[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 27 (Wednesday, February 15, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D160-D161]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MENTAL HEALTH CARE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine mental health care, focusing on 
examining treatments and services, after receiving testimony from 
Joseph Parks, University of Missouri, St. Louis; David M. Johnson, 
Navos, Seattle, Washington; Dennis Freeman, Cherokee Health Systems, 
Knoxville, Tennessee; and Donald W. De Lucca, International Association 
of Chiefs of Police, Doral, Florida.
ANTI-ACCESS AREA DENIAL CHALLENGES IN EUROPE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities received a closed briefing on Anti-Access Area Denial 
challenges in Europe from Lieutenant Colonel Andrew S. Shobe, USAF, 
Deliberate Plans Division, and Major Roderick V. James, USAF, Chief of 
Weapons and Tactics, both of Air Forces in Europe, and Lieutenant 
Colonel Keven P. Coyle, USAF, Future Operations Division, European 
Command, all of the Department of Defense.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee announced 
the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security: Senators 
Blunt (Chair), Wicker, Cruz, Fischer, Moran, Sullivan, Heller, Inhofe, 
Lee, Capito, Gardner, Young, Cantwell, Klobuchar, Blumenthal, Schatz, 
Markey, Booker, Udall, Peters, Baldwin, Duckworth, and Hassan.
  Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the 
Internet: Senators Wicker (Chair), Blunt, Cruz, Fischer, Moran, 
Sullivan, Heller, Inhofe, Lee, Johnson, Capito, Gardner, Young, Schatz, 
Cantwell, Klobuchar, Blumenthal, Markey, Booker, Udall, Peters, 
Baldwin, Duckworth, Hassan, and Cortez Masto.
  Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and 
Data Security: Senators Moran (Chair), Blunt, Cruz, Fischer, Heller, 
Inhofe, Lee, Capito, Young, Blumenthal, Klobuchar, Markey, Booker, 
Udall, Duckworth, Hassan, and Cortez Masto.
  Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard: 
Senators Sullivan (Chair), Wicker, Fischer, Inhofe, Lee, Johnson, 
Gardner, Young, Peters, Cantwell, Blumenthal, Schatz, Markey, Booker, 
and Baldwin.
  Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness: Senators Cruz 
(Chair), Moran, Sullivan, Lee, Johnson, Capito, Gardner, Markey, 
Schatz, Udall, Peters, Baldwin, and Hassan.
  Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine 
Infrastructure, Safety and Security: Senators Fischer (Chair), Wicker, 
Blunt, Heller, Inhofe, Johnson, Capito, Gardner, Young, Booker, 
Cantwell, Klobuchar, Blumenthal, Udall, Baldwin, Duckworth, and Hassan.
  Senators Thune and Nelson are ex officio members of each 
subcommittee.
MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and 
Security concluded a hearing to examine stakeholder perspectives on our 
multimodal transportation system, after receiving testimony from 
Matthew K. Rose, BNSF Railway Company, Fort Worth, Texas; Christopher 
Lofgren, Schneider National, Inc., Green Bay, Wisconsin; Tom Gurd, The 
Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan, on behalf of the American 
Chemistry Council; and Wick Moorman, Amtrak, Washington, D.C.
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine modernization of the Endangered Species 
Act, after receiving testimony from Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal, 
Cheyenne; Gordon Myers, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission 
Executive Director, Raleigh, on behalf of the Southeast Association of 
Fish and Wildlife Agencies; James Holte, Wisconsin Farm Bureau, 
Madison; Jamie Rappaport Clark, Defenders of Wildlife, Washington, 
D.C.; and Dan Ashe, Association of Zoos and Aquariums, Silver Spring, 
Maryland.
ENDING MODERN SLAVERY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine ending modern slavery, focusing on building on success, after 
receiving testimony from Ashton Kutcher, Thorn, Los Angeles, 
California; and Elisa Massimino, Human Rights First, Washington, D.C.
GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine government operations susceptible to 
waste, fraud, and mismanagement, after receiving testimony from Gene L. 
Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States, Government 
Accountability Office; John H. Thompson, Director, Census Bureau, 
Department of Commerce; Michael J. Missal, Inspector General, 
Department of Veterans Affairs; and John Roth, Inspector General, 
Department of Homeland Security.
FINANCIAL FRAUD AFFECTING SENIORS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
stopping senior scams, focusing on developments in financial fraud 
affecting seniors, after receiving testimony from Timothy P. Camus, 
Deputy Inspector General for Investigations, Treasury Inspector General 
for Tax Administration, Department of the Treasury; Lois Greisman, 
Associate Director of the Division of Marketing Practices, Bureau of 
Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission; Diane A. Menio, Center 
for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania; and Philip Hatch, Portland, Maine.