[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 24, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D334-D336]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered 
favorably reported an original bill entitled, ``Healthy, Hunger-Free 
Kids Act of 2010'', with amendments.
APPROPRIATIONS: GUARD AND RESERVE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a 
hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2011 for 
the Guard and Reserve, after receiving testimony from General Craig R. 
McKinley, Chief, National Guard Bureau, Major General Raymond W. 
Carpenter, Director, Army National Guard, Lieutenant General Harry M. 
Wyatt III, Director, Air National Guard, Lieutenant

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General Jack Stultz, Chief, Army Reserve, Vice Admiral Dirk Debbink, 
Chief, Navy Reserve, Lieutenant General John F. Kelley, Commander, 
Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, and Lieutenant General 
Charles E. Stenner, Jr., Chief, Air Force Reserve, all of the 
Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2011 for the Office of Personnel Management, 
after receiving testimony from John Berry, Director, Office of 
Personnel Management.
MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a 
hearing to examine Military Health System programs, policies, and 
initiatives in review of the Defense Authorization request for fiscal 
year 2011 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving 
testimony from Senator Cardin; and Charles L. Rice, President, 
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Performing the 
duties of the Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs, and Acting 
Director, and Rear Admiral C.S. Hunter, USN, Deputy Director, both of 
TRICARE Management Activity, Lieutenant General Eric B. Schoomaker, 
Surgeon General of the United States Army, and Commander, U.S. Army 
Medical Command, Vice Admiral Adam M. Robinson, Jr., MC, USN, Surgeon 
General of the Navy, Lieutenant General Charles B. Green, Surgeon 
General of the Air Force, and Rear Admiral Richard R. Jeffries, USN, 
Medical Officer of the United States Marine Corps, all of the 
Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 773, to ensure the continued free flow of commerce within the 
United States and with its global trading partners through secure cyber 
communications, to provide for the continued development and 
exploitation of the Internet and intranet communications for such 
purposes, to provide for the development of a cadre of information 
technology specialists to improve and maintain effective cybersecurity 
defenses against disruption, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 2881, to provide greater technical resources to FCC Commissioners, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1252, to promote ocean and human health and for other purposes, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2870, to establish uniform administrative and enforcement 
procedures and penalties for the enforcement of the High Seas Driftnet 
Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and similar statutes;
  S. 2871, to make technical corrections to the Western and Central 
Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act; and
  The nominations of Robert J. Papp, Jr., to be Commandant of the U.S. 
Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, 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, Michael F. Tillman, of California, and 
Daryl J. Boness, of Maine, both to be a Member of the Marine Mammal 
Commission, and Jeffrey R. Moreland, of Texas, to be a Director of the 
Amtrak Board of Directors, and a promotion list in the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps and the U.S. Coast 
Guard.
TRANSPORTATION POLICY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine opportunities to improve energy security and the 
environment through transportation policy, after receiving testimony 
from John D. Porcari, Deputy Secretary of Transportation; Regina A. 
McCarthy, Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, 
Environmental Protection Agency; Larry F. Greene, Sacramento 
Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, Sacramento, California; 
and Deron Lovaas, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Douglas V. 
Siglin, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and Richard Kolodziej, Natural Gas 
Vehicles for America (NVGAmerica), all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Major General Robert 
A. Harding, United States Army (Retired), of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Homeland Security, after the nominee testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
HOMELESSNESS AMONG VETERANS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight 
hearing to examine Veterans' Affairs plan for ending homelessness among 
veterans, after receiving testimony from Pete Dougherty, Director, 
Homeless Programs, and Lisa Pape, Acting Director, Mental Health 
Homeless and Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Programs, both of the 
Department of

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Veterans Affairs; Raymond Jefferson, Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
Veterans' Employment and Training Service; Mark Johnston, Assistant 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Community Planning and 
Development; Sandra A. Miller, The Philadelphia Veterans Multi-Service 
& Education Center, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Sam Tsemberis, 
Pathways to Housing, Inc., New York, New York; and Arnold Shipman, 
Baltimore, Maryland.