[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 146 (Tuesday, October 6, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1061-D1062]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the situation in Afghanistan, after receiving testimony from General 
John F. Campbell, USA, Commander, United States Forces-Afghanistan, 
Department of Defense.
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE AND ENERGY SECURITY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the potential modernization of the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve and related energy security issues, after receiving 
testimony from Ernest J. Moniz, Secretary of Energy; Admiral Dennis C. 
Blair, USN (Ret.), Commission on Energy and Geopolitics, Kevin Book, 
ClearView Energy Partners, LLC, and Sarah O. Ladislaw, Center for 
Strategic and International Studies, all of Washington, D.C.; and Jason 
E. Bordoff, Columbia University School of International and Public 
Affairs Center on Global Energy Policy, New York, New York.
U.S. ROLE AND STRATEGY IN MIDDLE EAST
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the United States role and strategy in the Middle East, 
focusing on Yemen and the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, 
after receiving testimony from Mary Beth Long, former Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, and Stephen A. 
Seche, The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, both of 
Washington, D.C.
NLRB JOINT EMPLOYER DECISION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the National Labor Relations Board's 
joint employer decision, after receiving testimony from Ciara 
Stockeland, MODE, Fargo, North Dakota; Edward Martin, Tilson Home 
Corporation, Austin, Texas; Mark G. Kisicki, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, 
Smoak and Stewart, P.C., Phoenix, Arizona; and Michael Rubin, Altshuler 
Berzon LLP, San Francisco, California.
REGULATION AND MINORITIES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, 
Federal Rights and Federal Courts concluded a hearing to examine 
regulation and minorities, after receiving testimony from Michael 
Barrera, The Libre Institute, Kansas City, Missouri; Timothy Sandefur, 
Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, California; William C. Scott, 
Tristatz, LLC, Mosses, Alabama; Sabina Loving, Loving Tax Services, 
Inc., Chicago, Illinois; and Amit Narang, Public Citizen, Aaron Mair, 
Sierra Club, and Harry C. Alford, National Black Chamber of Commerce, 
all of Washington, D.C.
HEALTH AND BENEFITS LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine pending health and benefits legislation, including S. 717, to 
designate certain non-Department mental health care providers who treat 
members of the Armed Forces and veterans as providers who have 
particular knowledge relating to the provision of mental health care to 
members of the Armed Forces and veterans, S. 1676, to increase the 
number of graduate medical education positions treating veterans, to 
improve the compensation of health care providers, medical directors, 
and directors of Veterans Integrated Service Networks of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, S. 1754, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
make permanent the temporary increase in number of judges presiding

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over the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, S. 1885, 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of 
assistance and benefits to veterans who are homeless, at risk of 
becoming homeless, or occupying temporary housing, S. 2013, to 
authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into certain 
leases at the Department of Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles Campus in 
Los Angeles, California, and S. 2022, to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to increase the amount of special pension for Medal of Honor 
recipients, after receiving testimony from Senators Donnelly, 
Feinstein, and Shaheen; Thomas Lynch, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs for Health Clinical Operations, Veterans Health 
Administration; David B. Norris, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United 
States, Tracy, California; and Lauren Augustine, Iraq and Afghanistan 
Veterans of America, Louis Celli, Jr., The American Legion, and Elisha 
Harig-Blaine, National League of Cities, all of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nomination of Michael Herman Michaud, of Maine, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.