[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 94 (Wednesday, June 5, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D631-D632]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE INNOVATION AND RESEARCH FUNDING
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a closed hearing to examine defense innovation and research 
funding, after receiving testimony from Michael D. Griffin, Under 
Secretary for Research and Engineering, and Steven H. Walker, Director, 
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, both of the Department of 
Defense.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Thomas Peter Feddo, of Virginia, 
to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Investment Security, 
Nazak Nikakhtar, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Industry and 
Security, and Ian Paul Steff, of Indiana, to be Assistant Secretary and 
Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, 
both of the Department of Commerce, Michelle Bowman, of Kansas, to be a 
Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Paul 
Shmotolokha, of Washington, to be First Vice President of the Export-
Import Bank of the United States, and Allison Herren Lee, of Colorado, 
to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
STATE OF THE TELEVISION AND VIDEO MARKETPLACE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the state of the television and video marketplace, 
after receiving testimony from Michael K. Powell, NCTA--The Internet 
and Television Association, Gordon H. Smith, National Association of 
Broadcasters, and Craig Aaron, Free Press Action, all of Washington, 
D.C.; and David Kenny, Nielsen, New York, New York.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Robert Wallace, of Wyoming, to be 
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife, after the 
nominee, who was introduced by Senators Enzi and Barrasso, testified 
and answered questions in his own behalf.
THREATS TO TAXPAYER-FUNDED RESEARCH
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine foreign 
threats to taxpayer-funded research, focusing on oversight 
opportunities and policy solutions, after receiving testimony from 
Captain Michael Schmoyer, Public Health Service, Assistant Deputy 
Secretary for National Security, Director, Office of National Security, 
Lawrence A. Tabak, Principal Deputy Director, National Institutes of 
Health, and Leslie W. Hollie, Chief of Investigative Operations, Office 
of Inspector General, all of the Department of Health and Human 
Services; Louis A. Rodi III, Acting Assistant Director, National 
Security Investigations Division, Homeland Security Investigations, 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security; 
and Joe W. Gray, Oregon Health and Science University Knight Cancer 
Institute, Portland.
30 YEARS AFTER TIANANMEN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine 30 years after Tiananmen, focusing on rule by fear, after 
receiving testimony from Xiao Qiang, China Digital Times, Berkeley, 
California; Sophie Richardson, Human Rights Watch, New York, New York; 
and Christopher Walker, National Endowment for Democracy, Washington, 
D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Peter Joseph Phipps, of Pennsylvania, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, William Shaw Stickman IV, 
to be United States District Judge for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania, and Jennifer Philpott Wilson, to be United States 
District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, who were 
introduced by Senators Casey and Toomey, and Charles R. Eskridge III, 
to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.

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STATE OF PATENT ELIGIBILITY IN AMERICA
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Intellectual Property 
concluded a hearing to examine the state of patent eligibility in 
America, after receiving testimony from Barbara A. Fiacco, American 
Intellectual Property Law Association, Arlington, Virginia; Scott 
Partridge, American Bar Association, Houston, Texas; Henry Hadad, 
Intellectual Property Owners Association, Princeton, New Jersey; David 
Jones, High Tech Inventors Alliance, Stephanie Martz, National Retail 
Federation, on behalf of United for Patent Reform, William Jenks, The 
Internet Association, Christopher A. Mohr, Software and Information 
Industry Association, Jeffrey K. Francer, Association for Accessible 
Medicines, Hans Sauer, Biotechnology Innovation Organization, and 
Natalie Derzko, Covington and Burling LLP, on behalf of the 
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, all of 
Washington, D.C.; Paul Morinville, US Inventor, Inc., Highland, 
Indiana; Philip S. Johnson, Coalition for 21st Century Patent Reform, 
New Brunswick, New Jersey; Jeffrey A. Birchak, Fallbrook Technologies, 
Inc., Austin, Texas, on behalf of the Innovation Alliance; Rick 
Brandon, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, on behalf of the 
Association of American Universities; and Kate Ruane, American Civil 
Liberties Union, New York, New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nomination of James Byrne, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs.