[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 52 (Wednesday, April 14, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D377-D379]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and Related

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Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2011 for the Department of Education and the education jobs 
crisis, after receiving testimony from Arne Duncan, Secretary of 
Education; Chris Bern, Iowa State Education Association, Des Moines; 
Joe Morton, Alabama Department of Education, Montgomery; Marc S. 
Herzog, Connecticut Community Colleges, Hartford; and Ramon C. 
Cortines, Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, California.
APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a 
hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2011 for 
national and military intelligence, after receiving testimony from 
Dennis C. Blair, Director of National Intelligence, and James R. 
Clapper, Jr., Undersecretary for Intelligence, both of the Department 
of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2011 for the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, after receiving testimony from Inez Tenenbaum, Chairman, 
Consumer Product Safety Commission.
U.S. POLICY TOWARDS ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine United States policy towards the Islamic Republic 
of Iran, after receiving testimony from Michele A. Flournoy, Under 
Secretary for Policy, General James E. Cartwright, USMC, Vice Chairman 
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Lieutenant General Ronald L. Burgess, 
USA, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, all of the Department 
of Defense; William J. Burns, Under Secretary of State for Political 
Affairs; and Andrew M. Gibb, National Intelligence Officer for Weapons 
of Mass Destruction, National Intelligence Council.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing to examine strategic forces programs of the National Nuclear 
Security Administration in review of the Defense Authorization request 
for fiscal year 2011, after receiving testimony from Thomas P. 
D'Agostino, Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, 
Department of Energy.
READINESS OF UNITED STATES FORCES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support concluded a hearing to examine the current readiness of United 
States forces, after receiving testimony from General Peter W. 
Chiarelli, Vice Chief of Staff, United States Army, General James F. 
Amos, Assistant Commandant, United States Marine Corps, Admiral 
Jonathan Greenert, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy, 
and General Carrol H. Chandler, Vice Chief of Staff, United States Air 
Force, all of the Department of Defense.
NATIONAL BROADBAND PLAN
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine reviewing the national broadband plan, after 
receiving testimony from Julius Genachowski, Chairman, Federal 
Communications Commission.
IMPROVING TRANSPORTATION SAFETY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine opportunities to improve transportation safety, 
after receiving testimony from John D. Porcari, Deputy Secretary of 
Transportation; Kirk T. Steudle, Michigan Department of Transportation 
Director, Lansing, on behalf of the American Association of State 
Highway and Transportation Officials; Laura Dean-Mooney, Mothers 
Against Drunk Driving, Jacqueline S. Gillan, Advocates for Highway and 
Auto Safety, and Gregory M. Cohen, American Highway Users Alliance, all 
of Washington, D.C.; Deborah A. Hubsmith, Safe Routes to School 
National Partnership, Fairfax, California; and Ted R. Miller, Center 
for Public Health Improvement and Innovation, Calverton, Maryland.
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine using 
unemployment insurance to help Americans get back to work, focusing on 
creating opportunities and overcoming challenges, after receiving 
testimony from Jane Oates, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment 
and Training; Doug Holmes, Strategic Services on Unemployment and 
Workers Compensation, Washington, D.C.; Karen Lee, National Association 
of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA), Olympia, Washington; and Mark 
Zandi, Moody's Analytics, West Chester, Pennsylvania.
WESTERN BALKANS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs 
concluded a hearing to examine Southeast Europe, focusing on 
opportunities and challenges in the Western Balkans, after receiving

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testimony from Philip H. Gordon, Assistant Secretary of State for 
European and Eurasian Affairs; Alexander Vershbow, Assistant Secretary 
of Defense for International Security Affairs; Kurt Volker, Johns 
Hopkins University Center on Transatlantic Relations, Washington, D.C.; 
and Ivan Vejvoda, Balkan Trust for Democracy, Belgrade, Serbia.
DEPLOYED FEDERAL CITIZENS
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 deployed Federal 
civilians, focusing on advancing security and opportunity in 
Afghanistan, and status actions needed to improve the timely and 
accurate delivery of compensation and medical benefits to deployed 
civilians, after receiving testimony from John Berry, Director, Office 
of Personnel Management; Patrick Kennedy, Under Secretary of State for 
Management; Clifford Stanley, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel 
and Readiness; and Janet A. St. Laurent, Managing Director, Defense 
Capabilities and Management, Government Accountability Office.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the Department of Justice, after receiving testimony from Eric 
H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, Department of Justice.