[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 23, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D82-D83]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NUCLEAR POSTURE REVIEW
Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a closed briefing on 
the Nuclear Posture Review from John C. Rood, Under Secretary for 
Policy, and General Paul J. Selva, USAF, Vice Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff, both of the Department of Defense.
CYBER WARFIGHTING POLICY
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity concluded a 
closed hearing to examine cyber warfighting policy, after receiving 
testimony from Kenneth P. Rapuano, Assistant Secretary for Homeland 
Defense and Global Security, Lieutenant General Richard D. Clarke, USA, 
Director for Strategic Plans and Policy, J5, Joint Staff, and Neill 
Tipton, Director, Information Sharing and Partner Engagement 
Directorate, Office of the Under Secretary for Intelligence, all of the 
Department of Defense.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations Jelena McWilliams, of Ohio, to be 
Chairperson of the Board of Directors, and to be a Member of the Board 
of Directors, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Marvin Goodfriend, 
of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System, and Thomas E. Workman, of New York, to be a 
Member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and 
Security concluded a hearing to examine surface transportation 
security, focusing on addressing current and emerging threats, after 
receiving testimony from David P. Pekoske, Administrator, 
Transportation Security Administration, and John V. Kelly, Acting 
Inspector General, both of the Department of Homeland Security.
ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM DURING RECENT WINTER WEATHER EVENTS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the performance of the electric power 
system in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic during recent winter weather 
events, including the bomb cyclone, after receiving testimony from 
Kevin J. McIntyre, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and 
Bruce J. Walker, Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity Delivery 
and Energy Reliability, both of the Department of Energy; Charles A. 
Berardesco, North American Electric Reliability Corporation, 
Washington, D.C.; Allison Clements, goodgrid LLC, Salt Lake City, Utah; 
Andrew L. Ott, PJM Interconnection, LLC, Audubon, Pennsylvania; and 
Gordon van Welie, ISO New England, Holyoke, Massachusetts.
PUBLIC HEALTH THREAT PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine facing 21st century public health 
threats, focusing on our Nation's preparedness and response 
capabilities, after receiving testimony from John Dreyzehner, Tennessee 
Department of Health, Nashville; Tom Inglesby, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg 
School of Public Health Center for Health Security, Baltimore, 
Maryland; Brent MacGregor, Seqirus, Summit, New Jersey; and Steven E. 
Krug, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, 
Illinois, on behalf of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.