[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 167 (Tuesday, October 17, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1094]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CONSUMER DATA SECURITY AND THE CREDIT BUREAUS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine consumer data security and the credit bureaus, 
including S. 1816, to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to enhance 
fraud alert procedures and provide free access to credit freezes, S. 
1786, to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to enhance the accuracy of 
credit reporting and provide greater rights to consumers who dispute 
errors in their credit reports, and S. 744, to amend the Fair Credit 
Reporting Act to delay the inclusion in consumer credit reports and to 
establish requirements for debt collectors with respect to medical debt 
information of veterans due to inappropriate or delayed billing 
payments or reimbursements from the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
after receiving testimony from Chris Jaikaran, Analyst in Cybersecurity 
Policy, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; Andrew M. 
Smith, Covington and Burling LLP, Bethesda, Maryland, on behalf of the 
Consumer Data Industry Association; and Marc Rotenberg, Electronic 
Privacy Information Center, Washington, D.C.
COST OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the cost of prescription drugs, focusing 
on how the drug delivery system affects what patients pay, after 
receiving testimony from Lori M. Reilly, Pharmaceutical Research and 
Manufacturers of America, Chester Davis, Jr., Association for 
Accessible Medicines, Mark Merritt, Pharmaceutical Care Management 
Association, and Thomas E. Menighan, American Pharmacists Association, 
all of Washington, D.C.; and Elizabeth Gallenagh, Healthcare 
Distribution Alliance, Arlington, Virginia.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Jeffrey Uhlman Beaverstock, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama, and Emily Coody 
Marks, and Brett Joseph Talley, both to be a United States District 
Judge for the Middle District of Alabama, who were introduced by 
Senator Strange, Holly Lou Teeter, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Kansas, who was introduced by Senators Roberts and 
Moran, and Gregory G. Katsas, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Christopher R. Sharpley, of Virginia, to be 
Inspector General, Central Intelligence Agency, after the nominee 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.