[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 153 (Monday, September 25, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D999-D1000]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
GRAHAM-CASSIDY-HELLER-JOHNSON PROPOSAL
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson proposal, after receiving testimony from 
Senators Graham, Hirono, and Cassidy; former Senator Rick Santorum; 
Dennis G. Smith, Arkansas Department of Human Services Senior Advisor 
for Medicaid and Health Care Reform, Little Rock; Teresa Miller, 
Pennsylvania Department of Human Services Acting Secretary, Harrisburg; 
and Cindy Mann, Manatt, Phelps and Phillips, and Dick Woodruff, 
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, both of Washington, D.C.

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END OF THE YEAR SPENDING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: On Wednesday, 
September 20, 2017, Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and 
Emergency Management concluded a hearing to examine end of the year 
spending, after receiving testimony from Heather Krause, Director, 
Strategic Issues, Government Accountability Office; and Allan Burman, 
Section 809 Panel, and Jason J. Fichtner, George Mason University 
Mercatus Center, both of Arlington, Virginia.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: On Wednesday, September 20, 2017, Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Allison H. Eid, of 
Colorado, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, who 
was introduced by Senator Gardner, Annemarie Carney Axon, to be United 
States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, who was 
introduced by Senator Shelby, Michael Lawrence Brown, and William M. 
Ray II, each to be a United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of Georgia, who were both introduced by Senators Isakson and 
Perdue, and Thomas Alvin Farr, to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of North Carolina, who was introduced by Senator 
Burr, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
Special Committee on Aging: On Wednesday, September 20, 2017, Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine disaster preparedness and response, 
focusing on the special needs of older Americans, including S. 1834, to 
amend title XXVIII of the Public Health Service Act to establish a 
National Advisory Committee on Seniors and Disasters, after receiving 
testimony from Fire Chief Jay Delaney, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; 
Kathryn Hyer, University of South Florida College of Behavioral and 
Community Sciences School of Aging Studies, Tampa, Florida; Paul 
Timmons, Portlight Inclusive Disaster Strategies, Inc., Charleston, 
South Carolina; and Karen B. DeSalvo, New Orleans, Louisiana.