[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 7, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D614-D615]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies approved 
for full committee consideration an original bill entitled, ``Labor, 
Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2017''.
BANK CAPITAL AND LIQUIDITY REGULATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine bank capital and liquidity regulation, after 
receiving testimony from Hal S. Scott, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts; Marvin Goodfriend, Carnegie Mellon University Tepper 
School of Business, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Heidi Mandanis 
Schooner, The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law, 
and Paul H. Kupiec, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy 
Research, both of Washington, D.C.
EPA OVERSIGHT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund, 
Waste Management, and

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Regulatory Oversight concluded an oversight hearing to examine 
Environmental Protection Agency's unfunded mandates on state, local, 
and tribal governments, after receiving testimony from Mark Norris, 
Tennessee State Senate Majority Leader, Nashville, on behalf of the 
Council of State Governments; George S. Hawkins, District of Columbia 
Water and Sewer Authority, and Robert L. Glicksman, The George 
Washington University Law School, both of Washington, D.C.; Christian 
Y. Leinbach, Berks County, Reading, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the 
National Association of Counties; and John L. Berrey, Quapaw Tribe of 
Oklahoma, Quapaw.
RUSSIAN VIOLATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine Russian violations of borders, treaties, and human rights, 
after receiving testimony from Victoria Nuland, Assistant Secretary of 
State, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Michael R. Carpenter, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense; David Satter, Hudson Institute, 
Washington, D.C.; and Vladimir V. Kara-Murza, Open Russia Movement, 
Russian Federation.
TSA OPERATIONS AND PASSENGER SCREENING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine frustrated travelers, focusing on 
rethinking Transportation Security Administration operations to improve 
passenger screening and address threats to aviation, after receiving 
testimony from Peter Neffenger, Administrator, Transportation Security 
Administration, and John Roth, Inspector General, both of the 
Department of Homeland Security; and Jennifer A. Grover, Director, 
Homeland Security and Justice, Government Accountability Office.
DEADLY SYNTHETIC DRUGS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
deadly synthetic drugs, after receiving testimony from Chuck Rosenberg, 
Acting Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration, and Richard 
Hartunian, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New 
York, both of the Department of Justice; Michael Botticelli, Director 
of National Drug Control Policy; Douglas C. Throckmorton, Deputy 
Director, Regulatory Programs, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, 
Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; 
Chief Cathy L. Lanier, Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, 
D.C.; Joseph D. Coronato, National District Attorneys Association, Toms 
River, New Jersey; Sullivan K. Smith, Cookeville Regional Medical 
Center, Cookeville, Tennessee; James N. Hall, Nova Southeastern 
University Center for Applied Research on Substance Use and Health 
Disparities, Miami, Florida; and Mike Rozga, Indianola, Iowa.
HOLOCAUST EXPROPRIATED ART RECOVERY ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution with the 
Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal 
Courts concluded a hearing to examine S. 2763, to provide the victims 
of Holocaust-era persecution and their heirs a fair opportunity to 
recover works of art confiscated or misappropriated by the Nazis, after 
receiving testimony from Ronald S. Lauder, World Jewish Restitution 
Organization, Monica Dugot, Christie's, Agnes Peresztegi, Commission 
for Art Recovery, and Helen Mirren, all of New York, New York; and 
Simon Goodman, Beverly Hills, California.
NOMINATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Susan S. Gibson, of Virginia, to be Inspector 
General of the National Reconnaissance Office, after the nominee 
testified and answered questions in her own behalf.