[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D37]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nomination of Elaine L. Chao, to be Secretary 
of Transportation, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators 
McConnell and Paul, testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Rex Wayne Tillerson, of Texas, to be 
Secretary of State, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators 
Cornyn and Cruz, and former Senator Sam Nunn, testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of 
Montenegro (Treaty Doc. 114-12).
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Jeff Sessions, of Alabama, to be Attorney General, 
Department of Justice, after receiving testimony from Senator Booker; 
Representatives John Lewis and Richmond; Michael B. Mukasey, former 
Attorney General, and Larry Thompson, former Deputy Attorney General, 
both of the Department of Justice, Chuck Canterbury, Fraternal Order of 
Police, David Cole, American Civil Liberties Union, and William Smith, 
former Chief Counsel, Administrative Oversight and the Courts 
Subcommittee, Senate Judiciary Committee, all of Washington, D.C.; 
Peter Kirsanow, United States Commission on Civil Rights, Cleveland, 
Ohio; Amita Swadhin, Mirror Memoirs, Los Angeles, California; Jayann 
Sepich, DNA Saves, Carlsbad, New Mexico; Cornell William Brooks, 
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Baltimore, 
Maryland; Willie Huntley, former Assistant United States Attorney, 
Southern District of Alabama, Mobile; Jesse Seroyer, former United 
States Marshal, Middle District of Alabama, Montgomery; and Oscar 
Vazquez, Fort Worth, Texas.