[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 96 (Thursday, June 24, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D725-D727]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of General Raymond T. Odierno, USA, for reappointment 
to the grade of general and Commander, United States Joint Forces 
Command, and Lieutenant General Lloyd J. Austin III, USA, to be general 
and Commander, United States Forces-Iraq, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
UNIVERSAL SERVICE AND BROADBAND ERA
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine universal service, focusing on transforming the 
high-cost fund for the broadband era, after receiving testimony from 
Michael J. Copps, Mignon L. Clyburn, and Meredith A. Baker, each a 
Commissioner, all of the Federal Communications Commission; Jeff 
Gardner,

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Windstream Corporation, Little Rock, Arkansas; Delbert Wilson, Hill 
Country Telephone Cooperative, Ingram, Texas; John Gockley, United 
States Cellular Corporation, Chicago, Illinois; R. Paul Waits, Ritter 
Communications, Jonesboro, Arkansas; and Kyle McSlarrow, National Cable 
& Telecommunications Association, Washington, D.C.
PIPELINE SAFETY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine, Infrastructure, Safety, and 
Security concluded a hearing to examine ensuring the safety of our 
nation's pipelines, after receiving testimony from Cynthia L. 
Quarterman, Administrator, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration, Department of Transportation; Deborah A.P. Hersman, 
Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board; Rocco D'Alessandro, 
Nicor Gas, Timothy C. Felt, Colonial Pipeline Company, on behalf of the 
Association of Oil Pipe Lines, and Gary L. Sypolt, Dominion Energy, on 
behalf of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, all of 
Washington, D.C.; and Carl Weimer, Pipeline Safety Trust, Bellingham, 
Washington.
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF ENERGY BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 3497, to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act to require leases entered into under that Act to include a plan 
that describes the means and timeline for containment and termination 
of an ongoing discharge of oil, S. 3431, to improve the administration 
of the Minerals Management Service, S. 3509, to amend the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 to promote the research and development of technologies and 
best practices for the safe development and extraction of natural gas 
and other petroleum resources, and S. 3516, to amend the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act to reform the management of energy and 
mineral resources on the Outer Continental Shelf, after receiving 
testimony from Senator Brown (MA); Ken Salazar, Secretary, and Michael 
Bromwich, Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and 
Enforcement, both of the Department of the Interior; Marilyn Heiman, 
Pew Environment Group, Seattle, Washington; and David Welch, Stone 
Energy Corporation, Lafayette, Louisiana.
NEW START TREATY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee resumed 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 implementation-inspections and 
assistance, after receiving testimony from James N. Miller, Principal 
Deputy Under Secretary for Policy, and Kenneth A. Myers III, Director, 
Defense Threat Reduction Agency, and Director, United States Strategic 
Command Center for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction, both of the 
Department of Defense.
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 benefits and risks, after receiving 
testimony from Robert G. Joseph, Fairfax, Virginia; and Eric S. 
Edelman, and Morton H. Halperin, both of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 3480, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and other laws to 
enhance the security and resiliency of the cyber and communications 
infrastructure of the United States, with an amendment in the nature of 
a substitute;
  S. 674, to amend chapter 41 of title 5, United States Code, to 
provide for the establishment and authorization of funding for certain 
training programs for supervisors of Federal employees, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 4861, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1343 West Irving Park Road in Chicago, Illinois, as 
the ``Steve Goodman Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 5051, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 23 Genesee Street in Hornell, New York, as the 
``Zachary Smith Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 5099 and S. 3465, bills to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 15 South Main Street in Sharon, 
Massachusetts, as the ``Michael C. Rothberg Post Office''; and
  The nominations of John S. Pistole, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Homeland Security, and Dennis J. Toner, of Delaware, to be 
a Governor of the United States Postal Service.

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FOR-PROFIT EDUCATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine an overview of the Federal investment in 
for-profit education, after receiving testimony from Kathleen S. Tighe, 
Inspector General, Department of Education; Steven Eisman, FrontPoint 
Financial Services Fund, New York, New York; Sharon Parrott, DeVry 
Education, Chicago, Illinois; Yasmine Issa, Yonkers, New York; and 
Margaret Reiter, San Francisco, California.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 3466, to require restitution for victims of criminal violations of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, with an amendment;
  H.R. 908, to amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act 
of 1994 to reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert 
Program; and
  The nominations of Edward L. Stanton III, to be United States 
Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, Stephen R. Wigginton, 
to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, and 
Cathy Jo Jones, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District 
of Ohio, all of the Department of Justice.