[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 150 (Wednesday, December 10, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1108-D1109]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, focusing 
on the effective enforcement and the future of derivatives regulation, 
after receiving testimony from Timothy Massad, Chairman, Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission.
CYBERSECURITY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine cybersecurity, focusing on enhancing 
coordination to protect the financial sector, after receiving testimony 
from Brian Peretti, Director, Office of Critical Infrastructure 
Protection and Compliance Policy, and Valerie Abend, Senior Critical 
Infrastructure Officer, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, both 
of the Department of the Treasury; Phyllis Schneck, Deputy 
Undersecretary for Cybersecurity, National Protection and Programs 
Directorate, and William Noonan, Deputy Special Agent in Charge, Secret 
Service, Criminal Investigation Division, Cyber Operations Branch, both 
of the Department of Homeland Security; and Joseph M. Demarest, Jr., 
Assistant Director, Cyber Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Department of Justice.
PASSENGER RAIL
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and 
Security concluded a hearing to examine passenger rail, focusing on 
investing in our nation's future, after receiving testimony from Peter 
M. Rogoff, Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; Anthony R. 
Coscia, Amtrak, New Brunswick, New Jersey; John Previsich, SMART-
Transportation Division, North Olmsted, Ohio; and Ray B. Chambers, 
Association of Independent Passenger Rail Operators, Washington, DC.
EBOLA EPIDEMIC
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs 
concluded a hearing to examine the Ebola

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epidemic, focusing on the keys to success for the international 
response, after receiving testimony from Liberia President Ellen 
Johnson Sirleaf, Monrovia; Paul Farmer, Partners in Health, Boston, 
Massachusetts; E. Anne Peterson, World Vision, Washington, DC; Pape 
Gaye, IntraHealth International, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and 
Javier Alvarez, Mercy Corps, Portland, Oregon.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Michelle K. Lee, of California, to be Under 
Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the 
United States Patent and Trademark Office, and Daniel Henry Marti, of 
Virginia, to be Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, 
Executive Office of the President, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
PRESIDENT'S EXECUTIVE ACTION ON IMMIGRATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the President's executive action on immigration and the need to pass 
comprehensive reform, including S. 744, to provide for comprehensive 
immigration reform, after receiving testimony from Elizabeth H. Shuler, 
AFL-CIO, Washington, DC; Christopher H. Schroeder, Duke University 
Program in Public Law, Durham, North Carolina; John C. Eastman, Chapman 
University's Dale E. Fowler School of Law, Orange, California; Jan C. 
Ting, Temple University Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania; and Astrid Silva, Las Vegas, Nevada.