[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 58 (Thursday, April 22, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D422-D424]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF ARMY AND DEPARTMENT OF AIR FORCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2011 for the Department of 
Army and the Department of Air Force, after receiving testimony from 
Louis Jerome Hansen, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic 
Infrastructure, and Senior Official Performing Duties of Assistant 
Secretary for Installations and Environment, Joseph F. Calcara, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Installations and Housing, Brigadier General 
James C. Boozer, Director, Operations Directorate, Office of the 
Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management, Major General 
Raymond W. Carpenter, Acting Director of the Army National Guard, James 
Snyder, Assistant Chief, Army Reserve, all of the Department of Army, 
Terry A. Yonkers, Assistant Secretary for Installations, Environment 
and Logistics, Kathleen I. Ferguson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Installations, Major General Patrick J. Moisio, Deputy Director, Air 
National Guard, and Major General David L. Commons, Mobilization 
Assistant to the Chief of the Air Force Reserve, all of the Department 
of the Air Force, all of the Department of Defense.

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APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2011 for the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration, after receiving testimony from Senator Hatch; and 
Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Administrator, and John Frost, Council Member, 
Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, both of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration.
NUCLEAR POSTURE REVIEW
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Nuclear Posture Review, after receiving testimony from James N. 
Miller, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Policy, and General Kevin 
P. Chilton, Commander, United States Strategic Command, both of the 
Department of Defense; Ellen O. Tauscher, Under Secretary of State for 
Arms Control and International Security; and Thomas P. D'Agostino, 
Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security and Administrator, 
National Nuclear Security Administration.
CHINA'S EXCHANGE RATE POLICY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Economic Policy concluded a hearing to examine China's exchange rate 
policy and trade imbalances, after receiving testimony from Senator 
Graham; Clyde Prestowitz, Economic Strategy Institute, Nicholas Lardy, 
Peterson Institute for International Economics, Daniel J. Ikenson, Cato 
Institute, and Derek Scissors, The Heritage Foundation, all of 
Washington, D.C.; Charles H. Blum, Fair Currency Coalition, Chevy 
Chase, Maryland; Mark A. Suwyn, NewPage Corporation, Miamisburg, Ohio; 
and Jack W. Shilling, Murrysville, Pennsylvania.
2011: BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported a 
concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the 
United States Government for fiscal year 2011, revising the appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal year 2010, and setting forth the 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2012 through 2015.
IMPACTS OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard concluded a hearing to 
examine the environmental and economic impacts of ocean acidification, 
after receiving testimony from James P. Barry, Monterey Bay Aquarium 
Research Institute, Moss Landing, California, on behalf of the National 
Academies Committee on Development of an Integrated Science Strategy 
for Ocean Acidification Monitoring, Research, and Impacts Assessment; 
Thomas Ingram, Diving Equipment and Marketing Association, San Diego, 
California; John T. Everett, Ocean Associates, Inc., Arlington, 
Virginia; Sigourney Weaver, New York, New York; and Donald A. Waters, 
Pensacola, Florida.
DEBT SETTLEMENT INDUSTRY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the debt settlement industry, focusing on the 
consumer's experience, and how fraudulent, abusive, and deceptive 
practices pose risk to consumers, after receiving testimony from 
Gregory D. Kutz, Managing Director, Forensic Audits and Special 
Investigations, Government Accountability Office; Julie Brill, 
Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission; Philip A. Lehman, North 
Carolina Department of Justice, Raleigh; John Ansbach, United States 
Organizations of Bankruptcy Alternatives (USOBA), Houston, Texas; and 
Holly A. Haas, Concord, New Hampshire.
GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine promoting global food security, focusing on the next steps for 
Congress and the Administration, after receiving testimony from Jacob 
Lew, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources; Rajiv 
Shah, Administrator, United States Agency for International Development 
(USAID); and Dan Glickman, Washington, DC, and Catherine Bertini, 
Cortland, New York, both of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TRANSITIONS
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 challenges and 
lessons learned in transitioning the Federal government including S. 
3196, to amend the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 to provide that 
certain transition services shall be available to eligible candidates 
before the general election, after receiving testimony from Gail 
Lovelace, Chief People Officer, General Services Administration; Clay 
Johnson, former Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management 
and Budget; and John D. Podesta, Center for American Progress Action 
Fund, and Max Stier, Partnership for Public Service, both of 
Washington, DC.

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FUTURE OF THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal 
Services, and International Security concluded a hearing to examine the 
future of the United States Postal Service, focusing on action needed 
to facilitate financial viability, after receiving testimony from 
Phillip Herr, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, Government 
Accountability Office; John E. Potter, Postmaster General and Chief 
Executive Officer, and David C. Williams, Inspector General, both of 
the United States Postal Service; and Ruth Y. Goldway, Chairman, Postal 
Regulatory Commission.
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
continued hearings to examine Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
(ESEA) reauthorization, focusing on meeting the needs of the whole 
student, after receiving testimony from Geoff Canada, Harlem Children's 
Zone, New York, New York; Karen Pittman, Forum for Youth Investment, 
Lynsey Wood Jefferies, Higher Achievement, and Anne Henderson, 
Annenberg Institute for School Reform, all of Washington, DC; Eric 
Schwartz, Citizen Schools, Boston, Massachusetts; George Sugai, 
Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports, Storrs, Connecticut; 
Jamie Greene, Rhode Island School Library Association, Warren; Clare 
Struck, Price Lab School, Cedar Falls, Iowa; Nikki Rittling, Wonderful 
Willards Elementary School, Willards, Maryland; and Dan Cardinali, 
Communities in Schools, Arlington, Virginia.
INDIAN ENERGY PROMOTION AND PARITY ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the discussion draft of the ``Indian Energy Promotion and Parity Act of 
2010'', after receiving testimony from Joe Garcia, National Congress of 
American Indians, Washington, DC; Matthew J. Box, Southern Ute Indian 
Tribe, Ignacio, Colorado; Michael Marchand, Economic Development 
Committee, Portland Oregon; Ralph Andersen, Bristol Bay Native 
Association, Dillingham, Alaska; and Peter Stricker, Clipper Windpower 
Development Company Inc., Carpinteria, California.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Kerry B. Harvey, to be United States Attorney for the 
Eastern District of Kentucky, David J. Hale, to be United States 
Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, Kenneth J. Gonzales, to 
be United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Alicia 
Anne Garrido Limtiaco, to be United States Attorney for the District of 
Guam and concurrently United States Attorney for the District of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, all of the Department of Justice.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Raymond Joseph Lohier, Jr., of New York, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, and Leonard Philip 
Stark, to be United States District Judge for the District of Delaware, 
who was introduced by Senator Carper, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
HISTORY OF THE FILIBUSTER
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the filibuster, focusing on the history of the filibuster 1789-
2008, after receiving testimony from Robert Dove, Parliamentarian 
Emeritus, United States Senate; Stanley Bach, former Senior Specialist 
in the Legislative Process, Congressional Research Service, Library of 
Congress; Sarah Binder, George Washington University, Washington, DC; 
and Gregory J. Wawro, Columbia University, New York, New York.
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.
HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the National Broadband Plan and health care technology, after receiving 
testimony from Mohit Kaushal, Health Care Director, Federal 
Communications Commission; Farzad Mostashari, Senior Advisor, Office of 
the National Coordinator for Health IT, Department of Health and Human 
Services; Eric Dishman, Intel Digital Health Group, Washington, DC; 
Robin A. Felder, University of Virginia School of Medicine, 
Charlottesville, Virginia; and Richard Kuebler, University of Tennessee 
Health Science Center Telehealth Department, Memphis.