[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 62 (Thursday, April 29, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D463-D465]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
PAKISTAN SECURITY AND STABILITY
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on Security and Stability 
in Pakistan: Developments in U.S. Policy and Funding. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: 
Michele Flournoy, Under Secretary, Policy; and LTG John M. Paxton, Jr., 
USMC, Director, Operations, J-3, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Andrew J. 
Shapiro, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, 
Department of State.
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ENHANCEMENT ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and 
Consumer Protection held a hearing on the Consumer Product Safety 
Enhancement Act. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
NATIONAL BROADBAND PLAN NAVIGATION DEVICE COMPETITIVENESS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Communications, 
Technology and the Internet held a hearing entitled ``The National 
Broadband Plan:

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Competitive Availability of Navigation Devices.'' Testimony was heard 
from public witnesses.
CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS/GREEK DEBT CRISIS
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing entitled 
``Credit Default Swaps on Government Debt: Potential Implications of 
the Greek Debt Crisis.'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
QUADRENNIAL HOMELAND SECURITY REVIEW
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Management, 
Investigations, and Oversight held a hearing entitled ``Laying the 
Framework for the Task Ahead: An Examination of the Department of 
Homeland Security's Quadrennial Homeland Security Review.'' Testimony 
was heard from Jane Holl Lute, Deputy Secretary, Department of Homeland 
Security; and a public witness.
COMBATING HOUSING MARKET PREDATORY LENDING
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil 
Rights, and Civil Liberties held a hearing on Protecting the American 
Dream Part II: Combating Predatory Lending Under the Fair Housing Act. 
Testimony was heard from Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General, 
Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice; A. C. Wharton, Mayor, 
Memphis, Tennessee; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Ordered reported the 
following measures: H.R. 5128, amended, To designate the Department of 
the Interior Building in Washington, District of Columbia, as the 
``Stewart Lee Udall Department of Interior Building;'' H. Con. Res. 
263, Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the District of 
Columbia Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run; H. Con. Res. 247, 
Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater Washington 
Soap Box Derby; H. Res. 1278, amended, In Support and recognition of 
National Safe Digging Month, April, 2010; H. Res. 1284, amended, 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Learn to Fly Day, and for 
other purposes; and H. Res. 1301, Supporting the goals and ideals of 
National Train Day.
  The Committee also approved U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Survey 
Resolutions.
REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS BUDGETS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management held a 
hearing on Proposed Fiscal Year 2011 Budgets for Regional Economic 
Development Commissions, Priorities and Impacts on Regional Economics 
and Employment. Testimony was heard from Pete Johnson, Federal Co-
Chair, Delta Regional Authority; Earl F. Gohl, Federal Co-Chair, 
Appalachian Regional Commission; and Joel Neimeyer, Federal Co-Chair, 
Denali Commission; and public witnesses.
VETERANS SMALL BUSINESSES
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity 
held a hearing on Status of Veterans Small Businesses. Testimony was 
heard from William B. Shear, Director, Financial Markets and Community 
Investment, GAO; Diane Farrell, Director, Export-Import Bank of the 
United States; the following officials of the SBA: Joseph F. Sobota, 
Assistant Chief Counsel, Office of Advocacy; and Joseph G. Jordan, 
Associate Administrator, Government Contracting and Business 
Development; Tim J. Foreman, Executive Director, Office of Small and 
Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Department of Veterans Affairs; and 
representatives of veterans organizations.
VETERANS MEASURES; VA CONTRACT CARE PILOT PROGRAM
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Health approved for 
full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 1017, as amended, 
Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act; and H.R. 5145, 
Assuring Quality Care for Veterans Act.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on VA's Implementation of the 
Enhanced Contract Care Pilot Program. Testimony was heard from Patricia 
Vandenberg, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary, Health, Policy and 
Planning, Acting Director, Office of Rural Health, Veterans Health 
Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
U.S.-CUBA POLICY
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on 
U.S.-Cuba Policy. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
BRIEFING--FLIGHT 253 FORENSICS
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
receive a briefing on Flight 253 Forensics. The Committee was briefed 
by departmental witnesses.

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Joint Meetings
LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
long-term unemployment, focusing on causes, consequences and solutions, 
after receiving testimony from Lawrence F. Katz, Harvard University, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts; Till von Wachter, Columbia University, New 
York, New York; and Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Hudson Institute, 
Washington, D.C.