[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 73 (Tuesday, May 10, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D477-D478]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AUTHORIZATION: DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower met in closed 
session and approved for full committee consideration, those provisions 
which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of the proposed 
National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2017.
AUTHORIZATION: DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel met in open 
session and approved for full committee consideration, those provisions 
which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of the proposed 
National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2017.
AUTHORIZATION: DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support met in open session and approved for full committee 
consideration, those provisions which fall within the jurisdiction of 
the subcommittee, of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act 
for fiscal year 2017.
AUTHORIZATION: DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities met in open session and approved for full committee 
consideration, those provisions which fall within the jurisdiction of 
the subcommittee, of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act 
for fiscal year 2017.
AUTHORIZATION: DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces met in 
closed session and approved for full committee consideration, those 
provisions which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of 
the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2017.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nomination of Peggy E. Gustafson, of Maryland, 
to be Inspector General, Department of Commerce, after the nominee, who 
was introduced by Senator McCaskill, testified and answered questions 
in her own behalf.
EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICES
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine whether 
evidence based practices improve outcomes for vulnerable individuals 
and families, after receiving testimony from Gordon L. Berlin, MDRC, 
New York, New York; James Lee Sorenson, Sorenson Impact Center, Salt 
Lake City, Utah; Tesha Bright, Nurse-Family Partnership of Essex and 
Morris Counties, Newark, New Jersey; and Robert Doar, American 
Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C.
TERRORISM IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine terrorism and instability in Sub-Saharan Africa, after 
receiving testimony from Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Assistant Secretary, 
Bureau of African Affairs, and Justin Siberell, Acting Coordinator for 
Counterterrorism, Bureau of Counterterrorism, both of the Department of 
State; Linda Etim, Assistant Administrator for Africa, United States 
Agency for International Development; Abdoulaye Mar Dieye, United 
Nations Development Program Regional Bureau for Africa, New York, New 
York; and Christopher Fomunyoh, National Democratic Institute, 
Washington, D.C.
UNDERSTANDING DYSLEXIA
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine understanding dyslexia, focusing on the 
intersection of scientific research and education, after receiving 
testimony from Sally Shaywitz, Yale University School of Medicine 
Center for Dyslexia and Creativity, New Haven, Connecticut; Guinevere 
F. Eden, Georgetown University Medical Center Center for the Study of 
Learning, Washington, D.C.; David Boies, Boies, Schiller and Flexner, 
LLP, Armonk, New York; E. Mark Mahone, Kennedy Krieger Institute, 
Baltimore, Maryland; Ameer Baraka, Terrytown, Louisiana; and April 
Hanrath, Salt Lake City, Utah.
FISA AMENDMENTS ACT REAUTHORIZATION OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 
Amendments Act, focusing on the balance between national security, 
privacy, and civil liberties, after receiving testimony from David 
Medine, Chairman, and Rachel L. Brand, both of the Privacy and Civil 
Liberties Oversight Board; Kenneth L. Wainstein, Cadwalader,

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Wickersham, and Taft LLP, and Elizabeth Goitein, New York University 
School of Law Brennan Center for Justice, both of Washington, D.C.; and 
Matthew G. Olsen, IronNet Cybersecurity, Fulton, Maryland.
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.