[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 40 (Thursday, March 18, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D276-D277]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL AND OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2011 for the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, and the 
Office of Compliance, after receiving testimony from Stephen T. Ayres, 
Acting Architect of the Capitol; and Tamara E. Chrisler, Executive 
Director, Office of Compliance.
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE FINANCIAL SITUATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government concluded a hearing to examine proposals for 
addressing the current financial situation facing the United States 
Postal Service, after receiving testimony from John E. Potter, 
Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer, and David C. Williams, 
Inspector General, both of the United States Postal Service; Ruth Y. 
Goldway, Chairman, Postal Regulatory Commission; and Phillip Herr, 
Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, Government Accountability 
Office.
``DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL'' POLICY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee continued hearings to examine 
the ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy, after receiving testimony from 
General John J. Sheehan, USMC (Ret.), former Supreme Allied Commander, 
Atlantic, and former Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic 
Command; Michael D. Almy, former Major, United States Air Force; and 
Jenny L. Kopfstein, former Lieutenant Junior Grade, United States Navy.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Robert J. Papp Jr., to be a 
Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, Department of Homeland 
Security, who was introduced by Senator Kerry, Larry Robinson, of 
Florida, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and 
Atmosphere, Earl F. Weener, of Oregon, to be a Member of the National 
Transportation Safety Board, who was introduced by Senator Merkley, 
Michael F. Tillman, of California, to be a Member, and Daryl J. Boness, 
of Maine, to be a Chairman, both of the Marine Mammal Commission, and 
Jeffrey R. Moreland, of Texas, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of 
Directors, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf.
COMMERCIAL SPACE CAPABILITIES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science and Space concluded a hearing to examine assessing commercial 
space capabilities, after receiving testimony from Bryan O'Conner, 
Chief, Office of Safety and Mission Assurance, and Malcolm L. Peterson, 
former Comptroller, both of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration;

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George C. Nield, Associate Administrator for the Office of Commercial 
Space Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
Transportation; Michael C. Gass, United Launch Alliance, LLC, 
Littleton, Colorado; Frank L. Culberson, Jr., USN (Ret.), Orbital 
Sciences Corporation, Dulles, Virgina; Gwynne Shotwell, Space 
Exploration Technologies, (SpaceX), Hawthorne, California; and 
Lieutenant General Thomas P. Stafford, USAF (Ret.), Satellite Beach, 
Florida.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Michael Peter Huerta, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Deputy Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration, and David T. Matsuda, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Administrator of the Maritime Administration, both of 
the Department of Transportation.
MOBILITY AND CONGESTION IN URBAN AND RURAL AMERICA
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine mobility and congestion in urban and rural America, 
after receiving testimony from Oklahoma State Senator Bryce Marlatt, 
Oklahoma City; Scott Haggerty, Alameda County Supervisor, Oakland, 
California, on behalf of National Association of Counties 
Transportation Steering Committee; James Townsend, Webster County Judge 
Executive, Dixon, Kentucky, on behalf of the National Association of 
Regional Councils; Tim Lomax, Texas Transportation Institute, College 
Station; John Robert Smith, Reconnecting America, Washington, D.C., on 
behalf of the Transportation for America Coalition.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OVERSIGHT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine Bureau of Indian Affairs and tribal police recruitment, 
training, hiring, and retention, after receiving testimony from Wizipan 
Garriott, Policy Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, 
and Jason Thompson, Acting Deputy Bureau Director, Office of Justice 
Services, both of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the 
Interior; Joseph W. Wright, Assistant Director, Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center, Office of Artesia Operations, Department of Homeland 
Security; Myra Pearson, Spirit Lake Tribe, Fort Totten, North Dakota, 
and David M. Gipp, Bismarck, North Dakota, both of United Tribes 
Technical College; Ivan Posey, Eastern Shoshone Tribe, Fort Washakie, 
Wyoming; and Chief Gary Gaikowski, Sisseton Wahpeton Law Enforcement of 
the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, Lake Traverse Reservation, Agency Village, 
South Dakota.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 148, to restore the rule that agreements between manufacturers and 
retailers, distributors, or wholesalers to set the minimum price below 
which the manufacturer's product or service cannot be sold violates the 
Sherman Act; and
  The nominations of Josephine Staton Tucker, to be United States 
District Judge for the Central District of California, Mark A. 
Goldsmith, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Michigan, Brian Anthony Jackson, to be United States District Judge 
for the Middle District of Louisiana, Elizabeth Erny Foote, to be 
United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, 
Marc T. Treadwell, to be United States District Judge for the Middle 
District of Georgia, Wifredo A. Ferrer, to be United States Attorney 
for the Southern District of Florida, and William N. Nettles, to be 
United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina.
VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS LEGISLATIVE PRESENTATIONS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a joint hearing 
with the House Committee on Veterans Affairs to examine legislative 
presentations from AMVETS, National Association of State Directors of 
Veterans Affairs, Non Commissioned Officers Association, Gold Star 
Wives, The Retired Enlisted Association, Fleet Reserve Association, 
Vietnam Veterans of America, and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of 
America, after receiving testimony from Terry Schow, Utah Department of 
Veterans Affairs, Salt Lake City; Duane J. Miskulin, American Veterans 
(AMVETS), Lanham, Maryland; John Rowan, Vietnam Veterans of America 
(VVA), Silver Spring, Maryland; Tom Tarantino, Iraq and Afghanistan 
Veterans of America (IAVA), Washington, D.C.; Vivianne Cisneros Wersel, 
Gold Star Wives of America, Inc., Emerald Isle, North Carolina; and 
Gene Overstreet, Non Commissioned Officers Association of the United 
States of America (NCOA), Charlie L. Flowers, The Retired Enlisted 
Association, and Joseph L. Barnes, Fleet Reserve Association (FRA), all 
of Alexandria, Virginia.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.