[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 103 (Thursday, June 25, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D769-D770]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine country of origin labeling and trade retaliation, 
focusing on what's at stake for America's farmers, ranchers, 
businesses, and consumers, after receiving testimony from Barry 
Carpenter, North American Meat Institute, Washington, D.C.; Craig Hill, 
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, Milo, on behalf of the American Farm 
Bureau Federation; Leo McDonnell, McDonnell Angus and Midland Bull 
Test, Rhame, North Dakota, on behalf of the United States Cattlemen's 
Association; Jaret Moyer, Kansas Livestock Association, Emporia; James 
Trezise, New York Wine and Grape Foundation, Canandaigua; and 
Christopher Cuddy, ADM Corn, Decatur, Illinois.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  An original bill entitled, ``Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016'', and
  An original bill (S. 1695) entitled, ``Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016''.
GLOBAL IMPACT OF A GREEK DEFAULT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
National Security and International Trade and Finance concluded a 
hearing to examine economic crisis, focusing on the global impact of a 
Greek default, after receiving testimony from Desmond Lachman, American 
Enterprise Institute, and Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, Peterson Institute for 
International Economics, both of Washington, D.C.; Carmen M. Reinhart, 
Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Matthew J. 
Slaughter, Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business, Hanover, New 
Hampshire.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1626, to reauthorize Federal support for passenger rail programs, 
improve safety, streamline rail project delivery, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1611, to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal 
years 2016 and 2017, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1573, to establish regional weather forecast offices, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1298, to provide nationally consistent measures of performance of 
the Nation's ports, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1403, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act to promote sustainable conservation and management for 
the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic fisheries and the communities 
that rely on them, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1551, to provide for certain requirements relating to the Internet 
Assigned Numbers Authority stewardship transition, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1182, to exempt application of JSA attribution rule in case of 
existing agreements;
  S. 1250, to encourage States to require the installation of 
residential carbon monoxide detectors in homes, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute; and
  Routine lists in the Coast Guard.
FINANCING TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
private sector, focusing on state innovations in financing 
transportation infrastructure,

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after receiving testimony from Shailen Bhatt, Colorado Department of 
Transportation Executive Director, Denver; Mitchell E. Daniels, Purdue 
University, West Lafayette, Indiana; David Narefsky, Mayer Brown LLP, 
Chicago, Illinois; and Baruch Feigenbaum, Reason Foundation, Los 
Angeles, California.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. Res. 204, recognizing June 20, 2015 as ``World Refugee Day'';
  S. Res. 207, recognizing threats to freedom of the press and 
expression around the world and reaffirming freedom of the press as a 
priority in efforts of the United States Government to promote 
democracy and good governance;
  S. 1643, to require a report on actions to secure the safety and 
security of dissidents housed at Camp Liberty, Iraq, with an amendment;
  S. Res. 211, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding Srebrenica, 
with amendments; and
  The nominations of Janet L. Yellen, of California, to be United 
States Alternate Governor of the International Monetary Fund, and Brian 
James Egan, of Maryland, to be Legal Adviser, 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, 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 Jennifer Zimdahl 
Galt, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to Mongolia, all of the Department 
of State.
JCPOA IRAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine evaluating key components of a Joint Comprehensive Plan of 
Action with Iran, after receiving testimony from David Albright, 
Institute for Science and International Security, and Ray Takeyh, 
Council on Foreign Relations, both of Washington, D.C.; and Jim Walsh, 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Security Studies Program, 
Cambridge.
FEDERAL CYBERSECURITY AND OPM DATA BREACH
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine federal cybersecurity and the Office of 
Personnel Management data breach, after receiving testimony from 
Katherine Archuleta, Director, and Patrick E. McFarland, Inspector 
General, both of the Office of Personnel Management; Tony Scott, Chief 
Information Officer, Office of Management and Budget; and Andy Ozment, 
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Cybersecurity and 
Communications.
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine economic opportunity for our veterans and their 
families through entrepreneurship, after receiving testimony from Barb 
Carson, Acting Associate Administrator, Office of Veterans Business 
Development, Small Business Administration; Katrina Nowosielski, Storm 
Guard of La LLC, Lafayette, Louisiana; Albert Tansey, Tansey Electric, 
Manchester, New Hampshire; Laurie Sayles Artis, Civility Management 
Solutions, Bowie, Maryland; J. Michael Haynie, Syracuse University 
Institute for Veterans and Military Families, Syracuse, New York; Scott 
R. Daugherty, North Carolina Small Business Technology and Development 
Center, Raleigh, on behalf of the Association of Small Business 
Development Centers; and Charles W. McCaffrey, Veterans Business 
Outreach Center at Community Business Partnership, Springfield, 
Virginia.