[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 169 (Thursday, October 24, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1160-D1161]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Vice Admiral Charles A. Richard, USN, to be Admiral 
and Commander, United States Strategic Command, Department of Defense, 
after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
DATA OWNERSHIP
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine data ownership, focusing on exploring implications 
for data privacy rights and data valuation, including S. 1951, to 
require the Securities and Exchange Commission to promulgate 
regulations relating to the disclosure of certain commercial data, 
after receiving testimony from Jeffrey Ritter, American Bar 
Association, Durham, North Carolina; Chad A. Marlow, American Civil 
Liberties Union, New York, New York; Will Rinehart, American Action 
Forum, Washington, D.C.; and Michelle Dennedy, DrumWave Inc., Palo 
Alto, California.
SUBSTANCE MISUSE IN AMERICA
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine treating 
substance misuse in America, focusing on scams, shortfalls, and 
solutions, after receiving testimony from Vice Admiral Jerome M. Adams, 
Surgeon General, and Gary Cantrell, Deputy Inspector General for 
Investigations, Office of Investigations, Office of Inspector General, 
both of the Department of Health and Human Services; Mary Denigan-
Macauley, Director, Health Care, Government Accountability Office; and 
Gary Mendell, Shatterproof, New York, New York.
E-RULEMAKING COMMENT SYSTEMS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations concluded a joint hearing with the 
Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management to examine E-
Rulemaking comment systems, after receiving testimony from Elizabeth 
Angerman, Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of 
Government-Wide Policy, General Services Administration; Dominic 
Mancini, Deputy Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, on behalf of the eRulemaking 
Executive Steering Committee; Ashley Boizelle, Deputy General Counsel, 
Federal Communications Commission; and Seto J. Bagdoyan, Director of 
Audits, Forensic Audits and Investigative Service, Government 
Accountability Office.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Danielle J. Hunsaker, of Oregon, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, William Joseph Nardini, of 
Connecticut, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, 
Karen Spencer Marston, to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Anuraag Singhal, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, and David M. 
DeVillers, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of 
Ohio, Department of Justice.

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INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.