[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 52 (Wednesday, April 14, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D381-D384]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FEDERAL NUTRITION PROGRAMS; HEALTHY FOOD ACCESS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Nutrition, and Forestry held a hearing to review access to healthy 
foods for beneficiaries of Federal nutrition programs and explore 
innovative methods to improve availability. Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the USDA: Kevin Concannon, Under Secretary, 
Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services; Michele Ver Ploeg, Economist, 
Economic Research Service; and public witnesses.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science 
and Related Agencies continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was 
heard from Members of Congress and public witnesses.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on 
National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve Readiness. Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the Department of Defense: GEN Craig R. 
McKinley, Chief, National Guard Bureau; LTG Harry M. Wyatt, Director, 
Air National Guard; MG Raymond W. Carpenter, Acting Director, Army 
National Guard; and LTG Jack C. Stultz, Chief, U.S. Army Reserve.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development, and Related Agencies held a hearing on the Bureau of 
Reclamation FY 2011 Budget. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of the Interior: Michael L. Connor, 
Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation; Anne Castle, Assistant Secretary, 
Water and Science; and Reed Murray, Program Director, Central Utah 
Project Completion Act Office.
HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Security, held a 
hearing on Update on Southwest Border: The Challenges that DHS 
Continues to Face. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the Department of Homeland Security: Alan D. Bersin, Commissioner, U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection; and John Morton, Assistant Secretary, 
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies held a hearing on Maintaining National Cultural and 
Scientific Centers: FY 2011 Budget Request for the Smithsonian 
Institution, National Gallery of Art, Kennedy Center, Woodrow Wilson 
Center, and Presidio Trust. Testimony was heard from G. Wayne Clough, 
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution; Earl A. Powell, III, Director, 
National Gallery of Art; Michael Kaiser, President, John F. Kennedy 
Center for the Performing Arts; former Representative Lee Hamilton of 
Indiana, Director, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; 
and Craig Middleton, Executive Director, The Presidio Trust.
LABOR, HHS, EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and Related Agencies held a hearing on FY 2011 
Budget Overview: Social Security Administration. Testimony was heard 
from Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner, Social Security Administration.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction, 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies held a hearing on Quality of 
Life--Senior Enlisted. Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the Department of Defense: SMA of the Army, Kenneth O. Preston; MSgt 
of the Marine Corps, Carlton W. Kent; Master Chief Petty Officer of the 
Navy, Rick D. West; and CMSgt of the Air Force, James A. Roy; and 
public witnesses.
STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Millennium Challenge Corporation 
(MCC). Testimony was heard from Daniel W. Yohannes, Chief Executive 
Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Security Assistance. 
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officials of the Department of State: David T. Johnson, Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of International and Law Enforcement Affairs; Andrew 
J. Shapiro, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs; 
and Daniel Benjamin, Coordinator for Counterterrorism.
U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS POLICY
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on the United States 
nuclear weapons policy and force structure. Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the Department of Defense: James N. Miller, 
Principal Deputy Under Secretary, Policy; and GEN Kevin P. Chilton, 
USAF, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command; Thomas P. D'Agostino, Under 
Secretary, Nuclear Security, Administrator, National Nuclear Security 
Administration, Department of Energy; and Ellen O. Tauscher, Under 
Secretary, Arms Control and International Security, Department of 
State.
THREAT REDUCTION/CHEM-BIO DEFENSE COUNTERPROLIFERATION BUDGET
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional 
Threats and Capabilities held a hearing on the FY 2011 National Defense 
Authorization Budget Request for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, 
Chemical Biological Defense Program and counterproliferation 
initiatives. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Defense: Andrew Weber, Assistant to the Secretary, 
Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs, Office of the 
Secretary; Kenneth A. Myers, III, Director, Defense Threat Reduction 
Agency, Office of the Secretary; and BG Jess A. Scarbrough, USA, Joint 
Program Executive Officer, Chemical and Biological Defense, Office of 
the Secretary.
EDUCATION DATA SYSTEMS
Committee on Education and Labor: Held a hearing on How Data Can Be 
Used to Inform Educational Outcome. Testimony was heard from Richard J. 
Wenning, Associate Commissioner, Department of Education, State of 
Colorado; Joe Kitchens, Superintendent of Schools, Western Heights 
Schools, Oklahoma City, State of Oklahoma; and public witnesses.
KIDS AND TOBACCO USE IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
entitled ``Smokeless Tobacco: Impact on the Health of our Nation's 
Youth and Use in Major League Baseball.'' Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: 
Terry Pechacek, Associate Director, Science, Office on Smoking and 
Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Deborah Winn, 
Deputy Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Science, 
National Cancer Institute; and public witnesses.
HOUSING FINANCE SYSTEM REFORM
Committee on Financial Services: Held a hearing entitled ``Housing 
Finance--What Should the New System Be Able to Do?: Part II--Government 
and Stakeholder Perspectives.'' Testimony was heard from Shaun Donovan, 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Affairs; and public witnesses.
HOME AFFORDABLE MODIFICATION PROGRAM REVISIONS
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing and Community 
Opportunity held a hearing entitled ``The Recently Announced Revisions 
to the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP).'' Testimony was 
heard from David Stevens, Assistant Secretary, Housing/Federal Housing 
Commissioner, Department of Housing and Urban Affairs; Phyllis 
Caldwell, Chief, Homeownership Preservation Office, Department of the 
Treasury; and public witnesses.
COMBATING ANTI-SEMITISM
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International 
Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight held a hearing on Combating 
Anti-Semitism: Protecting Human Rights. Testimony was heard from Hannah 
Rosenthal, Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, 
Department of State; and public witnesses.
