[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 11, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D263-D264]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates 
and justification for fiscal year 2016 for the National Nuclear 
Security Administration, after receiving testimony from Lieutenant 
General Frank G. Klotz, USAF (Ret.), Under Secretary for Nuclear 
Security, and Administrator, Donald Cook, Deputy Administrator for 
Defense Programs, Anne Harrington, Deputy Administrator for Defense 
Nuclear Nonproliferation, and Admiral John Richardson, United States 
Navy, Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion, and Deputy Administrator for 
Office of Naval Reactors, all of the National Nuclear Security 
Administration, Department of Energy.
APPROPRIATIONS: INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2016 for Indian Health Service, after receiving testimony from Yvette 
Roubideaux, Senior Advisor to the Secretary for American Indians and 
Alaska Natives, and Robert G. McSwain, Acting Director, Indian Health 
Service, both of the Department of Health and Human Services.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2016 for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, after 
receiving testimony from Julian Castro, Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development.
APPROPRIATIONS: ARMY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2016 for the Army, after receiving 
testimony from John McHugh, Secretary of the Army, and General Raymond 
T. Odierno, Chief of Staff of the Army, both of the Department of 
Defense.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ABROAD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs concluded a hearing to examine protecting 
religious freedom abroad, after receiving testimony from David N. 
Saperstein, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, 
Department of State; Bishop Oscar Cantu, U.S. Conference of Catholic 
Bishops, Las Cruces, New Mexico; and Tony Perkins, Family Research 
Council, and Jay Sekulow, American Center for Law and Justice, both of 
Washington, D.C.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded a 
hearing to examine Marine Corps ground modernization in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2016 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Thomas P. Dee, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Expeditionary Programs and Logistics 
Management), Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, 
Development, and Acquisition), and Lieutenant General Kenneth J. 
Glueck, Jr., USMC, Deputy Commandant, Combat Development and 
Integration, and Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development 
Command, both of the Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support concluded a hearing to examine military construction, 
environmental, energy, and base closure programs in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2016 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, after receiving testimony from John C. Conger, 
Performing the Duties of Assistant Secretary for Energy, Installations 
and Environment, Katherine G. Hammack, Assistant Secretary of the Army 
for Installations, Energy and Environment, Dennis V. McGinn, Assistant 
Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations and Environment, and 
Miranda A. A. Ballentine, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for 
Installations, Environment and Energy, all of the Department of 
Defense.
BENEFITS OF A BALANCED BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
benefits of a balanced budget, after receiving testimony from former 
Michigan Governor John Engler, Business Roundtable, and Maya 
MacGuineas, Committee for a Responsible Federal

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Budget, both of Washington, D.C.; and Mark Blyth, Brown University 
Watson Institute for International Studies, Providence, Rhode Island.
NATIONWIDE PUBLIC SAFETY WIRELESS BROADBAND NETWORK
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine a nationwide public safety wireless broadband 
network, including preliminary information on FirstNet's efforts to 
establish a nationwide broadband network, after receiving testimony 
from Bruce H. Andrews, Deputy Secretary, and Todd J. Zinser, Inspector 
General, both of the Department of Commerce; Mark L. Goldstein, 
Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, Government Accountability 
Office; G. Keith Bryant, Oklahoma City Fire Department Chief, Oklahoma 
City, Oklahoma, on behalf of the International Association of Fire 
Chiefs; and Sue Swenson, First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), 
Reston, Virginia.
CLEAN POWER PLANT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine state regulators' perspectives on the clean power 
plan, after receiving testimony from Ellen Nowak, Wisconsin Public 
Service Commission Chairperson, Madison; Todd Parfitt, Wyoming 
Department of Environmental Quality Director, Cheyenne; Thomas 
Easterly, Indiana Department of Environmental Management Commissioner, 
Indianapolis; Mary Nichols, California Air Resources Board Chairman, 
Sacramento; and Michael J. Myers, Office of New York State Attorney 
General Environmental Protection Bureau Assistant Attorney General, 
Albany.
USE OF FORCE AGAINST ISIS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the President's request for authorization to use force against 
the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), focusing on military and 
diplomatic efforts, after receiving testimony from John Kerry, 
Secretary of State; and Ash Carter, Secretary, and General Martin 
Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, both of the Department 
of Defense.
NOMINATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Jonodev Osceola Chaudhuri, of Arizona, to be Chairman 
of the National Indian Gaming Commission, after the nominee testified 
and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Kara Farnandez Stoll, of Virginia, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, and Roseann A. Ketchmark, 
to be United States District Judge for the Western District of 
Missouri, who was introduced by Senators Blunt and McCaskill, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.