[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 13, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D153-D154]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a closed hearing to 
examine the United States Special

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Operations Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for 
fiscal year 2019 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving 
testimony from Owen O. West, Assistant Secretary, Special Operations 
and Low-Intensity Conflict, and General Raymond A. Thomas III, USA, 
Commander, Special Operations Command, both of the Department of 
Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Paul C. Ney, Jr., of Tennessee, to be General Counsel, 
Kevin Fahey, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary, and Thomas 
E. Ayres, of Pennsylvania, to be General Counsel of the Department of 
the Air Force, all of the Department of Defense, and Lisa Gordon-
Hagerty, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear 
Security.
PROTECTING DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity concluded a 
hearing to examine the Department of Defense's role in protecting 
democratic elections, after receiving testimony from Robert J. Butler, 
Cyber Strategies, LLC; Heather A. Conley, Center for Strategic and 
International Studies; Richard J. Harknett, University of Cincinnati; 
and Michael L. Sulmeyer, Harvard University Belfer Center for Science 
and International Affairs.
BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2019, after 
receiving testimony from Mick Mulvaney, Director, Office of Management 
and Budget.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee announced the 
following subcommittee assignments for the 115th Congress:
Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Senators Inhofe 
(Chair), Capito, Boozman, Wicker, Fischer, Moran, Ernst, Sullivan, 
Shelby, Cardin, Sanders, Whitehouse, Merkley, Gillibrand, Markey, 
Duckworth, and Booker.
Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety: Senators Capito (Chair), 
Inhofe, Boozman, Wicker, Fischer, Moran, Ernst, Shelby, Whitehouse, 
Cardin, Sanders, Merkley, Gillibrand, Markey, and Duckworth.
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife: Senators Boozman 
(Chair), Inhofe, Capito, Wicker, Fischer, Rounds, Sullivan, Shelby, 
Duckworth, Cardin, Whitehouse, Merkley, Gillibrand, Markey, and Van 
Hollen.
Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory Oversight: 
Senators Rounds (Chair), Moran, Ernst, Sullivan, Booker, Sanders, and 
Van Hollen.
Senators Barrasso and Carper serve as ex officio members of each 
subcommittee.
FDA ANIMAL DRUG USER FEES REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine improving animal health, focusing on 
reauthorization of Food and Drug Administration Animal Drug User Fees, 
after receiving testimony from Steven Solomon, Director, Center for 
Veterinary Medicine, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health 
and Human Services.
WORLDWIDE THREATS
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine worldwide threats, after receiving testimony from former 
Senator Daniel R. Coats, Director of National Intelligence; former 
Representative Michael Pompeo, Director, Central Intelligence Agency; 
Admiral Michael Rogers, USN, Director, National Security Agency, 
Lieutenant General Robert Ashley, USA, Director, Defense Intelligence 
Agency, and Robert Cardillo, Director, National Geospatial-Intelligence 
Agency, all of the Department of Defense; and Chris Wray, Director, 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
worldwide threats, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
   Committee recessed subject to the call.