[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 52 (Tuesday, March 26, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D296-D297]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
     (Committees not listed did not meet)
           DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE 
                                                           PROGRAM
 Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
  the posture of the Department of the Army in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2020 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from Mark T. Esper, Secretary of the 
Army, and General Mark A. Milley, USA, Chief of Staff of the Army, both 
                     of the Department of Defense.
                                    CYBERSECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity concluded a 
   hearing to examine cybersecurity responsibilities of the defense 
 industrial base, after receiving testimony from William A. LaPlante, 
   MITRE National Security Sector; John Luddy, Aerospace Industries 
   Association; Christopher Peters, The Lucrum Group; and Michael P. 
                  MacKay, Progeny Systems Corporation.
                                                    HOUSING REFORM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
  hearing to examine Chairman's housing reform outline, part I, after 
 receiving testimony from Sue Ansel, Gables Residential, on behalf of 
  the National Multifamily Housing Council and the National Apartment 
 Association, Edward J. DeMarco, Housing Policy Council, Greg Ugalde, 
  National Association of Home Builders, Hilary O. Shelton, National 
Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and Adam J. Levitin, 
  Georgetown University Law Center, all of Washington, D.C.; and Mark 
         Zandi, Moody's Analytics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
                                    FEDERAL DATA PRIVACY FRAMEWORK
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
 Manufacturing, Trade, and Consumer Protection concluded a hearing to 
     examine small business perspectives on a federal data privacy 
framework, after receiving testimony from Ryan Weber, KC Tech Council, 
  Kansas City, Missouri; Evan Engstrom, Engine Advocacy and Research 
Foundation, and Justin Brookman, Consumer Reports, both of Washington, 
D.C.; Jefferson England, Silver Star Communications, Freedom, Wyoming; 
 and Nina Dosanjh, Vanguard Properties, San Francisco, California, on 
            behalf of the National Association of Realtors.
                                                  BUSINESS MEETING
    Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
   nominations of Andrew M. Saul, of New York, to be Commissioner of 
Social Security, Gordon Hartogensis, of Connecticut, to be Director of 
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, and Courtney Dunbar Jones, of 
        Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court.
                                    U.S. POLICY TOWARD NORTH KOREA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, 
 and International Cybersecurity Policy concluded a hearing to examine 
United States policy toward North Korea after the second summit, after 
     receiving testimony from Victor Cha, Center for Strategic and 
                  International Studies, and Kelly E.

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    Magsamen, Center for American Progress, both of Washington, D.C.
                                            21ST CENTURY CURES ACT
    Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine implementing the 21st Century Cures Act, 
focusing on making electronic health information available to patients 
 and providers, after receiving testimony from Ben Moscovitch, The Pew 
 Charitable Trusts, and Mary R. Grealy, Healthcare Leadership Council, 
  both of Washington, D.C.; Lucia C. Savage, Omada Health, Inc., San 
    Francisco, California; and Christopher Rehm, LifePoint Health, 
                         Brentwood, Tennessee.
                                                     RED FLAG LAWS
 Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
red flag laws, focusing on guidelines for state action, after receiving 
   testimony from Ron Honberg, National Alliance on Mental Illness, 
Arlington, Virginia; Amanda Wilcox, Brady California, Penn Valley; Ric 
Bradshaw, Palm Beach County Sheriff, West Palm Beach, Florida; Kimberly 
 Wyatt, King County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Seattle, Washington; 
     and David B. Kopel, Independence Institute, Denver, Colorado.
                             DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS BUDGET
   Committee on VeteransH' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
 examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2020 
   and advanced appropriations requests for fiscal year 2021 for the 
 Department of Veterans Affairs, after receiving testimony from Robert 
 L. Wilkie, Secretary, Paul R. Lawrence, Under Secretary for Benefits, 
  Veterans Benefits Administration, Richard A. Stone, Veterans Health 
 Administration, and Jon Rychalski, Assistant Secretary for Management 
and Chief Financial Officer, all of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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