[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 150 (Wednesday, November 17, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1098-D1100]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee announced the following 
subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on AirLand: Senators Lieberman (Chair), Bayh, Webb, 
McCaskill, Hagan, Begich, Burris, Coons, Thune, Inhofe, Sessions, 
Chambliss, Brown (MA), and Burr.
  Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities: Senators Nelson 
(FL) (Chair), Reed, Nelson (NE), Bayh, Udall (CO), Bingaman, Manchin, 
Coons, LeMieux, Graham, Wicker, Brown (MA), Burr, and Collins.
  Subcommittee on Personnel: Senators Webb (Chair), Lieberman, Akaka, 
Nelson (NE), McCaskill, Hagan, Begich, Burris, Bingaman, Graham, 
Chambliss, Thune, Wicker, LeMieux, Vitter, and Collins.
  Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support: Senators Bayh 
(Chair), Akaka, McCaskill, Udall (CO), Burris, Manchin, Burr, Inhofe, 
Chambliss, and Thune.
  Subcommittee on Seapower: Senators Reed (Chair), Lieberman, Akaka, 
Nelson (FL), Webb, Hagan, Coons, Wicker, Sessions, LeMieux, Vitter, and 
Collins.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces: Senators Nelson (NE) (Chair), Reed, 
Nelson (FL), Udall (CO),

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Begich, Bingaman, Manchin, Vitter, Sessions, Inhofe, Graham, and Brown 
(MA).
  Senators Levin and McCain serve as ex-officio members of all 
subcommittees.
NEW START TREATY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a closed briefing on 
the net assessment of Russian and United States strategic forces in 
support of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty from James N. 
Miller, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Policy, and General Kevin 
P. Chilton, USAF, Commander, United States Strategic Command, both of 
the Department of Defense.
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the Transportation Security 
Administration, after receiving testimony from John S. Pistole, 
Administrator, Transportation Security Administration, Department of 
Homeland Security.
TELEVISION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Communications, Technology, and the Internet concluded a hearing to 
examine television viewers, retransmission consent, and the public 
interest, after receiving testimony from Joseph Uva, Univision 
Communications Inc., Chase Carey, News Corporation, and Glenn A. Britt, 
Time Warner Cable, all of New York, New York; Thomas Rutledge, 
Cablevision System Corp., Bethpage, New York; and Charles Segars, 
Ovation, Santa Monica, California.
WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine Water Resources Development Act of 2010, focusing on 
legislative and policy proposals to benefit the economy, create jobs, 
protect public safety and maintain America's water resources 
infrastructure, including S. 3213, to ensure that amounts credited to 
the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund are used for harbor maintenance, 
after receiving testimony from Matt Woodruff, Kirby Corporation, 
Houston, Texas, on behalf of the Inland Waterways Users Board; James H. 
I. Weakley, Lake Carriers' Association, (LCA), Rocky River, Ohio, on 
behalf of the Great Lakes Maritime Task Force (GLMTF) and Realize 
America's Maritime Promise (RAMP); Stephen W. Verigin, National 
Committee on Levee Safety, Rancho Cordova, California; and Lawrence 
Roth, ARCADIS U.S., Inc., Roseville, California, on behalf of the 
American Society of Civil Engineers.
MEDICARE AND MEDICAID
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
strengthening Medicare and Medicaid, focusing on taking steps to 
modernize America's health care system, after receiving testimony from 
Donald Berwick, Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services, Department of Health and Human Services.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Thomas R. Nides, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources, who was 
introduced by Senator Lieberman, William R. Brownfield, of Texas, to be 
Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement 
Affairs, and Suzan D. Johnson Cook, of New York, to be Ambassador at 
Large for International Religious Freedom, all of the Department of 
State, and Paige Eve Alexander, of Georgia, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
CYBERSECURITY
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine securing critical infrastructure in the 
age of Stuxnet, after receiving testimony from Sean P. McGurk, Acting 
Director, National Cybersecurity and Communication Integration Center, 
Office of Cybersecurity and Communications, National Protection and 
Programs Directorate, Department of Homeland Security; Michael J. 
Assante, National Board of Information Security Examiners of the United 
States Inc., Idaho Falls, Idaho; Dean Turner, Symantec Corporation, 
Mountain View, California; and Mark W. Gandy, Dow Corning Corporation, 
Midland, Michigan.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Max Oliver Cogburn, Jr., to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, who was 
introduced by Senators Hagan and Burr, Marco A. Hernandez, and Michael 
H. Simon, both to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Oregon, who were both introduced by Senators Wyden and Merkley, and 
Steve C. Jones, to be United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of Georgia, who was introduced by Senator Chambliss, and 
Michele Marie Leonhart, of California, to be Administrator of Drug 
Enforcement, Patti B. Saris, of Massachusetts, to be a Member and Chair 
of the United

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States Sentencing Commission, and Stacia A. Hylton, of Virginia, to be 
Director of the United States Marshals Service, all of the Department 
of Justice.