[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 24, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D140-D144]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies held a 
hearing on Fiscal Year 2011 Budget for the Department of Agriculture. 
Testimony was heard from Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture.

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COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science 
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Fiscal Year 2011 Budget for the 
Legal Services Corporation. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Legal Services Corporation: Victor M. Fortuno, Interim 
President and General Counsel; and Frank B. Strickland, Chairman, Board 
of Directors.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Fiscal Year 2011 Budget for 
Science and Technology. Testimony was heard from John P. Holdren, 
Science Adviser to the President.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on 
Combat Aircraft Requirements. Testimony was heard from the followng 
officials of the Department of Defense: RDM David L. Philman, USN, 
Director, Air Warfare Division; and MG David Scott, USAF, Director, 
Operational Capability Requirements/Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, 
Plans and Requirements.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development, and Related Agencies held a hearing on U.S. Corps of 
Engineers, Fiscal Year 2011 Budget. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of Department of the Army: Jo Ellen Darcy, 
Assistant Secretary, Civil Works; and LTG Robert Van Antwerp, Chief of 
Engineers, U.S. Corps of Engineers.
FINANCIAL SERVICES, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services, and 
General Government held a hearing on Fiscal Year 2011 Budget for the 
IRS. Testimony was heard from Douglas Shulman, Commissioner, IRS, 
Department of the Treasury.
INTERIOR AND ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Environment, 
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Protecting Public Health and the 
Environment: EPA FY 2011 Budget Request. Testimony was heard from Lisa 
Jackson, Administrator, EPA.
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch held an 
appropriations hearing. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress 
and public witnesses.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction, 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies held a hearing on the American 
Battle Monuments Commission. Testimony was heard from Max Cleland, 
Secretary, American Battle Monuments Commission.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on U.S. Court of Appeals for 
Veterans Claims. Testimony was heard from Judge Bruce E. Kasold, U.S. 
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Arlington National Cemetery 
and the Armed Forces Retirement Home. Testimony was heard from Jo Ellen 
Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; and Timothy C. 
Cox, Chief Operating Officer, Armed Forces Retirement Home.
FY 2011 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BUDGET REQUEST FROM NAVY 
DEPARTMENT
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on Fiscal Year 2011 
National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of 
the Navy. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of the Navy: Ray Mabus, Secretary; ADM Gary Roughead, USN, 
Chief of Naval Operations; and GEN James T. Conway, USMC, Commandant, 
U.S. Marine Corps.
ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND INITIATIVES ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing 
on energy management and initiatives on military installations. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Defense: Dorothy Robyn, Deputy Under Secretary, Installations and 
Environment; L. Jerry Hansen, Army Senior Energy Executive, Senior 
Official Performing Duties as the Assistant Secretary of the Army, 
Installations and Environment, Department of the Army; Roger M. 
Natsuhara, Acting Assistant Secretary, Installations and Environment, 
Department of the Navy; and Debra K. Tune, Performing the Duties of the 
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Installations, Environment and 
Logistics.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT FY 2011 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Treasury Department 
Fiscal Year 2011 Budget. Testimony was heard from Timothy F. Geithner, 
Secretary of the Treasury.

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ALL-STAR ACT OF 2009
Committee on Education and Labor: Held a hearing on H.R. 4330, ALL-STAR 
Act of 2009. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
COMMERCIAL COLLECTION AND USE OF LOCATION INFORMATION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection and the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology 
and the Internet held a joint hearing on The Collection and Use of 
Location Information for Commercial Purposes. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
ANTHEM BLUE CROSS PREMIUM HIKE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Premium Increases by Anthem 
Blue Cross in the Individual Health Insurance Market.'' Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
MONETARY POLICY--STATE OF THE ECONOMY
Committee on Financial Services: Held a hearing on the Chairman of the 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on Monetary Policy and 
the State of the Economy. Testimony was heard from Ben S. Bernanke, 
Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System.
IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION LESSONS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International 
Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight held an oversight hearing on 
Hard Lessons Learned in Iraq and Benchmarks for Future Reconstruction 
Efforts. Testimony was heard from Stuart W. Bowen, Jr., Special 
Inspector General, Iraq Reconstruction, Office of the Special Inspector 
General, Iraq Reconstruction.
RECENT FBI INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security held an oversight hearing on Recent Inspector General 
Reports Concerning the FBI. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Justice: Glenn A. Fine, Office of the 
Inspector General; Margaret Gulotta, Section Chief, Language Services 
Section, Directorate of Intelligence, FBI; and Jennifer Shasky Calvery, 
Senior Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Ordered reported the following bills: 
H.R. 4003, amended, Hudson River Valley Special Resource Study Act; 
H.R. 4192, amended, Stornetta Public Lands Outstanding Natural Area Act 
of 2009; H.R. 4252, Inland Empire Perchlorate Ground Water Plume 
Assessment Act of 2009; H.R. 1769, amended, Alpine Lakes Wilderness 
Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act; 
H.R. 2788, Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial Act; and H.R. 
4395, amended, to revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National 
Military Park to include the Gettysburg Train Station.
GEOTHERMAL PRODUCTION EXPANSION ACT
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources held a hearing on H.R. 3709, Geothermal Production Expansion 
Act. Testimony was heard from Representative Inslee; Marcilynn Burke, 
Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; 
and public witnesses.
NOAA/INTERIOR DEPARTMENTS BUDGET
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans 
and Wildlife held an oversight hearing on the President's Fiscal Year 
2011 budget requests for the NOAA, the U.S. Office of Insular Affairs, 
and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Testimony was heard from 
Togiola T.A. Tulafono, Governor, American Samoa; Anthony M. Babauta, 
Assistant Secretary, Insular Affairs, Department of the Interior; and 
Mary M. Glackin, Deputy Under Secretary, Oceans and Atmosphere, 
Department of Commerce.
TOYOTA GAS PEDALS
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Held a hearing entitled 
``Toyota Gas Pedals: Is the Public At Risk?'' Testimony was heard from 
Raymond H. LaHood, Secretary of Transportation; Joan Claybrook, former 
Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; the 
following officials of Toyota Motor Corporation: Akio Toyoda, President 
and CEO; and Yoshimi Inaba, President and CEO, Toyota Motor North 
America, Inc., and public witnesses.
CENSUS MEDIA PLAN
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on 
Information Policy, Census, and National Archives held a hearing 
entitled ``The 2010 Census Communications Contract: The Media Plan in 
Hard to Count Areas.'' Testimony was heard from Robert Groves, 
Director, Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce; and public 
witnesses.

