[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 147 (Tuesday, September 12, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D957-D958]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FINTECH LANDSCAPE
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Fintech landscape, including S. 536, to promote 
transparency in the oversight of cybersecurity risks at publicly traded 
companies, after receiving testimony from Lawrance L. Evans, Director, 
Financial Markets and Community Investment, Government Accountability 
Office; Eric W. Turner, S&P Global Market Intelligence, Princeton, New 
Jersey; and Frank Pasquale, University of Maryland Francis King Carey 
School of Law, Baltimore.
MAGNUSON-STEVENS FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT 
REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard concluded a hearing to 
examine reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation 
and Management Act, focusing on oversight of fisheries management 
successes and challenges, after receiving testimony from Phil Faulkner, 
Nauticstar Boats, Amory, Mississippi; James A. Donofrio, Recreational 
Fishing Alliance, New Gretna, New Jersey; Chris Horton, Congressional 
Sportsmen's Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Lori Steele, West Coast 
Seafood Processors Association, Portland, Oregon; Peter Andrew, Jr., 
Bristol Bay Native Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska; Gregory P. 
DiDomenico, Garden State Seafood Association, Cape May, New Jersey; 
William Cochrane II, Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders' Alliance, 
Galveston, Texas; and Tony Friedrich, Granville, Maryland.

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FOSTERING INNOVATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy 
concluded a hearing to examine fostering innovation, focusing on 
contributions of the Department of Energy's national laboratories, 
including S. 1799, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to facilitate 
the commercialization of energy and related technologies developed at 
Department of Energy facilities with promising commercial potential, 
after receiving testimony from Paul Kearns, Interim Laboratory 
Director, Argonne National Laboratory, and Bill Tumas, Associate Lab 
Director, Materials and Chemical Science and Technology, National 
Renewable Energy Laboratory, both of the Department of Energy; Brian J. 
Anderson, West Virginia University Energy Institute, Morgantown; and 
Anuja Ratnayake, Duke Energy Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina.
HEALTH CARE
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine health 
care, focusing on issues impacting cost and coverage, after receiving 
testimony from Avik S. A. Roy, The Foundation for Research on Equal 
Opportunity, Austin, Texas; Edmund F. Haislmaier, The Heritage 
Foundation, and Aviva Aron-Dine, Center on Budget and Policy 
Priorities, both of Washington, D.C.; and Andy Slavitt, Bipartisan 
Policy Center, Edina, Minnesota.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Eric M. Ueland, of Oregon, to be an Under 
Secretary (Management), who was introduced by Senator Enzi, John R. 
Bass, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of 
Afghanistan, and Justin Hicks Siberell, of Maryland, to be Ambassador 
to the Kingdom of Bahrain, all of the Department of State, and J. 
Steven Dowd, of Florida, to be United States Director of the African 
Development Bank, after the nominees testified and answered questions 
in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Daniel J. Kaniewski, 
of Minnesota, to be Deputy Administrator for National Preparedness, 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
and Jonathan H. Pittman, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court 
of the District of Columbia, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
STABILIZING HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine stabilizing premiums and helping 
individuals in the individual insurance market for 2018, focusing on 
state flexibility, after receiving testimony from Michael O. Leavitt, 
former Secretary of Health and Human Services, Salt Lake City, Utah; 
Allison O'Toole, MNsure, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Tarren Bragdon, The 
Foundation for Government Accountability, Naples, Florida; Bernard J. 
Tyson, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc., and Hospitals, Pleasanton, 
California; and Tammy Tomczyk, Oliver Wyman, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.
U.S. COUNTERNARCOTICS EFFORTS IN COLOMBIA
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: Caucus 
concluded a hearing to examine adapting United States counternarcotics 
efforts in Colombia, including interdiction and eradication, given the 
increased availability of cocaine in the United States following years 
of decline, after receiving testimony from William R. Brownfield, 
Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law 
Enforcement Affairs; Brigadier General Joseph J. McMenamin, USMC 
(Ret.), Principal Director for Counternarcotics and Global Threats, 
Office of the Secretary of Defense; Vice Admiral Charles W. Ray, Deputy 
Commandant for Operations, Coast Guard, Department of Homeland 
Security; Anthony D. Williams, Assistant Administrator, Chief of 
Operations, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice; and 
Douglas Farah, IBI Consultants LLC, and Roger F. Noriega, American 
Enterprise Institute, both of Washington, D.C.