[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 96 (Tuesday, June 6, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D611-D612]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2018 for the Department of Education, 
after receiving testimony from Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education.
APPROPRIATIONS: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND FAMILY HOUSING
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine 
proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2018 for 
Department of Defense military construction and family housing, after 
receiving testimony from Peter J. Potochney, Acting Assistant Secretary 
for Energy, Installations and Environment, Lieutenant General Gwendolyn 
Bingham, USA, Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management, 
Vice Admiral Dixon R. Smith, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for 
Fleet Readiness and Logistics, Major General John J. Broadmeadow, USMC, 
Commander, Marine Corps Installations Command, and Assistant Deputy 
Commandant, Installations and Logistics (Facilities), and Major General 
Timothy S. Green, USAF, Director of Civil Engineers, Deputy Chief of 
Staff for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection, all of the 
Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
Marine Corps ground modernization in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2018 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from Heather A. Wilson, Secretary, 
and General David L. Goldfein, USAF, Chief of Staff, both of the Air 
Force, Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded a 
hearing to examine Marine Corps ground modernization in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2018 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, after receiving testimony from John M. Garner, Program 
Executive Officer, Land Systems Marine Corps, Lieutenant General Robert 
S. Walsh, USMC, Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and 
Integration, Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development 
Command, and Commander, United States Marine Forces Strategic Command, 
and Brigadier General Joseph F. Shrader, USMC, Commander, Marine Corps 
Systems Command, all of the Department of Defense.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Kevin Allen Hassett, of 
Massachusetts, to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, who 
was introduced by Senator Portman, and Pamela Hughes Patenaude, of New 
Hampshire, to be Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, who 
was introduced by Senator Shaheen, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nominations of Dan R. Brouillette, of Texas, to be Deputy 
Secretary of Energy, Neil Chatterjee, of Kentucky, and Robert F. 
Powelson, of Pennsylvania, each to be a Member of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, and David Bernhardt, of Virginia, to be Deputy 
Secretary of the Interior.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BUDGET
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request 
for fiscal year 2018 for the Department of Homeland Security, after 
receiving testimony from John F. Kelly, Secretary of Homeland Security.
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.