[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 12, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D253-D254]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INITIATIVES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities concluded a hearing to examine artificial intelligence 
initiatives within the Department of Defense, after receiving testimony 
from Peter T. Highnam, Deputy Director, Defense Advanced Research 
Projects Agency, Michael A. Brown, Director, Defense Innovation Unit, 
and Lieutenant General John N.T. Shanahan, USAF, Director, Joint 
Artificial Intelligence Center, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, all of the Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Jeffrey Nadaner, of Maryland, to 
be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Claudia Slacik, of New York, to 
be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the 
United States, and Thelma Drake, of Virginia, to be Federal Transit 
Administrator.
CFPB SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Semi-
Annual Report to Congress, after receiving testimony from Kathy 
Kraninger, Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
BROADBAND INVESTMENTS IN RURAL AMERICA
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet concluded a 
hearing to examine the impact of broadband investments in rural 
America, after receiving testimony from Justin Forde, Midcontinent 
Communications, West Fargo, North Dakota; Mark A. Jamison, American 
Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C.; Denny Law, Golden West 
Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc., Wall, South Dakota; and Carol 
Mattey, Mattey Consulting LLC, Bethesda, Maryland.
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the road 
ahead for the World Trade Organization, after receiving testimony from 
Robert E. Lighthizer, United States Trade Representative, Executive 
Office of the President.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Michael J. Fitzpatrick, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Ecuador, and Ronald Douglas Johnson, of 
Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador, both of the 
Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine recommendations from the President's 
task force on the United States Postal Service, focusing on a path to 
sustainability, after receiving testimony from Gary Grippo, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Public Finance; Robert G. Taub, 
Chairman, Postal Regulatory Commission; David C. Williams, Vice 
Chairman, Board of Governors, Postal Service; and Margaret Weichert, 
Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget.
REAUTHORIZING THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine reauthorizing the Higher Education Act, 
focusing on simplifying the Free Application for Federal Student Aid 
and reducing the burden of verification, after receiving testimony from 
Kristina Scott, Alabama Possible, Birmingham; Michele Scott Taylor, 
College Now Greater Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio; Michael P. Meotti, 
Washington Student Achievement Council, Olympia; and Mark Wiederspan, 
Iowa College Student Aid Commission, Des Moines.
GAO HIGH RISK LIST OVERSIGHT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine Indian programs on the Government Accountability Office High 
Risk List, after receiving testimony from Jessica Farb, Director, 
Health Care, Government Accountability Office; Tony Dearman, Director, 
Bureau of Indian Education, and Darryl LaCounte, Acting Director, 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, both of the Department of the Interior; and 
Rear Admiral Michael D. Weahkee, Principal Deputy Director, Indian 
Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services.
GDPR AND CCPA
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
GDPR and CCPA, focusing on opt-ins, consumer control, and the impact on 
competition and innovation, after receiving testimony

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from Will DeVries, Google, Mountain View, California; Alastair 
MacTaggart, Californians for Consumer Privacy, Sacramento; David 
Hoffman, Intel, Santa Clara, California; Gabriel Weinberg, DuckDuckGo, 
Inc., Paoli, Pennsylvania; Thomas Lee, Mapbox, Roslyn Layton, American 
Enterprise Institute, and Michelle Richardson, Center for Democracy and 
Technology, all of Washington, D.C.; and Jane Bambauer, University of 
Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, Tucson.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters.