[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 105 (Wednesday, July 8, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D791-D792]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
THE ROLE OF THE FINANCIAL STABILITY BOARD IN THE UNITED STATES 
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the role of the Financial Stability Board in the 
United States regulatory framework, including S. 1484, a bill to 
improve accountability and transparency in the United States financial 
regulatory system, protect access to credit for consumers, provide 
sensible relief to financial institutions, after receiving testimony 
from former Senator Dirk Kempthorne, American Council of Life Insurers, 
Eugene Scalia, Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher LLP, Paul Schott Stevens, 
Investment Company Institute, Peter J. Wallison, American Enterprise 
Institute, and Adam S. Posen,

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Peterson Institute for International Economics, all of Washington, D.C.
PRESIDENT'S INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AGENDA
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the President's international climate agenda and 
implications for domestic environmental policy, after receiving 
testimony from Jeffrey R. Holmstead, Bracewell and Giuliani, Karl 
Hausker, World Resources Institute Climate Program, and Sarah O. 
Ladislaw, Center for Strategic and International Studies Energy and 
National Security Program, all of Washington, D.C.; David Bookbinder, 
Element VI Consulting, Middleburg, Virginia; and Jeremy Rabkin, George 
Mason University School of Law, Arlington, Virginia.
SOUTH CHINA SEA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on 
Department of Defense maritime activities and engagement in the South 
China Sea from Daniel R. Russel, Assistant Secretary of State for East 
Asian and Pacific Affairs; and David B. Shear, Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs.
STOPPING AN AVIAN INFLUENZA THREAT TO ANIMAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine stopping an avian influenza threat to 
animal and public health, after receiving testimony from John Clifford, 
Deputy Administrator, Veterinary Services, Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture; Anne Schuchat, Director, 
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human 
Services; Chris Currie, Director, Homeland Security and Justice, 
Government Accountability Office; Jack Gelb, Jr., University of 
Delaware Avian Biosciences Center, Newark; and Scott Schneider, Nature 
Link Farm, Jefferson, Wisconsin, on behalf of the Wisconsin Poultry and 
Egg Industries Association.
TRUST MODERNIZATION AND REFORM FOR INDIAN LANDS OVERSIGHT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine trust modernization and reform for Indian lands, after 
receiving testimony from Kevin Washburn, Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior for Indian Affairs; Ernest L. Stensgar, Coeur d'Alene Tribe, 
Plummer, Idaho, on behalf of the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest 
Indians; and Brenda Lintinger, Tunica-Biloxi Tribe, Marksville, 
Louisiana, on behalf of United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc.
ENCRYPTION, TECHNOLOGY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND PRIVACY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
going dark, focusing on encryption, technology, and the balance between 
public safety and privacy, after receiving testimony from Sally 
Quillian Yates, Deputy Attorney General, and James B. Comey, Director, 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, both of the Department of Justice; 
Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., New York County District Attorney, New York, New 
York; Herbert Lin, Stanford University Center for International 
Security and Cooperation, Stanford, California; and Peter Swire, 
Georgia Institute of Technology Scheller College of Business, Atlanta.
CYBER CRIME
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism 
concluded a hearing to examine cyber crime, focusing on modernizing our 
legal framework for the information age, after receiving testimony from 
David M. Bitkower, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal 
Division, Department of Justice; Wm. Douglas Johnson, American Bankers 
Association, and Bill Wright, Symantec Corporation, both of Washington, 
D.C.; and Jen Ellis, Rapid7, Boston, Massachusetts.
COUNTERTERRORISM AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and the challenges of 
``Going Dark'', after receiving testimony from James B. Comey, 
Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.