oversight Act of 2014''. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Ribble, Price (NC), Whitfield, Cole, and public 
witnesses.
PATHWAYS TO EXPLORATION: A REVIEW OF THE FUTURE OF HUMAN SPACE 
EXPLORATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Full Committee held a 
hearing entitled ``Pathways to Exploration: A Review of the Future of 
Human Space Exploration''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
VBA AND VHA INTERACTIONS: ORDERING AND CONDUCTING MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``VBA and VHA Interactions: Ordering and Conducting Medical 
Examinations''. Testimony was heard from Thomas Murphy, Director, 
Compensation Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of 
Veterans Affairs; and a public witness.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Ways and Means: Full Committee held a markup on H.R. 3393, 
the ``Student and Family Tax Simplification Act''; and H.R. 4935, the 
``Child Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2014''. The bills were ordered 
reported, as amended.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.