[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 69 (Monday, April 29, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D448]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
APPROPRIATIONS--CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a budget 
hearing on the Central Intelligence Agency. Testimony was heard from 
Gina Haspel, Director, Central Intelligence Agency. This hearing was 
closed.
CLIMATE ACTION NOW ACT
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 9, the 
``Climate Action Now Act''. The Committee granted, by record vote of 7-
4, a structured rule providing for consideration of H.R. 9, the 
``Climate Action Now Act''. The rule provides 90 minutes of general 
debate on the bill with 60 minutes equally divided and controlled by 
the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs and 30 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The 
rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The 
rule provides that the bill shall be considered as read. The rule 
waives all points of order against provisions in the bill. The rule 
makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee 
report accompanying the resolution. Each such amendment may be offered 
only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a 
Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question. The rule waives all points of order against the amendments 
printed in the report. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman Engel, and 
Representatives McCaul, Tonko, Shimkus, DeSaulnier, Rodney Davis of 
Illinois, Jackson Lee, Burgess, and Stauber.
TRAGIC TRENDS: SUICIDE PREVENTION AMONG VETERANS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``Tragic Trends: Suicide Prevention Among Veterans''. Testimony was 
heard from Shelli Avenevoli, Deputy Director, National Institute of 
Mental Health, National Institutes of Health; Richard McKeon, Chief, 
Suicide Prevention Branch, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration; and Richard Stone, Executive in Charge, Veterans Health 
Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.