[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 51 (Tuesday, April 5, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D329-D330]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: FCC
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates and justification for fiscal year 2017 for the Federal 
Communications Commission, after receiving testimony from Tom Wheeler, 
Chairman, and Ajit Pai, Commissioner, both of the Federal 
Communications Commission.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR MILITARY VETERANS IN AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine opportunities and benefits for military 
veterans in agriculture, after receiving testimony from Lanon Baccam, 
Military Veterans Agriculture Liaison, Department of Agriculture; Gary 
LaGrange, Soldier Agricultural Vocation Education, Manhattan, Kansas; 
Alison Perry, Central Oregon Veterans Ranch, Bend; Paul Kanning, Tom 
Tilda Farm, Flaxville, Montana; and John Ulrick, Chief Warrant Officer, 
USA (Ret.), Hillman, Minnesota.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
United States Cyber Command in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for fiscal year 2017 and the Future Years Defense Program, 
after receiving testimony from Admiral Michael S. Rogers, USN, 
Commander, United States Cyber Command, Director, National Security 
Agency, and Chief, Central Security Services, Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland concluded a 
hearing to examine Army Modernization in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2017 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from Lieutenant General Michael E. 
Williamson, USA, Military Deputy, and Director, Army Acquisition Corps, 
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, 
Logistics, and Technology, Lieutenant General Herbert R. McMaster, Jr., 
USA, Director, Army Capabilities Integration Center, and Deputy 
Commanding General, Futures, United States Army Training and Doctrine 
Command, Lieutenant General Joseph Anderson, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff 
of the Army (G-3/5/7), and Lieutenant General John M. Murray, USA, 
Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army (G-8), all of the Department of 
Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support concluded a hearing to examine state of public shipyards to 
meet current mission needs and investment strategies to support future 
national security requirements in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for fiscal year 2017 and the Future Years Defense Program, 
after receiving testimony from Vice Admiral William H. Hilarides, USN, 
Commander, United States Naval Sea Systems Command, and Vice Admiral 
Dixon R. Smith, USN, Commander, United States Navy Installations 
Command, both of the Department of Defense.
CONSUMER FINANCE REGULATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the effects of consumer finance regulations, after 
receiving testimony from Leonard Chanin, Morrison and Foerster, David 
Hirschmann, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Center for Capital Markets 
Competitiveness, both of Washington, D.C.; Todd Zywicki, George Mason 
University Antonin Scalia School of Law, Law and Economics Center, 
Fairfax, Virginia; and Reverend Willie Gable, Jr., Progressive Baptist 
Church, New Orleans, Louisiana, on behalf of the National Baptist 
Convention USA, Inc. Housing and Economic Development Commission.
ISSUES FACING U.S.-AFFILIATED ISLANDS OVERSIGHT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine issues associated with implementation in 
Palau, Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands, including S. 2360, to 
improve the administration of certain programs in the insular areas, 
and S. 2610, to approve an agreement between the United States and the 
Republic of Palau, after receiving testimony from Esther P. Kia'aina, 
Assistant Secretary for Insular Affairs, Department of the Interior; 
and David Gootnick, Director, International Affairs and Trade, 
Government Accountability Office.
RECENT IRANIAN ACTIONS AND NUCLEAR DEAL IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine recent Iranian actions and implementation of the nuclear deal, 
after receiving testimony from Thomas A. Shannon, Under Secretary of 
State for Political Affairs.

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SAFEGUARDING U.S. CITIZENS AT HOME AND ABROAD
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine terror in Europe, focusing on 
safeguarding United States citizens at home and abroad, after receiving 
testimony from Juan C. Zarate, Center for Strategic and International 
Studies, Julianne Smith, Center for a New American Security, and Daveed 
Gartenstein-Ross, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, all of 
Washington, D.C.; and Clint Watts, Foreign Policy Research Institute, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
SECTION 5 OF THE FTC ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition 
Policy and Consumer Rights concluded a hearing to examine Section 5 of 
the Federal Trade Commission Act, focusing on methods of competition, 
after receiving testimony from Joshua D. Wright, George Mason 
University Antonin Scalia School of Law, Arlington, Virginia; A. 
Douglas Melamed, Stanford Law School, Stanford, California; Tim Wu, 
Columbia Law School, New York, New York; and Amanda P. Reeves, Latham 
and Watkins LLP, Washington, D.C.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.
IMPACT OF STATE MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: Caucus 
concluded a hearing to examine whether the Department of Justice is 
adequately protecting the public from the impact of state recreational 
marijuana legalization, after receiving testimony from Benjamin B. 
Wagner, United States Attorney, Eastern District of California, 
Department of Justice; Jennifer Grover, Director, Homeland Security and 
Justice, Government Accountability Office; Nebraska Attorney General 
Douglas J. Peterson, Lincoln; and Kathryn M. Wells, Kempe Center for 
the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect, Denver, 
Colorado.