[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 29, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D93-D94]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

 Committee Meetings
 (Committees not listed did not meet)
 CHINA AND RUSSIA
 Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
China and Russia, after receiving testimony from Elbridge Colby, former 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force 
Development, and Ely Ratner, former Deputy National Security Advisor to 
the Vice President, both of the Center for a New American Security; and 
Damon M. Wilson, Atlantic Council.
 BUSINESS MEETING
 Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 385 
nominations in the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
 CYBERSECURITY POLICIES AND ARCHITECTURE
 Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity concluded a 
hearing to examine Department of Defense enterprise-wide cybersecurity 
policies and architecture, after receiving testimony from Dana Deasy, 
Chief Information Officer, Vice Admiral Nancy A. Norton, USN, Director, 
Defense Information Systems Agency, and Commander, Joint Force 
Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network, and Brigadier 
General Dennis A. Crall,

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USMC, Principal Deputy Cyber Advisor and Senior Military Advisor for 
Cyber Policy, all of the Department of Defense.
 CBO BUDGET AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
 Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
Congressional Budget Office's budget and economic outlook, focusing on 
fiscal years 2019-2029, after receiving testimony from Keith Hall, 
Director, Congressional Budget Office.
 NOMINATION
 Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Nicole R. Nason, of New York, to 
be Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
Transportation, after the nominee testified and answered questions in 
her own behalf.
 DRUG PRICING IN AMERICA
 Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine drug 
pricing in America, after receiving testimony from Kathy Sego, American 
Diabetes Association, Madison, Indiana; Douglas Holtz-Eakin, American 
Action Forum, Washington, D.C.; Mark Miller, Laura and John Arnold 
Foundation, Houston, Texas; and Peter B. Bach, Memorial Sloan Kettering 
Cancer Center, New York, New York.
 ACCESS TO CARE
 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine access to care, focusing on health 
centers and providers in underserved communities, after receiving 
testimony from Dennis Freeman, Cherokee Health Systems, Knoxville, 
Tennessee; John B. Waits, Cahaba Medical Care FQHC, Cahaba, Alabama; 
Andrea Anderson, Unity Health Care, and George Washington School of 
Medicine and Health Sciences National Family Medicine Residency 
Program, Washington, D.C.; and Thomas Trompeter, HealthPoint, Renton, 
Washington.
 BUSINESS MEETING
 Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee adopted its rules of procedure 
for the 116th Congress.
   Also, committee ordered favorably reported the following business 
items:
   S. 46, to repeal the Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund Act;
   S. 50, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assess 
sanitation and safety conditions at Bureau of Indian Affairs facilities 
that were constructed to provide affected Columbia River Treaty tribes 
access to traditional fishing grounds and expend funds on construction 
of facilities and structures to improve those conditions;
   S. 51, to extend the Federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe 
of Chippewa Indians of Montana;
   S. 199, to provide for the transfer of certain Federal land in the 
State of Minnesota for the benefit of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe;
   S. 207, to enhance tribal road safety;
   S. 209, to amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act to provide further self-governance by Indian Tribes;
   S. 210, to amend the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 and the Indian 
Law Enforcement Reform Act to provide for advancement in public safety 
services to Indian communities;
   S. 211, to amend the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to secure urgent 
resources vital to Indian victims of crime;
   S. 212, to amend the Native American Business Development, Trade 
Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000, the Buy Indian Act, and the Native 
American Programs Act of 1974 to provide industry and economic 
development opportunities to Indian communities;
   S. 216, to provide for equitable compensation to the Spokane Tribe 
of Indians of the Spokane Reservation for the use of tribal land for 
the production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam;
   S. 224, to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the 
Tanana Tribal Council located in Tanana, Alaska, and to the Bristol Bay 
Area Health Corporation located in Dillingham, Alaska; and
   S. 226, to clarify the rights of Indians and Indian Tribes on Indian 
lands under the National Labor Relations Act.
 WORLDWIDE THREATS
 Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine worldwide threats, after receiving testimony from 
former Senator Daniel R. Coats, Director of National Intelligence; 
Christopher Wray, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation; Gina 
Haspel, Director, Central Intelligence Agency; and General Robert 
Ashley, USA, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, General Paul 
Nakasone, USA, Director, National Security Agency, and Robert Cardillo, 
Director, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, all of the 
Department of Defense.