[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 82 (Thursday, May 27, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D615-D616]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Elisabeth Ann Hagen, of 
Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Food Safety, who was introduced by 
Senator Casey, and Catherine E. Woteki, of the District of Columbia, to 
be Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, both of the 
Department of Agriculture, and Sara Louise Faivre-Davis, of Texas, 
Lowell Lee Junkins, of Iowa, and Myles J. Watts, of Montana, all to be 
a Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage 
Corporation, Farm Credit Administration, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.

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AUTHORIZATION: NATIONAL DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original bill entitled ``National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
year 2011''; and
  The nominations of 182 pending military nominations in the Army, 
Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Sherry Glied, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Health and Human Services.
MULTIEMPLOYER PENSION PLANS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine building a secure future for 
multiemployer pension plans, focusing on long-standing challenges that 
remain for multiemployer pension plans, after receiving testimony from 
Phyllis C. Borzi, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employee Benefits 
Security Administration; Charles A. Jeszeck, Acting Director, 
Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues, Government 
Accountability Office; Thomas C. Nyhan, Central States Southeast and 
Southwest Areas Pension Fund, Rosemont, Illinois; Randy G. DeFrehn, 
National Coordinating Committee for Multiemployer Plans (NCCMP), 
Washington, D.C.; John R. McGowan, Saint Louis University John Cook 
School of Business, St. Louis, Missouri; and Norman P. Stein, 
University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, on behalf of the 
Pension Rights Center.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  H.R.4506, to authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy 
judges; and
  The nominations of John A. Gibney, Jr., to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Stephanie A. Finley, to 
be United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, Laura 
E. Duffy, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of 
California, Scott Jerome Parker, to be United States Marshal for the 
Eastern District of North Carolina, Darryl Keith McPherson, to be 
United States Marshal for the Northern District of Illinois, and Gervin 
Kazumi Miyamoto, to be United States Marshal for the District of 
Hawaii, all of the Department of Justice, and Daniel J. Becker, of 
Utah, James R. Hannah, of Arkansas, Gayle A. Nachtigal, of Oregon, John 
B. Nalbandian, of Kentucky, Marsha J. Rabiteau, of Connecticut, and 
Hern n D. Vera, of California, all to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the State Justice Institute.
UNITED/CONTINENTAL AIRLINES MERGER
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition 
Policy and Consumer Rights concluded a hearing to examine the United/
Continental Airlines merger, focusing on how consumers will fare, after 
receiving testimony from Glenn F. Tilton, UAL Corp, Chicago, Illinois; 
Jeffery Smisek, Continental Airlines, Inc., and Darren Bush, University 
of Houston Law Center, on behalf of the American Antitrust Institute, 
both of Houston, Texas; and William J. McGee, Consumers Union, New 
York, New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nomination of Marie Collins Johns, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration.
DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee resumed 
hearings to examine the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on 
small businesses, after receiving testimony from James Rivera, 
Associate Administrator, Disaster Assistance, Small Business 
Administration; Rear Admiral Paul Zukunft, Assistant Commandant, 
Maritime Safety, Security and Stewardship, United States Coast Guard, 
Department of Homeland Security; Darryl Willis, BP America, Houston, 
Texas; Mike Voisin, Motivatit Seafoods Inc., Houma, Louisiana; and 
Carmen Sunda, Louisiana Small Business Development Center, Metairie.
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.