[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 100 (Tuesday, June 13, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D644-D645]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed 
budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2018 for the 
Department of Justice, after receiving testimony from Rod J. 
Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2018 for the Department of Agriculture, 
after receiving testimony from Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates and justification for fiscal year 2018 for the Department of 
State, after receiving testimony from Rex Tillerson, Secretary of 
State.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Department of Defense budget posture in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2018 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from James N. Mattis, Secretary, 
General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., USMC, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff, and David L. Norquist, Under Secretary (Comptroller), all of the 
Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded a 
hearing to examine Navy and Marine Corps aviation programs in review of 
the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2018 and the Future 
Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Lieutenant 
General Jon M. Davis, USMC, Deputy Commandant for Aviation, United 
States Marine Corps, and Vice Admiral Paul A. Grosklags, USN, 
Commander, Naval Air Systems, and Rear Admiral DeWolfe H. Miller, III, 
USN, Director, Air Warfare (OPNAV N98), both of the Department of the 
Navy, all of the Department of Defense.
FY 2018 BUDGET AND REVENUE PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2018 and revenue 
proposals, after receiving testimony from Steven T. Mnuchin, Secretary 
of the Treasury.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Kristine L. Svinicki, and Annie 
Caputo, both of Virginia, and David Wright, of South Carolina, who was 
introduced by Senator Graham, each to be a Member of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, and Susan Parker Bodine, of Maryland, to be an 
Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, after 
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUDGET
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2018 
for the Department of State, after receiving testimony from Rex 
Tillerson, Secretary of State.

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STATE-SPONSORED CYBERSPACE THREATS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, 
and International Cybersecurity Policy concluded a hearing to examine 
state-sponsored cyberspace threats, focusing on recent incidents and 
United States policy response, after receiving testimony from Samantha 
F. Ravich, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Washington, D.C.; and 
Eric Rosenbach, Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts.
PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the cost of prescription drugs, focusing 
on how the drug delivery system affects what patients pay, after 
receiving testimony from Dan Mendelson, Avalere, and Allan Coukell, The 
Pew Charitable Trusts, both of Washington, D.C.; Paul Howard, Manhattan 
Institute, New York, New York; and Gerard Anderson, Johns Hopkins 
Center for Hospital Finance and Management, Baltimore, Maryland.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S.772, to amend the PROTECT Act to make Indian tribes eligible for 
AMBER Alert grants; and
  S.825, to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the 
Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium located in Sitka, Alaska, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
INDIAN AFFAIRS LEGISLATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
S. 1250, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to improve the 
recruitment and retention of employees in the Indian Health Service, 
restore accountability in the Indian Health Service, improve health 
services, S. 1275, to improve the housing conditions and promote useful 
land uses within tribal communities, and an original bill entitled, 
``HUD/VA Veterans Assisted Supplemental Housing'', after receiving 
testimony from Rear Admiral Chris Buchanan, Assistant Surgeon General, 
Public Health Service, Acting Director, Indian Health Service, 
Department of Health and Human Services; Heidi Frechette, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Office of Native American Programs, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development; Keith Harris, National Director of 
Clinical Operations, Homeless Program Office, Veterans Health 
Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; Victoria Kitcheyan, 
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, Winnebago; Joseph P. Crowley, American 
Dental Association, Cincinnati, Ohio; Mark Charlie, The Association of 
Village Council Presidents Regional Housing Authority, Bethel, Alaska; 
and Max Stier, Partnership for Public Service, Liana Onnen, National 
Congress of American Indians, and Sami Jo Difuntorum, National American 
Indian Housing Council, all of Washington, D.C.
2016 ELECTION INTELLIGENCE MATTERS
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine certain intelligence matters relating to the 2016 United States 
election, after receiving testimony from former Senator Jeff Sessions, 
Attorney General, Department of Justice.