[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D256]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
United States Special Operations Command and United States Central 
Command in review of the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 
2011 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony 
from Admiral Eric T. Olson, USN, Commander, United States Special 
Operations Command, and General David H. Petraeus, USA, Commander, 
United States Central Command, both of the Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Joseph F. Bader, of the District of Columbia, Jessie 
Hill Roberson, of Virginia, and Peter Stanley Winokur, of Maryland, all 
to be a member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, 
Department of Defense, and 802 nominations in the Army, Navy, Air 
Force, and Marine Corps.
WATER ACTS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power concluded an oversight hearing to examine the Bureau of 
Reclamation's implementation of the SECURE Water Act, (Title 9501 of 
Public Law 111-11) and the Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART program 
which includes the WaterSMART Grant Program, the Basin Study Program 
and the Title XVI Program, after receiving testimony from Michael L. 
Connor, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the 
Interior; Melinda Kassen, Trout Unlimited, Boulder, Colorado; Dan 
Keppen, Family Farm Alliance, Klamath Falls, Oregon; John Entsminger, 
Southern Nevada Water Authority, Las Vegas; and Anthony J. Pack, 
Eastern Municipal Water District, Perris, California.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Robert Stephen Ford, of Maryland, to be 
Ambassador to the Syrian Arab Republic, after the nominee testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
FOSTER CARE AND FAMILY SERVICES IN D.C.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the 
District of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine assessing foster 
care and family services in the District of Columbia, focusing on 
challenges and solutions, after receiving testimony from Chief Judge 
Lee F. Satterfield, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Roque 
R. Gerald, District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency, 
Judith Meltzer, Center for the Study of Social Policy, Judith Sandalow, 
Children's Law Center, Sarah M. Ocran, Young Women's Project, and 
Dominique Davis, all of Washington, D.C.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
consider pending intelligence matters.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.