[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 58 (Tuesday, April 4, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D410-D411]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NATIONAL WATER HAZARDS AND VULNERABILITIES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine national 
water hazards and vulnerabilities, focusing on improved forecasting for 
responses and mitigation, after receiving testimony from Louis 
Uccellini, Assistant Administrator, Weather Services, National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, and Director, National Weather Service; 
Bryan Koon, Florida Division of Emergency Management Director, 
Tallahassee; Antonio Busalacchi, University Corporation for Atmospheric 
Research, Boulder, Colorado; and Mary Glackin, The Weather Company, 
IBM, Washington, D.C.
U.S. STRATEGIC COMMAND
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
United States Strategic Command programs, after receiving testimony 
from General John E. Hyten, USAF, Commander, United States Strategic 
Command, Department of Defense.
CYBER THREATS TO THE U.S.
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity received a 
closed briefing on cyber threats to the United States from Kate 
Charlet, Performing the duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cyber 
Policy, Brigadier General Mary F. O'Brien, USAF, Director of 
Intelligence, United States Cyber Command, and Major General Ed Wilson, 
Deputy Principal Cyber Advisor, Office of the Secretary, all of the 
Department of Defense; Samuel Liles, Director, Cyber Analysis Division, 
Office of Intelligence and Analysis, and Neil Jenkins, Director, 
Enterprise Performance Management Office, National Protection and 
Programs Directorate, both of the Department of Homeland Security; and 
Tonya L. Ugoretz, Director, Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration 
Center, Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nomination of Jay Clayton, of New York, to be a 
Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
MULTIMODAL FREIGHT POLICY AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and 
Security concluded a hearing to examine keeping goods moving, focusing 
on continuing to enhance multimodal freight policy and infrastructure, 
after receiving testimony from Derek J. Leathers, Werner Enterprises, 
and Lance M. Fritz, Union Pacific Corporation, both of Omaha, Nebraska; 
Michael L. Ducker, FedEx Freight Corporation, Memphis, Tennessee; and 
James Pelliccio, Port Newark Container Terminal, Newark, New Jersey, on 
behalf of the Coalition for America's Gateways and Trade Corridors.
CYBERSECURITY THREATS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine efforts to protect United States energy delivery 
systems from cybersecurity threats, after receiving testimony from 
Patricia Hoffman, Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity 
Delivery and Energy Reliability, and Andrew A. Bochman, Senior Cyber 
and Energy Strategist, National and Homeland Security, Idaho National 
Laboratory, both of the Department of Energy; Colonel Gent Welsh, 
Commander, 194th Wing, Washington Air National Guard, Camp Murray; 
Gerry W. Cauley, North American Electric Reliability Corporation, and 
Dave McCurdy, American Gas Association, both of Washington, D.C.; and 
Duane D. Highley, Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation, 
Littlerock, on behalf of the National Rural Electric Cooperative 
Association.
THE EU AS A PARTNER AGAINST RUSSIAN AGGRESSION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the European Union as a partner against Russian aggression, 
focusing on sanctions, security, democratic institutions, and the way 
forward, after receiving testimony from David O'Sullivan, European 
Union Delegation to the United States of America, and Kurt Volker, 
Arizona State University McCain Institute for International Leadership, 
both of Washington, D.C.; and Daniel B. Baer, former Ambassador to the 
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Denver, Colorado.

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SOUTHWEST BORDER FENCING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine fencing along the southwest border, 
after receiving testimony from David V. Aguilar, former Acting 
Commissioner, and Ronald S. Colburn, former Deputy Chief, Border 
Patrol, both of Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland 
Security; and Terence M. Garrett, The University of Texas Rio Grande 
Valley Public Affairs and Security Studies Department, Brownsville.
FDA USER FEE AGREEMENTS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine FDA user fee agreements, focusing on 
improving medical product regulations and innovation for patients, 
after receiving testimony from Kay Holcombe, Biotechnology Innovation 
Organization, David R. Gaugh, Association for Accessible Medicines, 
Scott Whitaker, AvaMed, and Cynthia A. Bens, Alliance for Aging 
Research, all of Washington, D.C.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.