[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 57 (Wednesday, April 21, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D416-D418]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
U.S. AGRICULTURE POLICY 2012 FARM BILL
Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing to review U.S. agriculture 
policy in advance of the 2012 Farm Bill. Testimony was heard from Tom 
Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on 
the National Capitol Region. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Defense: Mike McCord, Principal Deputy 
Under Secretary, (Comptroller); Charles L. Rice, M.D., President, 
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Performing the Duties 
of the Assistant Secretary, Health Affairs; Dorothy Robyn, Deputy Under 
Secretary, Installations and Environment; and VADM John Matczum, USN, 
Commander, Joint Task Force, National Capital Region Medical.
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 
District of Columbia. Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the District of Columbia: Adrian M. Fenty, Mayor; Vincent C. Gray, 
Chairman, Council; and Natwar Gandhi, Chief Financial Officer.
HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Security 
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of 
Congress and public witnesses.
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: Department of Health and Human Services. Testimony was 
heard from Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch held a 
hearing on the FY 2011 Budgets for the Library of Congress, GPO, and 
the Open World Leadership Center. Testimony was heard from James 
Billington, Librarian of Congress, JoAnn Jenkins, Chief Financial 
Officer, Library of Congress, Robert C. Tapella, Public Printer of the 
United States; and Ambassador John O'Keefe. Executive Director, Open 
World Leadership Center.
TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies held a hearing on the 
Status of the Federal Housing Administration including the FY 2011 
Budget Request. Testimony was heard from David Stevens, Commissioner, 
Federal Housing Administration, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development.
DEFENSE ACQUISITION REFORM
Committee on Armed Services: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 5013, 
Implementing Management for Performance and Related Reforms to Obtain 
Value in Every Acquisition Act of 2010.
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel held a 
hearing on the Defense Health Program. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Defense: Charles Rice, M.D., 
Performing the Duties of the Assistant Secretary, Health Affairs, 
President, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences; LTG Eric 
Schoomaker, USA, Surgeon General, U.S. Army; VADM Adam Robinson, USN, 
Surgeon General, U.S. Navy; and LTG Charles Bruce Green, USAF, Surgeon 
General, U.S. Air Force.
DEFENSE SPACE POSTURE SPACE ACTIVITIES BUDGET
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held a 
hearing on the space posture review and the Fiscal Year 2011 National 
Defense Authorization Budget Request for national security space 
activities. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Defense: GEN C. Robert Kehler, USAF, Commander, Air Force 
Space Command, U.S. Air Force; Robert J. Butler,

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Deputy Assistant Secretary, Cyber and Space Policy; Office of the 
Secretary; Betty Sapp, Principal Deputy Director, National 
Reconnaissance Office; and Gary E. Payton, Deputy Under Secretary of 
the Air Force, Space Programs, U.S. Air Force.
JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM REFORM
Committee on Education and Labor: Held a hearing on Reforming the 
Juvenile Justice System to Improve Children's Lives and Public Safety. 
Testimony was heard from A. Hasan Davis, Deputy Commissioner, 
Operations, Department of Juvenile Justice, State of Kentucky; and 
public witnesses.
NATIONAL BROADBAND PLAN
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Communications, 
Technology and the Internet held a hearing entitled ``The National 
Broadband Plan: Deploying Quality Broadband Services to the Last 
Mile.'' Testimony was heard from Sharon Gillett, Chief, Wireline 
Competition Bureau, FCC; David Villano, Assistant Administrator, 
Telecommunications Program, Rural Development, USDA; and public 
witnesses.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND SHAREHOLDER EMPOWERMENT
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing entitled 
``Corporate Governance and Shareholder Empowerment.'' Testimony was 
heard from Steven D. Irwin, Commissioner, Securities Commission, State 
of Pennsylvania; and public witnesses.
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM REFORM
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing and Community 
Opportunity held a hearing entitled ``Legislative Proposals to Reform 
the National Flood Insurance Program.'' Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Costello, Matsui, Scalise and Taylor; W. Craig Fugate, 
Administrator, FEMA, Department of Homeland Security; Orice Williams 
Brown, Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, GAO; and 
public witnesses.
COUNTERING NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION/TERRORISM
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on Stopping the Spread of 
Nuclear Weapons, Countering Nuclear Terrorism: The NPT Review 
Conference and the Nuclear Security Summit. Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the Department of State: Susan F. Burk, 
Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation; 
and Bonnie D. Jenkins, Coordinator, Threat Reduction Programs; and 
public witnesses.
U.S. ENGAGEMENT WITH SYRIA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Middle East and South 
Asia held a hearing on Neither Appeasement nor Improvement? Prospects 
for U.S. Engagement with Syria. Testimony was heard from Jeffrey D. 
Feltman, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, 
Department of State, and former U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon.
HOMELAND SECURITY AND WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
Committee on Homeland Security: Held a hearing entitled ``Viewpoints on 
Homeland Security: A Discussion with the WMD Commissioners.'' Testimony 
was heard from the following former members of the Commission for the 
Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism: 
former Senator Bob Graham of Florida, Chairman, and former Senator Jim 
Talent of Missouri, Vice-Chairman.
INDIAN LAND TRANSFER MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Held a hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 4445, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Clarification Act; H.R. 1554, 
Fountainhead Property Land Transfer Act; and H.R. 2340, Salmon Lake 
Selection Resolution Act. Testimony was heard from George T. Skibine, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Policy and Economic Development for Indian 
Affairs, Department of the Interior; Alvin H. Warren, Cabinet 
Secretary, Department of Indian Affairs, State of New Mexico; and 
public witnesses.
D.C. METRO OVERSIGHT
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Held a hearing entitled 
``The Washington Metro System: Safety, Service and Stability.'' 
Testimony was heard from Peter Rogoff, Administrator, Federal Transit 
Administration, Department of Transportation; the following officials 
of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA): Richard 
Sarles, Interim General Manager; and Peter Benjamin, Chairman, Board of 
Directors; and public witnesses.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Technology and 
Innovation approved for full Committee action, as amended, a Committee 
Print--National Institute of Standards and Technology Authorization Act 
of 2010.
SBA PROGRAMS OVERSIGHT
Committee on Small Business: Held an oversight hearing on the Small 
Business Administration and its

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Programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the SBA: 
Karen Mills, Administrator; and Peggy Gustafson, Inspector General.
NEXT GENERATION AVIATION
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held a hearing on NextGen: Long-Term Planning and Interagency 
Cooperation. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Transportation: Karlin Toner, Director, Joint Planning 
and Development Office, FAA, and Senior Staff Advisor to the Secretary, 
on NextGen; and Calvin L. Scovel III, Inspector General; Gerald 
Dillingham, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, GAO; Jaiwon Shin, 
Associate Administrator, Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, 
NASA; Steven Pennington, Headquarters Air Force, Director, Bases, 
Ranges and Airspace and Executive Director, Policy Board on Federal 
Aviation, Department of Defense; and a public witness.
YEMEN BRIEFING
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
receive a briefing on Yemen. The Committee was briefed by departmental 
witnesses.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.