[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 76 (Wednesday, May 8, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D501-D502]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: CFTC AND SEC
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 Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission, 
after receiving testimony from J. Christopher Giancarlo, Chairman, 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission; and Jay Clayton, Chairman, 
Securities and Exchange Commission.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Defense, after 
receiving testimony from Patrick M. Shanahan, Acting Secretary, and 
General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., USMC, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 
both of the Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing to examine the Department of Energy's atomic defense 
activities and programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request 
for fiscal year 2020, after receiving testimony from Lisa E. Gordon-
Hagerty, Administrator, and Admiral James F. Caldwell, Jr., USN, Deputy 
Administrator for Office of Naval Reactors, both of the National 
Nuclear Security Administration, and Anne Marie White, Assistant 
Secretary for Environmental Management, all of the Department of 
Energy.
NEW ENTRANTS IN THE NATIONAL AIRSPACE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine new entrants in the national airspace, focusing on 
policy, technology, and security issues for Congress, after receiving 
testimony from Jay Merkle, Director, Unmanned Aircraft Systems 
Integration Office, and Brigadier General Wayne R. Montieth, USAF 
(Ret.), Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation, 
both of the Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
Transportation; Dallas Brooks, Mississippi State University Raspet 
Flight Research Laboratory, Starkville; and Zach Lovering, Airbus, and 
Eric Stallmer, Commercial Spaceflight Federation, both of Washington, 
D.C.
USACE CIVIL WORKS PROGRAM OVERSIGHT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the Army Corps of Engineers' Civil Works 
program, after receiving testimony from R.D. James, Assistant Secretary 
of the Army for Civil Works, and Major General Scott Spellmon, Deputy 
Commanding General for Civil and Emergency Operations, Army Corps of 
Engineers, both of the Department of Defense; Lynn Budd, Wyoming Office 
of Homeland Security, Cheyenne; and Kyle R. Kline, Jr., Louisiana 
Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, Baton Rouge.
MEDICARE PHYSICIAN PAYMENT REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine Medicare 
physician payment reform after two years, focusing on Medicare Access 
and CHIP Reauthorization Act implementation and the road ahead, after 
receiving testimony from Barbara L. McAneny, American Medical 
Association, and Frank Opelka, American College of Surgeons, both of 
Chicago, Illinois; John S. Cullen, American Academy of Family 
Physicians, Leawood, Kansas; Scott Hines, American Medical Group 
Association, Alexandria, Virginia; and Matthew Fiedler, Brookings 
Institution, Washington, D.C.

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BUDGET: USAID
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2020 
for the United States Agency for International Development, after 
receiving testimony from Mark Green, Administrator, United States 
Agency for International Development.
BUDGET: INDIAN PROGRAMS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2020 for Indian 
programs, after receiving testimony from Tara Sweeney, Assistant 
Secretary for Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; Rear Admiral 
Chris Buchanan, Deputy Director, Indian Health Service, Department of 
Health and Human Services; and Jefferson Keel, National Congress of 
American Indians, and Andrew Joseph, Jr., National Indian Health Board, 
both of Washington, D.C.
SOUTHERN BORDER
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Border Security and 
Immigration concluded a hearing to examine the humanitarian and 
security crisis at our southern border, after receiving testimony from 
Todd Owen, Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field 
Operations, and Carla L. Provost, Chief, Border Patrol, both of Customs 
and Border Protection, Manuel Padilla, Director, Joint Task Force-West, 
and Nathalie R. Asher, Acting Executive Associate Director, Enforcement 
and Removal Operations, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, all of the 
Department of Homeland Security; and Jonathan H. Hayes, Director, 
Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and 
Families, Department of Health and Human Services.
OLDER AMERICANS ACT
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Older Americans Act, focusing on protecting and supporting seniors 
as they age, after receiving testimony from Lance Robertson, 
Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging, Administration for 
Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services; Richard 
Prudom, Florida Department of Elder Affairs, Tallahassee; Laurence W. 
Gross, Southern Maine Agency on Aging, Scarborough; and Faith Lewis, 
Simpson, Pennsylvania.