[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 55 (Tuesday, April 12, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D351-D353]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: SEC AND CFTC
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 Securities

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and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission, after 
receiving testimony from Mary Jo White, Chairwoman, Securities and 
Exchange Commission; and Tim Massad, Chairman, Commodities Futures 
Trading Commission.
CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs concluded a hearing to examine the causes and 
consequences of violent extremism and the role of foreign assistance, 
after receiving testimony from Antony J. Blinken, Deputy Secretary of 
State; General James L. Jones, USMC (Ret.), Jones Group International, 
Vienna, Virginia; Bono, ONE, Washington, D.C.; and Kelly T. Clements, 
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva, Switzerland.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support concluded a hearing to examine military construction, 
environmental, energy, and base closure programs in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2017 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Peter J. Potochney, 
Performing the Duties of Assistant Secretary for Energy, Installations 
and Environment, Katherine G. Hammack, Assistant Secretary of the Army 
for Installations, Energy and Environment, Dennis V. McGinn, Assistant 
Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations and Environment, and 
Miranda A. A. Ballentine, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for 
Installations, Environment and Energy, all of the Department of 
Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities concluded a hearing to examine the strategy and 
implementation of the Department of Defense's technology offsets 
initiative in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal 
year 2017 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving 
testimony from Stephen P. Welby, Assistant Secretary for Research and 
Engineering, Arati Prabhakar, Director, Defense Advanced Research 
Projects Agency, and William B. Roper, Jr., Director, Strategic 
Capabilities Office, all of the Department of Defense.
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the status of innovative technologies in advanced 
manufacturing, after receiving testimony from Craig Blue, Institute for 
Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation, Knoxville, Tennessee; Leo 
Christodoulou, The Boeing Company, Arlington, Virginia; Doug Ward, 
Vigor Ketchikan, Ketchikan, Alaska; David B. Williams, The Ohio State 
University College of Engineering, Columbus; and Deborah L. Wince-
Smith, Council on Competitiveness, Washington, D.C.
SMALL BUSINESSES' PERSPECTIVES ON EPA REGULATORY ACTIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund, 
Waste Management, and Regulatory Oversight concluded a hearing to 
examine American small businesses' perspectives on Environmental 
Protection Agency regulatory actions, after receiving testimony from 
Michael Canty, Alloy Bellows and Precision Welding, Inc., Cleveland, 
Ohio, on behalf of the National Small Business Association; Tom 
Buchanan, Oklahoma Farm Bureau Federation, Oklahoma City, on behalf of 
the American Farm Bureau Federation; Thomas M. Sullivan, Nelson Mullins 
Riley and Scarborough, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Frank Knapp, Jr., South 
Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, Columbia; and Emily 
Reichert, Greentown Labs Inc., Somerville, Massachusetts.
CYBERSECURITY AND PROTECTING TAXPAYER INFORMATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
cybersecurity and protecting taxpayer information, focusing on the need 
for the Internal Revenue Service to further improve controls over 
taxpayer data and continue to combat identity theft refund fraud, after 
receiving testimony from John A. Koskinen, Commissioner, and Terence V. 
Milholland, Chief Technology Officer, both of the Internal Revenue 
Service, J. Russell George, Inspector General for Tax Administration, 
and Michael McKenney, Deputy Inspector General for Audit, Inspector 
General for Tax Administration, all of the Department of the Treasury; 
and Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General, and Gregory C. Wilshusen, 
Director, Information Security Issues, both of the Government 
Accountability Office.
ISIS AND TRANSNATIONAL TERRORISM
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the spread of ISIS and transnational terrorism, after receiving 
testimony from Graeme Wood, Council on Foreign Relations, Matthew 
Levitt, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Stein Program on 
Counterterrorism and Intelligence, and Matthew G. Olsen, former 
Director, National Counterterrorism Center, all of Washington, D.C.

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IMPROVING THE USAJOBS WEBSITE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management concluded a hearing to 
examine improving the USAJOBS website, after receiving testimony from 
Mark D. Reinhold, Associate Director, Employee Services, Office of 
Personnel Management; Linda E. Brooks Rix, Avue Technologies 
Corporation, University Place, Washington; and Max Stier, Partnership 
for Public Service, Washington, D.C.
FEMA PROGRESS, PERFORMANCE, AND PREPAREDNESS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management concluded a 
hearing to examine the Federal Emergency Management Agency, focusing on 
assessing progress, performance, and continuing challenges in national 
preparedness efforts, after receiving testimony from Timothy Manning, 
Deputy Administrator, Protection and National Preparedness, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, and John Roth, Inspector General, both of 
the Department of Homeland Security; Chris Currie, Director, Homeland 
Security and Justice, Government Accountability Office; and John Drake, 
Deputy Administrator, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration, Department of Transportation.
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 the Secretary of Education, after receiving testimony from John 
King, Secretary of Education.
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.