[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 99 (Tuesday, June 29, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D748-D749]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies approved for full Committee action the FY 
2011 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
bill.
DEFENSE LANGUAGE TRANSFORMATION ROADMAP
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing on Beyond the Defense Language 
Transformation Roadmap: Bearing the Burden for Today's Education 
Shortcomings. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Defense: Nancy Weaver, Director, Defense Language Office, 
Office of the Under Secretary (Personnel and Readiness); and BG Walter 
Golden, USA, Director, J-1 Manpower and Personnel, Office of the 
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Sharon Pickup, Director, Office of 
Defense Capabilities and Management, GAO.
WIND FARMS; IMPACT ON MILITARY READINESS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing 
on Wind Farms: Compatible with Military Readiness? Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Dorothy 
Robyn, Deputy Under Secretary, Installations and Environment; and MG 
Lawrence Stutzriem, USAF, Director, Plans, Policy and Strategy, North 
American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command; Nancy B. 
Kalinowski, Vice President, System Operations Services, Air Traffic 
Organization, FAA, Department of Transportation; and a public witness.
FEMA's GRANT PROGRAMS DIRECTORATE
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Emergency 
Communications, Preparedness and Response held a hearing entitled ``The 
Future of FEMA's Grant Programs Directorate.'' Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the Department of Homeland Security: 
Elizabeth Harman, Assistant Administrator, Grant Programs Directorate, 
FEMA; and Anne L. Richards, Assistant Inspector General, Audits, Office 
of the Inspector General; and public witnesses.
U.S. SECRET SERVICE OPERATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security held a hearing on the Role and Operations of the 
United States Secret Service. Testimony was heard from Mark Sullivan, 
Director, U.S. Secret Service, Department of Homeland Security.
COMBAT ZONE SUBCONTRACTORS
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on National 
Security and Foreign Affairs held a hearing entitled ``Contracting in 
Combat Zones: Who Are Our Subcontractors?'' Testimony was heard from 
William Solis, Director, Defense Capabilities and Management, GAO; the 
following officials of the Department of Defense: Mary Ugone, Deputy 
Inspector General, Auditing; and Stuart Bowen, Jr., Special Inspector 
General, Iraq Reconstruction; and a public witness.
SAME-DAY CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS REPORTED BY THE RULES 
COMMITTEE
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a non-record vote, a rule to waive 
clause 6(a) of rule XIII (requiring a two-thirds vote to consider a 
rule on the same day it is reported from the Rules Committee) against 
certain resolutions reported from the Rules Committee. The rule applies 
the waiver to any resolution reported from the Rules Committee through 
the legislative day of July 3, 2010, providing for consideration or 
disposition of any of the following: (1) A conference report to 
accompany the bill (H.R. 4173) to provide for financial regulatory 
reform, to protect consumers and investors, to enhance Federal 
understanding of insurance issues, to regulate the over-the-counter 
derivatives markets, and for other purposes. (2) A measure that 
includes a subject matter addressed by H.R. 4213 or any amendment 
pertaining thereto.
  The rule authorizes the Speaker to entertain motions that the House 
suspend the rules at any time through the legislative day of July 3, 
2010. The Speaker or her designee shall consult with the Minority 
Leader or his designee on the designation of any matter for 
consideration pursuant to this rule. Finally, the rule provides that it 
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without intervention of any point of order to consider concurrent 
resolutions providing for adjournment during the month of July.
POLAR WEATHER SATELLITES EARTH OBSERVATIONS
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Investigations and 
Oversight held a hearing on Setting New Courses for Polar Weather 
Satellites and Earth Observations. Testimony was heard from Shere 
Abbott, Associate Director, Energy and Environment Division, Office of 
Science and Technology Policy; Mary Glackin, Deputy Under Secretary, 
Oceans and Atmosphere, NOAA, Department of Commerce; Christopher 
Scolese, Associate Administrator, NASA; Gil Klinger, Director, Space 
and Intelligence Office, Assistant Secretary, Acquisition, Department 
of Defense; and David Powner, Director, Information Technology 
Management Issues, GAO.
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY BIOLOGY
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Research and 
Science Education held a hearing on 21st Century Biology. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
HAZARDOUS LIQUID PIPELINE SAFETY
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials held a hearing on the 
Safety of Hazardous Liquid Pipelines: Regulated vs. Unregulated 
Pipelines. Testimony was heard from Cynthia Quarterman, Administrator, 
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of 
Transportation; Deborah A. Hersman, Chairman, National Transportation 
Safety Board; and public witnesses.
BRIEFING--CIA ACTIVITIES
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Human Intelligence, Analysis, and Counterintelligence, and the 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations met in executive session 
to receive a joint Briefing on CIA Activities. The Subcommittees were 
briefed by departmental witnesses.

Joint Meetings
LOCAL ECONOMIES
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
fueling local economies, focusing on research, innovation and jobs, 
after receiving testimony from Dane Stangler, Ewing Marion Kauffman 
Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri; Samuel L. Stanley, Jr., Stony Brook 
University, Stony Brook, New York; and Zachary J. Shulman, Cornell 
University Johnson School, Ithaca, New York.
RESTORING AMERICAN FINANCIAL STABILITY ACT
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between 
the Senate and House passed versions of H.R. 4173, to promote the 
financial stability of the United States 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.