[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 101 (Tuesday, June 23, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D747-D748]
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: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies approved for full committee 
consideration an original bill entitled, ``Transportation, Housing and 
Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016''.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPENDING AT THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government concluded a hearing to examine information 
technology spending and data security at the Office of Personnel 
Management, after receiving testimony from Katherine Archuleta, 
Director, and Michael R. Esser, Assistant Inspector General for Audits, 
both of the Office of Personnel Management; and Richard A. Spires, 
Resilient Network Systems, Inc., Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies approved 
for full committee consideration an original bill entitled, ``Labor, 
Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2016''.
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee received a 
briefing on the oversight review of the National Flood Insurance 
Program from Christopher Ford, Chief Investigative Counsel, Lucas 
Moskowitz, Senior Investigative Counsel, and Brian Daner, Investigative 
Counsel, all of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs.
RECALLS OF DEFECTIVE TAKATA AIRBAGS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine an update on the recalls of defective Takata air 
bags and NHTSA's vehicle safety efforts, after receiving testimony from 
Mark R. Rosekind, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, and Calvin L. Scovel III, Inspector General, both of 
the Department of Transportation; Kevin M. Kennedy, TK Holdings Inc., 
and Scott G. Kunselman, FCA US LLC, both of Auburn Hills, Michigan; and 
Rick Schostek, Honda North America, Marysville, Ohio.

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IMPACTS OF EPA'S PROPOSED CARBON REGULATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air 
and Nuclear Safety concluded a hearing to examine the impacts of EPA's 
proposed carbon regulations on energy costs for American businesses, 
rural communities and families, including S. 1324, to require the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to fulfill certain 
requirements before regulating standards of performance for new, 
modified, and reconstructed fossil fuel-fired electric utility 
generating units, after receiving testimony from Joseph Martens, New 
York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner, 
Albany; Eugene M. Trisko, American Coalition for Clean Coal 
Electricity, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, on behalf of the United 
Mine Workers of America; Mary B. Rice, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 
Massachusetts, on behalf of the American Thoracic Society; and Paul N. 
Cicio, Industrial Energy Consumers of America, and Harry C. Alford, 
National Black Chamber of Commerce, both of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Glyn Townsend Davies, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand, William A. 
Heidt, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia, 
Jennifer Zimdahl Galt, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to Mongolia, Atul 
Keshap, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Socialist 
Republic of Sri Lanka, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Maldives, Alaina B. 
Teplitz, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Federal Democratic 
Republic of Nepal, David Hale, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the 
Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and Sheila Gwaltney, of California, to be 
Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
AMERICAN ENERGY EXPORTS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Multilateral 
International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International 
Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy concluded a hearing to 
examine American energy exports, focusing on opportunities for United 
States allies and national security, after receiving testimony from 
Robert McNally, The Rapidan Group LLC, Bethesda, Maryland; David F. 
Gordon, Center for a New American Security, and Jamie Webster, IHS, 
both of Washington, DC; and Commander Kirk Lippold, USN (Ret.), 
Alexandria, Virginia.
REGULATORY BUDGET
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee with 
the Committee on the Budget, concluded a hearing to examine accounting 
for the true cost of regulation, focusing on exploring the possibility 
of a regulatory budget, after receiving testimony from Tony Clement, 
Treasury Board of Canada, Ottawa; and Susan E. Dudly, Regulatory 
Studies Center, and Richard J. Pierce, Jr., School of Law, both of The 
George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from members of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.