[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 30 (Thursday, February 15, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D175-D176]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the state of the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission, focusing on pending rules, cryptocurrency regulation, and 
cross-border agreements, after receiving testimony from J. Christopher 
Giancarlo, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee announced 
the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade: Senators 
Boozman (Chair), Cochran, Hoeven, Grassley, Thune, Daines, Perdue, 
Heitkamp, Brown, Bennet, Gillibrand, Donnelly, and Smith.
  Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy: Senators Ernst 
(Chair), Cochran, Boozman, Hoeven, Thune, Daines, Fischer, Smith, 
Brown, Klobuchar, Bennet, Donnelly, and Heitkamp.
  Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, and Natural Resources: 
Senators Daines (Chair), Cochran, McConnell, Boozman, Grassley, 
Perdue, Bennet, Leahy, Klobuchar, Donnelly, and Casey.
  Subcommittee on Nutrition, Agricultural Research, and Specialty 
Crops: Senators Perdue (Chair), McConnell, Boozman, Hoeven, Ernst, 
Fischer, Casey, Leahy, Brown, Gillibrand, and Smith.
  Subcommittee on Livestock, Marketing, and Agriculture Security: 
Senators Fischer (Chair), McConnell, Ernst, Grassley, Thune, Daines, 
Gillibrand, Leahy, Klobuchar, Heitkamp, and Casey.
  Senators Roberts and Stabenow are ex-officio members of each 
subcommittee.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
United States Northern Command and United States Southern Command in 
review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2019 and 
the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from 
General Lori J. Robinson, USAF, Commander, United States Northern 
Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, and Admiral Kurt 
W. Tidd, USN, Commander, United States Southern Command, both of the 
Department of Defense.
BUDGET
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request

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for fiscal year 2019, after receiving testimony from Alex M. Azar II, 
Secretary of Health and Human Services.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Dennis Shea, of Virginia, to be a Deputy United States 
Trade Representative (Geneva Office), with the rank of Ambassador, and 
C. J. Mahoney, of Kansas, to be a Deputy United States Trade 
Representative (Investment, Services, Labor, Environment, Africa, 
China, and the Western Hemisphere), with the rank of Ambassador.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Andrea L. Thompson, of South Dakota, to be 
Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, who was 
introduced by Senator Thune, Susan A. Thornton, of Maine, to be an 
Assistant Secretary (East Asian and Pacific Affairs), and Francis R. 
Fannon, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary (Energy Resources), 
who was introduced by Senator Gardner, all of Department of State, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 1917, to reform sentencing laws and correctional institutions; and
  The nominations of Michael B. Brennan, of Wisconsin, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, Susan Paradise Baxter, 
and Marilyn Jean Horan, both to be a United States District Judge for 
the Western District of Pennsylvania, Daniel Desmond Domenico, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Colorado, Adam I. 
Klein, of the District of Columbia, to be Chairman and Member of the 
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, McGregor W. Scott, to be 
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California, and Gary 
G. Schofield, to be United States Marshal for the District of Nevada.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
consider pending intelligence matters.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.