[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 39 (Wednesday, March 17, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D265-D267]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2011 for the United States Forest Service, 
after receiving testimony from Tom Tidwell, Chief, Forest Service, 
Department of Agriculture.
APPROPRIATIONS: NAVY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a 
hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2011 for 
the Navy, after receiving testimony from Ray Mabus, Secretary of the 
Navy, Admiral Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations, and General 
James T. Conway, Commandant of the Marine Corps, all of the Department 
of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
open and closed hearings to examine strategic forces programs in review 
of the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2011 and the 
Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Lieutenant 
General Frank G. Klotz, USAF, Commander, Air Force Global Strike 
Command, Lieutenant General Mark D. Shackelford, USAF, Military Deputy, 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Major General C. 
Donald Alston, USAF, Assistant Chief of Staff, Strategic Deterrence and 
Nuclear Integration, and Major General David J. Scott, USAF, Director, 
Operational Capability Requirements and Deputy Chief of Staff for 
Operations, Plans and Requirements, all of the

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United States Air Force, Bradley H. Roberts, Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Nuclear and Missile Defense Policy, and Rear Admiral Stephen E. 
Johnson, USN, Director, Strategic Systems Programs, United States Navy, 
all of the Department of Defense.
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance concluded a hearing 
to examine financial services and products, focusing on the role of the 
Federal Trade Commission in protecting consumers, after receiving 
testimony from J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission; 
Edmund Mierzwinski, Federation of State Public Interest Research 
Groups, Timothy J. Muris, George Mason University School of Law, and 
Linda A. Woolley, Direct Marketing Association, all of Washington, 
D.C.; and Dee Pridgen, University of Wyoming College of Law, Laramie.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Jeffrey A. Lane, of Virginia, to 
be Assistant Secretary of Energy for Congressional and 
Intergovernmental Affairs, after the nominee, who was introduced by 
Senator Bennet, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NATIONAL PARKS BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded a hearing to examine S. 553, to revise the authorized 
route of the North Country National Scenic Trail in northeastern 
Minnesota to include existing hiking trails along Lake Superior's north 
shore and in Superior National Forest and Chippewa National Forest, S. 
1017, to reauthorize the Cane River National Heritage Area Commission 
and expand the boundaries of the Cane River National Heritage Area in 
the State of Louisiana, S. 1018, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to enter into an agreement with Northwestern State University 
in Natchitoches, Louisiana, to construct a curatorial center for the 
use of Cane River Creole National Historical Park, the National Center 
for Preservation Technology and Training, and the University, S. 1537, 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director 
of the National Park Service, to designate the Dr. Norman E. Borlaug 
Birthplace and Childhood Home in Cresco, Iowa, as a National Historic 
Site and as a unit of the National Park System, S. 1629, to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of 
the archeological site and surrounding land of the New Philadelphia 
town site in the state of Illinois, S. 2892, to establish the Alabama 
Black Belt National Heritage Area, S. 2933, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the 
suitability and feasibility of designating the Colonel Charles Young 
Home in Xenia, Ohio, as a unit of the National Park System, S. 2951, to 
authorize funding to protect and conserve lands contiguous with the 
Blue Ridge Parkway to serve the public, and H.R. 3804, to make 
technical corrections to various Acts affecting the National Park 
Service, to extend, amend, or establish certain National Park Service 
authorities, after receiving testimony from Senator Burris; Daniel 
Wenk, Deputy Director for Operations, National Park Service, Department 
of the Interior; and Reid Wilson, Conservation Trust for North 
Carolina, Raleigh.
EPA EFFORTS TO PROTECT CHILDREN'S HEALTH
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Government Accountability Office's investigation 
of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) efforts to protect 
children's health, after receiving testimony from Peter Grevatt, 
Director, Office of Children's Health Protection and Environmental 
Education, Environmental Protection Agency; John B. Stephenson, 
Director, Natural Resources and Development, Government Accountability 
Office; Gina M. Solomon, Natural Resource Defense Council, Berkeley, 
California; Cynthia Bearer, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 
Baltimore, on behalf of the Children's Environmental Health Network; 
and Ted Schettler, Science and Environmental Health Network, Ann Arbor, 
Michigan.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Mari Carmen Aponte, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador, Department 
of State, after the nominee, who was introduced by Representative 
Velazquez, testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
CHRISTMAS DAY ATTACK IMPLICATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the lessons and implications of the 
Christmas day attack, focusing on intelligence reform and interagency 
integration, after receiving testimony from Benjamin A. Powell, former 
General Counsel, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; 
Jeffrey H. Smith, former General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency; 
and Rick Nelson, Center for Strategic and International Studies, 
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ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act (ESEA) reauthorization, focusing on the Obama Administration's ESEA 
reauthorization priorities, after receiving testimony from Arne Duncan, 
Secretary of Education.
BANKRUPTCY REFORM AND SMALL BUSINESS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight 
and the Courts concluded a hearing to examine bankruptcy reform, 
focusing on small business jobs, after receiving testimony from Judge 
Thomas B. Bennett, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern 
District of Alabama, Birmingham; Judge A. Thomas Small (Ret.), United 
States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 
Fairfax, Virginia, on behalf of the National Bankruptcy Conference; 
Edward D. Mendenhall, Jr., East Bay Fitness, Warren, Rhode Island; 
Charles D. Bullock, Stevenson and Bullock, P.L.C., Southfield, 
Michigan; and Joseph R. Mason, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.
RISING DRUG PRICES FOR SENIORS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
seniors, focusing on rising drug prices, the Part D program, 
beneficiary out-of-pocket costs, and efforts to obtain price 
concessions for certain high-cost drugs, after receiving testimony from 
John E. Dicken, Director, Health Care, Government Accountability 
Office; Gerard Anderson, Johns Hopkins University Center for Hospital 
Finance and Management, Baltimore, Maryland; John E. Calfee, American 
Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C.; Gregory Hamilton, Algonquin, 
Illinois; and Willafay H. McKenna, Williamsburg, Virginia.