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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a closed briefing on Department of Defense support of Afghan Nationals who have recently left Afghanistan from Colin J. Kahl, Under Secretary for Policy, Michael J. McCord, Under Secretary (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, and Rear Admiral Marc J. Miguez, USN, Deputy Director for Operations, J3, Joint Staff, all of the Department of Defense.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Alan F. Estevez, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Industry and Security, and Thea D. Rozman Kendler, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of Commerce, and Alexia Marie Gabrielle Latortue, of the District of Columbia, and Graham Scott Steele, of California, both to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
TRAVEL AND TOURISM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Tourism, Trade, and Export Promotion concluded a hearing to examine legislative solutions to revive travel and tourism and create jobs, after receiving testimony from Tori Emerson Barnes, U.S. Travel Association, Christopher R. Bidwell, Airports Council International--
North America, and Chirag Shah, American Hotel and Lodging Association, all of Washington, D.C.; and Suzanne Neufang, Global Business Travel Association, Alexandria, Virginia.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Laura Daniel-Davis, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary, and M. Camille Calimlim Touton, of Nevada, to be Commissioner of Reclamation, who was introduced by Senator Cortez Masto, both of the Department of the Interior, and Sara C. Bronin, of Connecticut, to be Chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, who was introduced by Senators Blumenthal and Murphy, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
POLICY OPTIONS FOR IMPROVING SSI
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy concluded a hearing to examine policy options for improving Supplemental Security Income, including ongoing challenges with work incentives and improper payments, after receiving testimony from Elizabeth H. Curda, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security, Government Accountability Office; Stephen G. Evangelista, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Retirement and Disability Policy, Social Security Administration; and Mia Ives-Rublee, Director, Center for American Progress, and Kathleen Romig, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, both of Washington, D.C.
20 YEARS AFTER 9/11
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the landscape 20 years after 9/11, focusing on threats to the homeland, after receiving testimony from Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security; Christopher A. Wray, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; and Christine Abizaid, Director, National Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
BIG DATA
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights concluded a hearing to examine big data, focusing on implications for competition and consumers, after receiving testimony from Steve Satterfield, Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, California; Markham Erickson, Google, Mountain View, California; Sheila Colclasure, IPG Kinesso, Little Rock, Arkansas; John Robb, Global Guerrilla Special-Report, Acton, Massachusetts; and Charlotte Slaiman, Public Knowledge, Washington, D.C.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community.
SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 163
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