[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 10, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D221-D223]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2011 for the National Nuclear Security Administration, 
after receiving testimony from Thomas P. D'Agostino, Under Secretary of 
Energy for Nuclear Security and Administration, National Nuclear 
Security Administration.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAMS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a 
hearing to examine Department of Defense health programs, after 
receiving testimony from Lieutenant General Eric B. Schoomaker, Surgeon 
General of the United States Army, Commander, U.S. Army Medical Command 
(MEDCOM), Vice Admiral Adam M. Robinson, Jr., Medical Command, Surgeon 
General of the Navy, Lieutenant General Charles B. Green, Surgeon 
General of the Air Force, Major General Patricia D. Horoho, Chief, 
United States Army Nurse Corps, Rear Admiral Karen A. Flaherty, 
Director, Navy Nurse Corps, and Major General Kimberly A. Siniscalchi, 
Assistant Air Force Surgeon General, Nursing Services, all of the 
Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2011 for the 
Department of Health and Human Services, after receiving testimony from 
Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities concluded a hearing to examine U.S. government efforts to 
counter violent extremism, after receiving testimony from Daniel 
Benjamin, Ambassador-at-Large, Counterterrorism, Department of State; 
Garry Reid, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Operations and 
Combating Terrorism, and Lieutenant General Francis H. Kearney III, 
USA, Deputy Commander, United States Special Operations Command 
(USSOCOM), both of the Department of Defense; Doug Stone, 
Transportation Networks International, Placerville, California; Scott 
Atran, ARTIS Research and Risk Modeling, New York, New York; and James 
J.F. Forest, United States Military Academy Combating Terrorism Center, 
West Point, New York.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a 
hearing to examine the Active, Guard, Reserve, and civilian personnel 
programs in

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review of the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2011 and 
the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from 
Clifford L. Stanley, Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness, 
Thomas R. Lamont, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and 
Reserve Affairs, Juan M. Garcia III, Assistant Secretary of the Navy 
for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and Daniel B. Ginsberg, Assistant 
Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, all of the 
Department of Defense; and Master Chief Joseph L. Barnes, USN (Ret.), 
Fleet Reserve Association, Colonel Steven P. Strobridge, USAF (Ret.), 
Military Officers Association of America, Master Sergeant Michael 
Cline, USA (Ret.), Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the 
United States, Kathleen B. Moakler, National Military Family 
Association, and Deirdre Parke Holleman, Retired Enlisted Association, 
all of Alexandria, Virginia.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing to examine the military space programs in review of the 
Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2011 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Gary E. Payton, Deputy 
Under Secretary of the Air Force for Space Programs, Gary A. Federici, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Command, Control, 
Communications, Computers, Intelligence and Space, General C. Robert 
Kehler, Commander, and Lieutenant General Larry D. James, Commander, 
14th Air Force, and Commander, Joint Functional Component Command for 
Space, United States Strategic Command, both of the Air Force Space 
Command, and Vice Admiral David J. Dorsett, Deputy Chief of Naval 
Operations for Information Dominance (N2/N6), and Director of Naval 
Intelligence, all of the Department of Defense; and Cristina T. 
Chaplain, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, Government 
Accountability Office.
ADVANCING AMERICAN INNOVATION AND COMPETITIVENESS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine advancing American innovation and competitiveness, 
after receiving testimony from John P. Holdren, Director, Office of 
Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President; Arden 
L. Bement, Jr., Director, National Science Foundation; Patrick D. 
Gallagher, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
Department of Commerce; and Robert D. Braun, Chief Technologist, 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
ENERGY BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 1696, to require the Secretary of Energy to 
conduct a study of video game console energy efficiency, S. 2908, to 
amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to require the Secretary 
of Energy to publish a final rule that establishes a uniform efficiency 
descriptor and accompanying test methods for covered water heaters, S. 
