[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 67 (Tuesday, May 5, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D494-D495]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. GRAIN STANDARDS ACT
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the U.S. Grain Standards Act, after receiving 
testimony from Bill Gordon, American Soybean Association, Worthington, 
Minnesota; David Ayers, American Association of Grain Inspection and 
Weighing Agencies, Urbana, Illinois; Tim Paurus, CHS Inc., Inver Grove 
Heights, Minnesota, on behalf of the National Grain and Feed 
Association; and Steve Campbell, Louis Dreyfus Commodities, Kansas 
City, Missouri, on behalf of the North American Export Grain 
Association.
APPROPRIATIONS: SEC AND CFTC
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 Securities and 
Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission, after 
receiving testimony from Mary Jo White, Chairwoman, Securities and 
Exchange Commission; and Tim Massad, Chairman, Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and 
Security concluded a hearing to examine surface transportation 
reauthorization, focusing on the importance of a long term 
reauthorization, after receiving testimony from Utah State Senator Curt 
Bramble, Salt Lake City, on behalf of the National Conference of State 
Legislatures; Mayor Brian C. Wahler, Piscataway Township, New Jersey, 
on behalf of the New Jersey State League of Municipalities; and Nick 
Yaksich, Association of Equipment Manufacturers, and Janet Kavinoky, 
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, both of Washington, D.C.

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WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the Federal government's role in wildfire 
management, the impact of fires on communities, and potential 
improvements to be made in fire operations, after receiving testimony 
from Tom Tidwell, Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; 
Robert Eisele, County of San Diego, Santee, California; Stephen J. 
Pyne, Arizona State University, Tempe; Sharon M. Hood, University of 
Montana, Missoula; and Bruce Hallin, Salt River Project, Phoenix, 
Arizona.
CLEAN POWER PLAN
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air 
and Nuclear Safety concluded a hearing to examine the legal 
implications of the Clean Power Plan, after receiving testimony from 
Oklahoma Attorney General E. Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma City; West Virginia 
Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, Charleston; Kelly Speakes-Backman, 
Maryland Public Service Commission Commissioner, Baltimore; and Roger 
R. Martella, Jr., Sidley Austin LLP, and Lisa Heinzerling, Georgetown 
University Law Center, both of Washington, D.C.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUDGET
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, 
Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Global Women's Issues concluded a hearing to examine the President's 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2016 for the Department of 
State, after receiving testimony from Catherine M. Russell, Ambassador-
at-Large for Global Women's Issues, John D. Feeley, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, and Virginia 
Bennett, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, 
Human Rights and Labor, all of the Department of State.
PRECISION MEDICINE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine precision medicine for patients, after 
receiving testimony from Francis S. Collins, Director, National 
Institutes of Health, Karen B. DeSalvo, National Coordinator, Office of 
the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, and Jeffrey 
Shuren, Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and 
Drug Administration, all of the Department of Health and Human 
Services.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of David J. Shulkin, of Pennsylvania, to be 
Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs, who 
was introduced by Senator Casey, and LaVerne Horton Council, of New 
Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Information 
and Technology), after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES QUOTA PROCESS MANAGEMENT
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: Caucus 
concluded a hearing to examine improving management of the controlled 
substances quota process, after receiving testimony from Marcia Crosse, 
Director, Health Care, Government Accountability Office; Captain 
Valerie Jensen, Associate Director, Drug Shortages Program, Center for 
Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Department 
of Health and Human Services; and Joseph T. Rannazzisi, Deputy 
Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement 
Administration, Department of Justice.