[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 169 (Thursday, October 19, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1103-D1104]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Gregory Ibach, of Nebraska, to be 
Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, and William 
Northey, of Iowa, to be Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign 
Agricultural Services, both of the Department of Agriculture.
DEFENDING THE NATION FROM CYBER ATTACK
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the roles and responsibilities for defending the Nation from cyber 
attack, after receiving testimony from Rob Joyce, White House 
Cybersecurity Coordinator, National Security Council; Kenneth P. 
Rapuano, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Global 
Security; Scott Smith, Assistant Director for the Cyber Division, 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; and Christopher 
C. Krebs, performing the duties of the Under Secretary of Homeland 
Security for the National Protection and Programs Directorate.
FOOD FOR PEACE PROGRAM
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine modernizing the Food for Peace program, including increased 
food aid shipping costs due to cargo preference, after receiving 
testimony from Matthew Nims, Acting Director, Office of Food for Peace, 
United States Agency for International Development; Thomas Melito, 
Director, International Affairs and Trade, Government Accountability 
Office; Christopher B. Barrett, Cornell University SC Johnson College 
of Business, Ithaca, New York; and Bill O'Keefe, Catholic Relief 
Services, Baltimore, Maryland.

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HEALTHY CHOICES
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine how healthy choices can improve health 
outcomes and reduce costs, after receiving testimony from Steve Burd, 
Burd Health, Alamo, California; Michael F. Roizen, Cleveland Clinic, 
Cleveland, Ohio; David A. Asch, University of Pennsylvania Perelman 
School of Medicine and the Wharton School Center for Health Care 
Innovation, Philadelphia; and Jennifer Mathis, Bazelon Center for 
Mental Health Law, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Consortium for 
Citizens with Disabilities.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Annemarie Carney Axon, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, Michael Lawrence Brown, to 
be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, 
Thomas Alvin Farr, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of North Carolina, William M. Ray II, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, and John C. 
Demers, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Scott C. 
Blader, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of 
Wisconsin, Mark A. Klaassen, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Wyoming, William C. Lamar, to be United States Attorney for 
the Northern District of Mississippi, John R. Lausch, Jr., to be United 
States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and J. Douglas 
Overbey, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of 
Tennessee, all of the Department of Justice.