[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 122 (Wednesday, July 19, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D808-D809]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JULY 20, 2017

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to markup an 
original bill entitled, ``Energy and Water Development 
Appropriations Act, 2018'', an original bill entitled ``Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018'', and subcommittee funding 
guidance, 10:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine housing finance reform, focusing on maintaining access 
for small lenders, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, to hold 
hearings to examine an update on FirstNet, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Brenda Burman, of Arizona, to be 
Commissioner of Reclamation, and Susan Combs, of Texas, and Douglas 
W. Domenech, of Virginia, both to be an Assistant Secretary, all of 
the Department of the Interior, and Paul Dabbar, of New York, to be 
Under Secretary for Science, David S. Jonas, of Virginia, to be 
General Counsel, and Mark Wesley Menezes, of Virginia, to be Under 
Secretary, all of the Department of Energy, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife, to hold hearings to examine 
innovative financing and funding, focusing on addressing America's 
crumbling water infrastructure, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider the nomination 
of David J. Kautter, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
the Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Kay Bailey Hutchison, of Texas, to be United States 
Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador, Kelly Knight 
Craft, of Kentucky, to be Ambassador to Canada, Robert Wood Johnson 
IV, of New York, to be Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Northern Ireland, Lewis M. Eisenberg, of Florida, to be 
Ambassador to the Italian Republic, and to serve concurrently and 
without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of San 
Marino, and Kathleen Troia McFarland, of New York, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Singapore, all of the Department of State, 9:30 
a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Christopher A. Wray, of Georgia, to be Director of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Jeffrey Bossert Clark, of 
Virginia, and Beth Ann Williams, of New Jersey, both to be an 
Assistant Attorney General, John W. Huber, to be United States 
Attorney for the District of Utah, Justin E. Herdman, to be United 
States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and John E. Town, 
to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 
all of the Department of Justice, and Trevor N. McFadden, of 
Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Columbia, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Thomas G. Bowman, of Florida, to be Deputy Secretary, 
Brooks D. Tucker, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary 
(Congressional and Legislative Affairs), and James Byrne, of 
Virginia, to be General Counsel, all of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, and Michael P. Allen, of Florida, Amanda L. Meredith, of 
Virginia, and Joseph L. Toth, of Wisconsin, each to be a Judge of 
the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, Time to be 
announced, Room to be announced.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.

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                                 House

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Examining Bipartisan Legislation to Improve the Medicare 
Program'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Monetary Policy 
and Trade, hearing entitled ``Monetary Policy v. Fiscal Policy: 
Risks to Price Stability and the Economy'', 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, 
Homeland Security, and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Gangs in 
Our Communities: Drugs, Human Trafficking, and Violence'', 10 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, hearing entitled ``Seeking Innovative Solutions for the 
Future of Hardrock Mining'', 9 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy, 
and Trade; and Subcommittee on Health and Technology, joint hearing 
entitled ``21st Century Medicine: How Telehealth Can Help Rural 
Communities'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.