[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 155 (Tuesday, September 18, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1025-D1026]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
INTERAGENCY COORDINATION IN THE PROTECTION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity concluded a 
closed hearing to examine interagency coordination in the protection of 
critical infrastructure, after receiving testimony from Kenneth P. 
Rapuano, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Global 
Security; Bruce J. Walker, Assistant Secretary of Energy for the Office 
of Electricity, and Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of 
Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response; and Jeanette 
Manfra, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for the Office of 
Cybersecurity and Communications.
FINTECH
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine Fintech, focusing on digitization, data, and 
technology, including S. 2854, to establish requirements for use of a 
driver's license or personal identification card by certain financial 
institutions for opening an account or obtaining a financial product or 
service, after receiving testimony from Steven Boms, Allon Advocacy, 
LLC, on behalf of the Consumer Financial Data Rights Group, and Brian 
Knight, George Mason University Mercatus Center, both of Washington, 
D.C.; Stuart Rubinstein, Fidelity Wealth Technologies, Boston, 
Massachusetts; and Saule T. Omarova, Cornell University, Ithaca, New 
York.
CONFLICTS OVER OCEAN RESOURCES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard concluded a hearing to 
examine conflicts over ocean resources, after receiving testimony from 
Vice Admiral Daniel B. Abel, Deputy Commandant for Operations, Coast 
Guard, Department of Homeland Security; Bama Athreya, Senior Democracy 
Specialist, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 
Assistance, United States Agency for International Development; Paul 
Doremus, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Operations, National Marine 
Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
Department of Commerce; and David Balton, Woodrow Wilson International 
Center for Scholars, Silver Spring, Maryland.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 1857, to establish a compliance deadline of May 15, 2023, for Step 
2 emissions standards for new residential wood heaters, new residential 
hydronic heaters, and forced-air furnaces;
  S. 2461, to allow for judicial review of certain final rules relating 
to national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants for brick 
and structural clay products or for clay ceramics manufacturing before 
requiring compliance with the rules by existing sources;
  S. 2827, to amend the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation 
Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1934, to prevent catastrophic failure or shutdown of remote diesel 
power engines due to emission control devices, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;

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  S. 593, to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to 
facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded public target 
ranges in certain States;
  S. 1537, to amend the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to 
reauthorize the Act;
  The nomination of Harold B. Parker, of New Hampshire, to be Federal 
Cochairperson of the Northern Border Regional Commission; and
  General Services Administration resolutions.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Michael Faulkender, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of the Treasury, and Elizabeth Darling, of Texas, to be 
Commissioner on Children, Youth, and Families, Department of Health and 
Human Services.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of Lynda Blanchard, of Alabama, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Slovenia, Earl Robert Miller, of Michigan, to be Ambassador 
to the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Daniel N. Rosenblum, of 
Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Uzbekistan, Kip Tom, of 
Indiana, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as 
U.S. Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and 
Agriculture, Karen L. Williams, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Suriname, Donald Y. Yamamoto, of Washington, to be 
Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somalia, and Kevin K. Sullivan, 
of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua, all of the 
Department of State, and Mark Rosen, of Connecticut, to be United 
States Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund.
U.S.-RUSSIA ARMS CONTROL EFFORTS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the status of United States-Russia arms control efforts, after 
receiving testimony from Andrea Thompson, Under Secretary of State for 
Arms Control and International Security; and David J. Trachtenberg, 
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
FLORES SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the implications of the reinterpretation 
of the Flores settlement agreement for border security and illegal 
immigration incentives, including progress and challenges in the 
management of immigration courts and alternatives to detention 
programs, after receiving testimony from Matthew T. Albence, Executive 
Associate Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations, Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement, and Robert E. Perez, Acting Deputy Commissioner, 
Customs and Border Protection, both of the Department of Homeland 
Security; Joseph B. Edlow, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 
Office of Legal Policy, Department of Justice; and Rebecca Gambler, 
Director, Homeland Security and Justice, Government Accountability 
Office.
REDUCING HEALTH CARE COSTS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine reducing health care costs, focusing on 
how transparency can lower spending and empower patients, after 
receiving testimony from Leah F. Binder, The Leapfrog Group, 
Washington, D.C.; Bill Kampine, Healthcare Bluebook, Nashville, 
Tennessee; Nancy A. Giunto, Washington Health Alliance, Seattle, 
Washington; and Ty Tippets, St. George Surgical Center, St. George, 
Utah.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of Tamara Bonzanto, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant 
Secretary (Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection), and 
James Paul Gfrerer, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary 
(Information and Technology), both of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.