[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 6, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D121-D123]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NATIONAL DEFENSE STRATEGY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a closed briefing on 
the National Defense Strategy from James N. Mattis, Secretary, and 
General Paul J. Selva, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, both of 
the Department of Defense.
VIRTUAL CURRENCIES
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine virtual currencies, focusing on the oversight role 
of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission, after receiving

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testimony from Jay Clayton, Chairman, Securities and Exchange 
Commission; and J. Christopher Giancarlo, Chairman, Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission.
DATA SECURITY AND BUG BOUNTY PROGRAMS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security 
concluded a hearing to examine data security and bug bounty programs, 
focusing on lessons learned from the Uber breach and security 
researchers, after receiving testimony from John Flynn, Uber 
Technologies, Inc., and Marten G. Mickos, HackerOne, both of San 
Francisco, California; Katie Moussouris, Luta Security, Las Vegas, 
Nevada; and Justin Brookman, Consumers Union, Washington, D.C.
INSULAR AREAS LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 2182, to provide for the resettlement and 
relocation of the people of Bikini, and S. 2325, to incentivize the 
hiring of United States workers in the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, after receiving testimony from Representative Sablan; 
Northern Mariana Islands Governor Ralph Deleon Guerrero Torres; Douglas 
Domenech, Assistant Secretary for Insular Affairs, Department of the 
Interior; David Gootnick, Director, International Affairs and Trade, 
Government Accountability Office; and Mayor Anderson Jibas, Kili/
Bikini/Ejit Local Government, and Jack Niedenthal, both of Majuro, 
Marshall Islands.
AFGHANISTAN STRATEGY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the Administration's South Asia strategy on Afghanistan, after 
receiving testimony from John Sullivan, Deputy Secretary of State; and 
Randall Schriver, Assistant Secretary of Defense, Asia and Pacific 
Security Affairs.
GOVERNING THROUGH CONTINUING RESOLUTIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management concluded a 
hearing to examine the cost to taxpayers of spending uncertainty caused 
by governing through continuing resolutions, omnibus spending bills, 
and shutdown crises, including management challenges presented by 
budget uncertainties, after receiving testimony from Heather Krause, 
Director, Strategic Issues, Government Accountability Office; Clinton 
T. Brass, Specialist in Government Organization and Management, 
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; and Alice M. 
Rivlin, Bipartisan Policy Center, and Maya MacGuineas, Committee for a 
Responsible Federal Budget, both of Washington, D.C.
HIGHER EDUCATION ACT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine reauthorizing the Higher Education Act, 
focusing on improving college affordability, after receiving testimony 
from Sandy Baum, Urban Institute, Washington, D.C.; Zakiya Smith, 
Lumina Foundation, Indianapolis, Indiana; Jenna A. Robinson, The James 
G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, Raleigh, North Carolina; Robert 
E. Anderson, State Higher Education Executive Officers, Boulder, 
Colorado; and DeRionne P. Pollard, Montgomery College, Rockville, 
Maryland.
THE ``GIG ECONOMY'' AND RETIREMENT SAVINGS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Primary Health and Retirement Security concluded a hearing to examine 
the ``Gig Economy'' and the future of retirement savings, after 
receiving testimony from Camille Olson, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Chicago, 
Illinois, on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Vikki Nunn, 
Porter, Muirhead, Cornia and Howard, Casper, Wyoming; Troy Tisue, TAG 
Resources, LLC, Knoxville, Tennessee; and Monique Morrissey, Economic 
Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.
FIGHTING ILLICIT INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL NETWORKS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
beneficial ownership, focusing on fighting illicit international 
financial networks through transparency, including S. 1454, to ensure 
that persons who form corporations in the United States disclose the 
beneficial owners of those corporations, in order to prevent the 
formation of corporations with hidden owners, stop the misuse of United 
States corporations by wrongdoers, and assist law enforcement in 
detecting, preventing, and punishing terrorism, money laundering, tax 
evasion, and other criminal and civil misconduct involving United 
States corporations, after receiving testimony from M. Kendall Day, 
Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department 
of Justice; and Gary Kalman, Financial Accountability and Corporate 
Transparency Coalition, Chip Poncy, Financial Integrity Network, Brian 
O'Shea, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Center for Capital Markets 
Competitiveness, and Clay R. Fuller, American Enterprise Institute, all 
of Washington, D.C.

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INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.