[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 81 (Wednesday, May 10, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D514]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS CAPABILITIES TO COUNTER RUSSIA
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities receive a closed briefing on United States special 
operations capabilities to counter Russian influence and unconventional 
warfare operations in the ``Grey Zone'' from Major General Mark C. 
Schwartz, USA, Commander, and Colonel Terry Guild, USA, Director of 
Intelligence, both of Special Operations Command Europe, Department of 
Defense.
CONSTRAINING NORTH KOREA
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
National Security and International Trade and Finance concluded a 
hearing to examine secondary sanctions against Chinese institutions, 
focusing on assessing their utility for constraining North Korea, after 
receiving testimony from Adam J. Szubin, Johns Hopkins University 
School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, D.C.; and Juan C. 
Zarate, Financial Integrity Network, and Center on Sanctions and 
Illicit Finance, Alexandria, Virginia.
GROWTH POLICIES
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
growth policies for the new Administration, after receiving testimony 
from former Senator Phil Gramm.
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine state views on the need to modernize the Endangered 
Species Act, after receiving testimony from Nick Wiley, Florida Fish 
and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, and Larry D. Voyles, 
Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, both on behalf of the 
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies; and Janet Coit, Rhode Island 
Department of Environmental Management, Providence.
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, 
Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Global Women's Issues concluded a hearing to examine emerging external 
influences in the Western Hemisphere, after receiving testimony from 
Emanuele Ottolenghi, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and Eric 
Farnsworth, Council of the Americas, both of Washington, D.C.
CYBER THREATS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine cyber threats facing America, focusing 
on an overview of the cybersecurity threat landscape, after receiving 
testimony from Jeff Greene, Symantec Corporation, and Steven R. 
Chabinsky, White and Case LLP, both of Washington, D.C.; Brandon 
Valeriano, Marine Corps University, Alexandria, Virginia; and Kevin 
Keeney, Monsanto Company, Linn, Missouri.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Steven Andrew Engel, of the District of Columbia, 
who was introduced by Senator Graham, and Makan Delrahim, of 
California, who was introduced by Senator Hatch, both to be an 
Assistant Attorney General, and Noel J. Francisco, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Solicitor General of the United States, who was 
introduced by Senator Cruz, all of the Department of Justice, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.