[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 26, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D429]
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 
the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2017 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from Frank Kendall III, Under 
Secretary for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, J. Michael 
Gilmore, Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, Lieutenant 
General Christopher C. Bogdan, USAF, Program Executive Officer for the 
F-35 Lightning II Joint Program, all of the Department of Defense; and 
Michael J. Sullivan, Director of Acquisition and Sourcing Management, 
Government Accountability Office.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine challenges and opportunities for oil and 
gas development in different price environments, after receiving 
testimony from Michael Ratner, Specialist in Energy Policy, 
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; Jason E. Bordoff, 
Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs Center 
on Global Energy Policy, and Oren M. Cass, Manhattan Institute for 
Policy Research, both of New York, New York; Suzanne Minter, Platts 
Analytics, Denver, Colorado; and Leslie Palti-Guzman, The Rapidan Group 
LLC, Bethesda, Maryland.
BUSINESS TAX REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
navigating business tax reform, after receiving testimony from Thomas 
Barthold, Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on Taxation; James R. Hines 
Jr., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Sanford Zinman, National 
Conference of CPA Practitioners, Tarrytown, New York; Gayle Goschie, 
Goschie Farms, Inc., Silverton, Oregon, on behalf of the Hop Growers of 
America; and Eric J. Toder, Urban Institute and Brookings Institution 
Tax Policy Center, Washington, D.C.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUDGET
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, 
Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Global Women's Issues concluded a hearing to examine the President's 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2017 for the Department of 
State, focusing on a review of resources, priorities, and programs, 
after receiving testimony from Tom Malinowski, Assistant Secretary, 
Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Bureau, and Francisco L. Palmieri, 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere 
Affairs, both of the Department of State; and Elizabeth Hogan, Acting 
Assistant Administrator for Latin America and the Caribbean, United 
States Agency for International Development.
PSOB PROGRAM OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program, focusing on the 
need for more timeliness, transparency, and information on performance 
goals, after receiving testimony from Karol V. Mason, Assistant 
Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs, and Robert P. Storch, 
Deputy Inspector General, Office of the Inspector General, both of the 
Department of Justice; Andrew Sherrill, Director, Education, Workforce, 
and Income Security Issues, Government Accountability Office; Jay 
Langenbau, Worth County Sheriff's Office, Northwood, Iowa; and Donald 
J. Mihalek, Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association Foundation, 
and Robert Ganley, Sergeants Benevolent Association, both of New York, 
New York.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.