[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 132 (Tuesday, September 16, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D962-D963]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
EBOLA IN WEST AFRICA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
concluded a joint hearing with the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions to examine Ebola in West Africa, focusing on a 
global challenge and public health threat, after receiving testimony 
from Beth Bell, Director, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic 
Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
Anthony S. Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and 
Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, and Robin A. 
Robinson, Deputy Assistant Secretary and BARDA Director, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, all of the 
Department of Health and Human Services; Ishmeal Alfred Charles, Healey 
International Relief Foundation, Freetown, Sierra Leone; and Kent 
Brantly, Fort Worth, Texas.
U.S. POLICY TOWARDS IRAQ AND SYRIA
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
United States policy towards Iraq and Syria and the threat posed by the 
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), after receiving testimony 
from Charles T. Hagel, Secretary, and General Martin E. Dempsey, USA, 
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, both of the Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 2,458 
nominations in the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
SMALL DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the state of small depository institutions, 
including S. 635, to amend the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to provide an 
exception to the annual written privacy notice requirement, S. 727, to 
improve the examination of depository institutions, S. 1349, to enhance 
the ability of community financial institutions to foster economic 
growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, increase 
individual savings, S. 1577, to amend the Truth in Lending Act to 
improve upon the definitions provided for points and fees in connection 
with a mortgage transaction, S. 1806, to amend the Federal Home Loan 
Bank Act with respect to membership eligibility of certain 
institutions, S. 2732, to increase from $10,000,000,000 to 
$50,000,000,000 the threshold figure at which regulated depository 
institutions are subject to direct examination and reporting 
requirements of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, S. 2698, 
to provide regulatory easement for lending institutions that enable a 
vibrant economy, S. 2270, to clarify the application of certain 
leverage and risk-based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 
Reform and Consumer Protection Act, S. 1916 and H.R. 2672, bills to 
amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to 
provide for an application process for interested parties to apply for 
a county to be designated as a rural area, and H.R. 2673, to amend the 
Truth in Lending Act to provide that residential mortgage loans held on 
portfolio qualify as qualified mortgages for purposes of the 
presumption of the ability to repay requirements under such Act, after 
receiving testimony from Doreen R. Eberley, Director, Division of Risk 
Management Supervision, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Toney 
Bland, Senior Deputy Comptroller for Midsize and Community Bank 
Supervision, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of 
the Treasury; Maryann F. Hunter, Deputy Director, Division of Banking 
Supervision and Regulation, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System; Larry Fazio, Director, Office of Examination and Insurance, 
National Credit Union Administration; Charles A. Vice, Kentucky 
Department of Financial Institutions Commissioner of Financial 
Institutions, Frankfort, on behalf of the Conference of State Bank 
Supervisors; Jeff Plagge, Northwest Financial Corp, Arnolds Park, Iowa, 
on behalf of the American Bankers Association; John Buhrmaster, First 
National Bank of Scotia, Scotia, New York, on behalf of the Independent 
Community Bankers of America; Dennis Pierce, CommunityAmerica Credit 
Union, Kansas City, Missouri, on behalf of the Credit Union National 
Association; Linda McFadden, XCEL Federal Credit Union, Bloomfield, New 
Jersey, on behalf of the National Association of Federal Credit Unions; 
and Marcus M. Stanley, Americans for Financial Reform, and Michael D. 
Calhoun, Center for Responsible Lending, both of Washington, DC.
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine oversight of and policy considerations for 
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, after receiving 
testimony from David Friedman, Deputy Administrator, National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration, and Joseph W. Come, Deputy Principal 
Assistant Inspector General for Auditing and Evaluation, both of the 
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Transportation; Jacqueline S. Gillan, Advocates for Highway and Auto 
Safety, and Rob Strassburger, Vehicle Safety and Harmonization, both of 
Washington, DC; and Kendell Poole, Governors Highway Safety 
Association, Nashville, Tennessee.
RETIREMENT SAVINGS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
retirement savings 2.0, focusing on updating savings policy for the 
modern economy, after receiving testimony from John C. Bogle, Bogle 
Financial Markets Research Center, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania; Brian 
Reid, Investment Company Institute, and Andrew G. Biggs, American 
Enterprise Institute, both of Washington, DC; Scott F. Betts, National 
Benefits Services, LLC, West Jordan, Utah; and Brigitte Madrian, 
Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts.
CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Health Care concluded a hearing 
to examine the Children's Health Insurance Program, focusing on 
protecting America's children and families, after receiving testimony 
from Bruce Lesley, First Focus, and Doug Holtz-Eakin, American Action 
Forum, both of Washington, DC; Cathy Caldwell, Alabama Children's 
Health Insurance Program Director, Montgomery; and James M. Perrin, 
American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, Illinois.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.