[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 182 (Wednesday, November 8, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1191-D1192]
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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1693, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify that 
section 230 of that Act does not prohibit the enforcement against 
providers and users of interactive computer services of Federal and 
State criminal and civil law relating to sex trafficking, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1668, to rename a waterway in the State of New York as the 
``Joseph Sanford Jr. Channel''; and
  The nominations of Dana Baiocco, of Ohio, to be a Commissioner of the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission, James Bridenstine, of Oklahoma, to 
be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
Neil Jacobs, of North Carolina, and Nazakhtar Nikakhtar, of Maryland, 
both to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Bruce Landsberg, of 
South Carolina, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety 
Board, Raymond Martinez, of New Jersey, to be Administrator of the 
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and Diana Furchtgott-Roth, 
of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of 
Transportation, and Leon A. Westmoreland, of Georgia, to be a Director 
of the Amtrak Board of Directors.
DATA BREACHES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine protecting consumers in the era of major data 
breaches, after receiving testimony from Paulino do Rego Barros, Jr., 
Atlanta, Georgia, and Richard F. Smith, Los Angeles, California, both 
of Equifax; Marissa Mayer, Yahoo, San Francisco, California; Karen 
Zacharia, Verizon, New York, New York; and Todd Wilkinson, Entrust 
Datacard, Shakopee, Minnesota.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Kathleen Hartnett White, of 
Texas, to be a Member of the Council on Environmental Quality, and 
Andrew Wheeler, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, who was introduced by Representative 
Stivers, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf.
AFRICA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Africa and Global 
Health Policy received a closed briefing on a readout of Ambassador 
Haley's recent trip to Africa from Nikki R. Haley, Permanent 
Representative to the United Nations, Department of State.
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Kirstjen Nielsen, of 
Virginia, to be Secretary of Homeland Security, after the nominee, who 
was introduced by Senators Portman and Rubio, testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
INDIAN AFFAIRS LEGISLATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
S. 1400, to amend title 18, United States Code, to enhance protections 
of Native American tangible cultural heritage, and S. 465, to provide 
for an independent outside audit of the Indian Health Service, after 
receiving testimony from John Tahsuda III, Acting Assistant Secretary--
Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; Elizabeth A. Fowler, Deputy 
Director for Management Operations, Indian Health Service, Department 
of Health and Human Services; David Flute, Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux 
Tribe, Agency Village, South Dakota; and Kurt Riley, Pueblo of Acoma, 
Acoma, New Mexico.
LAWSUIT ABUSE ON AMERICAN SMALL BUSINESSES
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the impact of lawsuit abuse on American small businesses and job 
creators, including S. 237, to amend Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of 
Civil Procedure to improve attorney accountability, after receiving 
testimony from Elizabeth Milito, National Federation of Independent 
Business Small Business Legal Center, and John H. Beisner,

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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP, on behalf of the U.S. 
Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, both of Washington, D.C.; and 
Myriam Gilles, Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 
New York, New York.