[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 124 (Wednesday, September 15, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D950-D951]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NATIONAL ORGANIC LAW
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the National Organic Law at 20, focusing on sowing 
seeds for a bright future, after receiving testimony from Kathleen A. 
Merrigan, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture; Regina Beidler, Beidler 
Family Farm, Randolph Center, Vermont; Will Harris, White Oak Pastures, 
Bluffton, Georgia; Michael Sligh, National Organic Coalition, 
Pittsboro, North Carolina; and Sarah Bird, Annie's, Inc., Napa, 
California, on behalf of the Organic Trade Association.
COVERED BONDS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine covered bonds, focusing on potential uses and 
regulatory issues, after receiving testimony from Representative 
Garrett; Julie L. Williams, First Senior Deputy Comptroller, Chief 
Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the 
Treasury; Michael H. Krimminger, Deputy to the Chairman, Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation; Scott A. Stengel, Orrick, Herrington & 
Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, D.C.; Kenneth A. Snowden, University of 
North Carolina at Greensboro; and Ric Campo, Camden Property Trust, 
Houston, Texas, on behalf the National Multi Housing Council and the 
National Apartment Association.
NATIONAL RAIL POLICY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the federal role in national rail policy, 
including S. 2889, to reauthorize the Surface Transportation Board, 
after receiving testimony from Senator Kohl; John D. Porcari, Deputy 
Secretary of Transportation; and Daniel R. Elliott III, Chairman, 
Surface Transportation Board.
MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine banking reform, focusing on capital increase proposals from 
multilateral development banks, after receiving testimony from Marisa 
Lago, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Markets and 
Development; Ian Solomon, United States Executive Director of the World 
Bank, Washington, D.C.; and Curtis S. Chin, United States Executive 
Director to the Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines.
NUCLEAR TERRORISM
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
resumed open and closed hearings to examine nuclear terrorism, focusing 
on strengthening our domestic defenses, after receiving testimony from 
Jane Holl Lute, Deputy Secretary, Tara J. O'Toole, Under Secretary for 
Science and Technology, Warren M. Stern, Director, Domestic Nuclear 
Detection Office, Robin E. Kane, Assistant Administrator for Security 
Technology, Transportation Security Administration, John P. Woods, 
Deputy Assistant Director, National Security Investigations Division, 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Todd C. Owen, Executive Director 
of Cargo and Conveyance Security, Office of Field Operations,

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Customs and Border Protection, Rear Admiral Cari B. Thomas, Director of 
Response Policy, Coast Guard, and Melissa Smislova, Associate Deputy 
Under Secretary for Analysis, all of the Department of Homeland 
Security.
PROHIBITING OBSCENE ANIMAL CRUSH VIDEOS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
prohibiting obscene animal crush videos in the wake of United States v. 
Stevens, after receiving testimony from Nancy Perry, The Humane Society 
of the United States, Washington, D.C.; and Kevin Volkan, California 
State University Channel Islands, Camarillo.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Susan L. Carney, of Connecticut, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, who was introduced by Senator 
Dodd, Amy Totenberg, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Georgia, who was introduced by Senators Chambliss 
and Isakson, James Emanuel Boasberg, and Amy Berman Jackson, both to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, who were 
both introduced by Representative Norton, and James E. Shadid, who was 
introduced by Representative Schock, and Sue E. Myerscough, both to be 
United States District Judge for the Central District of Illinois, who 
were both introduced by Senator Durbin.
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL: PORTEOUS
Impeachment Trial Committee (Porteous): Committee continued open and 
closed hearings to examine the Articles Against Judge G. Thomas 
Porteous, Jr., after receiving testimony from DeWayne Horner, Special 
Agent, and Bobby Hamil, former Agent, both of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, Department of Justice; Duncan W. Keir, Chief Judge, 
United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland; Charles 
Gardener Gay, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Bloomington; 
Rhonda Danos, Marrero, Louisiana; Claude Lightfoot, Jr., New Orleans, 
Louisiana; and Timothy A. Porteous, Kenner, Louisiana.
  Committee will meet again on Thursday, September 16.