[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 27, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D66]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MILITARY SPACE LAUNCH
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
military space launch and the use of Russian-made rocket engines, after 
receiving testimony from Frank Kendall III, Under Secretary for 
Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, and Deborah Lee James, Secretary 
of the Air Force, both of the Department of Defense.
FUTURE U.S. NUCLEAR POSTURE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing to examine the future nuclear posture of the United States, 
after receiving testimony from John R. Harvey, former Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological 
Defense Programs; Franklin C. Miller, The Scowcroft Group; Keith B. 
Payne, Missouri State University Graduate Department of Defense and 
Strategic Studies, on behalf of the National Institute for Public 
Policy; and Brad Roberts, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Center 
for Global Security Research.
HEROIN AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
attacking America's epidemic of heroin and prescription drug abuse, 
including S. 524, to authorize the Attorney General to award grants to 
address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse and heroin 
use, after receiving testimony from Senators Ayotte, Shaheen, and 
Portman; Michael P. Botticelli, Director, Office of National Drug 
Control Policy; Nora D. Volkow, Director, National Institute on Drug 
Abuse, National Institutes of Health, and Kana Enomoto, Acting 
Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration, both of the Department of Health and Human Services; 
Louis J. Milione, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion 
Control, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice; 
Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin, Montpelier; Enoch Willard, Manchester 
Police Department, Manchester, New Hampshire; Tonda DaRe, Holly's Song 
of Hope, Carrollton, Ohio; and Linda Hurley, CODAC Behavioral 
Healthcare, Inc., Cranston, Rhode Island.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Clare E. Connors, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Hawaii, who was introduced by Senators Schatz and 
Hirono, and Elizabeth J. Drake, of Maryland, Jennifer Choe Groves, of 
Virginia, and Gary Stephen Katzmann, of Massachusetts, each to be a 
Judge of the United States Court of International Trade, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.