[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 132 (Tuesday, September 28, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1019-D1020]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EFFICIENCIES INITIATIVES
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Department of Defense efficiencies initiatives, after receiving 
testimony from William J. Lynn III, Deputy Secretary, Ashton B. Carter, 
Under Secretary for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, and General 
James E. Cartwright, USMC, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, all of 
the Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 3,273 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
ECONOMY AND FISCAL POLICY OUTLOOK
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
outlook for the economy and fiscal policy, after receiving testimony 
from Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget Office.
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration (NHTSA), focusing on an examination of the Highway 
Safety Provisions of SAFETEA-LU, after receiving testimony from David 
Strickland, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, Department of Transportation; Neil Pedersen, Maryland 
State Highway Administration, on behalf of the Governors Highway Safety 
Association, Jacqueline S. Gillan, Advocates for Highway and Auto 
Safety, and Robert Strassburger, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, 
all of Washington, D.C.; Laura Dean-Mooney, Mothers Against Drunk 
Driving, Irving, Texas; Ira H. Leesfield, Academy of Florida Trial 
Lawyers, Miami; Thomas M. James, Truck Renting and Leasing Association, 
Alexandria, Virginia; and Ethan Ruby, New York, New York.
PIPELINE SAFETY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and 
Security concluded

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a hearing to examine pipeline safety, focusing on assessing the San 
Bruno, California explosion and other recent accidents, after receiving 
testimony from Senator Feinstein; Cynthia L. Quarterman, Administrator, 
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of 
Transportation; Christopher A. Hart, Vice Chairman, National 
Transportation Safety Board; Mayor Jim Ruane, San Bruno, California; 
Paul Clanon, California Public Utilities Commission, and Chris Johns, 
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, both of San Francisco, California; 
and Rick Kessler, Pipeline Safety Trust, Bellingham, Washington.
INNOVATIVE PROJECT FINANCE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine innovative project finance, after receiving 
testimony from Roy Kienitz, Under Secretary of Transportation for 
Policy; Stephanie Kopelousos, Florida Secretary of Transportation, 
Tallahassee; Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa, Los Angeles, California; 
and David Seltzer, Mercator Advisors LLC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
LONG-TERM DISABILITY POLICIES
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine if 
private long-term disability policies provide protection as promised, 
after receiving testimony from William M. Acker, Jr., Senior United 
States District Court Judge, Northern District of Alabama; David Rust, 
Deputy Commissioner for Retirement and Disability Policy, Social 
Security Administration; Ronald Leebove, American Board of Forensic 
Counselors, Scottsdale, Arizona; Mark D. DeBofsky, John Marshall Law 
School, Chicago, Illinois; and Paul Graham, American Council of Life 
Insurers, Washington, D.C.
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE IN ABERDEEN AREA
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine reform in the Indian Health Service's Aberdeen area, after 
receiving testimony from Yvette Roubideaux, Director, Indian Health 
Service, Charlene Red Thunder, Area Director, Aberdeen Area Indian 
Health Service, and Gerald Roy, Deputy Inspector General, 
Investigations, Office of the Inspector General, all of the Department 
of Health and Human Services; and Ron His Horse Is Thunder, Great 
Plains Tribal Chairmen's Health Board (GPTCHB), Rapid City, South 
Dakota.
COMBATING FRAUD AND CORRUPTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
restoring key tools to combat fraud and corruption after the Supreme 
Court's Skilling decision, after receiving testimony from Lanny A. 
Breuer, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of 
Justice; Samuel W. Buell, Duke University School of Law, Durham, North 
Carolina; Michael L. Seigel, University of Florida Fredric G. Levin 
College of Law, Gainesville; and George J. Terwilliger III, White and 
Case, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nomination of David B. Buckley, of Virginia, to be Inspector 
General, Central Intelligence Agency.