[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 142 (Tuesday, September 5, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D915-D916]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies, 
business meeting to markup an original bill entitled, ``Departments 
of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2018'', 11 a.m., SD-124.
  Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, 
business meeting to markup an original bill entitled, ``Department 
of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2018'', 2:30 p.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine addressing the risk of waste, fraud, and abuse 
in the Federal Communications Commission's Lifeline Program, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider the nominations 
of Gilbert B. Kaplan, of the District of Columbia, to be Under 
Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, and Matthew Bassett, 
of Tennessee, to be an Assistant Secretary, and Robert Charrow, of 
Maryland, to be General Counsel, both of the Department of Health 
and Human Services, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
priorities and challenges in the United States-Turkey relationship, 
10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine stabilizing premiums and helping individuals on 
the individual insurance market for 2018, focusing on state 
insurance commissioners, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the history and current reality of the United 
States health care system, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Amy Coney Barrett, of Indiana, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, Joan Louise Larsen, of 
Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, 
William L. Campbell, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the 
Middle District of Tennessee, Thomas Lee Robinson Parker, to be 
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States District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, and 
Eric S. Dreiband, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, 
Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Sharing Economy: Creating Opportunities for 
Innovation and Flexibility'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing 
entitled ``Powering America: Reevaluating PURPA's Objectives and its 
Effects on Today's Consumers'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``EPA Oversight: Unimplemented Inspector General and GAO 
Recommendations'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Terrorism and 
Illicit Finance, hearing entitled ``Low Cost, High Impact: 
Combatting the Financing of Lone-Wolf and Small-Scale Terrorist 
Attacks'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, hearing on H.R. 2661, the ``State Mineral Revenue 
Protection Act''; H.R. 2907, the ``Planning for American Energy 
Act''; and H.R. 3565, the ``Federal Land Freedom Act'', 10 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, Full Committee, continue hearing on H.R. 3354, 
the ``Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2018'' [Make America Secure and Prosperous 
Appropriations Act, 2018], 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Environment; and Subcommittee on Oversight, joint hearing entitled 
``Examining the Scientific and Operational Integrity of EPA's IRIS 
Program'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Expediting Economic Growth: How Streamlining Federal Permitting 
Can Cut Red Tape for Small Businesses'', 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, 
hearing entitled ``Missing from the Labor Force: Examining Declining 
Employment among Working-Age Men'', 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing entitled ``Determining 
Eligibility for Disability Benefits: Challenges Facing the Social 
Security Administration'', 10 a.m., 2020 Rayburn.