[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 24, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D577-D578]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NAVY AND MARINE CORPS BUDGET
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense concluded 
a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request and 
justification for fiscal year 2018 for the Navy and Marine Corps, after 
receiving testimony from Sean J. Stackley, Acting Secretary of the Navy, 
Admiral John M. Richardson, USN, Chief of Naval Operations, and General 
Robert B. Neller, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps, all of the 
Department of Defense.
A 355 SHIP NAVY
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded a hearing to 
examine industry perspectives on options and considerations for achieving a 
355 ship Navy, after receiving testimony from Brian J. Cuccias, Huntington 
Ingalls Industries, and Ingalls Shipbuilding; John P. Casey, General 
Dynamics; and Matthew O. Paxton, Shipbuilders Council of America.
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded a 
hearing to examine Department of Energy atomic energy defense activities and 
programs, after receiving testimony from Frank G. Klotz, Under Secretary for 
Nuclear Security, Susan M. Cange, Acting Assistant Secretary for 
Environmental Management, and Admiral James F. Caldwell, Jr., USN, Deputy 
Administrator for Naval Reactors, National Nuclear Security Administration, 
all of the Department of Energy; and David C. Trimble, Director, Natural 
Resources and Environment, Government Accountability Office.
POOL SAFETY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Consumer 
Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security concluded a hearing 
to examine pool safety, focusing on the tenth anniversary of the Virginia 
Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act, after receiving testimony from Karen 
Cohn, The ZAC Foundation, Greenwich, Connecticut; Richard Gottwald, The 
Association of Pool and Spa Professionals, Alexandria, Virginia; Connie 
Harvey, American Red Cross, Washington, D.C.; and Nancy Baker, Thomaston, 
Maine.
AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and 
International Cybersecurity Policy concluded a hearing to examine American 
leadership in the Asia-Pacific, focusing on economic issues, after receiving 
testimony from Tami Overby, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C.; and 
Robert C. Orr, University of Maryland School of Public Policy, College Park.
BORDER INSECURITY AND MS-13
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine border insecurity, focusing on the rise of MS-13 and

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other transnational criminal organizations, after receiving testimony from 
Timothy D. Sini, Suffolk County Police Department, Yaphank, New York; Scott 
Michael Conley, Chelsea Police Department, Chelsea, Massachusetts; and J. 
Thomas Manger, Montgomery County Police Department, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 
on behalf of the Major Cities Chiefs Association.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nominations of Vishal J. Amin, of Michigan, to be Intellectual Property 
Enforcement Coordinator, Executive Office of the President, Stephen Elliott 
Boyd, of Alabama, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of 
Justice, and Lee Francis Cissna, of Maryland, to be Director of United 
States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland 
Security, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCESS TO DATA STORED ACROSS BORDERS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism concluded a 
hearing to examine law enforcement access to data stored across borders, 
focusing on facilitating cooperation and protecting rights, after receiving 
testimony from Brad Wiegmann, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department 
of Justice; Christopher W. Kelly, Office of the Massachusetts Attorney 
General, Boston; Paddy McGuinness, United Kingdom Deputy National Security 
Advisor, Oxford; Brad Smith, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington; and 
Jennifer Daskal, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, 
D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nomination of Althea Coetzee, of Virginia, to be 
Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 
1094, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the accountability 
of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
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.
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