[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 47 (Thursday, March 19, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D306-D307]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: VETERANS BENEFITS 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 years 2016 and 
2017 for the Veterans Benefits Administration, after receiving 
testimony from Allison A. Hickey, Under Secretary for Benefits, James 
E. Manker, Jr., Chief Financial Officer, and Thomas Murphy, Director, 
Compensation Service, all of the Veterans Benefits Administration, 
Department of Veterans Affairs.
APPROPRIATIONS: UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Homeland 
Security concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2016 for the United States Secret 
Service, after receiving testimony from Joseph P. Clancy, Director, 
United States Secret Service, Department of Homeland Security.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
U.S. Strategic Command, U.S. Transportation Command, and U.S. Cyber 
Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 
2016 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony 
from Admiral Cecil D. Haney, USN, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, 
General Paul J. Selva, USAF, Commander, U.S. Transportation Command, 
and Admiral Michael S. Rogers, USN, Commander, U.S. Cyber Command, 
Director, National Security Agency, and Chief, Central Security 
Services, all of the Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland concluded a 
hearing to examine Air Force force structure and modernization in 
review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2016 and 
the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from 
William A. LaPlante, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for 
Acquisition, Lieutenant General Tod D. Wolters, USAF, Deputy Chief of 
Staff of the Air Force for Operations, and Lieutenant General James M. 
Holmes, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Air Force for Strategic 
Plans and Requirements, all of the Department of Defense.
REGULATORY REGIME FOR REGIONAL BANKS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the regulatory regime for regional banks, after 
receiving testimony from Thomas J. Curry, Comptroller of the Currency, 
Department of the Treasury; Martin J. Gruenberg, Chairman, Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation; and Daniel K. Tarullo, Member, Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
BUDGET: 2016
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported a 
concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the 
United States Government for fiscal year 2016, revising the appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal year 2015, and setting forth the 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2025.
CYBER INSURANCE MARKETPLACE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security 
concluded a hearing to examine the evolving cyber insurance 
marketplace, after receiving testimony from Ben Beeson, Lockton 
Companies, Washington, D.C.; Catherine Mulligan, Zurich, New York, New 
York; Ola Sage, e-Management, Silver Spring, Maryland; and Michael 
Menapace, Wiggin and Dana, Hartford, Connecticut.

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U.S. CRUDE OIL EXPORT POLICY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine U.S. crude oil export policy, after receiving 
testimony from Carlos Pascual, IHS, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Center for a 
New American Security, Charles T. Drevna, American Fuel and 
Petrochemical Manufacturers, and Jeffrey Warmann, Monroe Energy Inc., 
on behalf of the CRUDE Coalition, all of Washington, D.C.; and Ryan 
Lance, ConocoPhillips, Houston, Texas.
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AT FIVE YEARS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
Affordable Care Act at five years, after receiving testimony from 
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, American Action Forum, Holly Wade, National 
Federation of Independent Business, and David Blumenthal, The 
Commonwealth Fund, all of Washington, D.C.
UNITED STATES-AFRICA LEADERS SUMMIT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Africa and Global 
Health Policy concluded a hearing to examine the United States-Africa 
leaders summit seven months later, focusing on progress and setbacks, 
after receiving testimony from Ben Leo, Center for Global Development, 
Del Renigar, General Electric, Susan C. Tuttle, IBM Government and 
Regulatory Affairs, and Thomas J. Bollyky, Council on Foreign 
Relations, all of Washington, D.C.
FEDERAL RULEMAKING CHALLENGES
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management concluded a hearing to 
examine Federal rulemaking challenges and areas of improvement within 
the existing regulatory process, after receiving testimony from John D. 
Graham, former Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Indiana University School of 
Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington; Neil Eisner, former 
Acting Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations and Enforcement, Federal 
Aviation Administration, American University Washington College of Law, 
and Pamela Gilbert, former Executive Director, Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, Cuneo Gilbert and LaDuca, both of Washington, D.C.; and 
Drew Greenblatt, Marlin Steel Wire Products, LLC, Baltimore, Maryland, 
on behalf of the National Association of Manufacturers.
TEXAS V. UNITED STATES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, 
Federal Rights and Federal Courts concluded a hearing to examine 
reining in amnesty, focusing on Texas v. United States and its 
implications, after receiving testimony from Kris W. Kobach, Kansas 
Secretary of State, Topeka; David B. Rivkin, Jr., BakerHostetler, LLP, 
Washington, D.C.; and Jill E. Family, Widener University School of Law 
Law and Government Institute, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
PATENT REFORM
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine patent reform, focusing on protecting innovation and 
entrepreneurship, including H.R. 9, to amend title 35, United States 
Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and 
technical corrections, and S. 632, to strengthen the position of the 
United States as the world's leading innovator by amending title 35, 
United States Code, to protect the property rights of the inventors 
that grow the country's economy, after receiving testimony from David 
Winwood, Louisiana State University Pennington Biomedical Research 
Center, Baton Rouge, on behalf of the Association of University 
Technology Managers; Robert N. Schmidt, Small Business Technology 
Council, Fort Meyers, Florida; Rachel King, GlycoMimetics, Inc., 
Gaithersburg, Maryland; Craig Bandes, Pixelligent Technologies, 
Baltimore, Maryland; and Timothy A. Molino, BSA The Software Alliance, 
Washington, D.C.
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.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
consider pending intelligence matters.
   Committee recessed subject to the call.