[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 69 (Thursday, May 7, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D506-D507]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine child nutrition programs, after receiving 
testimony from Stephen M. Lord, Managing Director, Forensic Audits and 
Investigative Service, Government Accountability Office; Richard J. 
Goff, West Virginia Department of Education Child Nutrition Programs 
Office of Child Nutrition Executive Director, Charleston; Zoe 
Neuberger, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Washington, D.C.; 
Brian Riendeau, Dare to Care Food Bank, Louisville, Kentucky, on behalf 
of Feeding America; Cindy Jones, Olathe Public Schools District 233, 
Olathe, Kansas, on behalf of the School Nutrition Association of 
Kansas; and Sandra G. Hassink, American Academy of Pediatrics, 
Wilmington, Delaware.
RURAL HEALTH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine rural health, after receiving testimony 
from Sean Cavanaugh, Deputy Administrator and Director, Center for 
Medicare, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Thomas 
Morris, Associate Administrator, Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, 
Health Resources and Services Administration, both of the Department of 
Health and Human Services; Tim Wolters, Citizens Memorial Hospital, 
Bolivar, Missouri; Kristi Henderson, University of Mississippi Medical 
Center, Jackson; Julie Petersen, PMH Medical Center, Prosser, 
Washington; and George Stover, Hospital District #1 of Rice County, 
Lyons, Kansas.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2016 for the Department of Justice, 
after receiving testimony from Loretta E. Lynch, Attorney General, 
Department of Justice.
SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE NEXT EVOLUTION OF TERRORIST RECRUITMENT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine social media in the next evolution of 
terrorist recruitment, after receiving testimony from Peter Bergen, New 
America Foundation, J.M. Berger, The Brookings Institution, and Daveed 
Gartenstein-Ross,

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Foundation for Defense of Democracies, all of Washington, D.C.; and 
Mubin Shaikh, Toronto, Canada.
PATENT ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 
1137, to amend title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith 
America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections, 
after receiving testimony from Mark Chandler, Cisco Systems Inc., 
Washington, D.C.; Kevin H. Rhodes, 3M Company, St. Paul, Minnesota, on 
behalf of the Coalition for 21st Century Patent Reform; Diane 
Lettelleir, J.C. Penny Corporation, Inc., Plano, Texas; and Henry 
Hadad, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Julie P. Samuels, Engine, both of New 
York, New York.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.