[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 25, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D174-D175]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: AIR FORCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2016 for the Air Force, after receiving 
testimony from Deborah Lee James, Secretary, and General Mark A. Welsh, 
Chief of Staff, both of the Air Force, Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee adopted its rules of procedure 
for the 114th Congress.
MILITARY COMPENSATION AND RETIREMENT MODERNIZATION COMMISSION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a 
hearing to examine healthcare recommendations of the Military 
Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission, after receiving 
testimony from Alphonso Maldon, Jr., Chairman, and Stephen E. Buyer, 
Michael R. Higgins, General Peter W. Chiarelli, USA (Ret.), Admiral 
Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr., USN (Ret.), each a Commissioner, all of 
the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission, 
Department of Defense; Vice Admiral Norbert R. Ryan, Jr., USN (Ret.), 
Military Officers Association of America, Joyce W. Raezer, National 
Military Family Association, and Thomas J. Snee, Fleet Reserve 
Association, all of Alexandria, Virginia; and Major General Gus L. 
Hargett, Jr., ARNG (Ret.), National Guard Association of the United 
States, Washington, D.C.
REGIONAL NUCLEAR DYNAMICS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing to examine regional nuclear dynamics, after receiving 
testimony from Andrew F. Krepinevich, Center for Strategic and 
Budgetary Assessments, Matthew Kroenig, Georgetown University, and 
George Perkovich, and Ashley J. Tellis, both of the Carnegie Endowment 
for International Peace, all of Washington, D.C.
AMERICA'S DEBT
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
America's debt, after receiving testimony from Laurence J. Kotlikoff, 
Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts; Heather Pfitzenmaier, The 
Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.; and Bruce Bartlett, former 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy, Great 
Falls, Virginia.
INTERNET GOVERNANCE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine preserving the multistakeholder model of Internet 
governance, after receiving testimony from Lawrence E. Strickling, 
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, 
National Telecommunications and Information Administration; Fadi 
Chehade, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, Los 
Angeles, California; and David A. Gross, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, 
D.C.
MAP-21 REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act 
(MAP-21) reauthorization, focusing on perspectives from owners, 
operators, and users of the system, after receiving testimony from 
Carlos M. Braceras, Utah Department of Transportation Executive 
Director, Salt Lake City, on behalf of the American Association of 
State Highway and Transportation Officials; Steve Heminger, 
Metropolitan Transportation Commission, San Francisco, California; 
Thomas J. Riordan, Neenah Enterprises, Inc., Neenah, Wisconsin,

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on behalf of the National Association of Manufacturers; Dave Gardner, 
Ingredion Incorporated, Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of the U.S. 
Chamber of Commerce; and Walt Rowen, Susquehanna Glass Co., Lancaster, 
Pennsylvania.
FIGHT AGAINST ISIS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), 
focusing on building the coalition and ensuring military effectiveness, 
after receiving testimony from General John R. Allen, (USMC, Ret.), 
Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, 
Department of State.
21ST CENTURY REGULATORY SYSTEM
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine a 21st century regulatory system, after 
receiving testimony from Douglas Holtz-Eakin, American Action Forum, 
and Michael Mandel, Progressive Policy Institute, both of Washington, 
D.C.; Jerry Ellig, George Mason University Mercatus Center, Arlington, 
Virginia; and Sally Katzen, New York University School of Law, New 
York, New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 230, to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the 
Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation located in Bethel, Alaska;
  S. 321, to revoke the charter of incorporation of the Miami Tribe of 
Oklahoma at the request of that tribe; and
  S. 501, to make technical corrections to the Navajo water rights 
settlement in the State of New Mexico.
INDIAN PROGRAMS BUDGET
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2016 
for Indian programs, after receiving testimony from Kevin Washburn, 
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; Yvette 
Roubideaux, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services for American Indians and Alaska Natives; and Rodger J. Boyd, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, Office of Native American Programs.