[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 81 (Wednesday, May 26, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D604-D605]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FOREST SERVICE AND INTERIOR FIRE FIGHTING POLICY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine firefighting policy 
with the U.S. Forest Service and the Department of the Interior, after 
receiving testimony from Representative Schiff; Tom Tidwell, Chief, 
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; and Mike Poole, Deputy 
Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.
AUTHORIZATION: DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower met in a 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: Committee began consideration of the 
proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2011, but 
did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Thursday, May 
27, 2010.
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITES ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Communications and Technology concluded a hearing to examine innovation 
and inclusion, focusing on the Americans with Disabilities Act at 20, 
including H.R. 3101, to ensure that individuals with disabilities have 
access to emerging Internet Protocol-based communication and video 
programming technologies in the 21st Century, and S. 3304, to increase 
the access of persons with disabilities to modern communications, after 
receiving testimony from Representative Markey (MA); Bobbie Beth 
Scoggins, National Association of the Deaf (NAD), Sioux Falls, South 
Dakota, and Russell Harvard, Austin, Texas, both on behalf of the 
Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT); Thomas 
Wlodkowski, AOL Inc., Dulles, Virginia; Walter B. McCormick, Jr., 
United States Telecom Association, Washington, D.C., and Brian K. 
Pearce, Mechanicsville, Virginia.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nominations of Joshua Gotbaum, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, and Richard 
Sorian, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf.
SUDAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs 
concluded a hearing to examine assessing challenges and opportunities 
for peace in Sudan, after receiving testimony from Katherine J. 
Almquist, National Defense University Africa Center for Strategic 
Studies, Alison Giffen, Henry L. Stimson Center, and Anne C. Richard, 
International Rescue Committee, all of Washington, D.C.; and David 
Mozersky, Humanity United, Redwood City, California.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 2781, to change references in Federal law to mental retardation to 
references to an intellectual disability, and to change references to a 
mentally retarded individual to references to an individual with an 
intellectual disability, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute; and
  The nominations of David K. Mineta, of California, to be Deputy 
Director for Demand Reduction, Office of National Drug Control Policy, 
and Adam Gamoran, of Wisconsin, Deborah Loewenberg Ball, of Michigan, 
Margaret R. McLeod, of the District of Columbia, and Bridget Terry 
Long, of Massachusetts, all to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
the National Board for Education Sciences.
NOMINATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Tracie Stevens, of Washington, to be Chairman of the 
National Indian Gaming Commission, after receiving testimony from Brian 
Cladoosby, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, LaConner, Washington, 
after the nominee testified and answered questions in her own behalf.

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LINE-ITEM VETO PROPOSALS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution concluded 
a hearing to examine the legality and efficacy of line-item veto 
proposals, after receiving testimony from Senator Carper; Jeffrey B. 
Liebman, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget; and 
Ryan Alexander, Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS), Charles J. Cooper, 
Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, and Alison Acosta Fraser, The Heritage Foundation, 
all of Washington D.C.
DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
dietary supplements, focusing on what seniors need to know, and 
deceptive or questionable marketing practices and potentially dangerous 
advice, after receiving testimony from Gregory D. Kutz, Managing 
Director, Forensic Audits and Special Investigations, Government 
Accountability Office; Joshua M. Sharfstein, Principal Deputy 
Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and 
Human Services; Tod Cooperman, ConsumerLab.com, LLC, White Plains, New 
York; Charles Bell, Consumers Union, Yonkers, New York; and Steve 
Mister, Council for Responsible Nutrition, Washington, D.C., on behalf 
of the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), Consumer Healthcare 
Products Association (CHPA), Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), 
Natural Products Association (NPA), and United Natural Products 
Alliance (UNPA).
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