[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 163 (Wednesday, October 16, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1113-D1114]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FEEDING AMERICA
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine feeding America, focusing on making sustainable 
offshore aquaculture a reality, after receiving testimony from Paul 
Doremus, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Operations, National Marine 
Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
Department of Commerce; Linda Cornish, Seafood Nutrition Partnership, 
Arlington, Virginia; Kathryn Unger, Cargill Aqua Nutrition North 
America, Wayzata, Minnesota, on behalf of Stronger America Through 
Seafood, Inc.; Benjamin S. Halpern, University of California National 
Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara; and Jay 
Julius, Lummi Nation, Bellingham, Washington.
IMPACTS OF DISEASES ON WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the impacts of diseases on wildlife conservation and 
management, after receiving testimony from Stephen Guertin, Deputy 
Director for Policy, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the 
Interior; Holly Niederriter, Delaware Department of Natural Resources 
and Environmental Control Division of Fish and Wildlife, Smyrna; and 
Walter E. Cook, Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine and 
Biomedical Sciences Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College 
Station.
U.S.-IRAN POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine United States-Iran policy, after receiving testimony from Brian 
H. Hook, Special Representative, Department of State.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Carmen G. Cantor, of Puerto Rico, to be 
Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia, Michael George 
DeSombre, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand, who 
was introduced by Senator Young, Sung Y. Kim, of California, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia, Morse H. Tan, of Illinois, to 
be Ambassador at Large for Global Criminal Justice, and Kelley Eckels 
Currie, of Georgia, to be Ambassador at Large for Global Women's 
Issues, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.

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ARIA IN ACTION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, 
and International Cybersecurity Policy concluded a hearing to examine 
the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act in action, focusing on 
implementation and the Indo-Pacific strategy, after receiving testimony 
from David R. Stilwell, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of East 
Asian and Pacific Affairs; Randall Schriver, Assistant Secretary of 
Defense, Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, Department of Defense; and 
Gloria Steele, Acting Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Asia, United 
States Agency for International Development.
HOMEOWNERSHIP IN INDIAN COUNTRY
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine lending opportunities, focusing on homeownership in Indian 
country, after receiving testimony from R. Hunter Kurtz, Assistant 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Public and Indian 
Housing; Darryl LaCounte, Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
Department of the Interior; Patrice H. Kunesh, Federal Reserve Bank of 
Minneapolis Center for Indian Country Development, Minneapolis, 
Minnesota; Max Zuni, Pueblo of Isleta, Isleta, New Mexico; and 
Nathanial Mount, Fort Belknap Indian Community Council, Harlem, 
Montana.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Barbara Lagoa and Robert J. Luck, both of Florida, 
both to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, who 
were introduced by Senator Rick Scott, Sylvia Carreno-Coll, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico, John M. 
Gallagher, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Pennsylvania, who was introduced by Senators Casey and Toomey, and 
Sherri A. Lydon, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
South Carolina, who was introduced by Senator Tim Scott, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
FALLS PREVENTION
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
falls prevention, focusing on national, state, and local solutions to 
better support seniors, after receiving testimony from Kathleen A. 
Cameron, National Council on Aging Center for Healthy Aging, and 
Elizabeth Thompson, National Osteoporosis Foundation, both of 
Arlington, Virginia; Peggy Haynes, MaineHealth, Portland; and Virginia 
Demby, accompanied by Ellen Williams, both of Chester, Pennsylvania.