[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 155 (Wednesday, December 1, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1134-D1136]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MORTGAGE SERVICING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee resumed 
hearings to examine problems in mortgage servicing from modification to 
foreclosure, after receiving testimony from Phyllis Caldwell, Chief of 
Homeownership Preservation Office, and John Walsh, Acting Comptroller 
of the Currency, both of the Department of the Treasury; Sheila C. 
Bair, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Daniel K. 
Tarullo, Member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; 
Edward J. DeMarco, Acting Director, Federal Housing Finance Agency; 
Terence Edwards, Fannie Mae, Haddonfield, New Jersey; Donald Bisenius, 
Freddie Mac, Fairfax, Virginia; Tom Deutsch, American Securitization 
Forum, New York, New York; and Kurt Eggert, Chapman University School 
of Law, Orange, California.
NASA AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the NASA Authorization Act of 2010, focusing on 
transition and implementation, after receiving testimony from John P. 
Holdren, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive 
Office of the President of the United States; Elizabeth M. Robinson, 
Chief Financial Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; 
and Cristina T. Chaplain, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing 
Management, and Susan A. Poling, Managing Associate General Counsel, 
both of the Government Accountability Office.
HEALTH INSURANCE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine mini med policies, after receiving testimony from 
Stephen Finan, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, and Aaron 
Smith, Young Invincibles, both of Washington, D.C.; Rich Floersch, 
McDonald's Corporation, Oak Brook, Illinois; Timothy Stoltzfus Jost, 
Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, Virginia; Devon 
M. Herrick, National Center for Policy Analysis, Dallas, Texas; and 
Eugene Melville, Riverside, California.
U.S. POLICY REGARDING LATIN AMERICA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine Latin America in 2010, focusing on opportunities, challenges, 
and the future of the United States policy in the hemisphere, after 
receiving testimony from Mark L. Schneider, International Crisis Group, 
Cynthia J. Arnson, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 
Latin American Program, Joy Olson, Washington Office on Latin America, 
and Jaime Daremblum, Hudson Institute Center for Latin American 
Studies, all of Washington, D.C.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: On November 
16, 2010, committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations: Senators Levin (Chair), 
Carper, Pryor, McCaskill, Tester, Coons, Coburn, Collins, McCain, and 
Ensign.
  Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia: Senators Akaka (Chair), Levin, 
Landrieu, Coons, Voinovich, Brown (MA), and Graham.
  Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, 
Federal Services, and International Security: Senators Carper (Chair), 
Levin, Akaka, Pryor, McCaskill, McCain, Coburn, Voinovich, and Ensign.
  Ad Hoc Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness 
and Integration: Senators Pryor (Chair), Akaka, Landrieu, Tester, 
Ensign, Voinovich, and Graham.
  Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery: Senators Landrieu (Chair), 
McCaskill, Graham, and Brown (MA).
  Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight: Senators McCaskill 
(Chair), Levin, Carper, Pryor, Tester, Coons, Brown (MA), Collins, 
Coburn, McCain, and Graham.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 3817, to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, the 
Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Child Abuse Prevention 
and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978, and the Abandoned 
Infants Assistance Act of 1988 to reauthorize the Acts, with an 
amendment;
  S. 3199, to amend the Public Health Service Act regarding early 
detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3036, to establish the Office of the National Alzheimer's Project, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1275, to establish a National Foundation on Physical Fitness and 
Sports to carry out activities to support and supplement the mission of 
the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, with an 
amendment;
  H.R. 2941, to reauthorize and enhance Johanna's Law to increase 
public awareness and knowledge with respect to gynecologic cancers;
  S. 3984, to amend and extend the Museum and Library Services Act; an 
original bill entitled, ``The Museum and Library Services Act of 
2010'', with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  The nominations of Anthony Bryk, of California, Robert Anacletus 
Underwood, of Guam, and Kris D. Gutierrez, of Colorado, all to be a 
Member of the Board of Directors of the National Board for Education 
Sciences, Sean P. Buckley, of New York, to be Commissioner of Education 
Statistics, Department of Education, Susan H. Hildreth, of Washington, 
to be Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and 
Allison Blakely, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Humanities.
  Also, committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Children and Families: Senators Dodd (Chair), 
Bingaman, Murray, Reed, Sanders, Casey, Hagan, Merkley, Bennet, Harkin 
(ex officio), Alexander, Gregg, McCain, Hatch, Murkowski, Coburn, 
Roberts, and Enzi (ex officio).
  Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety: Senators Murray 
(Chair), Dodd, Mikulski, Hagan, Merkley, Franken, Bennet, Manchin, 
Harkin (ex officio), Isakson, Gregg, Burr, McCain, Hatch, Murkowski, 
and Enzi (ex officio).
  Subcommittee on Retirement and Aging: Senators Mikulski (Chair), 
Bingaman, Reed, Sanders, Casey, Franken, Manchin, Harkin (ex officio), 
Burr, Gregg, Alexander, Isakson, Coburn, and Enzi (ex officio).
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the Pension Benefit Guaranty 
Corporation, focusing on management and oversight, after receiving 
testimony from Joshua Gotbaum, Director, and Rebecca Anne Batts, 
Inspector General, both of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; 
Barbara D. Bovbjerg, Managing Director, Education, Workforce, and 
Income Security, Government Accountability Office; and Ken Porter, 
American Benefits Council, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 3728, to amend title 17, United States Code, to extend protection 
to fashion design, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Susan L. Carney, of Connecticut, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, Amy Totenberg, to be 
United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, 
James Emanuel Boasberg, and Amy Berman Jackson, both to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Columbia, James E. Shadid, 
and Sue E.

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Myerscough, both to be United States District Judge for the Central 
District of Illinois, James E. Graves, Jr., of Mississippi, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Paul Kinloch Holmes, 
III, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of 
Arkansas, Anthony J. Battaglia, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of California, Edward J. Davila, to be United 
States District Judge for the Northern District of California, Diana 
Saldana, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District 
of Texas, and Michele Marie Leonhart, of California, to be 
Administrator of Drug Enforcement, and Stacia A. Hylton, of Virginia, 
to be Director of the United States Marshals Service, both of the 
Department of Justice.