[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 17 (Wednesday, February 1, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D97-D98]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CBO BUDGET AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
Congressional Budget Office's budget and economic outlook, focusing on 
fiscal years 2017-2027, after receiving testimony from Keith Hall, 
Director, Congressional Budget Office.
REDUCING REGULATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine a growth agenda, focusing on reducing unnecessary 
regulatory burdens, after receiving testimony from Jack N. Gerard, 
American Petroleum Institute, Rosario Palmieri, National Association of 
Manufacturers, Adam J. White, The Hoover Institution, and Lisa 
Heinzerling, Georgetown University Law Center, all of Washington, D.C.; 
and Gary Shapiro, Consumer Technology Association, Arlington, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee began 
consideration of an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the 
committee, rules of procedure for the 115th Congress, and the 
nomination of Scott Pruitt, of Oklahoma, to be Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, but did not complete action thereon, 
recessed subject to the call, and will meet again on Thursday, February 
2, 2017.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Steven T. Mnuchin, of California, to be Secretary of the 
Treasury, and Thomas Price, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Health and 
Human Services.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res. 34) 
authorizing expenditures by the committee, and adopted its rules of 
procedure for the 115th Congress.
  Also, committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:

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  Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations: Senators Portman (Chair), 
Lankford, McCain, Paul, Daines, Carper, Tester, Heitkamp, and Peters.
  Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management: 
Senators Paul (Chair), Lankford, Enzi, Hoeven, Peters, Hassan, and 
Harris.
  Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management: Senators 
Lankford (Chair), McCain, Portman, Enzi, Daines, Heitkamp, Carper, 
Hassan, and Harris.
  Senators Johnson and McCaskill are ex-officio members of each 
subcommittee.
INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE MARKET
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the Affordable Care Act, focusing on 
stabilizing the individual health insurance market, after receiving 
testimony from former Kentucky Governor Steven L. Beshear, Lexington; 
Julie Mix McPeak, Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance, 
Nashville; and Marilyn Tavenner, America's Health Insurance Plans, and 
Janet Stokes Trautwein, National Association of Health Underwriters, 
both of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Jeff Sessions, of Alabama, to be Attorney General, 
Department of Justice.
NOMINATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of David J. Shulkin, of Pennsylvania, to be 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, after the nominee, who was introduced by 
Senator Toomey, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Special Committee on Aging: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution (S. Res. 31) authorizing expenditures by the 
Committee, and adopted its rules of procedure for the 115th Congress.