[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 36 (Wednesday, March 1, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D210]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
GLOBAL COUNTERTERRORISM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities received a closed briefing on global counterterrorism from 
Christopher P. Maier, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Operations 
and Combating Terrorism, and Major General Albert M. Elton II, USAF, 
Deputy Director for Special Operations and Counterterrorism, J-37, 
Joint Staff, both of the Department of Defense.
INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS FOR COMMUNITIES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine improving access to infrastructure for communities 
across the country, after receiving testimony from South Dakota 
Governor Dennis Daugaard, Pierre; Carlos M. Braceras, Utah Department 
of Transportation, Salt Lake City, on behalf of the American 
Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; Mayor Philip 
Levine, Miami Beach, Florida; and Shirley Bloomfield, NTCA-The Rural 
Broadband Association, Arlington, Virginia.
FLOOD CONTROL INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine flood control infrastructure, focusing on safety 
questions raised by current events, after receiving testimony from 
Lieutenant General Todd T. Semonite, Commanding General and Chief of 
Engineers, Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense; Terrence D. 
Wolf, Washakie County Board of County Commissioners, Worland, Wyoming; 
Mayor Ron Corbett, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; John Laird, California Natural 
Resources Agency Secretary, Sacramento; and Larry A. Larson, 
Association of State Floodplain Managers, Madison, Wisconsin.
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: Committee began consideration of the nomination 
of Seema Verma, of Indiana, to be Administrator of the Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human 
Services, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to 
the call of the chair.
BORDER INSECURITY AND IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the effects of border insecurity and 
immigration enforcement on American communities, after receiving 
testimony from Eric J. Severson, Waukesha County Sheriff, Waukesha, 
Wisconsin; Ryan Rectenwald, Grant County Sheriff's Office, Ephrata, 
Washington; and Julie Nordman, Wentzville, Missouri.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee adopted its rules of procedure 
for the 115th Congress.