[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 58 (Tuesday, April 21, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D419-D420]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AGRICULTURE TRADE WITH CUBA
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine opportunities and challenges for agriculture trade 
with Cuba, after receiving testimony from Michael Scuse, Under 
Secretary of Agriculture, Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service; 
Matthew S. Borman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export 
Administration; John E. Smith, Acting Director of the Office of Foreign 
Assets Control, Department of the Treasury; Michael V. Beall, NCBA 
CLUSA, Washington, D.C.; Terry L. Harris, Riceland Foods, Inc. 
Stuttgart, Arkansas; Ralph Kaehler, K-LER Cattle Company, St. Charles, 
Minnesota; Doug Keesling, Kansas Wheat, Chase; and C. Parr Rosson III, 
Texas A&M University, College Station.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
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 and 
fiscal year 2017 for the Department of Veterans Affairs, after 
receiving testimony from Robert A. McDonald, Secretary, Carolyn M. 
Clancy, Interim Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health 
Administration, and Danny Pummill, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for 
Benefits, Veterans Benefits Administration, all of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Peter Levine, of Maryland, to be Deputy Chief 
Management Officer of the Department of Defense, after the nominee 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
TERRORISM AND IRREGULAR WARFARE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities, concluded a hearing to examine Department of Defense 
policy and programs to counter threats to the United States from 
terrorism and irregular warfare, after receiving testimony from Michael 
D. Lumpkin, Assistant Secretary for Special Operations and Low-
Intensity Conflict, and Brigadier General Scott A. Howell, USAF, Deputy 
Director for Special Operations and Counterterrorism (J37), Joint 
Staff, both of the Department of Defense.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine surface transportation reauthorization, focusing on 
building on the success of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st 
Century Act (MAP-21) to deliver safe, efficient and effective public 
transportation services and projects, after receiving testimony from 
Therese McMillan, Acting Administrator, Federal Transit Administration, 
Department of Transportation.
ADVANCING TELEHEALTH THROUGH CONNECTIVITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet concluded a 
hearing to examine advancing telehealth through connectivity, after 
receiving testimony from Chris Gibbons, Distinguished Scholar-in-
Residence, Connect2HealthFCC Task Force, Federal Communications 
Commission; Kristi Henderson, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 
Jackson; Jonathan D. Linkous, American Telemedicine Association, 
Washington, D.C.; and Todd Rytting, Panasonic Corporation of North 
America, Newark, New Jersey.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security concluded a hearing to 
examine Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization, focusing on 
certification and U.S. aviation manufacturing competitiveness, after 
receiving testimony from Dorenda Baker, Director, Aircraft 
Certification Service, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
Transportation; Gerald L. Dillingham, Director, Physical Infrastructure 
Issues, Government Accountability Office; and Peter J. Bunce, General 
Aviation Manufacturers Association, Washington, D.C.
CONGRESS AND U.S. TARIFF POLICY
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine Congress 
and United States tariff policy, after receiving testimony from Thomas 
J. Donohue, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Richard L. Trumka, American 
Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), 
both of Washington, D.C.

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EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on State Department and 
USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International 
Development concluded a hearing to examine improving the efficiency and 
effectiveness of the Department of State, after receiving testimony 
from Steve A. Linick, Inspector General for the Department of State and 
the Broadcasting Board of Governors.
JUVENILE JUSTICE GRANTS ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
improving accountability and oversight of juvenile justice grants, 
including S. 993, to increase public safety by facilitating 
collaboration among the criminal justice, juvenile justice, veterans 
treatment services, mental health treatment, and substance abuse 
systems, after receiving testimony from Elissa Rumsey, Compliance 
Monitoring Coordinator, and Andrea R. Coleman, Disproportionate 
Minority Contact Coordinator, both of the Office of Juvenile Justice 
and Delinquency Prevention, and Karol V. Mason, Assistant Attorney 
General, Office of Justice Programs, all of the Department of Justice; 
Carolyn Lerner, Special Counsel, Office of Special Counsel; Steven C. 
Teske, Clayton County Juvenile Court Judge, Jonesboro, Georgia; Dean 
Hill Rivkin, University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville; and 
Mark Soler, Center for Children's Law and Policy, Washington, D.C.
FULFILLING THE PROMISE TO WOMEN VETERANS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine fulfilling the promise to women veterans, after receiving 
testimony from Patricia Hayes, Chief Consultant for Women's Health 
Services, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans 
Affairs; Joy J. Ilem, Disabled American Veterans, Washington, D.C.; 
Anne Davis, Nevada's Women Veterans Advisory Committee, Reno; and CPT 
Christina L. Mouradjian (Ret.), Milford, Connecticut.
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.