[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 16 (Thursday, February 3, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D72-D73]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD IRAQ
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
United States policy toward Iraq, after receiving testimony from James 
F. Jeffrey, United States Ambassador to Iraq, Department of State; and 
General Lloyd Austin, Commander, United States Forces, Iraq, Department 
of Defense.
UNITED STATES ECONOMIC RECOVERY
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
challenges for the United States economic recovery, after receiving 
testimony from Mark Zandi, Moody's Analytics, West Chester, 
Pennsylvania; Till von Wachter, Columbia University, New York, New 
York; and Raymond C. Scheppach, National Governors Association, and 
Chris Edwards, Cato Institute, both of Washington, D.C.
ENERGY AND OIL MARKET OUTLOOK
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the energy and oil market outlook for the 112th 
Congress, after receiving testimony from Richard Newell, Administrator, 
Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy; Richard H. 
Jones, International Energy Agency, Paris, France; Roger Diwan, PFC 
Energy,

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Washington, D.C.; and James Burkhard, Cambridge Energy Research 
Associates, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
U.S. CHEMICAL SAFETY LAWS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund, 
Toxics and Environmental Health concluded a hearing to examine 
assessing the effectiveness of United States chemical safety laws, 
after receiving testimony from Steve Owens, Assistant Administrator, 
Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, Environmental 
Protection Agency; Kelly Semrau, S. C. Johnson and Son, Inc., Racine, 
Wisconsin; Steven J. Goldberg, BASF Corporation, Florham Park, New 
Jersey; Frances Beinecke, Natural Resource Defense Council, New York, 
New York; and Cal Dooley, American Chemistry Council, and Lynn R. 
Goldman, George Washington University School of Public Health and 
Health Services, both of Washington, D.C.
AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
status of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, focusing on if declining 
balance raises concerns over ability to meet future demands, after 
receiving testimony from Gerald Dillingham, Director, Physical 
Infrastructure, Government Accountability Office.
SIMPLIFYING SECURITY FOR RETIREMENT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine simplifying security, focusing on 
encouraging better retirement decisions, after receiving testimony from 
Jean Chatzky, NBC Today, New York, New York; Lori Lucas, Callan 
Associates, Washington, D.C.; Julie Agnew, The College of William and 
Mary Mason School of Business, Williamsburg, Virginia; and Jeffrey R. 
Brown, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Business, 
Champaign, Illinois.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 23, to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent 
reform, with amendments; and
  The nominations of James E. Graves, Jr., of Mississippi, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Amy Totenberg, and Steve C. 
Jones, both 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, 
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, Max Oliver Cogburn, Jr., to be United 
States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, and 
Marco A. Hernandez, to be United States District Judge for the District 
of Oregon.
NOMINATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Stephanie O'Sullivan, of Virginia, to be 
Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, after the nominee 
testified and answered questions in her own behalf.