[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 29 (Tuesday, March 1, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D165-D166]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a 
hearing to examine the impacts of a long-term continuing resolution on 
the Department of Defense and proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2012 for the Department of Defense, after receiving testimony from 
William J. Lynn, III, Deputy Secretary, and Robert F. Hale, Under 
Secretary, Comptroller, Chief Financial Officer, both of the Department 
of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine U.S. Special Operations Command and U.S. Central 
Command in review of the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 
2012 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony 
from Admiral Eric T. Olson, USN, Commander, United States Special 
Operations Command, and General James N. Mattis, USMC, Commander, U.S. 
Central Command, both of the Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee adopted its rules of procedure 
for the 112th Congress.
SEMIANNUAL MONETARY POLICY REPORT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the 
Congress, after receiving testimony from Ben Bernanke, Chairman, Board 
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2012 for the 
Department of Education, after receiving testimony from Arne Duncan, 
Secretary of Education.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee announced 
the following subcommittee assignments for the 112th Congress:
  Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security: Senators 
Cantwell (Chair), Inouye, Boxer, Nelson (FL), Lautenberg, Klobuchar, 
Udall (NM), Warner, Begich, DeMint, Ensign, Thune, Wicker, Isakson, 
Blunt, Boozman, and Toomey.
  Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet: 
Senators Kerry (Chair), Inouye, Boxer, Nelson (FL), Cantwell, 
Lautenberg, Pryor, McCaskill, Klobuchar, Udall (NM), Warner, Begich, 
Ensign, Snowe, DeMint, Thune, Wicker, Isakson, Blunt, Boozman, Toomey, 
Rubio, and Ayotte.
  Subcommittee on Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion: 
Senators Klobuchar (Chair), Kerry, Cantwell, Pryor, Udall (NM), Warner, 
Begich, Blunt, Ensign, DeMint, Thune, Boozman, and Ayotte.
  Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance: 
Senators Pryor (Chair), Kerry, Boxer, McCaskill, Klobuchar, Udall (NM), 
Wicker, Ensign, Thune, Boozman, and Toomey.

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  Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard: 
Senators Begich (Chair), Inouye, Kerry, Nelson (FL), Cantwell, 
Lautenberg, Klobuchar, Warner, Snowe, Ensign, Wicker, Isakson, Boozman, 
Rubio, and Ayotte.
  Subcommittee on Science and Space: Senators Nelson (FL) (Chairman), 
Inouye, Kerry, Cantwell, Pryor, Warner, Boozman, Ensign, Wicker, Rubio, 
and Ayotte.
  Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine 
Infrastructure, Safety, and Security: Senators Lautenberg (Chair), 
Inouye, Kerry, Boxer, Cantwell, Pryor, McCaskill, Klobuchar, Udall 
(NM), Warner, Begich, Thune, Ensign, DeMint, Wicker, Isakson, Blunt, 
Boozman, Toomey, Rubio, and Ayotte.
  Senators Rockefeller and Hutchison are ex officio members of each 
subcommittee.
TAX POLICY
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine changes 
in the law and tax environment since the Tax Reform Act of 1986, after 
receiving testimony from Fred T. Goldberg, Jr., Jonathan Talisman, Mark 
A. Weinberger, Pamela F. Olson, and Eric Solomon, all former Assistant 
Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy.
NORTH KOREAN PROVOCATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine breaking the cycle of North Korean provocations, after 
receiving testimony from Stephen W. Bosworth, Special Representative 
for North Korea Policy, and Kurt Campbell, Assistant Secretary for East 
Asian and Pacific Affairs, both of the Department of State; L. Gordon 
Flake, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, and Marcus Noland, 
Peterson Institute for International Economics, both of Washington, 
D.C.; and Robert Carlin, Stanford University Center for International 
Security and Cooperation, Stanford, California.
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION'S HEARTLAND REGION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc 
Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight concluded a hearing to examine 
public relations contracts at the General Services Administration's 
Heartland Region, after receiving testimony from Brian D. Miller, 
Inspector General, Martha Johnson, Administrator, and Robert Peck, 
Commissioner, and Mary Ruwwe, Regional Commissioner, Heartland Region, 
both of the Public Buildings Service, all of the General Services 
Administration.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ordered favorably 
reported an original resolution authorizing expenditures by committees 
of the Senate for the periods March 1, 2011, through September 30, 
2011, and October 1, 2011, through February 28, 2013.
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a joint hearing 
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine a legislative 
presentation from Disabled American Veterans, after receiving testimony 
from Wallace E. Tyson, Washington, D.C., and Joseph A. Violante, 
Fayetteville, North Carolina, both of Disabled American Veterans.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
consider pending intelligence matters.
   Committee recessed subject to the call.