[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 185 (Tuesday, November 19, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1270-D1273]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
REVIEW OF CREDIT CONDITIONS: REPORT FROM THE FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
(FCA)
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy 
and Credit held a hearing entitled ``Review of Credit Conditions: 
Report from the Farm Credit Administration (FCA)''. Testimony was heard 
from Glen R. Smith, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Farm Credit 
Administration.


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  November 19, 2019, on page D1270, the following language 
appears: REVIEW OF CREDIT CONDITIONS: REPORT FROM THE FARM CREDIT 
ADMINISTRATION (FCA) Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on 
Commodity Exchanges, Energy and Credit held a hearing entitled 
``Review of Credit Conditions: Report from the Farm Credit 
Administration (FCA)''. Testimony was heard from Glen R. Smith, 
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administration, 
McLean, Virginia.
  
  The online version has been corrected to read: REVIEW OF CREDIT 
CONDITIONS: REPORT FROM THE FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION (FCA) 
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, 
Energy and Credit held a hearing entitled ``Review of Credit 
Conditions: Report from the Farm Credit Administration (FCA)''. 
Testimony was heard from Glen R. Smith, Chairman and Chief 
Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administration.


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        REVIEW OF THE OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL 
                                                            RIGHTS
  Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Oversight and Department 
                   Operations held a hearing entitled

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 ``Review of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights''. 
Testimony was heard from Naomi C. Earp, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
                Civil Rights, Department of Agriculture.
                                            MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
  Committee on Energy and Commerce: Full Committee began a markup on 
    legislation on the Safe, Accountable, Fair, and Environmentally 
Responsible Pipeline Act of 2019; H.R. 2339, the ``Reversing the Youth 
   Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019''; H.R. 4995, the ``Maternal Health 
 Quality Improvement Act of 2019''; H.R. 4996, the ``Helping Medicaid 
Offer Maternity Services Act of 2019''; H.R. 1603, the ``Alan Reinstein 
  Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2019''; H.R. 535, the ``PFAS Action Act of 
2019''; H.R. 2699, the ``Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2019''; 
 H.R. 3851, the ``Brand USA Extension Act''; H.R. 4779, to extend the 
Undertaking Spam, Spyware, And Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers beyond 
Borders Act of 2006, and for other purposes; H.R. 4229, the ``Broadband 
 Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability Act''; H.R. 4227, 
the ``Mapping Accuracy Promotes Services Act''; H.R. 5000, the ``SHARE 
  Act''; H.R. 4998, the ``Secure and Trusted Communications Networks 
  Act''; H.R. 4461, the ``Network Security Information Sharing Act of 
2019''; H.R. 2881, the ``Secure 5G and Beyond Act of 2019''; H.R. 4500, 
  the ``Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2019''; H. 
Res. 575, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that all 
  stakeholders in the deployment of 5G communications infrastructure 
  should carefully consider and adhere to the recommendation of ``The 
 Prague Proposals''; and H.R. 5035, the ``Television Viewer Protection 
                                 Act''.
     AMERICA FOR SALE? AN EXAMINATION OF THE PRACTICES OF PRIVATE 
                                                             FUNDS
Committee on Financial Services: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``America for Sale? An Examination of the Practices of Private Funds''. 
               Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
                           FY2020 BUDGET AND U.S.-AFRICA RELATIONS
 Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, 
  Global Human Rights, and International Organizations held a hearing 
  entitled ``FY2020 Budget and U.S.-Africa Relations''. Testimony was 
 heard from Tibor P. Nagy, Jr., Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African 
Affairs, Department of State; and Cheryl L. Anderson, Deputy Assistant 
    Administrator, Bureau for Africa, U.S. Agency for International 
                              Development.
                           THE IMPORTANCE OF THE OPEN SKIES TREATY
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, 
  and the Environment held a hearing entitled ``The Importance of the 
Open Skies Treaty''. Testimony was heard from Amy Woolf, Specialist in 
  Nuclear Weapons Policy, Congressional Research Services, Library of 
                    Congress; and public witnesses.
           WHAT'S NEXT FOR LEBANON? EXAMINING THE IMPLICATIONS OF 
                                                  CURRENT PROTESTS
 Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on the Middle East, North 
 Africa, and International Terrorism held a hearing entitled ``What's 
  Next for Lebanon? Examining the Implications of Current Protests''. 
  Testimony was heard from Carla E. Humud, Analyst in Middle Eastern 
   Affairs, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; and 
                           public witnesses.
         EXAMINING THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF DHS 
                                         `REMAIN IN MEXICO' POLICY
   Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Border Security, 
 Facilitation, and Operations held a hearing entitled ``Examining the 
Human Rights and Legal Implications of DHS 'Remain in Mexico' Policy''. 
               Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
         THE ROAD TO 2020: DEFENDING AGAINST ELECTION INTERFERENCE
    Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, 
Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation held a hearing entitled ``The 
Road to 2020: Defending Against Election Interference''. Testimony was 
                      heard from public witnesses.
           THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD AND THE APPOINTMENTS 
                    CLAUSE: IMPLICATIONS OF RECENT COURT DECISIONS
   Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual 
 Property, and the Internet held a hearing entitled ``The Patent Trial 
 and Appeal Board and the Appointments Clause: Implications of Recent 
     Court Decisions''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
      REVIEWING THE BROKEN PROMISES REPORT: EXAMINING THE CHRONIC 
                      FEDERAL FUNDING SHORTFALLS IN INDIAN COUNTRY
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of 
   the United States held a hearing entitled ``Reviewing the Broken 
                            Promises Report:

