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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D791-D792 on July 8, 2015.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
THE ROLE OF THE FINANCIAL STABILITY BOARD IN THE UNITED STATES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the role of the Financial Stability Board in the United States regulatory framework, including S. 1484, a bill to improve accountability and transparency in the United States financial regulatory system, protect access to credit for consumers, provide sensible relief to financial institutions, after receiving testimony from former Senator Dirk Kempthorne, American Council of Life Insurers, Eugene Scalia, Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher LLP, Paul Schott Stevens, Investment Company Institute, Peter J. Wallison, American Enterprise Institute, and Adam S. Posen, Peterson Institute for International Economics, all of Washington, D.C.
PRESIDENT'S INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AGENDA
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the President's international climate agenda and implications for domestic environmental policy, after receiving testimony from Jeffrey R. Holmstead, Bracewell and Giuliani, Karl Hausker, World Resources Institute Climate Program, and Sarah O. Ladislaw, Center for Strategic and International Studies Energy and National Security Program, all of Washington, D.C.; David Bookbinder, Element VI Consulting, Middleburg, Virginia; and Jeremy Rabkin, George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, Virginia.
SOUTH CHINA SEA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on Department of Defense maritime activities and engagement in the South China Sea from Daniel R. Russel, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; and David B. Shear, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs.
STOPPING AN AVIAN INFLUENZA THREAT TO ANIMAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine stopping an avian influenza threat to animal and public health, after receiving testimony from John Clifford, Deputy Administrator, Veterinary Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture; Anne Schuchat, Director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services; Chris Currie, Director, Homeland Security and Justice, Government Accountability Office; Jack Gelb, Jr., University of Delaware Avian Biosciences Center, Newark; and Scott Schneider, Nature Link Farm, Jefferson, Wisconsin, on behalf of the Wisconsin Poultry and Egg Industries Association.
TRUST MODERNIZATION AND REFORM FOR INDIAN LANDS OVERSIGHT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine trust modernization and reform for Indian lands, after receiving testimony from Kevin Washburn, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; Ernest L. Stensgar, Coeur d'Alene Tribe, Plummer, Idaho, on behalf of the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians; and Brenda Lintinger, Tunica-Biloxi Tribe, Marksville, Louisiana, on behalf of United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc.
ENCRYPTION, TECHNOLOGY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND PRIVACY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine going dark, focusing on encryption, technology, and the balance between public safety and privacy, after receiving testimony from Sally Quillian Yates, Deputy Attorney General, and James B. Comey, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, both of the Department of Justice; Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., New York County District Attorney, New York, New York; Herbert Lin, Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford, California; and Peter Swire, Georgia Institute of Technology Scheller College of Business, Atlanta.
CYBER CRIME
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism concluded a hearing to examine cyber crime, focusing on modernizing our legal framework for the information age, after receiving testimony from David M. Bitkower, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; Wm. Douglas Johnson, American Bankers Association, and Bill Wright, Symantec Corporation, both of Washington, D.C.; and Jen Ellis, Rapid7, Boston, Massachusetts.
COUNTERTERRORISM AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to examine counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and the challenges of
``Going Dark'', after receiving testimony from James B. Comey, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.
