[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 108 (Friday, July 11, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D769]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
21ST CENTURY CURES: INCORPORATING THE PATIENT PERSPECTIVE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
entitled ``21st Century Cures: Incorporating the Patient Perspective''. 
Testimony was heard from Janet Woodcock, M.D., Director, Center for 
Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration; and public 
witnesses.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS: STATES VS. FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY 
IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Environment and the 
Economy held a hearing entitled ``Constitutional Considerations: States 
vs. Federal Environmental Policy Implementation''. Testimony was heard 
from Robert Meltz, American Law Division, Congressional Research 
Service; and public witnesses.
AGENCY PERSPECTIVES
Committee on the Judiciary: Over-Criminalization Task Force held a 
hearing on Agency Perspectives. Testimony was heard from Timothy J. 
Heaphy, United States Attorney, Western District of Virginia, 
Department of Justice; Irene M. Keeley, United States District Judge, 
Judicial Conference of the United States; Defender of New York; Patti 
B. Saris, Chair, United States Sentencing Commission; and David Patton, 
Executive Director and Attorney-in-charge, Federal Defender of New 
York.
OVERSIGHT OF THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE: THE VIABILITY OF THE SENIOR 
EXECUTIVE SERVICE
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on Federal 
Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and the Census held a hearing entitled 
``Oversight of the Federal Workforce: The Viability of the Senior 
Executive Service''. Testimony was heard from Samuel Retherford, 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Human Resources and 
Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; Stephen Shih, Deputy 
Associate Director, Executive Resources and Employee Development, 
Office of Personnel Management; and a public witness.
FUSION ENERGY: THE WORLD'S MOST COMPLEX ENERGY PROJECT
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy 
held a hearing entitled ``Fusion Energy: The World's Most Complex 
Energy Project''. Testimony was heard from Frank Rusco, Director, 
Natural Resources and Environment, General Accountability Office; Pat 
Dehmer, Deputy Director for Science Programs, Department of Energy; Ned 
Sauthoff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; and a public witness.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.