[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 30 (Thursday, March 4, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D192-D195]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURAL 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 Child Nutrition. Testimony was heard from Kevin Concannon, 
Under Secretary, Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, USDA.
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 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and on Fiscal Year 
2011 Budget for the Department of Commerce. Testimony was heard from 
Kenneth E. Melson, Deputy Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
Firearms and Explosives, Department of Justice.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science 
and Related Agencies held a hearing on the FY 2011 Budget for the 
Department of Commerce. Testimony was heard from Secretary Gary Locke.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive 
session to hold a hearing on Contingency Transportation and Logistics 
Issues. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Defense: LTG Kathleen M. Gainey, Director for Logistics, 
J4, The Joint Staff; VADM Alan Thompson, Director, Defense Logistics 
Agency; LG Mitchell H. Stevenson, Deputy Chief of Staff, G4, USA, and 
LTG Frank A. Panter, Deputy Commandant, Installations and Logistics, 
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ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development, and Related Agencies held a hearing on Fiscal Year 2011 
Budget for Nuclear Nonproliferation, DOE. Testimony was heard from 
Steven Black, Chief Operating Officer, Defense Nuclear 
Nonproliferation, Department of Energy.
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 
Consumer Product Safety Commission. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Consumer Product Safety Commission: Inez 
Tenenbaum, Chairman; and Nancy Nord, Commissioner.
HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Security held a 
hearing on DHS Intelligence Programs and the Effectiveness of State and 
Local Fusion Centers. Testimony was heard from Caryn Wagner, Under 
Secretary, Office of Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland 
Security; and CPT. William Harris, Information and Analysis Center, 
Delaware State Police.
HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Security held a 
hearing on Fiscal Year 2011 Budget for Transportation Security 
Administration: Are We Making Smart Investments for Real Transportation 
Security? Testimony was heard from Gale Rossides, Acting Administrator, 
Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland 
Security.
INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Environment, 
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Strengthening Native American 
Communities: Fiscal Year 2011 Budget for Trust Resources and the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the Department of the Interior: Larry EchoHawk, Assistant Secretary, 
Indian Affairs; and Donna Erwin, Acting Special Trustee for American 
Indians.
LABOR, HHS, EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education and Related Agencies held an overview hearing on 
Combating Health Care Fraud and Abuse. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: 
William Corr, Deputy Secretary; Dan Levinson, Inspector General; and 
Omar Perez, Special Agent, Office of Inspector General; and Gary 
Grindler, Acting Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction, 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies held a hearing on Fiscal Year 
2011 Budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Testimony was heard 
from Eric Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
STATE AND FOREIGN OPERATIONS AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State and Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs held a hearing on U.S. Agency for 
International Development. Testimony was heard from Rajiv Shah, 
Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development, Department of 
State.
DOD FY 2011 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on Defense Department Fiscal 
Year 2011 Budget. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the Department of Defense: William J. Lynn, III, Deputy Secretary; and 
Robert F. Hale, Under Secretary, Comptroller.
TOXIC CHEMICAL CONTROL
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection held a hearing on TSCA and Persistent, 
Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemicals: Examining Domestic and 
International Actions. Testimony was heard from Jim Jones, Deputy 
Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic 
Substances, EPA; John Thompson, Division Director, Officer of 
Environmental Policy, Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science, 
Department of State; Ted Sturdevant, Director, Department of Ecology, 
State of Washington; and public witnesses.
RECOVERY ACT OVERSIGHT BROADBAND
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Communications, 
Technology, and the Internet continued hearings entitled ``Oversight of 
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Broadband, Part 3.'' 
Testimony was heard from Jonathan S. Adelstein, Administrator, Rural 
Utilities Service, USDA; and a public witness.

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HAITI DEBT RELIEF
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on International Monetary 
Policy and Trade approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 
4573. Debt Relief for Earthquake Recovery in Haiti Act of 2010.
  Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing entitled 
``Haiti Debt Relief.'' Testimony was heard from Nancy Lee, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Department of the Treasury.
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported H. Res. 252, Affirmation 
of the United States Record on the Armenian Genocide Resolution.
RESTORING AMERICA'S INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International 
Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight held a hearing on Restoring 
America's Reputation in the World: Why it Matters. Testimony was heard 
from public witnesses.
MEDICARE AND MEDICAID FRAUD CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and 
Homeland Security held a hearing on the Enforcement of the Criminal 
Laws Against Medicare and Medicaid Fraud. Testimony was heard from Greg 
Andres, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, 
Department Justice; Timothy J. Menke, Deputy Inspector General for 
Investigations, Department of Health and Human Services and public 
witnesses.
FY 2011 FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE BUDGET
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans 
and Wildlife held an oversight hearing on the President's Fiscal Year 
2011 budget request for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 
Testimony was heard from Rowan Gould, Acting Director, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior.
FY 2011 BUDGET REQUEST--POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power held an 
oversight hearing on the President's Fiscal Year 2011 Budget request 
for the Power Marketing Administrations, U.S. Department of Energy. 
