[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 128 (Wednesday, September 22, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D983-D984]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OVERSIGHT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(SEC) Inspector General's Report on the ``Investigation of the SEC's 
Response to Concerns Regarding Robert Allen Stanford's Alleged Ponzi 
Scheme'' and Improving SEC Performance, after receiving testimony from 
H. David Kotz, Inspector General, Robert Khuzami, Director, Division of 
Enforcement, Carlo di Florio, Director, Office of Compliance 
Inspections and Examinations, and Rose L. Romero, Regional Director, 
Fort Worth Regional Office, all of the United States Securities and 
Exchange Commission.
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance 
Program, focusing on continued actions needed to address financial and 
operational issues, after receiving testimony from Senators Durbin and 
Wicker; Orice Williams Brown, Director, Financial Markets and Community 
Investment, Government Accountability Office; and Sally McConkey, 
Association of State Floodplain Managers, Nick D'Ambrosia, Long & 
Foster, and Steve Ellis, Taxpayers for Common Sense, all of Washington, 
D.C.
FEDERAL POLICY RESPONSE TO THE ECONOMIC CRISIS
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
assessing the Federal policy response to the economic crisis, after 
receiving testimony from Alan S. Blinder, Princeton University Center 
for Economic Policy Studies, Princeton, New Jersey; Mark Zandi, Moody's 
Analytics, West Chester, Pennsylvania; and John B. Taylor, Stanford 
University, Palo Alto, California.
PROTECTING PERSONAL INFORMATION DATA
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance concluded a hearing 
to examine S. 3742, to protect consumers by requiring reasonable 
security policies and procedures to protect data containing personal 
information, and to provide for nationwide notice in the event of a 
security breach, after receiving testimony from Maneesha Mithal, 
Associate Director, Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, 
Federal Trade Commission; Mark Bregman, Symantec Corporation, Mountain 
View, California, on behalf of TechAmerica; and Ioana Rusu, Consumers 
Union, Stuart K. Pratt, Consumer Data Industry Association, and Melissa 
Bianchi, American Hospital Association, all of Washington, D.C.
TAX AND FISCAL POLICY IN THE MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMUNITY
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine tax and 
fiscal policy, focusing on the effects on the military and veterans 
community, after receiving testimony from Dan Dobyns, Montana National 
Guard, Helena; Mark I. Darrah, Athena GTX, Des Moines, Iowa; Captain 
Marshall Hanson, USNR (Ret.), Reserve Officers Association (ROA), on 
behalf of the Reserve Enlisted Association (REA), and Tim Embree, Iraq 
and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), both of Washington, D.C.; 
and Michael Noyce Merino, Melrose, Montana.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Mark M.

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Boulware, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chad, Jo Ellen 
Powell, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of 
Mauritania, Christopher J. McMullen, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Angola, Wanda L. Nesbitt, of Pennsylvania, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Namibia, and Pamela Ann White, of Maine, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of The Gambia, who was introduced by 
Senator Nelson (FL), all of the Department of State, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Donald Kenneth Steinberg, of California, to 
be Deputy Administrator, and Nancy E. Lindborg, of the District of 
Columbia, to be an Assistant Administrator, both of the United States 
Agency for International Development, and Robert P. Mikulak, of 
Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as 
United States Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of 
Chemical Weapons, Department of State, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Kristie Anne Kenney, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand, and Karen Brevard Stewart, of 
Florida, to be Ambassador to the Lao People's Democratic Republic, both 
of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
NINE YEARS AFTER 9/11
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine nine years after 9/11, focusing on 
confronting the terrorist threat to the homeland, after receiving 
testimony from Janet A. Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security; 
Robert S. Mueller III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Department of Justice; and Michael Leiter, Director, National 
Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence.
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS PRIVACY ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, focusing on promoting 
security and protecting privacy in the digital age, after receiving 
testimony from Cameron F. Kerry, General Counsel, Department of 
Commerce; James A. Baker, Associate Deputy Attorney General, Department 
of Justice; James X. Dempsey, Center for Democracy & Technology, San 
Francisco, California; Brad Smith, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, 
Washington; and Jamil N. Jaffer, Washington, D.C.
FRAUD ENFORCEMENT AND RECOVERY ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
investigating and prosecuting financial fraud after the Fraud 
Enforcement and Recovery Act, after receiving testimony from Lanny 
Breuer, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, and Kevin 
Perkins, Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, both of 
the Department of Justice; and Robert Khuzami, Director, Division of 
Enforcement, United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
FILIBUSTER
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee resumed hearings to 
examine the filibuster, focusing on legislative proposals to change 
Senate procedures, including S. Res. 416, amending the Standing Rules 
of the Senate to provide for cloture to be invoked with less than a 
three-fifths majority after additional debate, and S. Res. 619, 
expressing the sense of the Senate that the Senate of each new Congress 
is not bound by the Rules of previous Senates, after receiving 
testimony from Senators Harkin and Udall (NM); Robert Dove, United 
States Senate Parliamentarian Emeritus; Mimi Marzinani, New York 
University School of Law Brennan Center for Justice, New York, New 
York; and Steven S. Smith, Washington University Weidenbaum Center on 
the Economy, Government, and Public Policy, St. Louis, Missouri.
THE AMERICAN LEGION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a joint hearing 
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine a legislative 
presentation focusing on the American Legion, after receiving testimony 
from Jimmie Foster, The American Legion, Anchorage, Alaska.