[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 109 (Tuesday, July 14, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D820-D821]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of General Paul J. Selva, USAF, to be Vice Chairman of 
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and General Darren W. McDew, USAF, to be 
commander of the U.S. Transportation Command, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
CURES FOR AMERICA'S MOST DEADLY DISEASES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine unlocking the cures for America's most deadly 
diseases, after receiving testimony from former Senator Tom Coburn; 
Christopher Frangione, XPRIZE,

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Washington, D.C.; Peter W. Huber, Manhattan Institute, Hanover, New 
Hampshire; and Keith R. Yamamoto, University of California, San 
Francisco.
ISLANDED ENERGY SYSTEMS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine islanded energy systems, focusing on 
energy and infrastructure challenges and opportunities in Alaska, 
Hawaii and the United States Territories, after receiving testimony 
from former Representative Robert A. Underwood, University of Guam, 
Mangilao; Esther P. Kia'aina, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for 
Insular Areas; Mark Glick, Hawaii Department of Business, Economic 
Development, and Tourism State Energy Administrator, Honolulu; Hugo V. 
Hodge, Jr., Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority Executive 
Director, Charlotte Amalie, on behalf of the Caribbean Electric 
Utilities Service Corporation; and Meera Kohler, Alaska Village 
Electric Cooperative, Inc., Anchorage.
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES ENGAGED IN ENERGY 
DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine challenges and opportunities for small businesses 
engaged in energy development and energy intensive manufacturing, after 
receiving testimony from Toby Mack, Energy Equipment and Infrastructure 
Alliance, Kateri Callahan, The Alliance to Save Energy, and Tyson 
Slocum, Public Citizen, all of Washington, D.C.; and Neil Aspinwall, 
SOWELA Technical Community College, Lake Charles, Louisiana.
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.