[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 75 (Tuesday, May 7, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D494]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: FBI
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded open and closed hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2020 for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, after receiving testimony 
from Christopher Wray, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Department of Justice.
APPROPRIATIONS: FCC AND FTC
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates and justification for fiscal year 2020 for the Federal 
Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission, after 
receiving testimony from Ajit Pai, Chairman, Federal Communications 
Commission; and Joseph J. Simons, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission.
PRIVACY RIGHTS AND DATA COLLECTION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine privacy rights and data collection in a digital 
economy, after receiving testimony from Peter H. Chase, German Marshall 
Fund of the United States, Washington, D.C.; Jay Cline, 
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Maciej 
Ceglowski, Pinboard, Friendship, Maine.
AGENCIES EARLY PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management concluded a hearing to 
examine agencies early public engagement and retrospective review, 
after receiving testimony from Susan E. Dudley, George Washington 
University Regulatory Studies Center, Washington, D.C.; and Sally 
Katzen, New York University School of Law, New York, New York.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Dale Cabaniss, of 
Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management, who was 
introduced by Senator Boozman, and Michael Eric Wooten, of Virginia, to 
be Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, who was introduced by 
former Representative Tom Davis, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
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 Donald Rucker, National 
Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Office of the National 
Coordinator for Health IT, and Kate Goodrich, Director, Center for 
Clinical Standards and Quality, and Chief Medical Officer, Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services, both of the Department of Health and 
Human Services.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND THE PRICE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
intellectual property and the price of prescription drugs, focusing on 
balancing innovation and competition, after receiving testimony from 
Joshua D. Baker, South Carolina Department of Health and Human 
Services, Columbia; David E. Mitchell, Patients for Affordable Drugs, 
and James Stansel, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of 
America, both of Washington, D.C.; Michael A. Carrier, Rutgers Law 
School, Camden, New Jersey; and David S. Olson, Boston College Law 
School, Newton Centre, Massachusetts.