[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 20, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D675-D676]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: FDA
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 Food and Drug 
Administration, after receiving testimony from Scott Gottlieb, 
Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Food and Drug Administration, 
Department of Health and Human Services.
APPROPRIATIONS: FCC
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government examine proposed budget estimates and justification 
for fiscal year 2018 for the Federal Communications Commission, after 
receiving testimony from Ajit Pai, Chairman, and Mignon L. Clyburn, and 
Michael O'Rielly, each a Commissioner, all of the Federal 
Communications Commission.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 995 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Patrick M. Shanahan, of Washington, to be Deputy 
Secretary of Defense, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator 
Cantwell, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
THE USF AND RURAL BROADBAND
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet concluded a 
hearing to examine the Universal Service Fund and rural broadband, 
after receiving testimony from Michael J. Balhoff, Charlesmead 
Advisors, LLC, Columbia, Maryland; Shirley Bloomfield, NTCA--The Rural 
Broadband Association, Arlington, Virginia; Eric B. Graham, C Spire, 
Ridgeland, Mississippi; and Karen S. Rheuban, University of Virginia 
Center for Telehealth, Charlottesville.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2018 for the Department of the Interior, after receiving testimony 
from Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior.
REVIEWING CONGRESSIONAL AUMF
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine reviewing Congressional authorizations for the use of military 
force, after receiving testimony from John B. Bellinger, III, Arnold 
and Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, and Kathleen H. Hicks, Center for 
Strategic and International Studies, both of Washington, D.C.
FIRST AMENDMENT ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the assault on the First Amendment on college campuses, after receiving 
testimony from Zachary R. Wood, Uncomfortable Learning, Williamstown, 
Massachusetts; Frederick M. Lawrence, The Phi Beta Kappa Society, and 
Fanta Aw, American University, both of Washington, D.C.; Eugene Volokh, 
University of California School of Law, Los Angeles; J. Richard Cohen, 
Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, Alabama; Floyd Abrams, Cahill 
Gordon and Reindel LLP, New York, New York; and Issac Smith, 
Cincinnati, Ohio.