[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 178 (Thursday, November 2, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1164]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Mark T. Esper, of Virginia, to be Secretary of the 
Army, Robert L. Wilkie, of North Carolina, to be Under Secretary for 
Personnel and Readiness, who was introduced by Senator Tillis, Joseph 
Kernan, of Florida, to be Under Secretary for Intelligence, and Guy B. 
Roberts, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the 
Department of Defense, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the potential for oil and gas exploration and 
development in the non-wilderness portion of the Arctic National 
Wildlife Refuge, known as the ``1002 Area'' or Coastal Plain, to raise 
sufficient revenue pursuant to the Senate reconciliation instructions 
included in H. Con Res. 71, after receiving testimony from Senator 
Sullivan; Representative Don Young; Alaska Governor Bill Walker, and 
Alaska Lieutenant Governor Byron Mallott, both of Juneau; Greg Sheehan, 
Principal Deputy Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Pat Pourchot, 
former Special Assistant to the Secretary for Alaska Affairs, both of 
the Department of the Interior; Sam Alexander, Gwich'in Nation, and 
Aaron Schutt, Doyon, Limited, both of Fairbanks, Alaska; Matthew 
Rexford, Native Village of Kaktovik, Kaktovik, Alaska; Lois N. Epstein, 
The Wilderness Society, and Richard K. Glenn, Arctic Slope Regional 
Corporation, both of Anchorage, Alaska; and Matthew Cronin, Bozeman, 
Montana.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 807, to provide anti-retaliation protections for antitrust 
whistleblowers; and
  The nominations of Matthew G. T. Martin, to be United States Attorney 
for the Middle District of North Carolina, and Christina E. Nolan, to 
be United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, both of the 
Department of Justice.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.