[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 95 (Wednesday, June 23, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D715-D716]
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 received testimony 
from sundry public witnesses requesting funding for programs in the 
Department of Defense appropriations bill for fiscal year 2011.
MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine Minerals Management 
Service reorganization, after receiving testimony from Ken Salazar, 
Secretary, and Michael Browich, Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 
Management, Regulation, and Enforcement, both of the Department of the 
Interior.
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION'S PRODUCT REVIEW PROCESS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine the Food and Drug Administration's 
review process for products to treat rare diseases and neglected 
tropical diseases, after receiving testimony

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from Gloria Steele, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for Global 
Health, U.S. Agency for International Development; Jesse L. Goodman, 
Chief Scientist and Deputy Commissioner for Science and Public Health, 
Office of the Chief Scientist, Office of the Commissioner, Food and 
Drug Administration, Christopher P. Austin, Director, National 
Institutes of Health Chemical Genomics Center, Senior Advisor to the 
Director for Translational Research, Office of the Director, National 
Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health; and 
Emil Kakkis, Kakkis EveryLife Foundation, Diane Edquist Dorman, 
National Organization for Rare Disorders, and Thomas J. Bollyky, Center 
for Global Development, all of Washington, D.C.
UNITED STATES-CHINA TRADE RELATIONSHIP
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
United States-China trade relationship, focusing on finding a new path 
forward, after receiving testimony from Gary Locke, Secretary of 
Commerce; and Ron Kirk, United States Trade Representative, Executive 
Office of the President.
RISING CHINA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine finding common ground with a rising China, after receiving 
testimony from Laura Tyson, University of California Haas School of 
Business, Berkeley; and Carla A. Hills, Hills & Company, International 
Consultants, Washington, D.C.
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal 
Services, and International Security, concluded a joint hearing with 
the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Federal 
Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia to examine 
customer and employee views on the future of the United States Postal 
Service, after receiving testimony from H. James Gooden, American Lung 
Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Don Hall, Jr., Hallmark Cards, 
Inc., Kansas City, Missouri; Allen Abbott, Paul Frederick Menstyle, 
Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Keith McFalls, Prime Therapeutics, 
Dallas, Texas; Paul Misener, Amazon.com, San Francisco, California; 
Andrew Rendich, Netflix, Inc., Los Gatos, California; Don Cantriel, 
National Rural Letter Carriers' Association, St. Louis, Missouri; 
Fredric V. Rolando, National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO, 
and William Burrus, American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Richard Collins, National Postal Mail Handlers Union, 
Rochester, Virginia; Louis Atkins, National Association of Postal 
Supervisors, Arlington, Virginia; and Charles Mapa, National League of 
Postmasters, and Robert Rapoza, National Association of Postmasters of 
the United States, both of Alexandria, Virginia.
OFFICE OF THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement 
Coordinator, after receiving testimony from Victoria Espinel, 
Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, Office of Management and 
Budget; Barry M. Meyer, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Burbank, 
California; Paul E. Almeida, The American Federation of Labor and 
Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), and David Hirschmann 
and Mark T. Esper, both of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, all of 
Washington, D.C.; and Caroline Bienstock, Carlin America, Inc., New 
York, New York.
SENATE FILIBUSTER
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the filibuster, focusing on silent filibusters, holds and the 
Senate confirmation process, after receiving testimony from Senators 
Wyden, McCaskill and Grassley; G. Calvin Mackenzie, Colby College, 
Waterville, Maine; Lee Rawls, National War College, Kensington, 
Maryland; and Thomas E. Mann, The Brookings Institution, Washington, 
D.C.