[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 12 (Thursday, January 21, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D52-D53]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Eric K. Fanning, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Secretary of the Army, Department of Defense, after the nominee 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 3,178 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY TECHNOLOGIES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the status of innovative technologies within the 
automotive industry, after receiving testimony from David Friedman, 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy, Office of Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy;

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Chris Gearhart, Director, Transportation and Hydrogen Systems Center, 
National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Mitch Bainwol, Alliance of 
Automobile Manufacturers, and Genevieve Cullen, Electric Drive 
Transportation Association, both of Washington, D.C.; and Xavier 
Mosquet, The Boston Consulting Group, Troy, Michigan.
HEALTHCARE CO-OPS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
healthcare co-ops, focusing on a review of the financial and oversight 
controls, after receiving testimony from Andy Slavitt, Acting 
Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department 
of Health and Human Services.
DEVELOPMENTS IN LATIN AMERICA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine political and economic developments in Latin America and 
opportunities for United States engagement, after receiving testimony 
from Thomas F. McLarty, III, former White House Chief of Staff and 
Special Envoy to the Americas, McLarty Associates, and Eric Farnsworth, 
Council of the Americas and Americas Society, both of Washington, D.C.; 
and Shannon K. O'Neil, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, New 
York.
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine laying out the reality of the Postal 
Service, including S. 2051, to improve, sustain, and transform the 
United States Postal Service, after receiving testimony from Megan J. 
Brennan, Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer, and David C. 
Williams, Inspector General, both of the Postal Service; Robert G. 
Taub, Acting Chairman, Postal Regulatory Commission; Lori Rectanus, 
Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, Government Accountability 
Office; James E. Millstein, former Department of the Treasury Chief 
Restructuring Officer, Millstein and Co., and Fredric V. Rolando, 
National Association of Letter Carriers, both of Washington, D.C.; John 
Hutcheson III, National Newspaper Association, Springfield, Illinois; 
and Kathy Collins, Domtar Paper Company, Rothschild, Wisconsin, on 
behalf of the American Forest and Paper Association.
MODERNIZING THE VA
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the Department of Veterans Affairs' transformation strategy, 
focusing on examining the plan to modernize the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, after receiving testimony from Robert A. McDonald, Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs.