[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 139 (Tuesday, August 21, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D931]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Alan Ray Shaffer, of Virginia, to be Deputy Under 
Secretary for Acquisition and Sustainment, Veronica Daigle, of 
Virginia, and Robert H. McMahon, of Georgia, who was introduced by 
Senator Perdue, both to be an Assistant Secretary, and Casey Wardynski, 
of Alabama, and Alex A. Beehler, of Maryland, both to be an Assistant 
Secretary of the Army, all of the Department of Defense, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
RUSSIA SANCTIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine Russia sanctions, focusing on current effectiveness 
and potential for next steps, including S. 2313, to deter foreign 
interference in United States elections, after receiving testimony from 
Sigal Mandelker, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and 
Financial Intelligence; Christopher Krebs, Under Secretary of Homeland 
Security, National Protection and Programs Directorate; and Christopher 
A. Ford, Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and 
Nonproliferation.
BLOCKCHAIN
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the energy efficiency of blockchain and similar 
technologies and the cybersecurity possibilities of such technologies 
for energy industry applications, after receiving testimony from Paul 
Skare, Chief Cyber Security Program Manager, Pacific Northwest National 
Laboratory, Department of Energy; Thomas A. Golden, Electric Power 
Research Institute, Knoxville, Tennessee; Claire Henly, Energy Web 
Foundation, Berlin, Germany; Arvind Narayanan, Princeton University, 
Princeton, New Jersey; and Robert E. Kahn, Corporation for National 
Research Initiatives, Reston, Virginia.
U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine United States-Russia relations, after receiving testimony from 
A. Wess Mitchell, Assistant Secretary of State for European and 
Eurasian Affairs; and Marshall Billingslea, Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury.
CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services efforts to fight Medicaid fraud and overpayments, after 
receiving testimony from Seema Verma, Administrator, Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human 
Services; and Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General, Government 
Accountability Office.
FINANCIAL LITERACY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Primary Health and Retirement Security concluded a hearing to examine 
financial literacy, focusing on the starting point for a secure 
retirement, after receiving testimony from Jovita Carranza, Treasurer, 
Department of the Treasury; Vishal Jain, Prudential Financial, Inc., 
New York, New York; and Lynn Dudley, American Benefits Council, and 
Scott B. Astrada, Center for Responsible Lending, both of Washington, 
D.C.
CYBER THREATS TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism 
concluded a hearing to examine cyber threats to our nation's critical 
infrastructure, after receiving testimony from Senators Blumenthal and 
Lankford; Sujit Raman, Associate Deputy Attorney General, Department of 
Justice; Michael Moss, Deputy Director, Cyber Threat Intelligence 
Integration Center, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; 
Robert Kolasky, Director, National Risk Management Center, National 
Protection and Programs Directorate, Department of Homeland Security; 
Thomas A. Fanning, Southern Company, Atlanta, Georgia; and James A. 
Lewis, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.