[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 80 (Tuesday, May 25, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D594-D595]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AUTHORIZATION: DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland met in closed 
session and approved for full committee consideration, those provisions 
which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of the proposed 
National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2011.
AUTHORIZATION: DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support met in closed session and approved for full committee 
consideration, those provisions which fall within the jurisdiction of 
the subcommittee, of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act 
for fiscal year 2011.
AUTHORIZATION: DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities met in closed session and approved for full committee 
consideration, those provisions which fall within the jurisdiction of 
the subcommittee, of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act 
for fiscal year 2011.
AUTHORIZATION: DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces met in 
closed session and approved for full committee consideration, those 
provisions which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of 
the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2011.
AUTHORIZATION: DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel met in closed 
session and approved for full committee consideration, those provisions 
which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of the proposed 
National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2011.
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LANDS ACT AMENDMENTS ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the liability and financial responsibility issues 
related to offshore oil production, including the Deepwater Horizon 
accident in the Gulf of Mexico, including S. 3346, to increase the 
limits on liability under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, after 
receiving testimony from Senator Whitehouse; Thomas J. Perrelli, 
Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice; Craig Bennett, 
Director, National Pollution Fund Center, U.S. Coast Guard, Department 
of Homeland Security; David J. Hayes, Deputy Secretary of the Interior; 
and Jonathan Ramseur, Specialist, Environmental Policy, Rawle King, 
Analyst, Financial Economics and Risk Assessment, and Robert Meltz, 
Legislative Attorney, all of the Congressional Research Service, 
Library of Congress.
UNEMPLOYMENT SYSTEM
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine reducing 
overpayments and increasing quality in the unemployment system, after 
receiving testimony from Jane Oates, Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
Employment and Training; Roberta Gassman, Wisconsin Department of 
Workforce Development Secretary, Madison; and Michael Cullen, On Point 
Technology, Inc., Colorado Springs, Colorado.
NEW START TREATY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian 
Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of 
Strategic Offensive Arms, signed in Prague on April 8, 2010, with 
Protocol (Treaty Doc. 111-05), focusing on the role of strategic arms 
control in a post-Cold War world, after receiving testimony from Henry 
A. Kissinger, former Secretary of State, New York, New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 3104, to permanently authorize Radio Free Asia, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  S. Res. 469, recognizing the 60th Anniversary of the Fulbright 
Program in Thailand,
  S. Res. 532, recognizing Expo 2010 Shanghai China and the USA 
Pavilion at the Expo,
  S. 3317, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2010 through 
2014 to promote long-term, sustainable rebuilding and development in 
Haiti, with amendments; and
  The nominations of Michael P. Meehan, of Virginia, and Dana M. 
Perino, of the District of Columbia, both to be a Member of the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors, and Michael James Warren, of the 
District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and a routine list in the 
Foreign Service.

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ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee resumed 
hearings to examine Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) 
reauthorization, focusing on early childhood education, after receiving 
testimony from J. Barry Griswell, Principal Financial Group, Des 
Moines, Iowa; Lawrence J. Schweinhart, HighScope Educational Research 
Foundation, Ypsilanti, Michigan; Robert C. Pianta, University of 
Virginia Curry School of Education, Charlottesville; and Henrietta 
Zalkind, Down East Partnership for Children, Rocky Mount, North 
Carolina.
NOMINATION
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of William J. Boarman, of Maryland, to be Public 
Printer, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Cardin and 
Representative Hoyer, testified and answered questions in his own 
behalf.
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.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nomination of S. Leslie Ireland, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant 
Secretary of the Treasury for Intelligence and Analysis.