[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 50 (Thursday, March 22, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D334-D335]
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 hearing to examine 
the challenges in the Department of Energy's atomic energy defense 
programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 
2019 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony 
from Rick Perry, Secretary of Energy.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing to examine ballistic missile defense policies and programs in 
review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2019 and 
the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from John 
C. Rood, Under Secretary for Policy, General Lori J. Robinson, USAF, 
Commander, United States Northern Command and North American Aerospace 
Defense Command, Lieutenant General Samuel A. Greaves, USAF, Director, 
Missile Defense Agency, and Lieutenant General James H. Dickinson, USA, 
Commanding General, Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces 
Strategic Command and Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated 
Missile Defense, all of the Department of Defense.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT OVERSIGHT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, including S. 2155, to promote economic growth, provide 
tailored regulatory relief, and enhance consumer protections, after 
receiving testimony from Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development.
WESTERN WATER SUPPLY OUTLOOK AND WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND DROUGHT 
RESILIENCE BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the 2018 Western Water Supply Outlook and the 
following Water Infrastructure and Drought Resilience Bills, including 
S. 2539, to amend the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2015, to reauthorize certain projects to increase 
Colorado River System water, S. 2560, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to establish a program to facilitate the transfer to non-
Federal ownership of appropriate reclamation projects or facilities, 
and S. 2563, to improve the water supply and drought resilience of the 
United States, after receiving testimony from Timothy Petty, Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior for Water and Science; Derek I. Sandison, 
Washington State Department of Agriculture Director, Olympia; Kathryn 
Sorensen, City of Phoenix Water Services Department, Phoenix, Arizona; 
Patrick O'Toole, Family Farm Alliance, Savery, Wyoming; Laura Ziemer, 
Trout Unlimited, Bozeman, Montana; and Cindy Ortega, MGM Resorts 
International, Las Vegas, Nevada.
TRADE POLICY AGENDA
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's 2018 trade policy agenda, after receiving testimony from 
Robert E. Lighthizer, United States Trade Representative.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Thomas T. Cullen, to be United States Attorney for the 
Western District of Virginia, Robert K. Hur, to be United States 
Attorney for the District of Maryland, and David C. Joseph, to be 
United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, all of 
the Department of Justice.


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INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.