FEDERALIZING GUARDS AT CRITICAL FACILITIES
Committee on Homeland Security: Held a hearing entitled ``Federal 
Protective Service: Would Federalization of Guards Improve Security at 
Critical Facilities?'' Testimony was heard from Gary W. Schenkel, 
Director, Federal Protective Service, National Protection and Programs 
Directorate, Department of Homeland Security; Mark L. Goldstein, 
Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, GAO; and public witnesses.
FBI TELEPHONE RECORDS REQUESTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil 
Rights, and Civil Liberties held a hearing on the Report by the Office 
of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice on the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation's Use of Exigent Letters and Other Informal 
Requests for Telephone Records. Testimony was heard from the following 
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the Department of Justice: Valerie Caproni, General Counsel, FBI; and 
Glenn Fine, Inspector General.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: to consider the following 
measures: H.R. 1722, amended, Telework Improvements Act of 2009; H.R. 
4865, amended, Federal Employees and Uniformed Services Retirement 
Equity Act of 2010; H.R. 3913, Major General David F. Wherley, Jr., 
District of Columbia National Guard Retention and College Access Act; 
S. 806, Federal Executive Board Authorization Act of 2009; S. 1510, 
amended, United States Secret Service Uniformed Division Modernization 
Act of 2009; H. Con. Res. 255, amended, Commemorating the 40th 
anniversary of Earth Day and honoring the founder of Earth Day, the 
late Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin; H. Res. 855, Expressing 
support for designation of May 1 as ``Silver Star Service Banner Day;'' 
H.R. 1103, amended, Celebrating the life of Sam Houston on the 217th 
anniversary of his birth; H. Res. 1189, Commending Lance Mackey on 
winning a record 4th straight Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race; H.R. 4861, 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 1343 West Irving Park Road in Chicago, Illinois, as the ``Steve 
Goodman Post Office Building;'' and H.R. 4543, To designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4285 Payne 
Avenue in San Jose, California, as the ``Anthony J. Cortese Post Office 
Building.''
NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL BUDGET
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on Domestic 
Policy held a hearing entitled ``ONDCP's Fiscal Year 2011 National Drug 
Control Budget: Are We Still Funding a War on Drugs?'' Testimony was 
heard from R. Gil Kerlikowske, Director, Office of National Drug 
Control Policy; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--FEDERAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Organization, and Procurement held a hearing 
entitled ``Oversight of Federal Financial Management.'' Testimony was 
heard from Gene L. Dodaro, Acting Comptroller General, GAO; Richard L. 
Gregg, Acting Fiscal Assistant Secretary, Department of the Treasury; 
Danny Werfel, Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management, OMB; 
James L. Millette, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Global Financial 
Services, Department of State; Mark E. Easton, Deputy Chief Financial 
Officer, Department of Defense; and public witnesses.
CLEAN ESTUARIES ACT OF 2010
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing 
for consideration of H.R. 4715, the ``Clean Estuaries Act of 2010.'' 
The rule provides one hour of general debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure. The rule waives all points of order 
against consideration of the bill except those arising under clause 9 
or 10 of rule XXI. The rule provides that the bill shall be considered 
as read. The rule waives all points of order against the bill. The rule 
further makes in order only those amendments printed in the report of 
the Committee on Rules. The amendments made in order may be offered 
only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a 
Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for the time specified in this report equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question. All points of order against the amendments are waived except 
those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The rule provides that 
for those amendments reported from the Committee of the Whole, the 
question of their adoption shall be put to the House en gros and 
without demand for division of the question. The rule provides one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions. The rule provides that 
the Chair may entertain a motion that the Committee rise only if 
offered by the chair of the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure or a designee. The rule provides that the Chair may not 
entertain a motion to strike out the enacting words of the bill.
  The rule waives clause 6(a) of rule XIII (requiring a two-thirds vote 
to consider a rule on the same day it is reported from the Rules 
Committee) against a resolution reported through the legislative day of 
Friday, April 16, 2010, providing for consideration of a measure 
relating to the extension of unemployment insurance. The rule provides 
that it shall be in order at any time through the legislative day of 
Friday, April 16, 2010, for the Speaker to entertain motions that the 
House suspend the rules relating to a measure addressing the extension 
of unemployment insurance. Testimony was heard from Chairman Oberstar.
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION PROGRAMS
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Research and 
Science Education approved for full Committee action, as amended, a 
Committee Print--the National Science Foundation programs.

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IRS POLICY AND SMALL BUSINESSES
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing entitled ``Entrepreneurs 
and Tax Day: How IRS Policies and Procedures Impact Small Businesses?'' 
Testimony was heard from Douglas H. Shulman, Commissioner, Internal 
Revenue, IRS, Department of the Treasury.
INNOVATIVE FINANCING OF HIGHWAY TRANSIT PROJECTS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit held a hearing on Using Innovative Financing to 
Deliver Highway and Transit Projects.'' Testimony was heard from Chris 
Bertram, Assistant Secretary, Budget and Programs and Chief Financial 
Officer, Department of Transportation; Eugene A. Conti, Secretary, 
Department of Transportation, State of North Carolina; and public 
witnesses.
GREEN JOBS ENERGY TAX INCENTIVES
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on energy tax incentives 
and the green job economy. Testimony was heard from Michael Mundaca, 
Assistant Secretary, Tax Policy, Department of the Treasury; Matt 
Rogers, Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Department of Energy; and 
public witnesses.
DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY BUDGET FY 2011
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a hearing on Defense Intelligence Agency Budget for Fiscal Year 
2011. Testimony was heard from LTG Ronald L. Burgess, Jr., USA, 
Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense.
ROLE OF COAL IN A NEW ENERGY AGE
Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming: Held a 
hearing entitled ``The Role of Coal in a New Energy Age.'' Testimony 
was heard from public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
economic outlook, after receiving testimony from Ben S. Bernanke, 
Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.