Testimony was heard from the following Power Marketing Administrations, 
Department of Energy: Stephen J. Wright, Administrator, Bonneville 
Power Administration; Timothy J. Meeks, Administrator, Western Area 
Power Administration; Jon C. Worthington, Administrator, Southwestern 
Power Administration; and Kenneth E. Legg, Administrator, Southeastern 
Power Administration.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Ordered reported the 
following measures: H.R. 4098, Secure Federal File Sharing Act; H.R. 
946, amended, Plain Language Act of 2009; and H.R. 4621, amended, 
Prevent Deceptive Census Look Alike Mailings Act; H. Res. 1036, 
Recognizing the contributions of Korean Americans to the United States; 
H.R. 4214, To designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 45300 Portola Avenue in Palm Desert, California, as 
the ``Roy Wilson Post Office;'' H.R. 4547, To designate the facility of 
the United States Postal Service at 119 Station Road in Cheyney, 
Pennsylvania, as the ``Captain Luther H. Smith U.S. Army Air Forces 
Post Office;'' H.R. 4628, To designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 216 Westwood Avenue in Westwood, New 
Jersey, as the ``Sergeant Christopher R. Hrbek Post Office Building;'' 
and H.R. 4624, To designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service at 125 Kerr Avenue in Rome City, Indiana, as the ``SPC Nicholas 
Scott Hartge Post Office.''
PROSTATE CANCER
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Held a hearing entitled 
``Prostate Cancer: New Questions About Screening and Treatment.'' 
Testimony was heard from William L. Dahut, M.D., Clinical Director, 
National Cancer Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human 
Services; Carolyn J. M. Best, Program Manager, Prostate Cancer Research 
Program, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, U.S. Army 
Medical Research and Material Command.
USDA HUMANE SLAUGHTER ENFORCEMENT
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on Domestic 
Policy held a hearing entitled ``Continuing Problems in USDA's 
Enforcement of the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act.'' Testimony was 
heard from Jerold Mande, Deputy Under Secretary, Food Safety, USDA; 
Lisa Shames, Director, Natural Resources and the Environment, GAO; and 
public witnesses.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a non-record vote, a rule providing for 
the consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 2847, the Hiring 
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Restore Employment Act (originally making appropriations for the 
Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes). 
The rule makes in order a motion offered by the chair of the Committee 
on Ways and Means that the House concur in the Senate amendment to the 
House amendment to the Senate amendment with the amendment printed in 
the Rules Committee report. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the motion except those arising under clause 10 of 
rule XXI. The rule provides that the Senate amendment and the motion 
shall be considered as read. The rule provides one hour of debate on 
the motion equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means.
SCIENCE EDUCATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Held a hearing on Reform in K-12 
STEM Education. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
BUDGET VIEWS AND ESTIMATES
Committee on Small Business: Approved Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Views and 
Estimates Letter to the Committee on the Budget.
ADDRESSING DISASTERS IN CITIES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management held a 
hearing on U.S. Mayors Speak Out: Addressing Disasters in Cities. 
Testimony was heard from the following Mayors: Robert J. Duffy, 
Rochester, New York; C. Ray Nagin, New Orleans, Louisiana; and Franklin 
Cownie, Des Moines, Iowa; and public witnesses.
FY 2011 AGENCY BUDGETS/PRIORITIES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment held a hearing on Agency Budgets and 
Priorities for Fiscal Year 2011. Testimony was heard from Robert 
Perciasepe, Deputy Administrator, EPA; the following officials of the 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary for 
the Army (Civil Works); and LTG Robert L. ``Van'' Van Antwerp, Chief of 
Engineers.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Ordered reported the following bills: 
H.R. 3948, amended, Test Prep for Heroes Act; H.R. 3484, amended, To 
amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authority for certain 
qualifying work-study activities for purposes of the educational 
assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs; H.R. 3976, 
amended, Helping Heroes Keep Their Homes Act of 2009; H.R. 4079, 
amended, To amend title 38, United States Code, to temporarily remove 
the requirement for employers to increase wages for veterans enrolled 
in on-the-job training programs; H R. 4592, amended, To provide for the 
establishment of a pilot program to encourage the employment of 
veterans in energy-related positions; H.R. 950, amended, To amend 
chapter 33 of title 38, United States Code, to increase educational 
assistance for certain veterans pursuing a program of education offered 
through distance learning; H.R. 1879, amended, National Guard 
Employment Protection Act of 2009; H.R. 3561, To amend title 38, United 
States Code, to increase the amount of educational assistance provided 
to certain veterans for flight training; H.R. 3577, Education 
Assistance to Realign New Eligibilities for Dependents (EARNED) Act of 
2009; H.R. 3579, To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for 
an increase in the amount of the reporting fees payable to educational 
institutions that enroll veterans receiving educational assistance from 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; and H.R. 
1169, To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of 
assistance provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disabled 
veterans for specially adapted housing and automobiles and adapted 
equipment.
BRIEFING--FY 2011 INTELLIGENCE BUDGET RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
receive a briefing on FY Intelligence Budget for Research and 
Development. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.