[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 154 (Tuesday, September 26, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1009-D1010]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., USMC, for 
reappointment to the grade of general and reappointment to be Chairman 
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after the nominee testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 3,196 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
SEC OVERSIGHT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the Securities and Exchange Commission, 
after receiving testimony from Jay Clayton, Chairman, Securities and 
Exchange Commission.
FTC STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security 
concluded a hearing to examine Federal Trade Commission stakeholder 
perspectives, focusing on reform proposals to improve fairness, 
innovation, and consumer welfare, after receiving testimony from 
William MacLeod, Kelley Drye and Warren LLP, Lydia Parnes, Wilson 
Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati PC, Jessica Rich, Consumer Reports, and 
Berin Szoka, TechFreedom, all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Bruce J. Walker, of New York, to 
be an Assistant Secretary (Electricity Delivery and Energy 
Reliability), and Steven E. Winberg, of Pennsylvania, to be an 
Assistant Secretary (Fossil Energy), both of the Department of Energy, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., of Utah, to be Ambassador to 
the Russian Federation, Justin Hicks Siberell, of Maryland, to be 
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain, and A. Wess Mitchell, of 
Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary (European and Eurasian Affairs), 
all of the Department of State, and J. Steven Dowd, of Florida,

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to be United States Director of the African Development Bank.
SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND FOREIGN POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine managing security assistance to support foreign policy, after 
receiving testimony from Tina S. Kaidanow, Acting Assistant Secretary 
of State; and Todd Harvey, Acting Assistant Secretary for Strategy, 
Plans and Capabilities, and Lieutenant General Charles W. Hooper, USA, 
Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, both of the Department 
of Defense.
SPECIAL COUNSELS AND THE SEPARATION OF POWERS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a to examine special 
counsels and the separation of powers, including S. 1735, to limit the 
removal of a special counsel, and S. 1741, to ensure independent 
investigations by allowing judicial review of the removal of a special 
counsel, after receiving testimony from Akhil Reed Amar, Yale 
University, New Haven, Connecticut; Eric A. Posner, University of 
Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois; Stephen I. Vladeck, University 
of Texas School of Law, Austin; and John F. Duffy, University of 
Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.