[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 28, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D453-D454]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. SECURITY POLICY IN EUROPE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
United States security policy in Europe, after receiving testimony from 
Admiral James G. Stavridis, USN (Ret.), Tufts University Fletcher 
School of Law and Diplomacy, Boston, Massachusetts; and Ian J. 
Brzezinski, Atlantic Council Brent Scowcroft Center on International 
Security, and Stephen Sestanovich, Council on Foreign Relations, both 
of Washington, D.C.
INSURANCE INDUSTRY AND INSURANCE REGULATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the state of the insurance industry and insurance 
regulation, including S. 1086, to establish an insurance policy 
advisory committee on international capital standards, after receiving 
testimony from S. Roy Woodall, Jr., Independent Member, Financial 
Stability Oversight Council, and Michael McRaith, Director, Federal 
Insurance Office, both of the Department of the Treasury; Mark E. Van 
Der Weide, Deputy Director, Division of Banking Supervision and 
Regulation, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; and Kevin 
M. McCarty, Florida Office of Insurance Regulation Commissioner, 
Tallahassee, on behalf of the National Association of Insurance 
Commissioners.
U.S. COAST GUARD RESOURCES AND PRIORITIES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard concluded a hearing to 
examine the resources and priorities of the U.S. Coast Guard, after 
receiving testimony from Admiral Paul F. Zukunft, Commandant, U.S. 
Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security concluded a hearing to 
examine Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization, focusing on 
aviation safety and general aviation, after receiving testimony from 
Margaret Gilligan, Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety, Federal 
Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation; Christopher A. 
Hart, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board; Faye Malarkey 
Black, Regional Airline Association, Washington, D.C.; Mark Baker, 
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Frederick, Maryland; and 
Chesley B. Sullenberger III, Danville, California.
ADMINISTRATION'S QUADRENNIAL ENERGY REVIEW
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Administration's Quadrennial Energy Review, 
after receiving testimony from Ernest J. Moniz, Secretary of Energy.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 697, to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reauthorize and 
modernize that Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 544, to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from 
proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments 
based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible, with an 
amendment; and
  General Services Administration resolutions.
AUDIT AND APPEALS ISSUES IN MEDICARE
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine creating 
a more efficient and level playing field, focusing on audit and appeals 
issues in Medicare, after receiving testimony from Nancy J. Griswold, 
Chief Administrative Law Judge, Office of Medicare Hearings and 
Appeals, Department of Health and Human Services; Sandy Coston, 
Diversified Service Options, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida; and

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Thomas Naughton, MAXIMUS Federal Services, Inc., Reston, Virginia.
JUDICIAL REVIEW IN THE FEDERAL REGULATORY PROCESS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management concluded a hearing to 
examine the proper role of judicial review in the federal regulatory 
process, after receiving testimony from Ronald M. Levin, Washington 
University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri; and Andrew M. Grossman, 
Cato Institute, Washington, D.C.
FUTURE OF MEDICAL INNOVATION FOR PATIENTS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the future of medical innovation for 
patients, after receiving testimony from Roderic I. Pettigrew, 
Director, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, 
and Christopher P. Austin, Director, National Center for Advancing 
Translational Sciences, both of the National Institutes of Health, and 
Janet Woodcock, Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, and 
Jeffrey Shuren, Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, 
both of the Food and Drug Administration, all of the Department of 
Health and Human Services.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the Department of Homeland Security, after receiving testimony 
from Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed sessions to 
receive briefings on certain intelligence matters from officials of the 
intelligence community.