[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 154 (Tuesday, September 26, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1013]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Ann Marie Buerkle, of New 
York, to be Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, 
Howard R. Elliott, of Indiana, to be Administrator of the Pipeline 
and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of 
Transportation, and Walter G. Copan, of Colorado, to be Under 
Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology, 10:30 a.m., SR-
253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on 
National Parks, to hold hearings to examine encouraging the next 
generation to visit National Parks, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine forest management to mitigate wildfires, focusing on 
legislative solutions, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Kathleen M. Fitzpatrick, of the District of Columbia, 
to be Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, and 
Daniel J. Kritenbrink, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam, both of the Department of State, 
10:45 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Richard Duke Buchan III, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom 
of Spain, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to Andorra, Richard Grenell, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, 
Edward T. McMullen, Jr., of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to the 
Swiss Confederation, and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of 
Liechtenstein, Jamie McCourt, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
French Republic, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of Monaco, and Peter 
Hoekstra, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of the 
Netherlands, all of the Department of State, 2:15 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine threats to the homeland, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Government Accountability Office reports on human 
trafficking of Native Americans in the United States, 2:30 p.m., SD-
628.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: to hold hearings 
to examine the Small Business Administration's response to the 2017 
hurricanes, 3 p.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine 
preventing veteran suicide, 10 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land 
Forces, hearing entitled ``The Army's Tactical Network Modernization 
Strategy'', 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and 
Insurance, hearing entitled ``Overview of the Family Self-
Sufficiency Program'', 3 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global 
Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, 
hearing entitled ``Rwanda: Democracy Thwarted'', 3 p.m., 2200 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing entitled ``Burma's 
Brutal Campaign Against the Rohingya'', 2:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Exploring Solutions to Reduce 
Risks of Catastrophic Wildfire and Improve Resiliency of National 
Forests'', 3 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, hearing entitled ``How to Improve Access to GI Bill 
Approved Apprenticeship Programs and How these Programs Benefit 
Veterans'', 3 p.m., 334 Cannon.