[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 96 (Thursday, June 16, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D673-D674]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES, AND 
FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  An original bill (S. 3068) making appropriations for the Department 
of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2017; and

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  An original bill (S. 3067) making appropriations for financial 
services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2017.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of General David L. Goldfein, USAF, for reappointment to 
the grade of General, and to be Chief of Staff, United States Air 
Force, Department of Defense, after the nominee testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.
TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL THREATS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine our evolving understanding and response to transnational 
criminal threats, after receiving testimony from William R. Brownfield, 
Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law 
Enforcement Affairs.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Donald Karl Schott, of Wisconsin, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, Stephanie A. Finley, of 
Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for the Western District 
of Louisiana, Claude J. Kelly III, of Louisiana, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, and Winfield D. 
Ong, of Indiana, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Indiana.
NLRB JOINT EMPLOYER STANDARD
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine keeping the American dream alive, focusing on 
creating jobs under the National Labor Relations Board's new joint 
employer standard, including S. 2686, to clarify the treatment of two 
or more employers as joint employers under the National Labor Relations 
Act, after receiving testimony from Ciara Stockeland, MODE, Fargo, 
North Dakota, and Lynn Berberich, BrightStar Healthcare of Baltimore 
City/County, Lutherville, Maryland, both on behalf of the Coalition to 
Save Local Businesses; Keith R. Bolek, O'Donoghue and O'Donoghue LLP, 
and James Sherk, The Heritage Foundation, both of Washington, D.C.; and 
Harris Freeman, Western New England University School of Law, 
Springfield, Massachusetts.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine certain intelligence matters, after receiving testimony from 
John O. Brennan, Director, Central Intelligence Agency.