[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 50 (Thursday, March 22, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D336-D337]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FISCAL YEAR 2019 BUDGET REQUEST FOR NUCLEAR FORCES AND ATOMIC ENERGY 
DEFENSE ACTIVITIES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held a 
hearing entitled ``Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Request for Nuclear Forces 
and Atomic Energy Defense Activities''. Testimony was heard from Vice 
Admiral Terry Benedict, Director, Navy Strategic Systems Program; Lisa 
Gordon-Hagerty, Administrator, National Nuclear Security 
Administration; James Owendoff, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Environment Management, Department of Energy; General Robin Rand, 
Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command; and John C. Rood, Under 
Secretary of Defense for Policy, Department of Defense.
REVIEWING DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STRATEGY, POLICY, AND PROGRAMS FOR 
COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION (CWMD) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities held a hearing entitled ``Reviewing Department of Defense 
Strategy, Policy, and Programs for Countering Weapons of Mass 
Destruction (CWMD) for Fiscal Year 2019''. Testimony was heard from 
Lieutenant General Joseph Osterman, Deputy Commander, U.S. Special 
Operations Command; Vayl Oxford, Director, Defense Threat Reduction 
Agency; Ken Rapuano, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland 
Defense and Global Security, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense 
for Policy; and Guy Roberts, Assistant Secretary for Nuclear, Chemical, 
and Biological Defense Programs, Office of the Under Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment.
COMBATING THE OPIOID CRISIS: PREVENTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH SOLUTIONS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health concluded a 
hearing entitled ``Combating the Opioid Crisis: Prevention and Public 
Health Solutions''. Testimony was heard from Scott Gottlieb, M.D., 
Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and 
Human Services; Anne Schuchat, Acting Director, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention; Christopher M. Jones, Director of the National 
Mental Health and Substance Use Policy Laboratory, Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human 
Services; and public witnesses.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Communications and 
Technology held a hearing entitled ``Legislative Hearing on Four 
Communications Bills''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
BUREAUCRATIC CHALLENGES TO HURRICANE RECOVERY IN PUERTO RICO
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on National 
Security held a hearing entitled ``Bureaucratic Challenges to Hurricane 
Recovery in Puerto Rico''. Testimony was heard from Michael Byrne, 
Assistant Administrator for Field Operations, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security; William Parks, 
Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity 
Delivery and Energy Reliability, Department of Energy; Peter Lopez, 
Regional Administrator, Region 2, Environmental Protection Agency; and 
a public witness.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Full Committee held a 
markup on H.R. 5345, the ``American Leadership in Space Technology and 
Advanced Rocketry Act''; H.R. 5346, the ``Commercial Space Support 
Vehicle Act''; and H.R. 5086, the ``Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act of 
2018''. H.R. 5345, H.R. 5346, and H.R. 5086 were ordered reported, 
without amendment.
HEARING WITH COMMERCE SECRETARY ROSS
Committee on Ways and Means: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``Hearing with Commerce Secretary Ross''. Testimony was heard from 
Wilbur Ross, Secretary, Department of Commerce.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Full Committee held a 
business meeting on Adoption of the Committee's Investigative Report 
into Russian Active Measures During the 2016 Presidential Election. The 
Committee's Investigative Report into Russian Active Measures During 
the 2016 Presidential Election was adopted, without amendment. This 
hearing was closed.

Joint Meetings
GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Commission concluded 
a hearing to examine the Good Friday Agreement at 20, focusing on 
achievements and unfinished business, after receiving testimony from 
Brian Gormally, Committee on the Administration of Justice, and Mark 
Thompson, Relatives for Justice, both of Belfast, Northern Ireland; and 
James F. McKay III, Ancient Order of Hibernians, New Orleans, 
Louisiana.