[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 93 (Thursday, June 11, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D692]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  An original bill (S.1558) entitled, ``Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2016'';
  An original bill entitled, ``Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016''; and
  An original bill entitled, ``Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2016''.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Ann Elizabeth Dunkin, of 
California, Thomas A. Burke, of Maryland, and Jane Toshiko Nishida, of 
Maryland, who was introduced by Senator Cardin, each to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
FEDERAL AGENCY WHISTLEBLOWERS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine accounts of current and former federal 
agency whistleblowers, after receiving testimony from Lieutenant 
Colonel Jason Amerine, USA; Taylor Johnson, Senior Special Agent, 
Office of Investigations, and Jose Rafael Ducos, Chief Officer, Customs 
and Border Protection, both of the Department of Homeland Security; 
Michael James Keegan, former Associate Commissioner, Facilities and 
Supply Management, Department of Budget, Finance, and Management, 
Social Security Administration; and Thomas Devine, Government 
Accountability Project, Washington, D.C.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.