[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 25, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D446-D447]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. ASSISTANCE FOR EGYPT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs concluded a hearing to examine United States 
assistance for Egypt, after receiving testimony from Elliott Abrams, 
Council on Foreign Relations, New York, New York; and Michele Dunne, 
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Tom Malinowski, former 
Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, 
both of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 5,550 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
ASIA-PACIFIC POLICY AND STRATEGY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
policy and strategy in the Asia-Pacific, after receiving testimony from 
Kelly E. Magsamen, former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs; Victor D. Cha, Center 
for Strategic and International Studies; Aaron L. Friedberg, Princeton 
University; and Ashley J. Tellis, Carnegie Endowment for International 
Peace.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  An original joint resolution providing for an exception to the 
limitation on the appointment of certain persons as the United States 
Trade Representative; and
  The nomination of Robert Lighthizer, of Florida, to be United States 
Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador.
THE CRISIS IN LIBYA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the crisis in Libya, focusing on

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next steps and United States policy options, after receiving testimony 
from Frederic Wehrey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 
Washington, D.C.; and Deborah K. Jones, former United States Ambassador 
to Libya, McLean, Virginia.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
intellectual property, focusing on making our lives healthier, safer, 
and more productive, after receiving testimony from Matthew C. Allen, 
Acting Assistant Director, National Intellectual Property Rights 
Coordination Center, Homeland Security Investigations, Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security; Kay Eron, Intel 
Corporation, Santa Clara, California; Ashifi Gogo, Sproxil, Inc., 
Cambridge, Massachusetts; Conor F. Madigan, Kateeva, Newark, 
California; and Neal Gutterson, DuPont Pioneer, Johnston, Iowa.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed sessions to 
receive briefings on certain intelligence matters from officials of the 
intelligence community.