[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 74 (Tuesday, May 8, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D491-D492]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Homeland 
Security concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2019 for the Department of Homeland 
Security, after receiving testimony from Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of 
Homeland Security.
APPROPRIATIONS: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2019 for the Library of Congress and the 
Architect of the Capitol, after receiving testimony from

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Carla D. Hayden, Librarian of Congress; and Stephen T. Ayers, Architect 
of the Capitol.
NIGER INVESTIGATION AND REPORT
Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a closed briefing on 
the Niger investigation and report from Owen O. West, Assistant 
Secretary for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, Robert S. 
Karem, Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs, and 
General Thomas D. Waldhauser, USMC, Commander, and Major General Roger 
L. Cloutier, Jr., USA, Chief of Staff, both of United States Africa 
Command, all of the Department of Defense.
UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security concluded a hearing to 
examine an update on the safe integration of unmanned aircraft systems 
into the airspace, after receiving testimony from Earl Lawrence, 
Director, Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Office, Federal 
Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation; Brian Wynne, 
Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, Arlington, 
Virginia; Matt Zuccaro, Helicopter Association International, 
Alexandria, Virginia; and Todd Graetz, BNSF Railway Company, Fort 
Worth, Texas.
PUERTO RICO'S ELECTRIC GRID
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the current status of Puerto Rico's 
electric grid and proposals for the future operation of the grid, after 
receiving testimony from Bruce J. Walker, Assistant Secretary of 
Energy, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability; Charles 
R. Alexander, Jr., Director, Contingency Operations and Homeland 
Security, Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense; Christian 
Sobrino Vega, President, Government Development Bank, and Chairman of 
the Board, Fiscal Agency and Financial Authority, Government of Puerto 
Rico; Walter M. Higgins, Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, and Jose 
H. Roman Morales, Comision de Energia de Puerto Rico, both of San Juan; 
and Rodrigo Masses, Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association, Guaynabo.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.
INSULIN ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
insulin access and affordability, focusing on the rising cost of 
treatment, after receiving testimony from William T. Cefalu, American 
Diabetes Association, Arlington, Virginia; Jeremy A. Greene, Johns 
Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; Paul Grant, New Gloucester, 
Maine; and Lois Ondik, Blandon, Pennsylvania.