[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 6, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D220-D222]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
PREVENTION OF AND RESPONSE TO SEXUAL ASSAULT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a 
hearing to examine the military services' prevention of and response to 
sexual assault, after receiving testimony from Lieutenant Commander 
Erin Leigh Elliott, USN, Elizabeth P. Van Winkle, Office of Force 
Resiliency, Lieutenant General Charles N. Pede, USA, Judge Advocate 
General of the Army, Vice Admiral John G. Hannink, USN, Judge Advocate 
General of the Navy, Lieutenant General Jeffrey A. Rockwell, USAF, 
Judge Advocate

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General of the Air Force, and Major General Daniel J. Lecce, USMC, 
Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps, all of the 
Department of Defense; Colonel Don M. Christensen, USAF (Ret.), Protect 
our Defenders; Colonel Ellen Haring, USA (Ret.), Service Women's Action 
Network; Colonel Doug James, USAF (Ret.), Save Our Heroes; and Angela 
Bapp.
MARITIME INDUSTRY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the state of the American maritime industry, after 
receiving testimony from Matt Woodruff, American Maritime Partnership, 
and Matthew Paxton, Shipbuilders Council of America, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Thomas Allegretti, The American Waterways Operators, 
Arlington, Virginia; Austin Golding, Golding Barge Line, Vicksburg, 
Mississippi; and Berit Eriksson, Sailor's Union of the Pacific, 
Seattle, Washington.
HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the economic benefits of highway infrastructure 
investment and accelerated project delivery, after receiving testimony 
from Michael Replogle, New York City Department of Transportation, New 
York, New York; Patrick K. McKenna, Missouri Department of 
Transportation and American Association of State Highway and 
Transportation Officials, Washington, D.C.; and Steve Demetriou, Jacobs 
Engineering Group Inc., Dallas, Texas, on behalf of the Business 
Roundtable Infrastructure Committee.
NURSING HOME ABUSE AND NEGLECT
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
protecting Americans from abuse and neglect in nursing homes, after 
receiving testimony from Kate Goodrich, Director, Center for Clinical 
Standards and Quality, and Chief Medical Officer, Centers for Medicare 
and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services; 
Antoinette T. Bacon, Associate Deputy Attorney General, Office of the 
Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice; Keesha R. Mitchell, 
Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Columbus; David C. Grabowski, 
Harvard Medical School Department of Health Care Policy, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts; David Gifford, American Health Care Association, 
Washington, D.C.; Patricia Olthoff-Blank, Shell Rock, Iowa; and Maya 
Fischer, Plymouth, Minnesota.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of John P. Abizaid, of Nevada, to be Ambassador 
to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, who was introduced by Senator Sullivan, 
and Matthew H. Tueller, of Utah, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Iraq, both of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
FEDERAL PROGRAMS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine recommendations to reduce risk of waste, 
fraud, and mismanagement in Federal programs, after receiving testimony 
from Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General, Cathleen Berrick, Managing 
Director, Defense Capabilities and Management, Nikki Clowers, Managing 
Director, Health Care, Elizabeth Curda, Director, Education, Workforce, 
and Income Security, Mark Gaffigan, Managing Director, Natural 
Resources and Environment, Nick Marinos, Director, Information 
Technology and Cybersecurity, and Chris Mihm, Managing Director, 
Strategic Issues, all of the Government Accountability Office.
SMUGGLING OF PERSONS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine Customs and Border Protection's response to the smuggling of 
persons at the southern border, after receiving testimony from Kevin K. 
McAleenan, Commissioner, Customs and Border Protection, Department of 
Homeland Security; Michael J. Fisher, Advanced Technology Systems 
Company, McLean, Virginia; Julie M. Linton, American Academy of 
Pediatrics, Washington, D.C.; and Timothy Ballard, Operation Undergound 
Railroad, Anaheim, California.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded an oversight 
hearing to examine the Library of Congress, after receiving testimony 
from Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress.
THE AMERICAN WORKER
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine small business and the American worker, after 
receiving testimony from Oren M. Cass, Manhattan Institute for Policy 
Research, New York, New York; Betsey Stevenson, University of Michigan 
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Ann Arbor; Caryn York, Job 
Opportunities Task Force, Washington, D.C.; and John W. Lettieri, 
Economic Innovation Group, Baltimore, Maryland.

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PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the complex web of prescription drug prices, focusing on patients 
struggling with rising costs, after receiving testimony from Michelle 
Dehetre, Lewiston, Maine; Pamela Holt, Granger, Indiana; Donnette 
Smith, Huntsville, Alabama; Sheldon Armus, Boynton Beach, Florida; and 
Barbara and David Cisek, Rural Ridge, Pennsylvania.