[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 28, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D74-D76]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered 
favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res. 48) authorizing 
expenditures by the Committee, and rules of procedure for the 114th 
Congress.
  Also, Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management and Trade: Senators 
Boozman (Chair), Cochran, Hoeven, Perdue, Grassley, Thune, Donnelly, 
Heitkamp, Brown, Gillibrand, and Bennet.
  Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy: Senators Ernst (Chair), 
Cochran, Hoeven, Perdue, Tillis, Thune, Heitkamp, Brown, Klobuchar, 
Bennet, and Donnelly.

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  Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry and Natural Resources: 
Senators Perdue (Chair), Cochran, McConnell, Boozman, Sasse, Grassley, 
Bennet, Klobuchar, Leahy, Heitkamp, and Casey.
  Subcommittee on Nutrition, Specialty Crops and Agricultural Research: 
Senators Hoeven (Chair), McConnell, Boozman, Ernst, Tillis, Sasse, 
Casey, Leahy, Brown, Gillibrand, and Bennet.
  Subcommittee on Livestock, Marketing and Agriculture Security: 
Senators Sasse (Chair), McConnell, Ernst, Tillis, Thune, Grassley, 
Gillibrand, Leahy, Klobuchar, Donnelly, and Casey.
  Senators Roberts and Stabenow are ex-officio members of each 
subcommittee.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 41 
nominations in the Air Force and Marine Corps.
BUDGET CONTROL ACT
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the impact of the ``Budget Control Act of 2011'' and sequestration on 
national security, after receiving testimony from General Raymond T. 
Odierno, Chief of Staff of the Army, Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert, 
Chief of Naval Operations, General Mark A. Welsh III, Chief of Staff of 
the Air Force, and General Joseph Dunford, Commandant of the Marine 
Corps, all of the Department of Defense.
CBO BUDGET AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
Congressional Budget Office's budget and economic outlook for fiscal 
years 2015-2025, after receiving testimony from Douglas W. Elmendorf, 
Director, Congressional Budget Office.
FREIGHT RAIL TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine freight rail transportation, focusing on enhancing 
safety, efficiency, and commerce, after receiving testimony from 
Michelle Teel, Missouri Department of Transportation Multimodal 
Operations Director, Jefferson City; Frank Lonegro, CSX Transportation, 
Inc., on behalf of the Association of American Railroads, and David A. 
Brown, Genesee and Wyoming Railroad Services, Inc., both of 
Jacksonville, Florida; Bill Johnson, Miami-Dade County, Miami, Florida; 
and Chris Jahn, The Fertilizer Institute, Washington, DC.
MAP-21 REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine MAP-21 reauthorization, focusing on Federal and 
state perspectives, after receiving testimony from Anthony R. Foxx, 
Secretary of Transportation; Alabama Governor Robert Bentley, 
Montgomery, on behalf of the National Governors Association; Vermont 
Governor Peter Shumlin, Montpelier; and Darin Bergquist, South Dakota 
Secretary of Transportation, Pierre.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported H.R. 22, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health 
coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken 
into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the 
employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. Res. 35, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of 
the Auschwitz extermination camp in Nazi-occupied Poland, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  An original resolution (S. Res. 47) authorizing expenditures by the 
Committee, and rules of procedure for the 114th Congress.
PROTECTING AMERICA FROM CYBER ATTACKS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine protecting America from cyber attacks, 
focusing on the importance of information sharing, after receiving 
testimony from Marc D. Gordon, American Express, and Peter J. Beshar, 
Marsh and McLennan Companies, both of New York, New York; Scott 
Charney, Microsoft Corporation, and Gregory T. Nojeim, The Center for 
Democracy and Technology, both of Washington, DC; and Richard Bejtlich, 
FireEye, Reston, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  The nominations of Allison Beck, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Director, Adri Davin Jayaratne, of 
Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, and Mary Lucille 
Jordan, of Maryland, and Michael Young, of Pennsylvania, both to be a 
Member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission.

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  S. 192, to reauthorize the Older Americans Act of 1965;
  An original bill entitled, ``Strengthening Education Through Research 
Act''; and
  An original resolution (S. Res. 44) authorizing expenditures by the 
committee during the 114th Congress, and adopted its rules of procedure 
for the 114th Congress.
  Also, Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Children and Families: Senators Paul (Chair), 
Murkowski, Burr, Kirk, Hatch, Roberts, Cassidy, Casey, Mikulski, 
Sanders, Franken, and Bennet.
  Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety: Senators Isakson 
(Chair), Paul, Scott, Kirk, Roberts, Cassidy, Franken, Casey, 
Whitehouse, and Baldwin.
  Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security: Senators Enzi 
(Chair), Burr, Collins, Kirk, Scott, Hatch, Roberts, Cassidy, 
Murkowski, Sanders, Mikulski, Bennet, Whitehouse, Baldwin, Murphy, and 
Warren.
  Senators Alexander and Murray are ex officio members of each 
subcommittee.
INDIAN COUNTRY PRIORITIES
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine Indian country priorities for the 114th Congress, after 
receiving testimony from Aaron Payment, National Congress of American 
Indians, Melvin Monette, National Indian Education Association, and 
Stacy Bohlen, National Indian Health Board, all of Washington, DC; Gary 
Davis, National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development, 
Mesa, Arizona; and Vance Home Gun, Aspen Institute Center for Native 
American Youth, Arlee, Montana.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution (S. Res. 49) authorizing expenditures by the 
Committee, and adopted its rules of procedure for the 114th Congress.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee began hearings to examine the 
nomination of Loretta E. Lynch, of New York, to be Attorney General, 
after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Schumer and 
Gillibrand, testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
  Hearings recessed subject to the call and will meet again at 10 a.m., 
on Thursday, January 29, 2015.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee ordered 
favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res. 45) authorizing 
expenditures by the Committee, and rules of procedure for the 114th 
Congress.
BUSINESS MEETING
Special Committee on Aging: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution (S. Res. 46) authorizing expenditures by the 
Committee, and rules of procedure for the 114th Congress.