[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 120 (Tuesday, July 28, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D894]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CRUDE OIL EXPORT BAN
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine lifting the crude oil export ban, after receiving 
testimony from Senators Murkowski and Hoeven; Richard Muncrief, WPX 
Energy, Tulsa, Oklahoma; and Michele Flournoy, Center for a New 
American Secuirty, Benjamin Zycher, American Enterprise Institute, and 
Leo W. Gerard, United Steelworkers, on behalf of the AFL-CIO, all of 
Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nomination of Jonathan Elkind, of Maryland, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Energy (International Affairs).
  Committee also began consideration of an original bill to provide for 
the modernization of the energy policy of the United States, but did 
not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Wednesday, July 29.
DIPLOMATIC SECURITY TRAINING FACILITY
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the State Department's proposal to 
construct a new diplomatic security training facility, after receiving 
testimony from Gregory Starr, Assistant Secretary of State for 
Diplomatic Security; David Mader, Acting Deputy Director for 
Management, Office of Management and Budget; and Connie L. Patrick, 
Director, Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, Department of 
Homeland Security.
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.