[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 86 (Wednesday, June 9, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D648-D650]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FARM BILL ENERGY TITLE IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, 
and Research held a hearing to review the implementation of the 2008 
Farm bill energy title. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the USDA: Cheryl Cook, Under Secretary, Rural Development; 
Jonathan Coppess, Administrator, Farm Service Agency; and Carmela 
Bailey, National Program Leader, Biobased Products and Bioenergy, 
National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government held a hearing on FY 2011 Budget Request for the 
FCC. Testimony was heard from Julius Genachowski, Chairman, FCC.
INTERAGENCY NATIONAL SECURITY REFORM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing on Interagency National Security Reform: 
Pragmatic Steps Towards a More Integrated Future. Testimony was heard 
from John H. Pendleton, Director, Force Structure and Defense Planning 
Issues, Defense Capabilities and Management Team, GAO; and public 
witnesses.
STATE OF THE ECONOMY
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the State of the Economy: 
View from the Federal Reserve. Testimony was heard from Benjamin S. 
Bernanke, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System.

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ANTIBIOTIC DEVELOPMENT AND USE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
entitled ``Promoting the Development of Antibiotics and Ensuring 
Judicious Use in Humans.'' Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: Janet 
Woodcock, M.D., Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA; 
and Robin Robinson, Director, Biomedical Advanced Research and 
Development Authority; and public witnesses.
WOMEN IN POLITICS AND CIVIL SOCIETY
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International 
Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight held a hearing on Women as 
Agents of Change: Advancing the Role of Women in Politics and Civil 
Society. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of State: Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-Large for Global 
Women's Issues, Office of Global Women's Issues; and Esther Brimmer, 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Organization Affairs; 
Swanee Hunt, former U.S. Ambassador to Austria; and public witnesses.
CONVICTS REENTERING SOCIETY BARRIERS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security held a hearing on Collateral Consequences of Criminal 
Convictions: Barriers to Reentry for the Formerly Incarcerated. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
INTERIOR TRIBAL SELF-GOVERNANCE ACT OF 2009
Committee on Natural Resources; Held a hearing on H.R. 4347, Department 
of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2009. Testimony was heard 
from Laura Davis, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of 
the Interior; and public witnesses.
STRENGTHENING THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS 
COMMISSION
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on 
Information Policy, Census, and National Archives held a hearing 
entitled ``Strengthening the National Historical Publications and 
Records Commission.'' Testimony was heard from Representative Larson, a 
member of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission; 
and the following officials of the National Historical Publications and 
Records Commission, National Archives and Records Administration: David 
S. Ferriero, Archivist of the United States; and Chairman of the 
Commission; and Kathleen M. Williams, Executive Director of the 
Commission.
OIL SPILL CLEANUP TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment held a hearing on Deluge of Oil Highlights Research and 
Technology Needs for Effective Cleanup of Oil Spills. Testimony was 
heard from Douglas Helton, Incident Operations Coordinator, Office of 
Response and Restoration, National Ocean Service, NOAA, Department of 
Commerce; CAPT Anthony Lloyd, USCG, Chief, Office of Incident 
Management and Preparedness, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland 
Security; Sharon Buffington, Chief, Engineering and Research Branch, 
Offshore Energy, Minerals Management Service, Department of the 
Interior; Albert Venosa, Director, Land Remediation and Pollution 
Control Division, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Office 
of Research and Development, EPA; and public witnesses.
OIL SPILL LIABILITY/FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Held a hearing on 
Liability and Financial Responsibility for Oil Spills under the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990 and Related Statutes. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Holt, Castor of Florida, and Jackson Lee of Texas; Tom 
Perrelli, Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice; Bob Abbey, 
Acting Director, Minerals Management Service, Department of the 
Interior; and public witnesses.
VA INSPECTOR GENERAL'S RECOMMENDATIONS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Held a hearing on the U.S. Department 
of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General's Open Recommendations: 
Are We Fixing the Problems? Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Richard J. Griffin, 
Deputy Inspector General, and Robert A. Petzel, M.D., Under Secretary, 
Health, Veterans Health Administration.
BRIEFING--HOT SPOTS
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Human Intelligence, Analysis, and Counterintelligence met in executive 
session to receive a briefing on Hot Spots. The Subcommittee was 
briefed by departmental witnesses.

Joint Meetings
JOURNALISTS AND INDEPENDENT MEDIA IN OSCE REGION
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Commission concluded 
a hearing to examine the significant challenges faced by journalists 
and independent

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media throughout the Organization for Security and Co-operation in 
Europe (OSCE) region, focusing on physical threats and violence 
targeting journalists, including the murder of scores of investigative 
reporters, after receiving testimony from Dunja Mijatovic, Organization 
for Security and Co-operation in Europe Representative on Freedom of 
the Media, Vienna, Austria; Sam Patten, Freedom House, Washington, 
D.C.; and Muzaffar Suleymanov, Committee to Protect Journalists, New 
York, New York.