[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 77 (Thursday, May 4, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D495-D496]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
TELEMEDICINE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine 
telemedicine in the Department of Veterans Affairs, focusing on 
leveraging technology to increase access, improve health outcomes, and 
lower costs, after receiving testimony from Kevin Galpin, Executive 
Director, Telehealth Services, and Thandiwe Nelson-Brooks, Facility 
Telehealth Coordinator, VA Pacific Islands Health Care System, both of 
the Veterans Health Administration, and Bill James, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary (Enterprise Program Management Office), Office of Information 
and Technology, all of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Michael P. 
Adcock, University of Mississippi Medical Center Center for Telehealth, 
Jackson; and Norman Okamura, Pacific Basin Telehealth Resource Center, 
Honolulu, Hawaii.
U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
United States Special Operations Command, after receiving testimony 
from Theresa M. Whelan, Acting Assistant Secretary for Special 
Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict, and General Raymond A. Thomas III, 
USA, Commander, United States Special Operations Command, both of the 
Department of Defense.
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance 
Program, including S. 563, to amend the Flood Disaster Protection Act 
of 1973 to require that certain buildings and personal property be 
covered by flood insurance, after receiving testimony from Steve Ellis, 
Taxpayers for Common Sense, Washington, D.C.; Michael Hecht, Greater 
New Orleans, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana, on behalf of the Coalition 
for Sustainable Flood Insurance; and Larry Larson, Association of State 
Floodplain Managers, Madison, Wisconsin.
AIRLINE TRAVEL
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security concluded a hearing to 
examine questions, answers, and perspectives on the current state of 
airline travel, after receiving testimony from Ginger Evans, Chicago 
Department of Aviation, and Scott Kirby, United Airlines, both of 
Chicago, Illinois; and Sharon Pinkerton, Airlines for America, Sara 
Nelson, Association of Flight Attendants, and Sally Greenberg, National 
Consumers League, all of Washington, D.C.
ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the threat posed by electromagnetic pulse and policy 
options to protect energy infrastructure and to improve capabilities 
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adequate system restoration, after receiving testimony from former 
Representative Newt Gingrich; Cheryl LaFleur, Acting Chairman, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy; Robin E. Manning, 
Electric Power Research Institute, Charlotte, North Carolina; Kevin 
Wailes, Lincoln Electric System, Lincoln, Nebraska, on behalf of the 
American Public Power Association; and Caitlin Durkovich, Toffler 
Associates, and Henry F. Cooper, both of Reston, Virginia.
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine international development, focusing on value added through 
private sector engagement, after receiving testimony from former 
Representative Jim Kolbe, Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network, 
Washington, D.C.; Walt M. Macnee, Mastercard, Purchase, New York; 
Michael Goltzman, The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, Georgia; and Kelly 
Goodejohn, Starbucks, Seattle, Washington.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nomination of Courtney Elwood, of Virginia, to be General Counsel 
of the Central Intelligence Agency.