[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 102 (Tuesday, June 18, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D684-D685]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Thomas Peter Feddo, of Virginia, 
to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Investment Security, Ian 
Paul Steff, of Indiana, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and 
Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, 
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.
TERRORISM RISK INSURANCE PROGRAM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the reauthorization of the Terrorism Risk Insurance 
Program, after receiving testimony from Baird Webel, Specialist in 
Financial Economics, Congressional Research Service, Library of 
Congress; and Tarique Nageer, Marsh, and Howard Kunreuther, University 
of Pennsylvania Wharton School Risk Management and Decision Processes 
Center, both of New York, New York.
DRONE SECURITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Security concluded a hearing to examine drone security, focusing on 
enhancing innovation and mitigating supply chain risks, after receiving 
testimony from Angela H. Stubblefield, Deputy Associate Aministrator 
for Security and Hazardous Materials Safety, Federal Aviation 
Administration; Harry Wingo, Faculty, College of Information and 
Cyberspace, National Defense University, Department of Defense; 
Catherine F. Cahill, University of Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft 
Systems Integration, Fairbanks; Brian Wynne, Association for Unmanned 
Vehicle Systems International, Arlington, Virginia; and Harold H. Shaw, 
Massachusetts Port Authority, East Boston.
FEDERAL LANDS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine deferred maintenance needs and potential solutions 
on Federal lands administered by the Department of the Interior and the 
Department of Agriculture Forest Service, after receiving testimony 
from Scott Cameron, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior for Policy, Management and Budget; Lenise Lago, Associate 
Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Dan Puskar, Public 
Lands Alliance, Silver Spring, Maryland; Elizabeth Archuleta, Coconino 
County, Flagstaff, Arizona, on behalf of the National Association of 
Counties; and Jessica Wahl, Outdoor Recreation Roundtable, Washington, 
D.C.

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TRADE POLICY AGENDA AND THE USMCA
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's 2019 trade policy agenda and the United States-Mexico-
Canada Agreement, after receiving testimony from Robert E. Lighthizer, 
United States Trade Representative.
UKRAINE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Europe and Regional 
Security Cooperation concluded a hearing to examine Ukraine's progress 
and Russia's malign activities five years after the revolution of 
dignity, after receiving testimony from Kurt Volker, Special 
Representative for Ukraine Negotiations, Department of State; and John 
E. Herbst, Atlantic Council Eurasia Center, Alina Polyakova, Brookings 
Institution, and James Jay Carafano, Heritage Foundation, all of 
Washington, D.C.
LOWER HEALTH CARE COSTS ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the Lower Health Care Costs Act, after 
receiving testimony from Marilyn Bartlett, Office of the Montana State 
Auditor, Helena; Sean Cavanaugh, Aledade, Benedic Ippolito, American 
Enterprise Institute, Tom Nickels, American Hospital Association, and 
Frederick Isasi, Families USA, all of Washington, D.C.; and Elizabeth 
Mitchell, Pacific Business Group on Health, San Francisco, California.
TERM LIMITS IN THE U.S.
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution concluded 
a hearing to examine keeping Congress accountable, focusing on term 
limits in the United States, after receiving testimony from former 
Senator Jim DeMint; Nick Tomboulides, U.S. Term Limits, Melbourne, 
Florida; Lynda W. Powell, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York; 
John David Rausch, Jr., West Texas A and M University, Canyon; and 
Casey Burgat, R Street Institute, Washington, D.C.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.