[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 104 (Wednesday, July 14, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D785-D786]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies approved for full committee 
consideration an original bill making appropriations for Military 
Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies for fiscal year 
2011.
NEW START TREATY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a closed briefing on 
the National Intelligence Estimate on the verifiability of the New 
START from Andrew M. Gibb, National Intelligence Officer for Weapons of 
Mass Destruction, National Intelligence Council; Robert Walpole, 
Principal Deputy Director, National Counter Proliferation Center; and 
Richard Weiss, Chief, and Richard Trout, Deputy, both of the Threat 
Reduction and Monitoring Group, and DNI Treaty Monitoring Manager in 
the CIA/Directorate of Intelligence's Weapons Intelligence, 
Nonproliferation, and Arms Control Center.
ASIAN CARP
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power concluded an oversight hearing to examine the Federal response to 
the discovery of the aquatic invasive species Asian carp in Lake 
Calumet, Illinois, after receiving testimony from Nancy H. Sutley, 
Chair, Council of Environmental Quality; Leon Carl, Midwest Area 
Regional Executive, U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior; 
John Rogner, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Springfield; and 
Tim Eder, Great Lakes Commission, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
INDIVIDUAL TAX RATES
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
future of individual tax rates, focusing on effects on economic growth 
and distribution, after receiving testimony from Carol Markman, 
Feldman, Meinberg and Co. LLP, Syosset, New York, on behalf of the 
National Conference of CPA Practitioners; David Marzahl, Center for 
Economic Progress, Chicago, Illinois; Donald B. Marron, Urban-Brookings 
Tax Policy Center, and Douglas Holtz-Eakin, American Action Forum, both 
of Washington, D.C.; and Leonard E. Burman, Syracuse University Maxwell 
School, Syracuse, New York.

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MARINE CONSERVATION AND EXPORTS
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and 
Global Competitiveness concluded a hearing to examine marine wealth, 
focusing on promoting conservation and advancing American exports, 
after receiving testimony from Eric C. Schwaab, Assistant Administrator 
for Fisheries, and Director, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of 
Commerce; Mark Linscott, Assistant United States Trade Representative 
for Environment and Natural Resources, Office of the United States 
Trade Representative; Ted Danson, Oceana, Los Angeles, California; 
David Schorr, World Wildlife Fund, Washington, D.C.; Rod Moore, West 
Coast Seafood Processors Association, Portland, Oregon; and Tom 
Bastoni, American Seafoods Group, LLC, New Bedford, Massachusetts.
NEW START TREATY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a closed 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), after receiving testimony from officials 
of the intelligence community.
AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine Afghanistan, focusing on governance and civilian strategy, 
after receiving testimony from Richard C. Holbrooke, Special 
Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Department of State.
JUSTICE AGAINST SPONSORS OF TERRORISM ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 2930, to deter terrorism, provide justice for 
victims, after receiving testimony from Abraham D. Sofaer, Stanford 
University Hoover Institution, Stanford, California; Richard Klingler, 
Sidley Austin LLP, and John B. Bellinger III, Arnold & Porter LLP, both 
of Washington, D.C.; and Evan F. Kohlmann, Flashpoint Global Partners, 
and Lee S. Wolosky, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, both of New York, 
New York.
VETERANS BENEFIT CLAIM PROCESS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine veterans' claims processing, focusing on if current efforts are 
working, after receiving testimony from Michael Walcoff, Acting Under 
Secretary for Benefits, Diana M. Rubens, Associate Deputy Under 
Secretary for Field Operations, Peter L. Levin, Chief Technology 
Officer, and Joseph Thompson, former Under Secretary for Benefits, all 
of the Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans 
Affairs; Linda Jan Avant, American Federation of Government Employees, 
Little Rock, Arkansas; Richard Paul Cohen, National Organization of 
Veterans' Advocates, Inc., and Joseph A. Violante, Disabled American 
Veterans, on behalf of the Independent Budget, both of Washington, D.C.