[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 16, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D678-D679]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a 
hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2011 for 
the Department of Defense, after receiving testimony from Robert M. 
Gates, Secretary, and Admiral Michael G. McMullen, USN, Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff, both of the Department of Defense.
FEDERAL PAYMENT OF INTERCHANGE FEES OVERSIGHT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government concluded an oversight hearing to examine Federal 
payment of interchange fees, focusing on how to save taxpayer dollars, 
after receiving testimony from Gary Grippo, Deputy Assistant Secretary 
of the Treasury for Fiscal Operations and Policy; Alicia Puente 
Cackley, Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, 
Government Accountability Office; Janet Langenderfer, Senior Director, 
Credit Cards, National Railroad Passenger Corporation-Amtrak, and Ed 
Mierzwinski, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, both of Washington, 
D.C.; Bruce Sullivan, Visa Inc., San Francisco, California; and Wendy 
Chronister, Qik'n EZ Stores, Springfield, Illinois.
AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
Afghanistan, after receiving testimony from Michele P. Flournoy, Under 
Secretary for Policy, and General David H. Petraeus, USA, Commander, 
United States Central Command, both of the Department of Defense.
LANDS AND FORESTS BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands 
and Forests concluded a hearing to examine S. 3294, to establish 
certain wilderness areas in central Idaho and to authorize various land 
conveyances involving National Forest System land and Bureau of Land 
Management land in central Idaho, S. 3310, to designate certain 
wilderness areas in the National Forest System in the State of South 
Dakota, and S. 3313, to withdraw certain land located in Clark County, 
Nevada from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws and 
disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing 
or mineral materials, after receiving testimony from Senators Crapo, 
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Thune; Representative Simpson; Carl Rountree, Director, National 
Landscape Conservation System, Bureau of Land Management, Department of 
the Interior; Joel Holtrop, Deputy Chief, National Forest System, 
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Rick Johnson, Idaho 
Conservation League, Caldwell; Bill Dart, Idaho Recreation Council, 
Boise; Steve Sisolak, Clark County Board of Commissioners, Las Vegas, 
Nevada; and Dan O'Brien and Scott Edoff, both of Hermosa, South Dakota.
NEW START TREATY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee continued hearings 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 views from the Pentagon, after 
receiving testimony from James N. Miller, Principal Deputy Under 
Secretary for Policy, General Kevin P. Chilton, Commander, United 
States Strategic Command, and Lieutenant General Patrick J. O'Reilly, 
Director, Missile Defense Agency, all of the Department of Defense.
OIL SPILL FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal 
Services, and International Security concluded a hearing to examine the 
Gulf of Mexico oil spill, focusing on ensuring a financially 
responsible recovery and how the cost of major spills may impact 
viability of oil spill liability trust fund, after receiving testimony 
from Senator Lautenberg; Craig Bennett, Director, National Pollution 
Funds Center, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security; Susan 
A. Fleming, Director, Physical Infrastructure, Government 
Accountability Office; Darryl Willis, BP America, New Orleans, 
Louisiana; and Steven Newman, Transocean, Ltd., Denver, Colorado.
RURAL HEALTH CARE
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine Veterans Affairs health care in rural areas, after receiving 
testimony from James F. Ahrens, Chairman, Veterans Rural Health 
Advisory Committee, Office of Rural Health, Robert Jesse, Acting 
Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health 
Administration, both of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Brigadier 
General Deborah McManus, Assistant Adjutant General, Alaska National 
Guard, Fort Richardson; Adrian Atizado, Disabled American Veterans, 
Washington, D.C.; Ronald L. Putnam, Haywood County Veterans Services, 
Waynesville, North Carolina; and Dan Winkelman, Yukon-Kuskokwim Health 
Corporation, Bethel, Alaska.
RETIREMENT SAVINGS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the retirement challenge, focusing on making savings last a lifetime, 
after receiving testimony from Phyllis C. Borzi, Assistant Secretary of 
Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration; J. Mark Iwry, Senior 
Adviser to the Secretary of the Treasury and Deputy Assistant Treasury 
Secretary for Retirement and Health Policy; Ted Beck, National 
Endowment for Financial Education, Denver, Colorado; Kelli Hueler, 
Hueler Companies, Eden Prairie, Minnesota; William J. Mullaney, 
MetLife, New York, New York, on behalf of the American Council of Life 
Insurers; and Lisa Mensah, Aspen Institute Initiative on Financial 
Security, Washington, D.C.