[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 36 (Tuesday, March 3, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D210-D211]
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 the nominations of Jeffery S. Hall, of Kentucky, and 
Dallas P. Tonsager, of South Dakota, both to be a Member of the Farm 
Credit Administration Board, Farm Credit Administration.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates and justification for fiscal year 2016 for the Department of 
the Treasury, after receiving testimony from Jacob J. Lew, Secretary, 
John A. Koskinen, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, and J. 
Russell George, Inspector General for Tax Administration, all of the 
Department of the Treasury.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND THE FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine a 
review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2016 and 
the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Ashton 
B. Carter, Secretary, and General Martin E. Dempsey, USA, Chairman, 
Joint Chiefs of Staff, both of the Department of Defense.
FEDERAL RESERVE ACCOUNTABILITY AND REFORM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine Federal Reserve accountability and reform, including 
S. 530, to require the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New 
York to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate, after receiving testimony from John B. Taylor, 
Hoover Institution, and Peter Conti-Brown, Stanford Law School Rock 
Center for Corporate Governance, both of Stanford University, Palo 
Alto, California; Paul H. Kupiec, American Enterprise Institute, 
Washington, D.C.; and Allan H. Meltzer, Carnegie Mellon University 
Tepper School of Business, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BUDGET
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2016 for the Department of Commerce and the Department of 
Transportation, after receiving testimony from Anthony R. Foxx, 
Secretary of Transportation; and Penny Pritzker, Secretary of Commerce.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee announced 
the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security: Senators 
Ayotte (Chair), Wicker, Blunt, Rubio, Cruz, Fischer, Moran, Sullivan, 
Johnson, Heller, Gardner, Cantwell, Klobuchar, Blumenthal, Schatz, 
Markey, Booker, Udall, Manchin, and Peters.
  Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the 
Internet: Senators Wicker (Chair), Blunt, Rubio, Ayotte, Cruz, Fischer, 
Moran, Sullivan, Johnson, Heller, Gardner, Daines, Schatz, Cantwell, 
McCaskill, Klobuchar, Blumenthal, Markey, Booker, Udall, Manchin, and 
Peters.
  Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and 
Data Security: Senators Moran (Chair), Blunt, Cruz, Fischer, Heller, 
Gardner, Daines, Blumenthal, McCaskill, Klobuchar, Markey, Booker, and 
Udall.
  Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard: 
Senators Rubio (Chair), Wicker, Ayotte, Cruz, Sullivan, Johnson, 
Booker, Cantwell, Blumenthal, Markey, Schatz, and Peters.
  Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness: Senators Cruz 
(Chair), Rubio, Moran, Sullivan, Gardner, Daines, Peters, Markey, 
Booker, Schatz, and Udall.

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  Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine 
Infrastructure, Safety and Security: Senators Fischer (Chair), Wicker, 
Blunt, Ayotte, Moran, Sullivan, Johnson, Heller, Daines, Booker, 
Cantwell, McCaskill, Klobuchar, Blumenthal, Schatz, Markey, and Udall.
  Senators Thune and Nelson are ex officio members of all 
subcommittees.
FAIRNESS IN TAXATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine fairness 
in taxation, after receiving testimony from Lawrence Lindsey, The 
Lindsey Group, Fairfax, Virginia; Deroy Murdock, Atlas Network, and 
Steven Rattner, Willett Advisors LLC, both of New York, New York; and 
Heather Boushey, Washington Center for Equitable Growth, Washington, 
D.C.
CAMPAIGN AGAINST ISIS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on 
an update on the campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria 
(ISIS) from Michael P. Dempsey, Deputy Director of National 
Intelligence for Intelligence Integration, Office of the Director of 
National Intelligence; and Brett McGurk, Deputy Special Presidential 
Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, Department of State.
U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and the 
National Interest concluded an oversight hearing to examine United 
States Citizenship and Immigration Services, focusing on ensuring 
agency priorities comply with the law, after receiving testimony from 
Joseph Moore, Senior Financial Official, Donald Neufeld, Associate 
Director, Service Center Operations, and Daniel Renaud, Associate 
Director, Field Operations, all of Citizenship and Immigration 
Services, Department of Homeland Security.