[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 117 (Wednesday, August 4, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D906-D908]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
PROMOTING AGRICULTURE EXPORTS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine promoting agriculture exports, focusing on United States 
agriculture trade policy and the farm bill's trade title, after receiving 
testimony from Ambassador Ron Kirk, United States Trade Representative; 
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Murphy, American Soybean Association, Canton, Mississippi; Joe Mencer, Lake 
Village, Arkansas, on behalf of the USA Rice Federation and the US Rice 
Producers Association; Duane Rhodes, Tyson Foods, Springdale, Arkansas; and 
Brent Roggie, National Grape Cooperative Association, Westfield, New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered 
favorably reported S. 3656, to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 
to improve the reporting on sales of livestock and dairy products.
OHIO CLASS BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower, with the Subcommittee 
on Strategic Forces held a closed briefing on the Navy's plans for the next 
generation Ohio class ballistic missile submarine, after receiving testimony 
from James N. Miller, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Policy, Sean J. 
Stackley, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and 
Acquisition, and Vice Admiral John T. Blake, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval 
Operations for Integration of Capabilities and Resources, all of the 
Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Jonathan Woodson, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant Secretary 
of Defense for Health Affairs, and Neile L. Miller, of Maryland, to be 
Principal Deputy Administrator, and Anne M. Harrington, of Virginia, to be 
Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, both of the 
National Nuclear Security Administration, both of the Department of Energy, 
and 4,300 nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
USE OF DISPERSANTS IN DEEP WATER HORIZON OIL SPILL
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee with the Subcommittee 
on Oversight concluded a joint oversight hearing to examine the use of oil 
dispersants in the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, after receiving testimony 
from Paul Anastas, Assistant Administrator for the Office of Research and 
Development, Environmental Protection Agency; David Westerholm, Director, 
Office of Response and Restoration, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Ronald J. Kendall, 
Texas Tech University Institute of Environmental and Human Health, Lubbock; 
David C. Smith, University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, 
Narragansett; Edward B. Overton, Louisiana State University School of the 
Coast and Environment, Baton Rouge; and Jacqueline Savitz, Oceana, 
Washington, DC.
SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY FRAUD
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations concluded a hearing to examine social 
security disability fraud, focusing on case studies in Federal employees and 
commercial drivers licenses, after receiving testimony from Gregory D. Kutz, 
Managing Director, Forensic Audits and Special Investigations, Government 
Accountability Office; and Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner, Social Security 
Administration.
FOR-PROFIT SCHOOLS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine for-profit schools, focusing on the student recruitment 
experience, and undercover testing to observe marketing practices, after 
receiving testimony from Gregory D. Kutz, Managing Director, Forensic Audits 
and Special Investigations, Government Accountability Office; David Hawkins, 
National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC), and Michael 
S. McComis, Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC), 
both of Arlington, Virginia; and Joshua Pruyn, Denver, Colorado.
GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO A WMD TERRORIST ATTACK
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security 
concluded a hearing to examine government preparedness and response to a 
terrorist attack using weapons of mass destruction, after receiving 
testimony from Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, and James A. Baker, 
Associate Deputy Attorney General, both of the Department of Justice; 
Steward D. Beckham, Director, Office of National Capital Region 
Coordination, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland 
Security; Colonel Randall J. Larsen, USAF (Ret.), Executive Director, 
Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation 
and Terrorism; and Michael J. Frankel, Executive Director, Commission to 
Assess the Threat to the U.S. from Electromagnetic Pulse Attack, McLean, 
Virginia.
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL OF JUDGE G. THOMAS PORTEOUS, JR.
Impeachment Trial Committee (Porteous): Committee held a hearing to hear 
arguments on pretrial motions in the Impeachment Trial on the Articles 
Against Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr.

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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
  The House was not in session today. The House is scheduled to meet at 
2 p.m. on Tuesday, September 14, 2010, pursuant to the provisions of H. 
Con. Res. 308.