3059, to improve energy efficiency of appliances, lighting, and 
buildings, and S. 3054, to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
to establish efficiency standards for bottle-type water dispensers, 
commercial hot food holding cabinets, and portable electric spas, after 
receiving testimony from Kathleen Hogan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
Energy for Energy Efficiency, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
Energy; Steven Nadel, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, 
and Joseph M. McGuire, Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, 
both of Washington, D.C.; Stephen Yurek, Air-Conditioning, Heating, and 
Refrigeration Institute, Arlington, Virginia; and Kyle Pitsor, National 
Electrical Manufacturers Association, Rosslyn, Virginia.
FOREST PROTECTION BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands 
and Forests concluded a hearing to examine S. 2895, to restore forest 
landscapes, protect old growth forests, and manage national forests in 
the eastside forests of the State of Oregon, S. 2907, to establish a 
coordinated avalanche protection program, S. 2966 and H.R. 4474, bills 
to authorize the continued use of certain water diversions located on 
National Forest System land in the Frank Church-River of No Return 
Wilderness and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness in the State of Idaho, 
and S. 2791 and H.R. 3759, bills to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to grant market-related contract extensions of certain timber 
contracts between the Secretary of the Interior and timber purchasers, 
after receiving testimony from Harris Sherman, Undersecretary of 
Agriculture for Natural Resources and the Environment; Edwin Roberson, 
Assistant Director, Renewable Resources and Planning, Bureau of Land 
Management, Department of the Interior; Andy Kerr, Oregon Wild, 
Washington, D.C.; John Shelk, Ochoco Lumber Company, Prineville, 
Oregon; K. Norman Johnson, College of Forestry, Corvallis, and Stephen 
A. Fitzgerald, Redmond, both of Oregon State University; and Larry 
Blasing, Grant County Public Forest Commission, Prairie City, Oregon.

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GLOBAL HEALTH
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine new directions in global health, after receiving testimony from 
former President William Jefferson Clinton, William J. Clinton 
Foundation, New York, New York; and William H. Gates, Bill and Melinda 
Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington.
PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy and Global 
Women's Issues concluded a hearing to examine the future of U.S. public 
diplomacy, after receiving testimony from Evelyn S. Lieberman, Director 
of Communications, Smithsonian Institution, Karen Hughes, and James K. 
Glassman, all former Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy, and Judith 
McHale, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy, all of the Department of 
State.
CHRISTMAS DAY ATTACK
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the lessons and implications of the 
Christmas day attack, focusing on watchlisting and pre-screening, after 
receiving testimony from Russell Travers, Deputy Director for 
Information Sharing and Knowledge Development, National 
Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence; Timothy J. Healy, Director, Terrorist Screening Center, 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; and Gale D. 
Rossides, Acting Administrator, Transportation Security Administration, 
and David V. Aguilar, Acting Deputy Commissioner, U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection, both of the Department of Homeland Security.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Patrick K. Nakamura, of Alabama, 
to be a Member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, 
Gwendolyn E. Boyd, of Maryland, and Peggy Goldwater-Clay, of 
California, both to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Barry 
Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, and 
Sharon L. Browne, of California, Charles Norman Wiltse Keckler, of 
Virginia, and Victor B. Maddox, of Kentucky, all to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation, and Gary 
Blumenthal, of Massachusetts, Chester Alonzo Finn, of New York, Sara A. 
Gelser, of Oregon, Ari Ne'eman, of Maryland, Dongwoo Joseph Pak, of 
California, Carol Jean Reynolds, of Colorado, Fernando Torres-Gill, of 
California, and Jonathan M. Young, of Maryland, all to be a Member of 
the National Council on Disability.
CORPORATE SPENDING IN AMERICAN ELECTIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
corporate spending in American elections after Citizens United, after 
receiving testimony from Jeffrey Rosen, George Washington University 
Law School, and Douglas T. Kendall, Constitutional Accountability 
Center, both of Washington, D.C.; and Bradley A. Smith, Center for 
Competitive Politics, Alexandria, Virginia.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Gary Scott Feinerman, and Sharon Johnson Coleman, 
both to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
Illinois, who were both introduced by Senator Durbin, and William 
Joseph Martinez, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Colorado, who was introduced by Senators Bennet and Udall (CO), after 
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.