[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 16, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D129-D130]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
REGULATORY BURDENS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture and the 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment of the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure held a joint hearing to consider reducing 
the regulatory burdens posed by the case National Cotton Council v. EPA (6th 
Cir. 2009) and to review related draft legislation. Testimony was heard from 
Steven Bradbury, Director, Office of Pesticide Programs, EPA; and public 
witnesses.
NATIONAL DEFENSE FY 2012 BUDGET
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on the Fiscal Year 2012 national 
defense authorization budget request from the Department of Defense. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Defense: Robert M. Gates, Secretary; and ADM Michael G. Mullen, USN, 
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
TREASURY FY 2012 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Department of the Treasury 
Fiscal Year 2012 Budget. Testimony was heard from Timothy F. Geithner, 
Secretary of the Treasury.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR POLICIES AND PRIORITIES
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Held a hearing on Policies and 
Priorities at the U.S. Department of Labor. Testimony was heard from Hilda 
L. Solis, Secretary of Labor.
NET NEUTRALITY AND INTERNET REGULATION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Communications and 
Technology, held a hearing entitled ``Network Neutrality and Internet 
Regulation: Warranted or More Economic Harm Than Good?'' Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the FCC: Julius Genachowski, Chairman; 
Mignon Clyburn; Michael J. Copps; Meredith Attwell Baker; and Robert M. 
McDowell, all Commissioners.
HEALTH CARE AND THE CENTER FOR CONSUMER INFORMATION AND INSURANCE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Health Care Issues Involving the 
Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight.'' Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of Department of Health and Human 
Services: Jay Angoff, Senior Advisor, Office of the Secretary; and Steve 
Larsen, Deputy Administrator and Director, Center for Consumer Information 
and Insurance Oversight, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
FINANCIAL CRISIS INQUIRY COMMISSION
Committee on Financial Services: Held a hearing entitled ``The Final Report 
of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission.'' Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission: Phil 
Angelides, Chairman; Bill Thomas, Vice Chairman; Douglas Holtz-Eakin, 
Commissioner; Brooksley Born, Commissioner; Peter Wallison, Commissioner; 
and Bryon Georgiou, Commissioner.
HOUSING MARKET RECOVERY
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and 
Community Opportunity held a hearing entitled ``Are There Government 
Barriers to the Housing Market Recovery?'' Testimony was

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heard from David Stevens, Assistant Secretary, Housing and Commissioner of 
the Federal Housing Administration, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development; Theodore ``Ted'' Tozer, President, Government National Mortgage 
Association (Ginnie Mae); Phyllis Caldwell, Chief, Homeownership 
Preservation Office, Department of the Treasury; Douglas Holtz-Eakin, former 
Director, CBO; and public witnesses.
HEALTH CARE ACT OF 2011
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 5, Help 
Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011.
CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL MANDATE
Committee on the Judiciary: Held a hearing on the Constitutionality of the 
Individual Mandate. Testimony was heard from Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II, 
Attorney General, Virginia; and public witnesses.
FEDERAL FINANCIAL REPORTING MODEL
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government 
Organizations, Efficiency and Financial Management, hearing on Making Sense 
of the Numbers: Improving the Federal Financial Reporting Model. Testimony 
was heard from public witnesses.
THE STIMULUS: TWO YEARS LATER
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Regulatory 
Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and Government Spending held a hearing on the 
Stimulus: Two Years Later. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FAA FY 2012 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BUDGET
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space and 
Aeronautics held a hearing on a review of the Federal Aviation 
Administration's Research and Development Budget for Fiscal Year 2012. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Transportation: Victoria Cox, Air Traffic Organization, FAA; and Calvin 
Scovel, III, Inspector General; and public witnesses.
PUTTING AMERICANS BACK TO WORK
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing entitled ``Putting Americans 
Back to Work: The State of the Small Business Economy.'' Testimony was heard 
from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Ordered reported the 
following bills: H.R. 362, to redesignate the Federal building and United 
States Courthouse located at 200 East Wall Street in Midland, Texas, as the 
``George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush United States Courthouse and George 
Mahon Federal Building;'' H.R. 658, amended, FAA Reauthorization and Reform 
Act of 2011; H.R. 690, amended, Federal Trade Commission and National 
Gallery of Art Facility Consolidation, Savings, and Efficiency Act of 2011; 
and H.R. 662, Surface Transportation Act of 2011.
  The Committee also approved a Committee resolution to reduce facility 
costs by consolidating the National Gallery of Art and Federal Trade 
Commission operations in the District of Columbia.
PRESIDENT'S FY 2012 BUDGET PROPOSAL
Committee on Ways and Means: Continued hearings on the President's Fiscal 
Year 2012 Budget Proposal. Testimony was heard from Kathleen Sebelius, 
Secretary of Health and Human Services; and Jacob J. Lew, Director, OMB.
Joint Meetings
LITHUANIA'S LEADERSHIP OF THE OSCE
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Commission concluded a 
hearing to examine Lithuania's leadership of the Organization for Security 
and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), focusing on the challenges that the 
Lithuanian chairmanship faces, after receiving testimony from Audronius 
Azubalis, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania and OSCE Chair-in-Office 
for 2011, Vilnius.