[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 168 (Wednesday, October 23, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1153]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SYRIA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs concluded a hearing to examine United States 
policy and assistance in Syria, after receiving testimony from James F. 
Jeffrey, Special Representative for Syria Engagement and the Special 
Envoy to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, Department of State.
SPECTRUM OF CONFLICT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower received a closed 
briefing on the Navy's ``Spectrum of Conflict'' strategic framework 
from Vice Admiral Stuart B. Munsch, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval 
Operations for Operations, Plans and Strategy, Department of Defense.
SATELLITE TELEVISION EXTENSION AND LOCALISM ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the reauthorization of the Satellite Television 
Extension and Localism Act, after receiving testimony from Emily Barr, 
Graham Media Group, Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of the National 
Association of Broadcasters; Denny Law, Golden West Telecommunications 
Cooperative, Inc., Wall, South Dakota; Rob Thun, AT&T, Dallas, Texas; 
J.C. Watts, Black News Channel, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Jonathan 
Schwantes, Consumer Reports, Washington, D.C.
WATER RESOURCES INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine improving American economic competitiveness through 
water resources infrastructure, after receiving testimony from 
Lieutenant General Todd T. Semonite, Chief of Engineers, Army Corps of 
Engineers, Department of Defense; and Charlotte Bertrand, Deputy 
Assistant Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.
WESTERN BALKANS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Europe and Regional 
Security Cooperation concluded a hearing to examine successes and 
unfinished business in the Western Balkans, after receiving testimony 
from Matthew A. Palmer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of 
European and Eurasian Affairs; and Janusz Bugajski, Center for European 
Policy Analysis, and Majda Ruge, Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze 
School of Advanced International Studies, both of Washington, D.C.
MARIJUANA AND AMERICA'S HEALTH
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: Caucus 
concluded a hearing to examine marijuana and America's health, focusing 
on questions and issues for policy makers, including S. 2032, to expand 
research on the cannabidiol and marihuana, after receiving testimony 
from Jerome Adams, Surgeon General of the United States, Department of 
Health and Human Services; Nora Volkow, Director, National Institute of 
Drug Abuse; Robert Fitzgerald, University of California, San Diego; 
Staci Gruber, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Sean 
Hennessy, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, 
Philadelphia; and Madeline Meier, Arizona State University, Tempe.