[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 91 (Thursday, June 17, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D688-D689]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
RURAL ENERGY SAVINGS PROGRAM ACT
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on 
Energy, Science and Technology concluded a hearing to examine S. 3102, 
to amend the miscellaneous rural development provisions of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to authorize the Secretary of 
Agriculture to make loans to certain entities that will use the funds 
to make loans to consumers to implement energy efficiency measures 
involving structural improvements and investments in cost-effective, 
commercial off-the-shelf technologies to reduce home energy use, after 
receiving testimony from Senator Merkley; Nivin Elgohary, Acting 
Assistant Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, Electric Program, 
Department of Agriculture; Kent Singer, Colorado Rural Electric 
Association, Denver; and William C. Hanesworth, Rheem Manufacturing 
Company, Fort Smith, Arkansas.
NEW START TREATY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing 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), and the implications for national security 
programs, after receiving testimony from Hillary Rodham Clinton, 
Secretary of State; Robert M. Gates, Secretary, and Admiral Michael G. 
Mullen, USN, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, both of the 
Department of Defense; and Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy.
AIRLINE INDUSTRY CONSOLIDATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the financial state of the airline industry and 
the implications of consolidation, after receiving testimony from Susan 
L. Kurland, Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Aviation and 
International Affairs; Glenn F. Tilton, UAL Corp., and Daniel McKenzie, 
Hudson Securities, both of Chicago, Illinois; Jeffery Smisek, 
Continental Airlines, Inc., Houston, Texas; Robert Roach, Jr., 
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Upper 
Marlboro, Maryland; and Charles Leocha, Consumer Travel Alliance, 
Springfield, Virginia.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of John S. Pistole, of Virginia, to 
be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, Earl F. Weener, of 
Oregon, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board, and 
a promotion list in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration.
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of John S. Pistole, of 
Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, after the 
nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
PROTECTING WORKERS AND BUSINESSES FROM MISCLASSIFICATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine protecting workers and businesses 
affected by misclassification, including S. 3254, to amend the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require persons to keep records of non-
employees who perform labor or services for remuneration and to provide 
a special penalty for persons who misclassify employees as non-
employees, after receiving testimony from Seth D. Harris, Deputy 
Secretary of Labor; Colleen C. Gardner, New York State Department of 
Labor Commissioner, Albany; Frank Battaglino, Metro Test & Balance, 
Inc., Capitol Heights, Maryland, on behalf of Sheet Metal and Air 
Conditioning Contractors' National Association and the Campaign for 
Quality Construction; Catherine K. Ruckelshaus, National Employment Law 
Project (NELP), New York, New York; and Gary Uber, Family Private Care, 
Inc., Hobe Sound, Florida, on behalf of Private Care Association, Inc.


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  On page D689, June 17, 2010 the following language appears: 
PROTECTING WORKERS AND BUSINESSES FROM MISCLASSIFICATION Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine protecting workers and businesses affected by 
misclassification, including S. 3264, to amend the Consumer Credit 
Protection Act to provide for regulation of debt settlement 
services, after receiving testimony from Seth D. Harris, Deputy 
Secretary of Labor; Colleen C. Gardner, New York State Department 
of Labor Commissioner, Albany; Frank Battaglino, Metro Test & 
Balance, Inc., Capitol Heights, Maryland, on behalf of Sheet Metal 
and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association and the 
Campaign for Quality Construction; Catherine K. Ruckelshaus, 
National Employment Law Project (NELP), New York, New York; and 
Gary Uber, Family Private Care, Inc., Hobe Sound, Florida, on 
behalf of Private Care Association, Inc.
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: PROTECTING WORKERS 
AND BUSINESSES FROM MISCLASSIFICATION Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine protecting workers and businesses affected by 
misclassification, including S. 3254, to amend the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 to require persons to keep records of non-
employees who perform labor or services for remuneration and to 
provide a special penalty for persons who misclassify employees as 
non-employees, after receiving testimony from Seth D. Harris, 
Deputy Secretary of Labor; Colleen C. Gardner, New York State 
Department of Labor Commissioner, Albany; Frank Battaglino, Metro 
Test & Balance, Inc., Capitol Heights, Maryland, on behalf of 
Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association 
and the Campaign for Quality Construction; Catherine K. 
Ruckelshaus, National Employment Law Project (NELP), New York, New 
York; and Gary Uber, Family Private Care, Inc., Hobe Sound, 
Florida, on behalf of Private Care Association, Inc.


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NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine Indian education, focusing on the No Child Left Behind Act, 
after receiving testimony from Charles Rose, General Counsel, 
Department of Education; Keith Moore, Director, Bureau of Indian 
Education, Department of the Interior; Chad Smith, Cherokee Nation 
Principal Chief, Tahlequah, Oklahoma; Mary Jane Oatman-Wak Wak, 
National Indian Education Association (NIEA), Washington, D.C.; Mariah 
Bowers, Klamath, California; and David Beaulieu, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 258, to amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide enhanced 
penalties for marketing controlled substances to minors, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of John J. McConnell, Jr., to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Rhode Island, and Pamela Cothran 
Marsh, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of 
Florida, Peter J. Smith, to be United States Attorney for the Middle 
District of Pennsylvania, and Kevin Anthony Carr, to be United States 
Marshal for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, all of the Department of 
Justice.
GULF COAST OIL CLEANUP PROPOSALS
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine harnessing small business innovation, focusing on 
navigating the evaluation process for Gulf Coast oil cleanup proposals, 
after receiving testimony from Rear Admiral Ronald Rabago, Assistant 
Commandant for Acquisition, United States Coast Guard, Department of 
Homeland Security; Paul Anastas, Assistant Administrator, Office of 
Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency; Kevin 
Costner, Ocean Therapy Solutions, Los Angeles, California; Eric N. 
Smith, Tulane Energy Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana; Dan Parker, 
C.I.Agent Solutions, Louisville, Kentucky; Heather E. Baird, MicroSorb 
Environmental Products, Inc., Norwell, Massachusetts; and Carys L. 
Mitchelmore, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, 
Solomons.
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.