[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 144 (Tuesday, September 10, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D987-D990]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
                DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE
    Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
    Science, and Related Agencies held an oversight hearing on the 
  Department of Justice's Community Relations Service. Testimony was 
heard from Gerri Ratliff, Deputy Director, Community Relations Service, 
                         Department of Justice.
                   SECURING THE NATION'S INTERNET AND ARCHITECTURE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Intelligence and Emerging 
Threats and Capabilities; and the Subcommittee on National Security of 
   the House Committee on Oversight and Reform held a joint hearing 
entitled ``Securing the Nation's Internet and Architecture''. Testimony 
 was heard from Jeanette Manfra, Assistant Director for Cybersecurity, 
    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of 
   Homeland Security; Diane Rinaldo, Acting Assistant Secretary and 
      Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information 
  Administration, Department of Commerce; and B. Edwin Wilson, Deputy 
    Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy, Office of the 
      Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Department of Defense.
     IMPROVING MATERNAL HEALTH: LEGISLATION TO ADVANCE PREVENTION 
                                        EFFORTS AND ACCESS TO CARE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
entitled ``Improving Maternal Health: Legislation to Advance Prevention 
     Efforts and Access to Care''. Testimony was heard from public 
                               witnesses.
         A $1.5 TRILLION CRISIS: PROTECTING STUDENT BORROWERS AND 
                        HOLDING STUDENT LOAN SERVICERS ACCOUNTABLE
Committee on Financial Services: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
                  ``A $1.5 Trillion Crisis: Protecting

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  Student Borrowers and Holding Student Loan Servicers Accountable''. 
               Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
                  PRESERVING THE AMAZON: A SHARED MORAL IMPERATIVE
 Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, 
 Civilian Security, and Trade held a hearing entitled ``Preserving the 
 Amazon: A Shared Moral Imperative''. Testimony was heard from public 
                               witnesses.
                 GLOBAL TERRORISM: THREATS TO THE HOMELAND, PART I
Committee on Homeland Security: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
 ``Global Terrorism: Threats to the Homeland, Part I''. Testimony was 
                      heard from public witnesses.
          OVERSIGHT OF THE RENOVATIONS OF THE CANNON HOUSE OFFICE 
                                                          BUILDING
   Committee on House Administration: Full Committee held a hearing 
  entitled ``Oversight of the Renovations of the Cannon House Office 
  Building''. Testimony was heard from Thomas J. Carroll III, Acting 
      Architect of the Capitol; Terrell Dorn, Managing Director, 
     Infrastructure Operations, Government Accountability Office; 
Christopher P. Failla, Inspector General, Architect of the Capitol; and 
                           a public witness.
             EVIDENCE OF CURRENT AND ONGOING VOTING DISCRIMINATION
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil 
   Rights, and Civil Liberties held a hearing entitled ``Evidence of 
 Current and Ongoing Voting Discrimination''. Testimony was heard from 
                           public witnesses.
                                            MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Full Committee held a markup on H.R. 1423, 
the ``FAIR Act''; H.R. 1236, the ``Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 
  2019''; H.R. 1186, the ``Keep Americans Safe Act''; H.R. 2708, the 
``Disarm Hate Act''; H.R. 4018, to provide that the amount of time that 
 an elderly offender must serve before being eligible for placement in 
  home detention is to be reduced by the amount of good time credits 
  earned by the prisoner, and for other purposes; and H.R. 2426, the 
``CASE Act of 2019''. H.R. 1423, H.R. 1236, H.R. 1186, H.R. 2708, H.R. 
         4018, and H.R. 2426 were ordered reported, as amended.
       BLM DISORGANIZATION: EXAMINING THE PROPOSED REORGANIZATION 
     AND RELOCATION OF THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT HEADQUARTERS 
                                       TO GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO
    Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, 
        Forests, and Public Lands held a hearing entitled ``BLM 
 Disorganization: Examining the Proposed Reorganization and Relocation 
   of the Bureau of Land Management Headquarters to Grand Junction, 
  Colorado''. Testimony was heard from William Perry Pendley, Deputy 
Director, Policy and Programs, Bureau of Land Management, Department of 
                  the Interior; and public witnesses.
         THE DEVIL THEY KNEW: PFAS CONTAMINATION AND THE NEED FOR 
                                CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY, PART III
 Committee on Oversight and Reform: Subcommittee on Environment held a 
hearing entitled ``The Devil They Knew: PFAS Contamination and the Need 
  for Corporate Accountability, Part III''. Testimony was heard from 
                           public witnesses.
           RAISING THE BAR: PROGRESS AND FUTURE NEEDS IN FORENSIC 
                                                           SCIENCE
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Full Committee held a 
   hearing entitled ``Raising the Bar: Progress and Future Needs in 
  Forensic Science''. Testimony was heard from Susan Ballou, Program 
 Manager, Office of Special Programs, National Institute of Standards 
 and Technology; Lynn Garcia, General Counsel, Texas Forensic Science 
  Commission; Matthew Gamette, Crime Lab Director, Idaho State Police 
                Forensic Services; and public witnesses.
                                  GROWING THE CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY
    Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Rural Development, 
   Agriculture, Trade, and Entrepreneurship held a hearing entitled 
 ``Growing the Clean Energy Economy''. Testimony was heard from public 
                               witnesses.
                                                MEMBER DAY HEARING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
   ``Member Day Hearing''. Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Womack, Stivers, Carbajal, Peters, Hartzler, Plaskett, Phillips, Mast, 
Carter of Georgia, Rouzer, Mucarsel-Powell, Malinowski, Soto, Stefanik, 
 Wenstrup, McCarthy, Walberg, Higgins of Louisiana, Zeldin, Johnson of 
    Ohio, Ruiz, Smucker, Castro of Texas, Carter of Texas, Hill of 
  Arkansas, Baird, Kuster of New Hampshire, Spano, Wittman, and Costa.

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     SOLVING THE CLIMATE CRISIS: MANUFACTURING JOBS FOR AMERICA'S 
                                                           WORKERS
 Select Committee on the Climate Crisis: Full Committee held a hearing 
entitled ``Solving the Climate Crisis: Manufacturing Jobs for America's 
         Workers''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Joint Meetings
                                              FAMILY AFFORDABILITY
  Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
making it more affordable to raise a family, after receiving testimony 
  from Lyman Stone, American Enterprise Institute, Wilmore, Kentucky; 
Ryan Bourne, Cato Institute, Washington, D.C.; Jane Waldfogel, Columbia 
University School of Social Work, New York, New York; and Kristin Rowe-
Finkbeiner, MomsRising, Kirkland, Washington.

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