[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 15, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D118-D119]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
DODD-FRANK WALL STREET REFORM AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and 
Risk Management continued hearings to review implementation of title 
VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, 
Part II. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
DEFINITIONS OF RURAL UNDER AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, 
Biotechnology and Foreign Agriculture held a hearing to review the 
various definitions of rural applied under programs operated by the 
USDA. Testimony was heard from Cheryl Cook, Deputy Under Secretary, 
Rural Development, USDA; Don Larson, Commissioner, Brookings County 
Commission Office, Brookings, South Dakota; and public witnesses.
FY 2012 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the President's Fiscal Year 
2012 Budget. Testimony was heard from Jacob J. Lew, Director, OMB.
OSHA'S IMPACT ON JOBS CREATION
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protections held a hearing on Investigating OSHA's Regulatory Agenda 
and Its Impact on Job Creation. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported the following bills: 
H.R. 358, Protect Life Act, as amended; H.R. 525, Veterinary Public 
Health Amendments Act of 2011; H.R. 528, Neglected Infections of 
Impoverished Americans Act of 2011; and H.R. 570, Dental Emergency 
Responder Act of 2011.
  The Committee also approved its Oversight Plan for the 112th 
Congress.
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the 
Economy held a hearing entitled ``Environmental Regulations, the 
Economy, and Jobs.'' Testimony was heard from Vince Ryan, Harris County 
Attorney, Houston, Texas; and public witnesses.
DODD-FRANK DERIVATIVES TITLE
Committee on Financial Services: Held a hearing entitled ``Assessing 
the Regulatory, Economic and Market Implications of the Dodd-Frank 
Derivatives Title.'' Testimony was heard from Mary Schapiro, Chairman, 
SEC; Gary Gensler, Chairman, CFTC; Daniel K. Tarullo, Member, Board of 
Governors, Federal Reserve System; and public witnesses.
FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``An Analysis of the Post-
Conservatorship Legal Expenses of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.'' 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Federal Housing 
Finance Agency: Edward DeMarco, Acting Director; and Alfred Pollard, 
General Counsel; the following officials of Fannie Mae: Michael 
Williams, CEO; and Timothy J. Mayopoulos, General Counsel; and Mike 
DeWine, Attorney General, Ohio; and public witnesses.
POLICY TOWARDS LATIN AMERICA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere 
held a hearing on Does the U.S. Have a Policy toward Latin America? 
Assessing the Impact to U.S. Interests and Allies. Testimony was heard 
from Arturo Valenzuela, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Western 
Hemisphere Affairs, Department of State.
SECURING OUR BORDERS
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Border and Maritime 
Security held a hearing entitled ``Securing Our Borders--Operational 
Control and the Path Forward.'' Testimony was heard from Michael J. 
Fisher, Chief, Border Control, Department of Homeland Security; Richard 
M. Stana, Director,

[[Page D119]]

Homeland Security and Justice, GAO; and Raul G. Salinas, Mayor, Laredo, 
Texas.
MILITARY AND OVERSEAS VOTING
Committee on House Administration: Held a hearing on Military and 
Overseas Voting: Effectiveness of the MOVE Act in the 2010 Election. 
Testimony was heard from Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General, 
Civil Rights, Department of Justice; Natalie E. Tennant, Secretary of 
State, West Virginia; J. Bradley King, Co-Director, Election Division, 
Secretary of State, Indiana; David Stafford, Supervisor of Elections, 
Escambia County, Florida; and public witnesses.
ADAM WALSH ACT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and 
Homeland Security held a hearing on the reauthorization of the Adam 
Walsh Act. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Justice: Dawn Doran, Deputy Director, SMART Office; and 
Stacia A. Hylton, Director, U.S. Marshals Service; Representative 
Patricia Colloton, Chair, Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee, 
House of Representatives, Kansas; and a public witness.
NET NEUTRALITY AND ANTITRUST
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, 
Competition and the Internet held a hearing on Ensuring Competition on 
the Internet: Net Neutrality and Antitrust. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
UNFUNDED MANDATES AND REGULATORY OVERREACH
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on 
Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and 
Procurement Reform held a hearing on Unfunded Mandates and Regulatory 
Overreach. Testimony was heard from Denise M. Fantone, Director, 
Strategic Issues, GAO; Patrice Douglas, Mayor, Edmond, Oklahoma; 
Anthony H. Griffin, County Executive, Fairfax, Virginia; and a public 
witness.
TO EXTEND EXPIRING PROVISIONS OF THE USA PATRIOT IMPROVEMENT AND 
REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2005 AND INTELLIGENCE REFORM AND TERRORISM 
PREVENTION ACT OF 2004 RELATING TO ACCESS TO BUSINESS RECORDS, 
INDIVIDUAL TERRORISTS AS AGENTS OF FOREIGN POWERS, AND ROVING WIRETAPS 
UNTIL DECEMBER 8, 2011
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a closed rule providing for 
the consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 514, to extend 
expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization 
Act of 2005 and Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 
2004 relating to access to business records, individual terrorists as 
agents of foreign powers, and roving wiretaps until December 8, 2001. 
The rule makes in order a motion by the chair of the Committee on the 
Judiciary that the House concur in the Senate amendment. The rule 
waives all points of order against consideration of the motion. The 
rule provides that the Senate amendment and the motion shall be 
considered as read. The rule provides on hour of debate on the motion 
with 40 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary and 20 minutes 
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 
of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. No testimony was 
heard.
PROJECT DELIVERY PROCESS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit held a hearing on Accelerating the Project 
Delivery Process: Eliminating Bureaucratic Red Tape and Making Every 
Dollar Count. Testimony was heard from Victor M. Mendez, Administrator, 
FHA, Department of Transportation; Debra L. Miller, Secretary, 
Department of Transportation, Kansas; and public witnesses.
PRESIDENT'S FISCAL YEAR 2012 BUDGET
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the President's Fiscal 
Year 2012 Budget Proposal. Testimony was heard from Timothy F. 
Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury.
  Prior to the hearing, the Committee approved its Oversight Plan for 
the 112th Congress.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.