[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 142 (Wednesday, November 19, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1041-D1042]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Lourdes Maria Castro Ramirez, of 
California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, and Therese W. McMillan, of California, to be Federal 
Transit Administrator, Department of Transportation.
FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY AND THE MORTGAGE MARKET
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the Federal Housing Finance Agency, 
focusing on balancing stability, growth, and affordability in the 
mortgage market, including an update on Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and 
the Federal home loan banks, after receiving testimony from Melvin L. 
Watt, Director, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Antony Blinken, of New York, to be Deputy 
Secretary of State, after the nominee testified and answered questions 
in his own behalf.
PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE TO PUBLIC HEALTH THREATS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine preparedness and response to public 
health threats, focusing on how ready we are, after receiving testimony 
from Nicole Lurie, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, 
and Tom Frieden, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
both of the Department of Health and Human Services; R. Gil 
Kerlikowske, Commissioner, Customs and Border Protection, and Kathryn 
Brinsfield, Chief Medical Officer, both of the Department of Homeland 
Security; Nancy Lindborg, Assistant Administrator, Bureau of Democracy, 
Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, Agency for International 
Development; and David Lakey, Texas Department of State Health Services 
Commissioner, Austin.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 2917, to expand the program of priority review to encourage 
treatments for tropical diseases;
  H.R. 669, to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the 
health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness 
about unexpected sudden death in early life; and
  The nominations of P. David Lopez, of Arizona, to be General Counsel, 
and Charlotte A. Burrows, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member, 
both of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Adri Davin 
Jayaratne, of Michigan, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, and Mary Lucille Jordan, 
of Maryland, and Michael Young, of Pennsylvania, both to be a Member of 
the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission.
PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine protecting our children's mental health, focusing on 
preventing and addressing childhood trauma in Indian country, after 
receiving testimony from Robert L. Listenbee, Administrator, Office of 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice 
Programs, Department of Justice; Yvette Roubideaux, Acting Director, 
Indian Health Service, and Kana Enomoto, Principal Deputy 
Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration, both of the Department of Health and Human Services; 
Rick VandenPol, University of Montana National Native Children's Trauma 
Center, Missoula; and Verne Boerner, Alaska Native Health Board, 
Anchorage.
VETERANS' MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine veterans' mental health and suicide, after receiving testimony 
from Harold Kudler, Chief Mental Health Consultant, Veterans Health 
Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; Colonel Elspeth Cameron 
Ritchie, USA (Ret.), District of Columbia Department of Behavioral 
Health, and The National Academies Institute of Medicine Committee on 
the Assessment of Ongoing Efforts in the Treatment of Posttraumatic 
Stress Disorder, Washington, DC.; Master Sergeant Vincent Vanata, USMC 
(Ret.), Wounded Warrior Project, Cody, Wyoming; Blayne Smith, Team RWB, 
Chicago, Illinois; Susan Selke, Katy, Texas; and Valerie Pallotta, 
Colchester, Vermont.
THE PRIVATE INDUSTRY AND PHONE SCAMS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the private industry's role in stemming the tide of phone scams, after 
receiving testimony from Steve Streit, Green Dot Corporation,

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Pasadena, California; R.B. Rolling, International Communications 
International, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia; William Tauscher, Blackhawk 
Network Holdings, Inc., Pleasanton, California; and Lisa LaBruno, 
Retail Industry Leaders Association, Arlington, Virginia.