[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 2, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D205-D206]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2017 for the Department of the Interior, after receiving testimony from 
Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Interior.
APPROPRIATIONS: NAVY AND MARINE CORPS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2017 for the Navy and Marine Corps, after 
receiving testimony from Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy, Admiral John 
M. Richardson, USN, Chief of Naval Operations, and General Robert 
Neller, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps, all of the Department of 
Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2017 for the Food and Drug 
Administration, after receiving testimony from Robert Califf, 
Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Food and Drug Administration, 
Department of Health and Human Services.
APPROPRIATIONS: ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates 
and justification for fiscal year 2017 for the Army Corps of Engineers 
and the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, after 
receiving testimony from Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary (Civil 
Works), and Lieutenant General Thomas P. Bostick, USA, Chief of 
Engineers, Army Corps of Engineers, both of the Department of the Army, 
Department of Defense; and Thomas Iseman, Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Water and Science, and Estevan Lopez, Commissioner, Bureau of 
Reclamation, both of the Department of the Interior.
FCC OVERSIGHT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the Federal Communications Commission, 
after receiving testimony from Tom Wheeler, Chairman, and Ajit Pai, 
Mignon L. Clyburn, Michael O'Rielly, and Jessica Rosenworcel, each a 
Commissioner, all of the Federal Communications Commission.
LAND CLEANUP PROGRAMS LEGISLATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine economic opportunities from land cleanup programs, 
including S. 2446, to amend subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
to encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal combustion residuals 
and establish requirements for the proper management and disposal of 
coal combustion residuals that are protective of human health and the 
environment, S. 1479, to amend the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation,

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and Liability Act of 1980 to modify provisions relating to grants, and 
an original bill entitled, ``Good Samaritan Cleanup of Orphan Mines Act 
of 2016'', after receiving testimony from Patrick Kirby, West Virginia 
University Brownfields Assistance Center, Morgantown; Chip Merriam, 
Orlando Utilities Commission, Orlando, Florida, on behalf of the 
American Public Power Association; Steve Moyer, Trout Unlimited, 
Arlington, Virginia; Frank Holleman, Southern Environmental Law Center, 
Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and Jennifer Krill, Earthworks, 
Washington, D.C.
LOW OIL AND GAS PRICES ECONOMIC AND GEOPOLITICAL IMPLICATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the economic and geopolitical implications of low oil and gas 
prices, after receiving testimony from Timothy D. Adams, Institute of 
International Finance, and Robert Kahn, Council on Foreign Relations, 
both of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Patrick Pizzella, of 
Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, and 
Julie Helene Becker, Steven Nathan Berk, and Elizabeth Carroll Wingo, 
each to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of 
Columbia, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf.