[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 27, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D65-D66]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
global challenges and U.S. national security strategy, after receiving 
testimony from General James N. Mattis, USMC (Ret.), and Admiral 
William J. Fallon, USN (Ret.), both a former Commander, United States 
Central Command, and General John M. Keane, USA (Ret.), former Vice 
Chief of Staff of the Army, all of the Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res. 42) authorizing 
expenditures by the Committee, and adopted its rules of procedure for 
the 114th Congress.
  Also, committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development: 
Senators Scott (Chair), Crapo, Heller, Moran, Corker, Cotton, Rounds, 
Vitter, Menendez, Reed, Schumer, Tester, Merkley, Heitkamp, and 
Donnelly.
  Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection: 
Senators Toomey (Chair), Crapo, Heller, Rounds, Corker, Vitter, Kirk, 
Scott, Merkley, Reed, Schumer, Menendez, Warner, Warren, and Donnelly.
  Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment: Senators Crapo 
(Chair), Corker, Vitter, Toomey, Kirk, Scott, Sasse, Moran, Warner, 
Reed, Schumer, Menendez, Tester, Warren, and Donnelly.
  Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and 
Finance: Senators Kirk (Chair), Cotton, Sasse, Heitkamp, and Warner.
  Subcommittee on Economic Policy: Senators Heller (Chair), Toomey, 
Cotton, Rounds, Sasse, Moran, Warren, Tester, Merkley, and Heitkamp.
  Senators Shelby and Brown are ex-officio members of each 
subcommittee.
IRAN SANCTIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine perspectives on the strategic necessity of Iran 
sanctions, after receiving testimony from Antony Blinken, Deputy 
Secretary of State; David S. Cohen, Under Secretary of the Treasury for 
Terrorism and Financial Intelligence; Mark Dubowitz, Foundation for 
Defense of Democracies, Bethesda, Maryland; and Patrick Clawson, 
Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Washington, DC.
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S 2015 TRADE POLICY AGENDA
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
President Obama's 2015 trade policy agenda, after receiving testimony 
from Michael Froman, United States Trade Representative.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations: Senators Portman (Chair), 
McCain, Paul, Lankford, Ayotte, Sasse, McCaskill, Tester, Baldwin, and 
Heitkamp.
  Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management: 
Senators Paul (Chair), Lankford, Enzi, Ayotte, Ernst, Sasse, Baldwin, 
McCaskill, Booker, and Peters.
  Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management: Senators 
Lankford (Chair), McCain, Portman, Enzi, Ernst, Sasse, Heitkamp, 
Tester, Booker, and Peters.
  Senators Johnson and Carper are ex-officio members of each 
subcommittee.
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine No Child Left Behind, focusing on 
supporting teachers and school leaders, after receiving testimony from 
Terry Holliday, Kentucky Commissioner of Education, Frankfort; Dan 
Goldhaber, American Institutes for Research National Center for 
Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research, Bothell, 
Washington; Saul Hinojosa, Somerset School District, Somerset, Texas; 
Rachelle Moore, Madrona K-8, Seattle, Washington, on behalf of the 
National Education Association; and Christine Handy-Collins, 
Gaithersburg High School, Gaithersburg, Maryland, on behalf of the 
National Association of Secondary School Principals.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
an original resolution authorizing

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expenditures by the Committee, and adopted its rules of procedure for 
the 114th Congress.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.