[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 75 (Tuesday, May 18, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D553-D554]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
PACIFIC COMMAND AND EUROPEAN COMMAND BUDGET
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense received a closed 
briefing on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2011 for the 
Pacific Command and European Command programs from Admiral James G. 
Stavridis, USN, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, and Commander, United 
States European Command, and Admiral Robert F. Willard, USN, Commander, 
Pacific Command, both of the Department of Defense.
GULF COAST OIL SPILL
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine response efforts to the Gulf Coast oil spill, 
after receiving testimony from Admiral Thad Allen, National Incident 
Commander, United States Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security; 
Jane Lubchenco, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, 
and Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
Department of Commerce; Lamar McKay, BP America, and Steven Newman, 
Transocean, Ltd., both of Houston, Texas; and Deborah French McCay, 
Applied Science Associates, Inc., South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine issues related to offshore oil and gas exploration 
including the accident involving the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of 
Mexico, after receiving testimony from Ken Salazar, Secretary, 
Elizabeth Birnbaum, Director, Minerals Management Service, Wilma Lewis, 
Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management, and David J. 
Hayes, Deputy Secretary, all of the Department of the Interior.
OIL SPILL IN THE GULF OF MEXICO
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine Federal response to the recent oil spill in the Gulf 
of Mexico, after receiving testimony from Lisa P. Jackson, 
Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Ken Salazar, Secretary 
of the Interior; Nancy H. Sutley, Chair, Council on Environmental 
Quality, Executive Office of the President; Rear Admiral Peter 
Neffenger, Deputy National Incident Commander, United States Coast 
Guard, Department of Homeland Security; Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Department of Defense; and John 
R. Fernandez, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development.
THE NEW STRATEGIC ARMS REDUCTION TREATY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), after 
receiving testimony from Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State; 
and Robert M. Gates, Secretary, and Admiral Michael G. Mullen, USN, 
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, both of the Department of Defense.

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ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
(ESEA) reauthorization, focusing on supporting student health, physical 
education, and well-being, after receiving testimony from Russell R. 
Pate, University of South Carolina, Columbia; Timothy P. Shriver, 
Special Olympics, Washington, D.C.; Toni Yancey, University of 
California, Los Angeles; Barbara Levin, Chota Community Health 
Services, Madisonville, Tennessee; and Beth Kirkpatrick, POLAR Electro, 
Inc, Grundy Center, Iowa.
DRUG ENFORCEMENT AND RULE OF LAW
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law 
concluded a hearing to examine drug enforcement and rule of law, 
focusing on Mexico and Colombia, after receiving testimony from Lanny 
A. Breuer, Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice; David T. 
Johnson, Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and 
Law Enforcement Affairs; Lawrence G. Wasden, Idaho Attorney General, 
Boise; Gary K. King, New Mexico Attorney General, Santa Fe; Jose Miguel 
Vivanco, Human Rights Watch, Washington, DC; and Maria Elena Morera De 
Galindo, Causa en Comun, Mexico City, Mexico.
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.