[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 172 (Wednesday, October 25, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1124-D1125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MAJOR THREATS FACING NAVAL FORCES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower received a closed 
briefing on the major threats facing naval forces and the Navy's 
current and planned capabilities to meet those threats from Admiral 
William F. Moran, USN, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, and Jason A. 
Reynolds, Director, Special Programs, Office of the Chief of Naval 
Operations, both of the Department of Defense.
COMMERCIAL SATELLITE INDUSTRY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the commercial satellite industry, after receiving 
testimony from Patricia Cooper, SpaceX, Washington, D.C.; Mark 
Dankberg, ViaSat, Inc., Carlsbad, California; Stephen Spengler, 
Intelsat, McLean, Virginia; and Greg Wyler, OneWeb, Arlington, 
Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nominations of Michael Dourson, of Ohio, to be Assistant 
Administrator for Toxic Substances, and William L. Wehrum, of Delaware, 
Matthew Z. Leopold, of Florida, and David Ross, of Wisconsin, each to 
be an Assistant Administrator, all of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, Paul Trombino III, of Wisconsin, to be Administrator of the 
Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, and 
Jeffery Martin Baran, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission.
WILDFIRE PREVENTION AND MITIGATION ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine an original bill entitled, ``Wildfire Prevention and 
Mitigation Act of 2017'', after receiving testimony from Bill Crasper, 
Wyoming State Forestry Division, Cheyenne; Miles Moretti, Mule Deer 
Foundation, Salt Lake City, Utah; and Dylan Kruse, Sustainable 
Northwest, Portland, Oregon.
NIGERIA SECURITY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Africa and Global 
Health Policy received a closed briefing on Nigeria security from 
Donald Y. Yamamoto, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African 
Affairs, and Mike Miller, Office Director, Regional Security and Arms 
Transfers, both of the Department of State.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 
1223, to repeal the Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund Act, with an amendment.
INDIAN AFFAIRS LEGISLATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
S. 1870, to amend the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to secure urgent 
resources vital to Indian victims of crime, S. 1953, to amend the 
Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 and the Indian Law Enforcement Reform 
Act to provide for advancements in public safety services to Indian 
communities, and S. 1942, to direct the Attorney General to review, 
revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols appropriate 
to address missing and murdered Indians, after receiving testimony from 
R. Trent Shores, United States Attorney for the Northern District of 
Oklahoma, Department of Justice; Bryan Rice, Director, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, Department of the Interior; David Flute, Sisseton-Wahpeton 
Sioux Tribe, Agency Village, South Dakota; Joel Boyd, Confederated 
Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Nespelem, Washington; and Carmen 
O'Leary, Native Women's Society of the Great Plains, Eagle Butte, South 
Dakota.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of Melissa Sue Glynn, of the District of Columbia, to 
be an Assistant Secretary (Enterprise Integration), Randy Reeves, of 
Mississippi, to be Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs, and Cheryl L. 
Mason, of Virginia, to be Chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals, 
all of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
WORKING AND AGING WITH DISABILITIES
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
working and aging with disabilities from school to retirement, after 
receiving testimony from David Michael Mank, Indiana University, 
Bloomington, on behalf of the Association of University Centers on 
Disabilities; Tamar Heller,

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University of Illinois Institute on Disability and Human Development, 
Chicago; Eric Meyer, Spurwink Services, Portland, Maine; and Jeff 
Smith, Judith Creed Horizons for Achieving Independence, King of 
Prussia, Pennsylvania.