[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 56 (Tuesday, April 20, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D406-D407]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2011 for operations and programs of the U.S. 
Agency for International Development, after receiving testimony from 
Rajiv Shah, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
ballistic missile defense policies and programs in review of the 
Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2011 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, after receiving testimony from James N. Miller, 
Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Policy, J. Michael Gilmore, 
Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, Office of the Secretary, 
Lieutenant General Patrick J. O'Reilly, USA, Director, Missile Defense 
Agency, and Rear Admiral Archer M. Macy, USN, Director, Joint 
Integrated Air and Missile Defense Organization, all of the Department 
of Defense.
ENERGY BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 1856, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to 
clarify policies regarding ownership of pore space, and S. 1134, to 
ensure the energy independence and economic viability of the United 
States by promoting the responsible use of coal through accelerated 
carbon capture and storage and through advanced clean coal technology 
research, development, demonstration, and deployment programs, after 
receiving testimony from James Markowsky, Assistant Secretary of Energy 
for Fossil Energy; Anne Castle, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for 
Water and Science; Adam S. Vann, Legislative Attorney, American Law 
Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; Robert 
Hilton, Alstom Power, and Ben Yamagata, Coal Utilization Research 
Council, both of Washington, DC; Mark S. Brownstein, Environmental 
Defense Fund, New York, New York; and Kurt Zenz House, C12 Energy, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
TROUBLED ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed fee on financial institutions regarding the 
Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), after receiving testimony from 
Neil Barofsky, Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief 
Program (SIGTARP), Department of the Treasury.
BORDER SECURITY
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine border security, after receiving 
testimony from Alan Bersin, Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection, Department of Homeland Security; Dennis K. Burke, U.S. 
Attorney for the District of Arizona, Department of Justice; Mayor 
Octavio Garcia-Von Borstel, Nogales, Arizona; and Larry A. Dever, 
Sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Michael D. Kennedy, 
of Georgia, and Dana Katherine Bilyeu, of Nevada, both to be a Member 
of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, Dennis P. Walsh, of 
Maryland, to be Chairman of the Special Panel on Appeals, and Milton C. 
Lee, Jr., Judith Anne Smith, and Todd E. Edelman, all to be an 
Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, all 
introduced by Delegate Holmes Norton, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
HEALTH PREMIUMS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine protection from certain premiums, after 
receiving testimony from Senator Feinstein; Michael T. McRaith, 
Illinois Department of Insurance Director, Springfield; Phyllis Menke, 
City of Fonda Clerk, Fonda, Iowa; Karen Ignagni, America's Health 
Insurance Plans, Washington, DC; and Grace-Marie Turner, Galen 
Institute, Alexandria, Virginia.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, after 
receiving testimony from Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General, 
Department of Justice.
INTELLIGENCE
  Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.