[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 122 (Thursday, July 31, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D896-D897]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FINANCIAL PRODUCTS FOR STUDENTS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine financial

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products for students, focusing on issues and challenges, including S. 
915, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to update reporting 
requirements for institutions of higher education and provide for more 
accurate and complete data on student retention, graduation, and 
earnings outcomes at all levels of postsecondary enrollment, S. 2460, 
to amend the Truth in Lending Act and the Higher Education Act of 1965 
to require additional disclosures and protections for students and 
cosigners with respect to student loans, and S. 2432, to amend the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain 
Federal student loans, after receiving testimony from David A. 
Bergeron, Center for American Progress, Alexandria, Virginia; Christine 
Lindstrom, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, Boston, Massachusetts; 
Ken Kocer, Mount Marty College, Yankton, South Dakota; and Richard 
Hunt, Consumer Bankers Association, Washington, DC.
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR BANK HOLDING COMPANIES
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection concluded a hearing to 
examine the Government Accountability Office report on expectations of 
government support for bank holding companies, after receiving 
testimony from Lawrance L. Evans, Jr., Director, Financial Markets and 
Community Investment, Government Accountability Office; Deniz Anginer, 
Virginia Tech Pamplin Business School, Falls Church; Edward J. Kane, 
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts; Anat R. Admati, Stanford 
University Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California; and 
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, American Action Forum, Arlington, Virginia.
AVIATION MANUFACTURING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security concluded a hearing to 
examine domestic challenges and global competition in aviation 
manufacturing, after receiving testimony from Gerald L. Dillingham, 
Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, Government Accountability 
Office; Marc Allen, The Boeing Company, Chicago, Illinois; and Keith 
Crane, The RAND Corporation, Arlington, Virginia.
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nomination of Carolyn Watts Colvin, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of 
Social Security, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator 
Mikulski, testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Robert W. Holleyman II, of Louisiana, to be a Deputy 
United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, D. 
Nathan Sheets, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary, and Ramin Toloui, of 
Iowa, to be Deputy Under Secretary, both of the Department of the 
Treasury, Maria Cancian, of Wisconsin, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Health and Human Sevices for Family Support, and Cary Douglas Pugh, of 
Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.