[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 154 (Wednesday, October 21, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1112-D1114]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FOREIGN SUBSIDIES: JEOPARDIZING FREE TRADE AND HARMING AMERICAN FARMERS
Committee on Agriculture: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``Foreign Subsidies: Jeopardizing Free Trade and Harming American 
Farmers''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
EXAMINING DOD SECURITY COOPERATION: WHEN IT WORKS AND WHEN IT DOESN'T
Committee on Armed Services: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``Examining DOD Security Cooperation: When It Works and When It 
Doesn't''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
UPDATE ON THE F-35 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land 
Forces held a heating entitled ``Update on the F-35 Joint Strike 
Fighter Program''. Testimony was heard from Lieutenant General 
Christopher C. Bogdan, USAF, Program Executive Officer, F-35 Joint 
Program Office; and Major General Jeffrey L. Harrigian, USAF, Director, 
F-35 Integration Office.
PROTECTING AMERICA'S WORKERS: REVIEWING MINE SAFETY POLICIES WITH 
STAKEHOLDERS
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protections held a hearing entitled ``Protecting America's Workers: 
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Mine Safety Policies with Stakeholders''. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
EXAMINING WAYS TO IMPROVE VEHICLE AND ROADWAY SAFETY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Manufacturing, and Trade held a hearing entitled ``Examining Ways to 
Improve Vehicle and Roadway Safety''. Testimony was heard from Mark 
Rosekind, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration; Maneesha Mithal, Associate Director, Division of 
Privacy and Identity Protection, Federal Trade Commission; and public 
witnesses.
EXAMINING THE MEDICARE PART D MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
entitled ``Examining the Medicare Part D Medication Therapy Management 
Program''. Testimony was heard from Tim Gronniger, Director of Delivery 
System Reform, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; and public 
witnesses.
EXAMINING LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS TO REDUCE REGULATORY BURDENS ON MAIN 
STREET JOB CREATORS
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions 
and Consumer Credit held a hearing entitled ``Examining Legislative 
Proposals to Reduce Regulatory Burdens on Main Street Job Creators''. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
THE FUTURE OF HOUSING IN AMERICA: FEDERAL HOUSING REFORMS THAT CREATE 
HOUSING OPPORTUNITY
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance 
held a hearing entitled ``The Future of Housing in America: Federal 
Housing Reforms that Create Housing Opportunity''. Testimony was heard 
from public witnesses.
BURMA'S CHALLENGE: DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, PEACE, AND THE PLIGHT OF 
THE ROHINGYA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific held 
a hearing entitled ``Burma's Challenge: Democracy, Human Rights, Peace, 
and the Plight of the Rohingya''. Testimony was heard from Daniel R. 
Russel, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, 
Department of State; Jonathan Stivers, Assistant Administrator, Bureau 
for Asia, U.S. Agency for International Development; and public 
witnesses.
WORLDWIDE THREATS AND HOMELAND SECURITY CHALLENGES
Committee on Homeland Security: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``Worldwide Threats and Homeland Security Challenges''. Testimony was 
heard from Jeh C. Johnson, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security; 
Nicholas J. Rasmussen, Director, National Counterterrorism Center, 
Office of the Director of National Intelligence; and James B. Comey, 
Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on House Administration: Full Committee held a markup on a 
committee resolution amending the Committee's regulations, and for 
other purposes. The committee resolution was ordered reported, without 
amendment.
SECURE CREDENTIALS ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Full Committee held a 
hearing entitled ``Secure Credentials Issued by the Government 
Publishing Office''. Testimony was heard from Davita Vance-Cooks, 
Director, Government Publishing Office; Michael A. Raponi, Inspector 
General, Government Publishing Office; and public witnesses.
EXAMINING LAW ENFORCEMENT USE OF CELL PHONE TRACKING DEVICES
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on 
Information Technology held a hearing entitled ``Examining Law 
Enforcement Use of Cell Phone Tracking Devices''. Testimony was heard 
from Elana Tyrangiel, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 
Office of Legal Policy, Department of Justice; and Seth Stodder, 
Assistant Secretary, Threat Prevention and Security Policy, Department 
of Homeland Security.
RESTORING AMERICANS' HEALTHCARE FREEDOM RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2015
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 3762, the 
``Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015''. 
The committee granted, by record vote of 9-2, a closed rule for H.R. 
3762. The rule provides two hours of debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
the Budget or their respective designees. The rule waives all points of 
order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the 
amendment printed in the Rules Committee report shall be considered as 
adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The rule 
waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. 
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provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. In 
section 2, the rule waives clause 6(a) of rule XIII (requiring a two-
thirds vote to consider a rule on the same day it is reported from the 
Rules Committee) against any resolution reported from the Rules 
Committee through the legislative day of October 23, 2015. Finally, in 
section 3, the rule provides that it shall be in order at any time on 
the legislative day of October 22, 2015, or October 23, 2015 for the 
Speaker to entertain motions that the House suspend the rules and that 
the Speaker or his designee shall consult with the Minority Leader or 
her designee on the designation of any matter for consideration 
pursuant to this section. Testimony was heard from Chairman Price of 
Georgia and Representatives Van Hollen, Yarmuth, and Lummis.
CYBERSECURITY FOR POWER SYSTEMS
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy; 
and Subcommittee on Research and Technology, held a joint hearing 
entitled ``Cybersecurity for Power Systems''. Testimony was heard from 
Brent Stacey, Associate Lab Director for National and Homeland Science 
and Technology, Idaho National Lab; Greg Wilshusen, Director of 
Information Security Issues, Government Accountability Office; and 
public witnesses.
THE EMV DEADLINE AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES: PART II
Committee on Small Business: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``The EMV Deadline and What It Means for Small Businesses: Part II''. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
ABANDONED MINES IN THE UNITED STATES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR GOOD 
SAMARITAN CLEANUPS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment held a hearing entitled ``Abandoned Mines in 
the United States and Opportunities for Good Samaritan Cleanups''. 
Testimony was heard from Mathy Stanislaus, Assistant Administrator for 
the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Environmental 
Protection Agency; and public witnesses.
BUSINESS MEETING; AN EXAMINATION OF THE VA OFFICE OF INSPECTOR 
GENERAL'S FINAL REPORT ON THE INAPPROPRIATE USE OF POSITION AND THE 
MISUSE OF THE RELOCATION PROGRAM AND INCENTIVES
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Full Committee held a business meeting 
on a motion to issue subpoenas to employees of Department of Veterans 
Affairs, to compel them to appear and provide testimony to the House 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs on the Inspector General's final report, 
entitled ``Inappropriate Use of Position and the Misuse of the 
Relocation Program and Incentives''; and a hearing entitled ``An 
Examination of the VA Office of Inspector General's Final Report on the 
Inappropriate Use of Position and the Misuse of the Relocation Program 
and Incentives''. The motion to issue a subpoena was agreed to. 
Testimony was heard from Linda Halliday, Deputy Inspector General, 
Office of Inspector General, Department of Veterans Affairs.

Joint Meetings
RUSSIAN VIOLATIONS OF THE RULE OF LAW
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Commission concluded 
a hearing to examine three case studies on Russian violations of the 
rule of law, focusing on how the United States should respond, after 
receiving testimony from Vladimir Kara-Murza, Open Russia Movement, 
Moscow, Russia; Tim Osborne, GML Ltd., London, United Kingdom; and Alan 
Larson, former Under Secretary of State for Economics, Covington and 
Burling LLP, and Stephen Rademaker, former Assistant Secretary of State 
for the Bureau of Arms Control and the Bureau of International Security 
and Nonproliferation, Podesta Group, both of Washington, D.C.