[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 137 (Wednesday, November 12, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1004-D1005]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
EXAMINING THE U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE TO THE EBOLA OUTBREAK
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing on October 16, 2014, entitled ``Examining 
the U.S. Public Health Response to the Ebola Outbreak''. Testimony was 
heard from Thomas R. Frieden, Director, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention; Anthony Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and 
Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health; Luciana Borio, 
Assistant Commissioner, Counterterrorism Policy, Food and Drug 
Administration;

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Robin Robinson, Director, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development 
Authority, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and 
Response, Department of Health and Human Services; John P. Wagner, 
Acting Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations, Customs and 
Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security; and a public 
witness.
THE EBOLA CRISIS: COORDINATION OF A MULTI-AGENCY RESPONSE
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Full Committee held a 
hearing on October 24, 2014, entitled ``The Ebola Crisis: Coordination 
of a Multi-Agency Response''. Testimony was heard from Nicole Lurie, 
Assistant Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services; Michael 
Lumpkin, Assistant Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Major 
General James M. Lariviere, Deputy Director, Political-Military Affairs 
(Africa), Department of Defense; John Roth, Inspector General, 
Department of Homeland Security; and public witnesses.
KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 5682, to 
approve the Keystone XL Pipeline. The committee granted, by record vote 
of 7-3, a closed rule for H.R. 5682. The rule provides one hour of 
debate equally divided among and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
and the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce. The rule waives all points of order against consideration 
of the bill. The rule provides that the bill shall be considered as 
read. The rule waives all points of order against provisions in the 
bill. The rule provides one motion to recommit. Testimony was heard 
from Representative Whitfield.

Joint Meetings
IMPRISONED IN UZBEKISTAN
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: On Tuesday, October 
28, 2014, commission received a briefing on persons imprisoned in 
politically motivated cases in Uzbekistan, focusing on the human cost 
from Steve Swerdlow, Human Rights Watch Central Asia, Bishkek, 
Kyrgyzstan; Cathy Cosman, United States Commission on International 
Religious Freedom, Washington, DC; Sanjar Umarov, Tennessee; and Aygul 
Bekjan, Washington.