[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 144 (Thursday, September 7, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D935-D936]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  An original bill (S. 1780) entitled, ``Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018''; and
  An original bill (S. 1771) entitled, ``Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2018''.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1463, to amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to modify the 
term of the independent member of the Financial Stability Oversight 
Council; and
  The nominations of Joseph Otting, of Nevada, to be Comptroller of the 
Currency, Department of the Treasury, and Randal Quarles, of Colorado, 
to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 
to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 
(Reappointment), and to be Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Board 
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
NORTH KOREA
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine evaluating sanctions enforcement and policy options 
on North Korea, including S. 1591, to impose sanctions with respect to 
the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, after receiving testimony 
from Adam J. Szubin, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced 
International Studies, Washington, D.C.; Anthony Ruggiero, Foundation 
for Defense of Democracies, Woodbridge, Virginia; and John Park, 
Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government Belfer Center 
for Science and International Affairs Korea Working Group, Belmont, 
Massachusetts.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Joseph Balash, of Alaska, to be 
an Assistant Secretary, who was introduced by Senator Murkowski, and 
Ryan Douglas Nelson, of Idaho, to be Solicitor, who was introduced by 
Senator Risch, both of the Department of the Interior, and Richard 
Glick, of Virginia, who was introduced by Senator Cantwell, and Kevin 
J. McIntyre, of Virginia, both to be a Member of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
Children's Health Insurance Program, focusing on the path forward, 
after receiving testimony from Anne L. Schwartz, Executive Director, 
Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission; Linda Nablo, Virginia 
Department of Medical Assistance Services Chief Deputy Director, 
Richmond; and Leanna M. George, Benson, North Carolina.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported 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.
FEDERAL PERMITTING IMPROVEMENT STEERING COUNCIL OVERSIGHT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine Federal infrastructure permitting and the Federal Permitting 
Improvement Steering Council, after receiving testimony from Janet 
Pfleeger, Acting Executive Director, Federal Permitting Improvement 
Steering Council; Terry L. Turpin, Director, Office of Energy Projects, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Robyn S. Colosimo, Assistant for 
Water Resources Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army 
(Civil Works), Department of Defense; Gary Frazer, Assistant Director 
for Ecological Services, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the 
Interior; Marc S. Gerken, American Municipal Power, Inc., Columbus, 
Ohio; and Brent Booker, North America's Building Trades Unions, William 
L. Kovacs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Scott Slesinger, Natural 
Resources Defense Council, all of Washington, D.C.
INDIVIDUAL INSURANCE MARKET
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine stabilizing premiums and helping 
individuals in the individual insurance market for 2018, focusing on 
governors, after receiving testimony from Massachusetts Governor 
Charles D. Baker, Boston; Montana Governor Steve Bullock, Helena; 
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, Nashville; Utah Governor Gary R. 
Herbert, Salt Lake City; and Colorado Governor John W. Hickenlooper, 
Denver.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 705, to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to 
establish a national criminal history background check system and 
criminal history review program for certain individuals who, related to 
their employment, have access to children, the elderly, or individuals 
with disabilities, with an amendment; and
  The nominations of Kurt G. Alme, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Montana, Donald Q. Cochran, Jr., to be United States 
Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, Russell M. Coleman, to 
be United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, Bart M. 
Davis, to be United States Attorney for the District of Idaho, Brian J. 
Kuester, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of 
Oklahoma, and R. Trent Shores, to be United States Attorney for the 
Northern District of Oklahoma.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
consider pending intelligence matters.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.