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 Examining the Chronic Federal Funding Shortfalls in Indian Country''. 
  Testimony was heard from Patricia Timmons Goodson, Vice-Chair, U.S. 
    Commission on Civil Rights; Anna Maria Ortiz, Director, Natural 
   Resources and Environment, Government Accountability Office; Rear 
    Admiral Chris Buchanan, Deputy Director, Indian Health Service, 
    Department of Health and Human Services; Jason Freihage, Deputy 
     Assistant Secretary for Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
           Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
     TOXIC, FOREVER CHEMICALS: A CALL FOR IMMEDIATE FEDERAL ACTION 
                                                           ON PFAS
 Committee on Oversight and Reform: Subcommittee on Environment held a 
   hearing entitled ``Toxic, Forever Chemicals: A Call for Immediate 
  Federal Action on PFAS''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
     THE DEFENSE POW/MIA ACCOUNTING AGENCY: BRINGING OUR NATION'S 
                                                       HEROES HOME
 Committee on Oversight and Reform: Subcommittee on National Security 
   held a hearing entitled ``The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency: 
  Bringing Our Nation's Heroes Home''. Testimony was heard from Kelly 
   McKeague, Director, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency; and public 
                               witnesses.
THE DEFENSE POW/MIA ACCOUNTING AGENCY: BRINGING OUR NATION'S HEROES 
HOME
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 1309, the 
``Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service 
Workers Act''. The Committee granted, by nonrecord vote, a structured 
rule providing for consideration of H.R. 1309, the ``Workplace Violence 
Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act''. The rule 
provides one hour of general debate on the bill equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Education and Labor. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill. The rule provides that an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 
116-37, modified by the amendment printed in Part A of the Rules 
Committee report, shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as 
amended, shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of 
order against provisions in the bill, as amended. The rule makes in 
order only those further amendments printed in part B the Rules 
Committee report accompanying the resolution. Each such amendment may 
be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only 
by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, 
shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided 
and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject 
to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question. The rule waives all points of order against the amendments 
printed in part B of the report. The rule provides one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions. The rule provides that on any 
legislative day during the period from November 22, 2019, through 
December 2, 2019: the Journal of the proceedings of the previous day 
shall be considered as approved; and the Chair may at any time declare 
the House adjourned to meet at a date and time to be announced by the 
Chair in declaring the adjournment. The rule provides that the Speaker 
may appoint Members to perform the duties of the Chair for the duration 
of the period addressed by section 2. The rule provides that each day 
during the period addressed by section 2 shall not constitute a 
calendar or legislative day for purposes of clause 7(c)(1) of rule 
XXII. The rule provides that it shall be in order at any time on the 
legislative day of November 21, 2019, for the Speaker to entertain 
motions that the House suspend the rules as though under clause 1 of 
rule XV, and that the Speaker or her designee shall consult with the 
Minority Leader or his designee on the designation of any matter for 
consideration pursuant to this section. Testimony was heard from 
Chairman Scott of Virginia, and Representatives Byrne and Courtney.
SMART CONSTRUCTION: INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES IN 
INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Contracting and 
Infrastructure held a hearing entitled ``Smart Construction: Increasing 
Opportunities for Small Businesses in Infrastructure''. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
CONCEPTS FOR THE NEXT WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT: PROMOTING 
RESILIENCY OF OUR NATION'S WATER RESOURCES INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment held a hearing entitled ``Concepts for the 
Next Water Resources Development Act: Promoting Resiliency of our 
Nation's Water Resources Infrastructure''. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
FURTHER EXAMINING FOREVER GI BILL IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity 
held a hearing entitled ``Further Examining Forever GI Bill 
Implementation Efforts''. Testimony was heard from Paul R. Lawrence, 
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Secretary, Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans 
Affairs; James P. Gfrerer, Assistant Secretary, Office of Information 
and Technology, Department of Veterans Affairs; and a public witness.
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY: MS. WILLIAMS AND LT. COL. VINDMAN
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Full Committee held a 
hearing entitled ``Impeachment Inquiry: Ms. Williams and Lt. Col. 
Vindman''. Testimony was heard from Jennifer Williams, Special Advisor 
for Europe and Russia, Office of the Vice President of the United 
States; and Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, Director for European 
Affairs, National Security Council, Executive Office of the President 
of the United States.
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY: AMBASSADOR VOLKER AND MR. MORRISON
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Full Committee held a 
hearing entitled ``Impeachment Inquiry: Ambassador Volker and Mr. 
Morrison''. Testimony was heard from Timothy Morrison, Special 
Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Europe and Russia, 
National Security Council, Executive Office of the President; and a 
public witness.

Joint Meetings
OPEN SKIES TREATY
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Commission concluded 
a joint hearing with the House Committee on Foreign Affairs 
Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment to examine 
the importance of the Open Skies Treaty, after receiving testimony from 
Amy F. Woolf, Specialist in Nuclear Weapons Policy, Congressional 
Research Service, Library of Congress; Jon Brook Wolfsthal, Global 
Zero, Washington, D.C.; and Damian Leader, New York University, New 
York, New York.