[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 22 (Tuesday, February 10, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D121-D122]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
global challenges and the United States national security strategy, 
after receiving testimony from Eric S. Edelman, and Michele A. 
Flournoy, both of the National Defense Panel, Washington, D.C., and 
both a former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Ashton B. Carter, of Massachusetts, to be Secretary of 
Defense.
REGULATORY RELIEF FOR COMMUNITY BANKS AND CREDIT UNIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine regulatory relief for community banks and credit 
unions, after receiving testimony from Toney Bland, Senior Deputy 
Comptroller for Midsize and Community Bank Supervision, Office of the 
Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury; Doreen R. 
Eberley, Director, Division of Risk Management Supervision, Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation; Larry Fazio, Director, Office of 
Examination and Insurance, National Credit Union Administration; 
Maryann F. Hunter, Deputy Director, Division of Banking Supervision and 
Regulation, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; and 
Candace A. Franks, Arkansas State Bank Department Bank Commissioner, 
Little Rock, on behalf of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors.
KEEPING GOODS MOVING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and 
Security concluded a hearing to examine keeping goods moving, after 
receiving testimony from Norman Bessac, Cargill Pork, Wichita, Kansas; 
Katie Farmer, BNSF Railway Company, Fort Worth, Texas; Walter Kemmsies, 
Moffatt and Nichol, New York, New York; and John E. Greuling, Will 
County Center for Economic Development, Joliet, Illinois, on behalf of 
the Coalition for America's Gateways and Trade Corridors.
TAX REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine tax 
reform, focusing on lessons Congress can learn from the Tax Reform Act 
of 1986, after receiving testimony from former Senators Bob Packwood 
and Bill Bradley.

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IRAN NUCLEAR NEGOTIATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on 
an update on Iran nuclear negotiations from national security briefers.
VACCINE-PREVENTABLE DISEASES
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the reemergence of vaccine-preventable 
diseases, focusing on exploring the public health successes and 
challenges, after receiving testimony from Anne Schuchat, Director, 
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human 
Services; Kelly L. Moore, Tennessee Department of Health Immunization 
Program Director, Nashville; Mark H. Sawyer, University of California 
San Diego Division of Infectious Diseases; and Timothy Jacks, Gilbert, 
Arizona.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
   Committee recessed subject to the call.