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MILITARY SEXUAL ASSAULTS
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on National 
Security and Foreign Affairs continued hearings entitled `` Sexual 
Assault in the Military: Are We Making Progress?'' Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the GAO: Brenda S. Farrell, Director, 
Defense Capabilities and Management; and Randolph Hite, Director, 
Information Technology and Architecture and Systems; the following 
officials of the Department of Defense: Louis Isiello, Co-Chairman; and 
BG Sharon K.G. Dunbar, USAF, both with the Task Force on Sexual Assault 
in the Military Service; Kaye Whitely, Director, Sexual Assault 
Prevention and Response Office, Office of the Secretary; and Gail 
McGinn, Deputy Under Secretary (Plans); and a public witness.
INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010
Committee on Rules: granted, by a non-record vote, a structured rule 
providing for consideration of H.R. 2701, the ``Intelligence 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010''. The rule provides one hour of 
general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The 
rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill 
except those arising under clause 9 of rule XXI.
  The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence now 
printed in the bill shall be considered as an original bill for the 
purpose of amendment and shall be considered as read. The rule waives 
all points of order against the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  The rule further makes in order only those amendments printed in the 
report of the Committee on Rules. The amendments made in order may be 
offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by 
a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall 
be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question. All points of order against the amendments made in order are 
waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI.
  The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. The rule provides that the Chair may entertain a motion 
that the Committee rise only if offered by the chair of the Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence or a designee. The rule provides that 
the Chair may not entertain a motion to strike out the enacting words 
of the bill. The rule provides that after passage of H.R. 2701, it 
shall be in order to consider in the House S. 1494. The rule waives all 
points of order against the Senate bill and against its consideration. 
The rule provides that it shall be in order to move to strike all after 
the enacting clause of the Senate bill and to insert in lieu thereof 
the provisions of H.R. 2701 as passed by the House. All points of order 
against that motion are waived. If the motion is adopted and the Senate 
bill, as amended, is passed, then it shall be in order to move that the 
House insist on its amendment to S. 1494 and request a conference with 
the Senate.
  The rule waives clause 6(a) of rule XII (requiring a two-thirds vote 
to consider a rule on the same day it is reported from the Rules 
Committee) against any resolution reported from the Rules Committee 
through the legislative day of Friday, February 26, 2010. The rule 
authorizes the Speaker to entertain motions that the House suspend the 
rules at any time through the legislative day of Friday, February 26, 
2010. The Speaker or her designee shall consult with he Minority Leader 
or his designee on the designation of any matter for consideration 
pursuant to this authority. Testimony was heard from Chairman Reyes and 
Representatives Hastings (FL), Kucinich, Walz, Thornberry, Inglis, and 
Kirk.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BUDGET PROPOSAL
Committee on Science and Technology: Held a hearing on the 
Administration's Fiscal Year 2011 Research and Development Budget 
Proposal. Testimony was heard from John Holdren, Assistant to the 
President for Science and Technology and Director, Office of Science 
and Technology Policy.
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Technology and 
Innovation held a hearing on How Can NIST Better Serve the Needs of the 
Biomedical Research Community in the 21st Century? Testimony was heard 
from public witnesses.
AIRCRAFT ICING
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held a hearing on Aircraft Icing. Testimony was heard from 
John Hickey, Deputy Associate Administrator, Aviation Safety, FAA, 
Department of Transportation; Deborah A.P. Hersman, Chairman, National 
Transportation Safety Board; Gerald Dillingham, Director, Physical 
Infrastructure Issues, GAO; and public witnesses.
MEDICATIONS AND VETERAN SUICIDE
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Held a hearing Exploring the 
Relationship between Medication and Veteran Suicide. Testimony was 
heard from Ira Katz,

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M.D., Deputy Chief Officer, Mental Health Services, Office of Patient 
Care Services, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans 
Affairs; BG Loree K. Sutton, M.D., Director, Defense Centers of 
Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury, 
Department of Defense; and public witnesses.
VA BENEFITS DELIVERY AT DISCHARGE
Committee on Veterans Affairs: Subcommittee on Disability Assistance 
and Memorial Affairs held a hearing Examination of the VA Benefits 
Delivery at Discharge and Quick Start Programs. Testimony was heard 
from Daniel Bertoni, Director, Education Workforce, and Income Security 
Issues, GAO; Noel Koch, Deputy Under Secretary, Office of Wounded 
Warrior Care and Transition Policy, Department of Defense; Diana 
Rubens, Associate Deputy Under Secretary, Field Operations, Veterans 
Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; and 
representatives of veterans organizations.
BRIEFING--GOOGLE HACKING INCIDENT
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
receive a briefing on the Google Hacking Incident. The Committee was 
briefed by departmental witnesses.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.