[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 16, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D124-D126]
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 the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 112th 
Congress.
NATIONWIDE NETWORK FOR FIRST RESPONDERS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine safeguarding our future, focusing on building a 
nationwide network for first responders, after receiving testimony from 
Representative King (NY); Delaware Governor Jack Markell, Dover, on 
behalf of the National Governors Association; Raymond W. Kelly, New 
York City Police Commissioner, New York, New York; Al H. Gillespie, 
North Las Vegas Fire Department Chief, Las Vegas, Nevada, on behalf of 
the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC); and Joseph L. 
Hanna, Directions, Garland, Texas.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2012 for the Department of Energy, after receiving testimony from 
Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the 
committee.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 112th Congress 
and announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Energy: Senators Cantwell (Chair), Wyden, Johnson 
(SD), Landrieu, Sanders, Udall (CO), Shaheen, Franken, Manchin, Coons, 
Risch, Barrasso, Lee, Paul, Coats, Portman, Hoeven, and Corker.
  Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests: Senators Wyden (Chair), 
Johnson (SD), Landrieu, Cantwell, Udall (CO), Shaheen, Franken, Coons, 
Barrasso, Risch, Lee, Paul, Portman, and Hoeven.
  Subcommittee on National Parks: Senators Udall (CO) (Chair), 
Landrieu, Sanders, Stabenow, Franken, Manchin, Coons, Burr, Barrasso, 
Paul, Coats, Portman, and Corker.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power: Senators Shaheen (Chair), Wyden, 
Johnson (SD), Cantwell, Sanders, Stabenow, Manchin, Lee, Risch, Coats, 
Hoeven, and Corker.

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  Senators Bingaman and Murkowski are ex officio members of each 
subcommittee.
CALL TO ACTION ON TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine national leaders' call to action on transportation, 
after receiving testimony from Thomas J. Donohue, U.S. Chamber of 
Commerce, and Richard Trumka, American Federation of Labor and Congress 
of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), both of Washington, D.C.
BUDGET
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2012, after 
receiving testimony from Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of the 
Treasury.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 
112th Congress and announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Health Care: Senators Rockefeller (Chair), Bingaman, 
Kerry, Wyden, Stabenow, Cantwell, Menendez, Carper, Cardin, Ensign, 
Grassley, Kyl, Roberts, Enzi, Cornyn, and Coburn.
  Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight: Senators Conrad (Chair), 
Baucus, Kerry, Schumer, Wyden, Cantwell, Nelson (FL), Menendez, Carper, 
Cardin, Kyl, Snowe, Crapo, Roberts, Ensign, Enzi, Cornyn, and Thune.
  Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure: 
Senators Bingaman (Chair), Rockefeller, Conrad, Kerry, Cantwell, Nelson 
(FL), Carper, Cornyn, Grassley, Roberts, Enzi, and Thune.
  Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global 
Competitiveness: Senators Wyden (Chair), Rockefeller, Kerry, Schumer, 
Stabenow, Nelson (FL), Menendez, Thune, Hatch, Grassley, Crapo, and 
Roberts.
  Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy: 
Senators Stabenow (Chair), Rockefeller, Schumer, Cardin, Coburn, Hatch, 
and Kyl.
  Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth: Senators 
Nelson (FL) (Chair), Baucus, Conrad, Bingaman, Crapo, Ensign, and 
Coburn.
  Senators Baucus and Hatch are ex officio members of each 
subcommittee.
D.C. OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine saving the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship 
Program, including S. 206, to reauthorize the DC Opportunity 
Scholarship Program, after receiving testimony from Mayor Vincent C. 
Gray, Kwame R. Brown, Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, 
Kevin P. Chavous, Black Alliance for Educational Options, and Virginia 
Walden Ford, D.C. Parents for School Choice, all of Washington, D.C.; 
and Patrick J. Wolf, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
IMPROVING FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the 
District of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine improving Federal 
employment of people with disabilities, focusing on barriers to the 
employment of people with disabilities in the federal workforce and 
leading practices that could be used to overcome these barriers, after 
receiving testimony from Yvonne Jones, Director, Strategic Issues, 
Government Accountability Office; Christine Griffin, Deputy Director, 
Office of Personnel Management; Kathleen Martinez, Assistant Secretary 
of Labor for Disability Employment Policy; and Chai Feldblum, 
Commissioner, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported an original resolution authorizing expenditures by 
the committee during the 112th Congress, an original bill entitled, 
``Technical Amendment to the Education Sciences Reform Act'', and 
Public Health Service nominations.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 112th 
Congress.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 112th 
Congress.
WEBSITES DEDICATED TO STEALING AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
targeting websites dedicated to stealing American intellectual 
property, after receiving testimony from Tom Adams, Rosetta Stone Inc., 
and Thomas M. Dailey, Verizon Communications Inc., both of Arlington, 
Virginia; Scott Turow, Authors Guild, New York, New York; Christine 
Jones, The Go Daddy Group, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona; and Denise Yee, 
Visa Inc., San Francisco, California.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Jimmie V. Reyna, of Maryland, to be United States 
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Judge for the Federal Circuit, who was introduced by Senators Cardin 
and Cornyn, John A. Kronstadt, to be United States District Judge for 
the Central District of California, who was introduced by Senator 
Feinstein, Vincent L. Briccetti, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of New York, and Arenda L. Wright Allen, to be 
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, and 
Michael Francis Urbanski, to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of Virginia, who were both introduced by Senators Webb 
and Warner, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
WORLDWIDE THREAT
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the worldwide threat, after receiving testimony from James R. 
Clapper, Director of National Intelligence; Robert S. Mueller, 
Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; 
Michael Leiter, Director, National Counterter- rorism Center; Leon 
Panetta, Director, Central Intelligence Agency; Lieutenant General 
Ronald L. Burgess, Jr., Director, Defense Intelligence Agency; and 
Philip Goldberg, Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and 
Research.
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