[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 76 (Wednesday, May 3, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D486-D487]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE INNOVATION AND RESEARCH FUNDING
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine defense innovation and research funding, 
after receiving testimony from Robert O. Work, Deputy Secretary, 
William B. Roper, Jr., Director, Strategic Capabilities Office, and 
Steven H. Walker, Acting Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects 
Agency, all of the Department of Defense.
DOD LABORATORIES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities concluded a hearing to examine Department of Defense 
laboratories and their contributions to military operations and 
readiness, after receiving testimony from Melissa L. Flagg, former 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research, Office of the 
Secretary of Defense; Jeffery P. Holland, former Director, Engineer 
Research and Development Center, United States Army Corps of Engineers; 
John A. Montgomery, former Director of Research, Naval Research 
Laboratory, United States Navy; and Ricky L. Peters, former Executive 
Director, Air Force Research Laboratory, United States Air Force.
FLEXIBLE PERSONNEL SYSTEM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a 
hearing to examine building a flexible personnel system (F.A.S.T. 
Force) for a modern military, after receiving testimony from former 
Senator James M. Talent, Kathy Roth-Douquet, and Major General Arnold 
L. Punaro, USMC (Ret.), all of the Bipartisan Policy Center Task Force 
on Defense Personnel.
ECONOMIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR GROWTH
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
economy and private sector growth, after receiving testimony from 
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Strain, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C.; William C. 
Dunkelberg, National Federation of Independent Business, Wynnewood, 
Pennsylvania; and Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University, New York, New 
York.
BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine investing in America's broadband infrastructure, 
focusing on exploring ways to reduce barriers to deployment, after 
receiving testimony from Arizona Representative Jeff Weninger, 
Chandler; Mayor Gary Resnick, Wilton Manors, Florida; and Patricia 
Cooper, Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX), Larry 
Downes, Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy, and Brian M. 
Hendricks, Nokia Corporation, all of Washington, D.C.
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT STREAMLINING AND EFFICIENCY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine infrastructure project streamlining and efficiency, 
focusing on achieving faster, better, and cheaper results, after 
receiving testimony from William T. Panos, Wyoming Department of 
Transportation Director, Cheyenne; Leah F. Pilconis, The Associated 
General Contractors of America, Arlington, Virginia; and John D. 
Porcari, U.S. Advisory Services, Washington, D.C.
PHILANTHROPY, REMITTANCES, AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Multilateral 
International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International 
Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy concluded a hearing to 
examine global philanthropy and remittances and international 
development, after receiving testimony from Una Osili, Indiana 
University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indianapolis; and 
Daniel F. Runde, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Sam 
Worthington, InterAction, and Semhar Araia, UNICEF USA, all of 
Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
H.R. 534, to require the Secretary of State to take such actions as may 
be necessary for the United States to rejoin the Bureau of 
International Expositions, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, including S. 139, to implement the 
use of Rapid DNA instruments to inform decisions about pretrial release 
or detention and their conditions, to solve and prevent violent crimes 
and other crimes, to exonerate the innocent, to prevent DNA analysis 
backlogs, after receiving testimony from James B. Comey, Director, 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.