[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 60 (Tuesday, April 27, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D440-D442]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
PROMOTING OUR NATIONAL PARKS AS TRAVEL DESTINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion concluded a hearing 
to examine promoting our national parks as travel destinations, after 
receiving testimony from Michael M. Ward, Superintendent, Voyageurs 
National Park, National

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Park Service, and Will Shafroth, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish, 
Wildlife, and Parks, both of the Department of the Interior; Diane 
Shober, Wyoming Director of Tourism, Cheyenne; Ken Burns, Florentine 
Films, Walpole, New Hampshire; Scott Bacher, Carlsbad, New Mexico; and 
Clyde Butcher, Venice, Florida.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Philip D. Moeller, of Washington, 
who was introduced by Senator Murray, and Cheryl A. LaFleur, of 
Massachusetts, who was introduced by Senators Shaheen and Brown (MA), 
both to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, after 
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
WATER BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power concluded a hearing to examine S. 745 and H.R. 2265, bills to 
amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities 
Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the 
Magna Water District water reuse and groundwater recharge project, S. 
1138 and H.R. 2442, bills to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to expand the Bay Area Regional 
Water Recycling Program, S. 1573 and H.R. 2741, bills to amend the 
Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the City of 
Hermiston, Oregon, water recycling and reuse project, S. 3099, to 
reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a 
hydroelectric project involving the American Falls Reservoir, S. 3100, 
to reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction 
of a hydroelectric project involving the Little Wood River Ranch, H.R. 
325, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the Avra Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian Restoration 
Project, H.R. 637, to authorize the Secretary, in cooperation with the 
City of San Juan Capistrano, California, to participate in the design, 
planning, and construction of an advanced water treatment plant 
facility and recycled water system, H.R. 1120, to amend the Reclamation 
Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Central Texas Water 
Recycling and Reuse Project, H.R. 1393, to amend the Lower Rio Grande 
Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 to 
authorize additional projects and activities under that Act, and H.R. 
2522, to raise the ceiling on the Federal share of the cost of the 
Calleguas Municipal Water District Recycling Project, after receiving 
testimony from Kira L. Finkler, Deputy Commissioner for External and 
Intergovernmental Affairs, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the 
Interior; Timothy Quinn, Association of California Water Agencies, 
Sacramento; and Ed Brookshier, City of Hermiston, Oregon.
WILDLIFE AND HABITAT MANAGEMENT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Water and 
Wildlife concluded a hearing to examine collaborative solutions to 
wildlife and habitat management, after receiving testimony from Gary 
Frazer, Assistant Director, Endangered Species, United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Robyn Miller, Nature 
Conservancy, Boise, Idaho; Jeff Benoit, Restore America's Estuaries, 
Arlington, Virginia; and Debbie Straughn, Grove Valley Elementary 
School, Edmond, Oklahoma.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 2971, to authorize certain authorities by the Department of State, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3087, to support revitalization and reform of the Organization of 
American States, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nomination of Mari Carmen Aponte, of the District of Columbia, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador, Department of State.
WALL STREET AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations concluded a hearing to examine Wall 
Street and the financial crisis, focusing on the role of investment 
banks, after receiving testimony from Josh Birnbaum, Tilden Park 
Capital Management, and Michael Swenson, David A. Viniar, Craig 
Broderick, and Lloyd C. Blankfein, all of New York, New York, and 
Fabrice Tourre, London, England, all of the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc; 
and Daniel L. Sparks, New Canaan, Connecticut.
ENFORCING SAFETY IN MINES AND OTHER DANGEROUS WORKPLACES
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine putting safety first, focusing on 
strengthening enforcement and creating a culture of compliance at mines 
and other dangerous workplaces, after receiving testimony from Joseph 
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Mine Safety and Health, and David Michaels, Assistant Secretary for 
Occupational Safety and Health, both of the Department of Labor; Cecil 
E. Roberts, United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), Triangle, Virginia; 
Jeffrey Harris, Patriot Coal Company, Farley, West Virginia; Wes 
Addington, Appalachian Citizens' Law Center, Whitesburg, Kentucky; 
Bruce Watzman, National Mining Association (NMA), Washington, D.C.; Peg 
Seminario, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrialized 
Organizations (AFL-CIO) Bethesda, Maryland; Michael Brandt, American 
Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), Los Alamos, New Mexico; Kelli 
Heflin, Scott's Liquid Gold, Denver, Colorado; and Holly Shaw, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the Department of Homeland Security, after receiving testimony 
from Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security.
SMALL BUSINESS INTERNET ACCESS
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine Federal efforts to expand small business Internet 
access, after receiving testimony from former Senator Gordon H. Smith, 
on behalf of the National Association of Broadcasters; former 
Representative Steve Largant, on behalf of CTIA-The Wireless 
Association; Julius Genachowski, Chairman, Federal Communications 
Commission; Lawrence E. Strickling, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
Communications and Information, National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration; Jonathan Adelstein, Administrator, Rural 
Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture; Susan Walthall, Acting 
Chief Counsel, Office of Advocacy, and Sean J. Greene, Associate 
Administrator for Investment, both of the Small Business 
Administration; Terry Huval, Lafeyette City-Parish Consolidated 
Government, Lafeyette, Louisiana, on behalf of the American Public 
Power Association; and Steve Friedman, American Cable Association, and 
Thomas A. Gerke, CenturyLink, both of Washington, D.C.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.