[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 66 (Wednesday, May 5, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D485-D487]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2011 for the National 
Institutes of Health, after receiving testimony from Francis S. 
Collins, Director, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health 
and Human Services.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Elizabeth A. McGrath, of Virginia, to be Deputy Chief 
Management Officer, Michael J. McCord, of Virginia, to be Principal 
Deputy Under Secretary, Comptroller, Sharon E. Burke, of Maryland, to 
be Director of Operational Energy Plans and Programs, Solomon B. Watson 
IV, of New York, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Army, 
and Katherine Hammack, of Arizona, to be Assistant Secretary of the 
Army, all of the Department of Defense, and Donald L. Cook, of 
Washington, to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, National 
Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy, and 2,799 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded a hearing to examine the National Park Service's 
implementations of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, after 
receiving testimony from C. Bruce Sheaffer, Comptroller, National Park 
Service, Department of the Interior.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OVERSIGHT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air 
and Nuclear Safety concluded an oversight hearing to examine the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, after receiving testimony from Gregory 
B. Jaczko, Chairman, and Kristine L. Svinicki, George Apostolakis, 
Wiliam D. Magwood, IV, and William C. Ostendorff, each a Commssioner, 
all of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Richard Meserve, Bipartisan 
Policy Center, and George Vanderheyden, UniStar Nuclear Energy, LLC, 
both of Washington, D.C.; Peter A. Bradford, Vermont Law School, South 
Royalton; and K.P. Singh, Holtec International, Marlton, New Jersey.
TERRORISTS AND GUNS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine terrorists and guns, focusing on the 
nature of the threat and proposed reforms, and if the FBI has enhanced 
its use of information from firearm and explosives background checks to 
support counterterrorism efforts, after receiving testimony from 
Senator Lautenberg; Representative Peter King; Daniel D. Roberts, 
Assistant Director, Criminal Justice Information Services, Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; Eileen R. Larence, 
Director, Homeland Security and Justice, Government Accountability 
Office; Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, and Raymond W. Kelly, Police 
Commissioner, both of New York, New York; Sandy Jo MacArthur, Los 
Angeles Assistant Chief of Police, Los Angeles, California; and Aaron 
Titus, Liberty Coalition, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the the nominations of Joshua Gotbaum, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty 
Corporation, Eduardo M. Ochoa, of California, to be Assistant Secretary 
of Education for Postsecondary Education, James L. Taylor, of Virginia, 
to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Labor, Robert Wedgeworth, 
of Illinois, Carla D. Hayden, of Illinois, John Coppola, of Florida, 
Winston Tabb, of Maryland, and Lawrence J. Pijeaux, Jr., of Alabama, 
all to be a Member of the National Museum and Library Services Board, 
and Jonathan Andrew Hatfield, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, 
Corporation for National and Community Service.
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the increased importance of the Violence Against Women Act in a time of 
economic crisis, after receiving testimony from Susan B. Carbon, 
Director, Office of Violence Against Women, Department of Justice; 
Auburn Watersong, Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, 
Montpelier; Lolita Ulloa, Hennepin County Attorney's Office Victim 
Services Division, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Richard J. Gelles, 
University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice, 
Philadelphia.
VOTING BY MAIL
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine voting by mail, focusing on state and local experiences, after 
receiving testimony from Senator Wyden; Representative Susan Davis; 
Kate Brown, Oregon Secretary of State, Salem; and John C. Fortier, 
American Enterprise Institute, and Rokey W. Suleman, II, District of 
Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics, both of Washington, D.C.
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight 
hearing to examine traumatic brain injury (TBI), focusing on progress 
in treating the signature wounds of the current conflicts, after 
receiving testimony from Lucille Beck, Chief Consultant, Office of 
Rehabilitation Services, Office of Patient Care Services, Veterans 
Health Administration,

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Karen Guice, Director, Federal Recovery Coordination Program, Joel 
Scholten, Associate Chief of Staff, Physical Medicine and 
Rehabilitation, Washington D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center, all of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs; Sonja Batten, Deputy Director, 
Center of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain 
Injury, and Colonel Michael Jaffee, National Director, Defense and 
Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC), Traumatic Brain Injury Program, 
both of the Department of Defense; Bruce M. Gans, Kessler Institute for 
Rehabilitation, West Orange, New Jersey; Michael F. Dabbs, Brain Injury 
Association of Michigan, Brighton; Michelle C. LaPlaca, Georgia 
Institute of Technology Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical 
Engineering, Atlanta; Karen L. Bohlinger, Helena, Montana; and Jonathan 
Barrs, Cameron, North Carolina.
VIOLENCE ON U.S.-MEXICO BORDER
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: Caucus 
concluded a hearing to examine violence in Mexico and Ciudad Juarez and 
its implications for the United States, after receiving testimony from 
David T. Johnson, Assistant Secretary of State for International 
Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Janice Ayala, Assistant 
Director, Office of Investigations, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security; Anthony P. Placido, 
Assistant Administrator for Intelligence, Drug Enforcement 
Administration, and Kevin L. Perkins, Assistant Director, Criminal 
Investigative Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, both of the 
Department of Justice; Leonard L. Miranda, Chula Vista Police 
Department, Chula Vista, California; and Donald L. Reay, Texas Border 
Sheriffs' Coalition, El Paso.