[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 15, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D672-D674]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
AMERICA'S ENERGY FUTURE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment held a hearing entitled ``Drilling Down on America's Energy 
Future: Safety, Security and Clean Energy.'' Testimony was heard from 
Rex W. Tillerson, Chairman and CEO, ExxonMobil; John S. Watson, 
Chairman and CEO, Chevron; James J. Mulva, Chairman and CEO, 
ConocoPhillips; Marvin Odum, President, Shell Oil Co; and Lamar McKay, 
Chairman and President, BP America, Inc.
NIH OUTLOOK
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
entitled ``NIH in the 21st Century: The Director's Perspective.'' 
Testimony was heard from Francis S. Collins, M.D., Director, NIH, 
Department of Health and Human Services.
DISASTERS--SPECIAL NEEDS CARE
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Emergency 
Communications, Preparedness and Response held a hearing entitled: 
``Caring for Special Needs During Disasters: What's Being Done for 
Vulnerable Populations?'' Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of FEMA, Department of Homeland Security: Marcie Roth, Senior 
Advisor, Disability Issues and Director, Office of Disability 
Integration and Coordination, and Jim Kish, Director-Technological 
Hazards Division; Carmen J. Spencer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the 
Army-Elimination of Chemical Weapons, U. S. Army, Department of 
Defense; and public witnesses.

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WMD PREVENTION AND PREPAREDNESS
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, 
Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology held a hearing on H.R. 5498, 
WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2010. Testimony was heard from 
Sara T. Beatrice, Assistant Commissioner, Public Health Laboratory 
Director, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, City of New York; 
and public witnesses.
DISCRIMINATORY STATE MOTOR VEHICLE RENTAL TAXES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law held a hearing on H.R. 4175, End Discriminatory 
State Taxes for Automobile Renters Act of 2009. Testimony was heard 
from Representative Boucher; and public witnesses.
ANTITRUST ROLE IN REGULATED INDUSTRIES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts and Competition 
Policy held a hearing on Is There Life After Trinko and Credit Suisse?: 
The Role of Antitrust in Regulated Industries. Testimony was heard from 
Howard A. Shelanski, Deputy Director, Antitrust, Bureau of Economics, 
FTC; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL IN GULF OF MEXICO
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans 
and Wildlife continued oversight hearings on the Deepwater oil spill in 
the Gulf of Mexico, with emphasis on Ocean Science and Data Limits in a 
Time of Crisis: Do NOAA and the Fish and Wildlife Service Have the 
Resources to Respond? Testimony was heard from David Kennedy, Acting 
Assistant Administrator, National Ocean Service, NOAA, Department of 
Commerce; Marcia McNutt, Director, U.S. Geological Survey, Department 
of the Interior; Jonathan A. Coddington, Associate Director, Research 
and Collections, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian 
Institution; and public witnesses.
  Hearings continue June 24.
LEAD EXPOSURE IN D.C.
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal 
Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia held a hearing 
entitled ``Lead Exposure in D.C.: Prevention, Protection, and Potential 
Prescriptions.'' Testimony was heard from Ileana Arias, Principal 
Deputy Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Agency for 
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Department of Health and Human 
Services; Thomas Jacobus, General Manager, Washington Aqueduct 
Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense; the 
following officials of the District of Columbia: George Hawkins, 
General Manager, Water and Sewer Authority; and Christophe A.G. Tulou, 
Acting Director, Department of the Environment; and a public witness.
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance 
and Memorial Affairs held a hearing on the State of the Veterans 
Benefits Administration. Testimony was heard from Michael Walcoff, 
Acting Under Secretary, Benefits, Veterans Benefits Administration, 
Department of Veterans Affairs; representatives of veterans 
organizations; and public witnesses.
REDUCING MEDICARE FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health and the 
Subcommittee on Oversight held a joint hearing on reducing fraud, 
waste, and abuse in Medicare. Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Roskam, Klein of Florida, Ros-Lehtinen, and Murphy of New York; Edward 
N. Siskel, Associate Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice; 
the following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: 
Lewis Morris, Chief Counsel, Office of Inspector General; and Kimberly 
Brandt, Director, Medicare Program Integrity, Centers for Medicare and 
Medicaid Services; and Kathleen M. King, Director, Health Care, GAO.
REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANIES MODERNIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures 
held a hearing on tax simplification proposals impacting regulated 
investment companies, with emphasis on H.R. 4337, Regulated Investment 
Company Modernization Act of 2009. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
BRIEFING--NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER GLOBAL
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
receive a briefing on National Counterterrorism Center Global. The 
Committee was briefed by departmental witnesses.

Joint Meetings
RESTORING AMERICAN FINANCIAL STABILITY ACT
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate and House 
passed versions of H.R. 4173, to promote the financial stability of the 
United States

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by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system, 
to end ``too big to fail'', to protect the American taxpayer by ending 
bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive financial services 
practices, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on 
Wednesday, June 16th.