[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 23, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D154-D156]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
United States Pacific Command and United States Forces Korea in review 
of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2017 and the 
Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Admiral 
Harry B. Harris, Jr., USN, Commander, United States Pacific Command, 
and General Curtis M. Scaparrotti, Commander, United Nations Command, 
Commander, United States-Republic of Korea Combined Forces Command, and 
Commander, United States Forces Korea, both of the Department of 
Defense.
DEFENSE HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a 
hearing to examine defense health care reform, after receiving 
testimony from Jonathan Woodson, Assistant Secretary for Health 
Affairs, Vice Admiral Raquel C. Bono, USN, Director of the Defense 
Health Agency, Lieutenant General Mark A. Ediger, USAF, Surgeon General 
of the Air Force, Lieutenant General Nadja Y. West, USA, Surgeon 
General of the Army and Commanding General, Army Medical Command, Vice 
Admiral C. Forrest Faison III, USN, Surgeon General of the Navy and 
Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, all of the Department of 
Defense; Bernadette C. Loftus, Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group; 
A. Mark Fendrick, University of Michigan Center for Value-Based 
Insurance Design; David J. McIntyre, Jr., TriWest Healthcare Alliance; 
and John E. Whitley, Institute for Defense Analyses.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing to examine the Department of Energy atomic energy defense 
activities and programs in review of the defense authorization request 
for fiscal year 2017 and the Future Years

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Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Frank G. Klotz, Under 
Secretary for Nuclear Security, and Monica C. Regalbuto, Assistant 
Secretary for Environmental Management, both of the Department of 
Energy; Anne M. Harrington, Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear 
Nonproliferation, Admiral James F. Caldwell, Jr., USN, Deputy 
Administrator for Naval Reactors, Brigadier General Stephen L. Davis, 
USAF, Acting Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, all of the 
National Nuclear Security Administration; and David C. Trimble, 
Director, United States and International Nuclear Security and Cleanup, 
Government Accountability Office.
PASSENGER RAIL OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and 
Security concluded a hearing to examine passenger rail, focusing on 
opportunities and challenges for the national network, after receiving 
testimony from Mayor Knox Ross, Pelahatchie, Mississippi, on behalf of 
the Southern Rail Commission; Timothy H. Hoeffner, Michigan Department 
of Transportation, Lansing, on behalf of the Midwest Interstate 
Passenger Rail Commission; City Manager Rick Klein, La Junta, Colorado; 
and Joe Boardman, Amtrak, Washington, D.C.
MAGNUSON-STEVENS ACT AT 40
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard concluded a hearing to 
examine the Magnuson-Stevens Act at 40, focusing on successes, 
challenges, and the path forward, after receiving testimony from Samuel 
D. Rauch III, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, 
National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, Department of Commerce.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2017 for the Department of the Interior, after receiving testimony 
from Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Interior.
OPIOID EPIDEMIC
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
opioid epidemic, focusing on challenges and opportunities, after 
receiving testimony from Assistant Attorney-in-Charge David Hart, 
Oregon Department of Justice Health Fraud Unit/Consumer Protection 
Section, Salem; Allan Coukell, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington, 
D.C.; and Nancy K. Young, Children and Family Futures, Inc., Lake 
Forest, California.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUDGET
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2017 
for the Department of State, after receiving testimony from John Kerry, 
Secretary of State.
ESSA IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine Every Student Succeeds Act 
implementation in states and school districts, focusing on perspectives 
from education leaders, after receiving testimony from Utah Governor 
Gary R. Herbert, Salt Lake City; Wisconsin State Superintendent of 
Public Instruction Tony Evers, Madison; David R. Schuler, Township High 
School District 214, Arlington Heights, Illinois; and Kati Haycock, The 
Education Trust, Delia Pompa, Migration Policy Institute, Becky 
Pringle, National Education Association, and Randi Weingarten, American 
Federation of Teachers, all of Washington, D.C.
UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN CRISIS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the unaccompanied children crisis, focusing on how to stop the border 
surge and adequately monitor the children, after receiving testimony 
from Kay E. Brown, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security, 
Government Accountability Office; Ronald Vitiello, Acting Chief, Border 
Patrol, Customs and Border Protection, and Thomas Homan, Executive 
Associate Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations, Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement, both of the Department of Homeland Security; Mark 
Greenberg, Administration for Children and Families, Department of 
Health and Human Services; and Juan P. Osuna, Director, Executive 
Office for Immigration Review, Department of Justice.
VETERANS' PROGRAMS BUDGET
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2017 
for Veterans' Programs and fiscal year 2018 advance appropriations 
request, after receiving testimony from Robert A. McDonald, Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs; and Carl Blake, Paralyzed Veterans of America, 
Paul Varela, Disabled American Veterans, Ray Kelley, Veterans of 
Foreign Wars, and Louis J. Celli, Jr., The American Legion, all of 
Washington, D.C.

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INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.