[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 26 (Thursday, February 17, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D137-D139]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AGRICULTURE AND GROWING AMERICA'S ECONOMY
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine agriculture and growing America's economy, after 
receiving testimony from Thomas Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture; 
Keith Creagh, Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, 
Lansing; Fred Yoder, Ohio Corn and Wheat Growers Association, Plain 
City; Joe L. Outlaw, Texas A&M University Agricultural and Food Policy 
Center, College Station; and Thomas M. Hoenig, Federal Reserve Bank of 
Kansas City, Kansas City, Kansas.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered 
favorably reported an original resolution authorizing expenditures by 
the committee.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 112th 
Congress.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2012 and the Future 
Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Robert M. Gates, 
Secretary, Admiral Michael G. McMullen, USN, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of 
Staff, and Robert S. Hale, Under Secretary, Comptroller, all of the 
Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee, and 670 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: 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 Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection: 
Senators Brown (OH) (Chair), Reed, Schumer, Menendez, Akaka, Tester, 
Kohl, Merkley, Hagan, Corker, Moran, Crapo, Johanns, Toomey, DeMint, 
and Vitter.
  Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development: 
Senators Menendez (Chair), Reed, Schumer, Akaka, Brown (OH), Tester, 
Kohl, Merkley, Bennet, DeMint, Crapo, Corker, Toomey, Kirk, Moran, and 
Wicker.
  Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment: Senators Reed 
(Chair), Schumer, Menendez, Akaka, Kohl, Warner, Merkley, Bennet, 
Hagan, Johnson (SD), Crapo, Toomey, Kirk, Corker, DeMint, Vitter, 
Moran, and Wicker.
  Subcommittee on Economic Policy: Senators Tester (Chair), Warner, 
Hagan, Johnson (SD), Vitter, Wicker, and Johanns.

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  Subcommittee on Security and International Trade and Finance: 
Senators Warner (Chair), Brown (OH), Bennet, Johnson (SD), Johanns, and 
Kirk.
  Senators Johnson (SD) and Shelby are ex officio members of each 
subcommittee.
DODD-FRANK IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the Dodd-Frank implementation, focusing 
on a progress report by the regulators at the half-year mark, after 
receiving testimony from Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman, Board of Governors 
of the Federal Reserve System; Sheila C. Bair, Chairman, Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation; Mary L. Schapiro, U.S. Securities and 
Exchange Commission; Gary Gensler, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission; and John Walsh, Acting Comptroller of the Currency, Office 
of the Comptroller of the Currency.
BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2012 and Revenue 
Proposals, after receiving testimony from Timothy F. Geithner, 
Secretary of the Treasury.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported an original resolution authorizing expenditures by 
the committee.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 112th 
Congress.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported an original 
resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee.
U.S. POLICY TOWARD LATIN AMERICA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, 
Peace Corps and Global Narcotics Affairs concluded a hearing to examine 
United States policy toward Latin America, after receiving testimony 
from Arturo A. Valenzuela, Assistant Secretary of State for Western 
Hemisphere Affairs; Mark Feierstein, Assistant Administrator for Latin 
America and the Caribbean, United States Agency for International 
Development; Frank O. Mora, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Western Hemisphere Affairs; and Robert N. Kaplan, Inter-American 
Foundation, Washington, D.C.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BUDGET
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request 
for fiscal year 2012 for the Department of Homeland Security, after 
receiving testimony from Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland 
Security.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee; and
  The nominations of Sue E. Myerscough, and James E. Shadid, both to be 
a United States District Judge for the Central District of Illinois, 
Susan L. Carney, of Connecticut, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Second Circuit, and Michael H. Simon, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Oregon.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 112th Congress 
and announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts: Senators 
Klobuchar (Chair), Leahy, Kohl, Whitehouse, Coons, Sessions, Grassley, 
Lee, and Coburn.
  Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights: 
Senators Kohl (Chair), Schumer, Klobuchar, Franken, Blumenthal, Lee, 
Grassley, and Cornyn.
  Subcommittee on The Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights: 
Senators Durbin (Chair), Leahy, Whitehouse, Franken, Coons, Blumenthal, 
Graham, Kyl, Cornyn, Lee, and Coburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism: Senators Whitehouse (Chair), 
Kohl, Feinstein, Durbin, Klobuchar, Coons, Kyl, Hatch, Sessions, and 
Graham.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security: Senators 
Schumer (Chair), Leahy, Feinstein, Durbin, Franken, Blumenthal, Cornyn, 
Grassley, Hatch, Kyl, and Sessions.
  Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law: Senators Franken 
(Chair), Schumer, Whitehouse, Blumenthal, Coburn, Hatch, and Graham.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ordered favorably 
reported an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the 
committee.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 112th 
Congress.

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REAUTHORIZATION OF THE SBIR AND STTR PROGRAMS
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine reauthorization of the SBIR and STTR programs, after 
receiving testimony from Charles W. Wessner, National Research Council, 
Jere W. Glover, National Small Business Association (NSBA), and Joe 
Hernandez, Signal Genetics, on behalf of the Biotechnology Industry 
Organization (BIO), all of Washington, D.C.; Irwin Mark Jacobs, 
Qualcomm, San Diego, California; and Matthew R. Silver, Cambrian 
Innovation LLC, Somerville, Massachusetts.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee ordered 
favorably reported an original resolution authorizing expenditures by 
the committee.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 112th 
Congress.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 112th 
Congress.