[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 172 (Wednesday, October 30, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1183-D1184]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERS ACT
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, after receiving testimony from 
Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States, Government 
Accountability Office.
WATER SECURITY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power concluded a hearing to examine the use of technology and 
innovation to increase water security and enable economic development 
in the West, after receiving testimony from John Louis Sabo, Arizona 
State University Future H2O, Tempe; Amit Lang, EMS Mekorot Projects 
Ltd., Holon, Israel; Margi Hoffmann, Farmers Conservation Alliance, 
Hood River, Oregon; Mary Beth Sewald, Las Vegas Metro Chamber of 
Commerce, Las Vegas, Nevada; and Stephen Harper, Intel Corporation, 
Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Sean O'Donnell, of Maryland, to be 
Inspector General, Environmental Protection Agency, after the nominee, 
who was introduced by Senator Cardin, testified and answered questions 
in his own behalf.

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MEDICAID
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Health Care concluded a hearing 
to examine Medicaid, focusing on compliance with eligibility 
requirements, after receiving testimony from Brian P. Ritchie, 
Assistant Inspector General for Audit Services, Office of Inspector 
General, Department of Health and Human Services; Carolyn L. Yocom, 
Director, Health Care, Government Accountability Office; Daryl G. 
Purpera, Louisiana Legislative Auditor, Baton Rouge; and Judith 
Solomon, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of John Joseph Sullivan, of Maryland, to be 
Ambassador to the Russian Federation, Department of State, after the 
nominee, who was introduced by Senators Cardin and Sullivan, testified 
and answered questions in his own behalf.
UNAUTHORIZED AND UNACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management concluded a 
hearing to examine the unauthorized and unaccountable government, 
including H.R. 2505, to provide for a reauthorizing schedule for 
unauthorized Federal programs, after receiving testimony from 
Representative Rodgers; Kevin R. Kosar, R Street Institute, and James 
A. Thurber, American University Center for Congressional and 
Presidential Studies, both of Washington, D.C.; and Jonathan M. Bydlak, 
Institute for Spending Reform, Alexandria, Virginia.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Patrick J. Bumatay, of California, and Lawrence 
VanDyke, of Nevada, both to be a United States Circuit Judge for the 
Ninth Circuit, Philip M. Halpern, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of New York, Bernard Maurice Jones II, to be 
United States District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, who 
was introduced by Senators Inhofe and Lankford, and Barbara Bailey 
Jongbloed, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Connecticut, who was introduced by Senator Murphy, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
PROMOTING THE USEFUL ARTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Intellectual Property 
concluded a hearing to examine promoting the useful arts, focusing on 
how Congress can prevent the issuance of poor quality patents, after 
receiving testimony from Andrew Hirshfeld, Commissioner of Patents, 
Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce; R. Polk Wagner, 
University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia; Melissa F. 
Wasserman, University of Texas School of Law, Austin; Teresa Stanek 
Rea, Crowell and Moring LLP, Washington, D.C.; and Colleen Chien, Santa 
Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, California.