[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 53 (Thursday, April 15, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D392-D394]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FINANCIAL SERVICES, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services, and 
General Government held a hearing on FY 2011 Budget Request for the 
U.S. Supreme Court. Testimony was heard from the following Associate 
Justices of the Supreme Court: Clarence Thomas and Stephen G. Breyer.
HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Security held a 
hearing on DHS Cyber Security Programs--What progress has been made and 
what still needs to be improved? Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Homeland Security: Philip Reitinger, 
Deputy Under Secretary, National Protection and Programs Directorate; 
and RADM Michael Brown, USN, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Cyber Security 
and Communications.
INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies held a hearing on Voices from Our Native American 
Communities. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Strengthening Native American 
Communities: Indian Health Service FY 2011 Budget Request. Testimony 
was heard from Yvette Roubideaux, Director, Indian Health Service, 
Department of Health and Human Services.

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TRANSPORTATION, AND HUD, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies held a hearing on 
Member Requests. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress.
QUADRENNIAL DEFENSE REVIEW
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on the Independent Panel's 
assessment of the Quadrennial Defense Review. Testimony was heard from 
the following Co-Chairmen of the Quadrennial Defense Review Independent 
Panel, U.S. Institute for Peace: William J. Perry; and Stephen J. 
Hadley.
RESERVE PERSONNEL INITIATIVES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel held a 
hearing on supporting the reserve components as an operational reserve 
and key reserve personnel legislative initiatives. Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Dennis M. 
McCarthy, Assistant Secretary, Reserve Affairs; LTG Jack Stulz, USAR, 
Chief, Army Reserve; VDM Dirk Debbink, USNR, Chief of Naval Reserve; 
LTG John F. Kelly, USMC, Commander, Marine Forces Reserve; LTG Charles 
Stenner, USAFR, Chief, Air Force Reserve; LTG Harry Wyatt, USAF, 
Director, Air National Guard; and MG Raymond Carpenter, USA, Acting 
Director, Army National Guard.
BALLISTIC MISSILE REVIEW; MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMS BUDGET
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held a 
hearing on the report on the ballistic missile defense review and the 
FY 2011 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for missile 
defense programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the Department of Defense: Bradley H. Roberts, Defense Assistant 
Secretary, Nuclear and Missile Defense Policy, Office of the Secretary; 
LTG Patrick O'Reilly, USA, Director, Missile Defense Agency; and J. 
Michael Gilmore, Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, Office of 
the Secretary.
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN SCHOOLS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Healthy Families and 
Communities held a hearing on Corporal Punishment in Schools and its 
Effect on Academic Success. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported, as amended, the 
following bills: H.R. 5019, Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010; and 
H.R. 5026, Grid Reliability and Infrastructure Defense Act or the GRID 
Act.
  The Committee also approved pending Committee business.
COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT PERSPECTIVES AND PROPOSALS
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions 
and Consumer Credit held a hearing entitled ``Perspectives and 
Proposals on the Community Reinvestment Act.'' Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE IN AFRICA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health 
held a hearing on Combating Climate Change in Africa, Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Department of State: Franklin 
Moore, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Africa, Office of the 
Assistant Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development; and 
Jonathan Pershing, Deputy Special Envoy, Office of the Special Envoy, 
Climate Change; and public witnesses.
HOMELAND SECURITY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2010
Committee on Homeland Security: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 
4842, Homeland Security Science and Technology Authorization Act of 
2010.
CONGRESS' IMPACT ON STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law held a hearing on State Taxation: The Impact of 
Congressional Legislation on State and Local Government Revenues. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
POSTAL SERVICE'S FINANCIAL CRISIS FUTURE VIABILITY
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: and the Subcommittee on 
Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia held a 
joint hearing entitled ``Continuing to Deliver: An Examination of the 
Post Services's Current Financial Crisis and its Future Viability,'' 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the U.S. Postal 
Service: John E. Potter, Postmaster General and CEO; and David C. 
Williams, Inspector General; Phillip Herr, Director, Physical 
Infrastructure Issues, GAO; John O'Brien, Senior Advisor to the 
Director, OPM; and Kevin Kosar, Analyst in American Government, CRS, 
Library of Congress.

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WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT PROPOSALS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment held a hearing on Proposals for a Water 
Resources Development Act of 2010, Part II. Testimony was heard from 
Theodore Brown, Chief, Planning and Policy, U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers, Department of Defense; and public witnesses.
VETERANS EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity 
held a hearing on the Status of Veterans Employment. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Department of Labor: Phil L. 
Rones, Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics; and Raymond M. 
Jefferson, Assistant Secretary, Veterans' Employment and Training 
Service; Christine M. Griffin, Deputy Director, OPM; Willie Hensley, 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Human Resources and 
Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; Christine A Scott, 
Specialist in Social Policy, Domestic Social Policy Division, CRS, 
Library of Congress; and representatives of veterans organizations.
SSA FIELD OFFICE SERVICE DELIVERY
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held an 
oversight hearing on SSA's field office service delivery. Testimony was 
heard from Barbara Bovbjerg, Managing Director, Education, Workforce 
and Income Security Issues, GAO; the following officials of the SSA: 
Patrick P. O'Carroll, Inspector General; and Michael J. Astrue, 
Commissioner; and public witnesses.
NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL PROGRAM BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a hearing on the National Geospatial Program Budget for Fiscal 
Year 2011. Testimony was herd from VADM Robert B. Murrett, USN, 
Director, National Geospatial Agency, Department of Defense.

Joint Meetings
NATURAL RESOURCE USAGE
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. Commission held a 
briefing to examine a new international convention aimed at helping 
resource-rich developing countries make the best economic and social 
use of their natural resources, receiving testimony from Joseph Bell, 
Hogan and Hartson, Washington, D.C.; Saleem Ali, University of Vermont, 
Burlington; and Karin Lissaker, Revenue Watch Institute, New York, New 
York.