[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 10, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D256-D258]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine 
proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2016 for 
the Veterans Health Administration, after receiving testimony from 
Carolyn Clancy, Interim Under Secretary for Health, and James 
Tuchschmidt, Acting Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health, both 
of the Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

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APPROPRIATIONS: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE AND THE GOVERNMENT 
ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2016 for the Congressional Budget Office 
and the Government Accountability Office, after receiving testimony 
from Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget Office; and 
Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States, Government 
Accountability Office.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the posture of the Department of the Navy in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2016 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from Raymond E. Mabus, Jr., 
Secretary of the Navy, Admiral John W. Greenert, USN, Chief of Naval 
Operations, and General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., USMC, Commandant of the 
Marine Corps, all of the Department of Defense.
IRAN'S MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES AND IMPACT ON REGIONAL 
SECURITY
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities received a closed briefing on Iran's military and 
intelligence activities and impact on regional security from Matthew 
Spence, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Middle East Policy, and Colonel 
Mark W. Visconi, USAF, Director of Regional Operations for the Deputy 
Director for Special Operations (J-37), Joint Staff, both of the 
Department of Defense; and an official from the intelligence community.
VENTURE EXCHANGES AND SMALL-CAP COMPANIES
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities, Insurance, and Investment concluded a hearing to examine 
venture exchanges and small-cap companies, after receiving testimony 
from Stephen Luparello, Director, Division of Trading and Markets, 
Securities and Exchange Commission; Thomas W. Farley, New York Stock 
Exchange Group, and Nelson Griggs, Nasdaq, both of New York, New York; 
and Scott Kupor, Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Park, California.
TAX COMPLEXITY, COMPLIANCE, AND ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine tax 
complexity, compliance, and administration, focusing on the merits of 
simplification in tax reform, after receiving testimony from Bruce 
Bartlett, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for 
Economic Policy, Great Falls, Virginia; Carol Markman, EP Caine and 
Associates, CPA LLC, Westbury, New York; Mihir A. Desai, Harvard 
University, Boston, Massachusetts; and Keith Fogg, Villanova Law School 
Low Income Tax Clinic, Villanova, Pennsylvania.
UNITED STATES POLICY IN UKRAINE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine United States policy in Ukraine, focusing on countering Russia 
and driving reform, after receiving testimony from Victoria Nuland, 
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs; Brian 
P. McKeon, Principal Deputy Under Secretary, and Vice Admiral Frank 
Pandolfe, Director for Strategic Plans and Policy (J5), Joint Staff 
Pentagon, both of the Department of Defense; Ramin Toloui, Assistant 
Secretary of the Treasury for International Finance; John E. Herbst, 
former Ambassador to Ukraine, Atlantic Council, Washington, D.C.; and 
John Kornblum, former Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs 
and former Ambassador to Germany, Berlin, Germany.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Stafford Fitzgerald Haney, of New Jersey, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica, Gentry O. Smith, of North 
Carolina, to be Director of the Office of Foreign Missions, and to have 
the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service, and Charles C. 
Adams, Jr., of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Finland, 
all of the Department of State, and Matthew T. McGuire, of the District 
of Columbia, to be United States Executive Director of the 
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
LEADERSHIP IN MEDICAL INNOVATION FOR PATIENTS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine continuing America's leadership in 
medical innovation for patients, after receiving testimony from Francis 
S. Collins, Director, National Institutes of Health, and Margaret A. 
Hamburg, Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Food and Drug Administration, 
both of the Department of Health and Human Services.

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ANTITRUST DECREES THAT GOVERN THE MARKET FOR MUSIC
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition 
Policy and Consumer Rights concluded a hearing to examine the antitrust 
decrees that govern the market for music, after receiving testimony 
from Mike Dowdle, Bonneville International Corporation, Salt Lake City, 
Utah, on behalf of the National Association of Broadcasters; Jodie 
Griffin, Public Knowledge, Washington, D.C.; Christopher S. Harrison, 
Pandora Media, Inc., Austin, Texas; Elizabeth Matthews, American 
Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, and Matt Pincus, SONGS 
Music Publishing, both of New York, New York; and Lee Thomas Miller, 
Broadcast Music, Inc. Songwriter Affiliate, Nashville, Tennessee, on 
behalf of the Nashville Songwriters Association International.
INTELLIGENCE
  Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.