[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 30 (Wednesday, March 2, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D175-D177]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Security 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2012 for the Department of Homeland Security, after receiving 
testimony from Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND FOREIGN OPERATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2012 for the Department of State and Foreign 
Operations, after receiving testimony from Hillary Rodham Clinton, 
Secretary of State.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 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 Energy, after receiving testimony from Steven Chu, 
Secretary of Energy.
THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN MANUFACTURING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the future of American manufacturing, focusing on 
maintaining America's competitive edge, after receiving testimony from 
Representative Hoyer; and Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 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 the Interior, after receiving testimony 
from Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY BUDGET
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2012 for the Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving 
testimony from Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator, Environmental Protection 
Agency.
PREVENTING HEALTH CARE FRAUD
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
preventing health care fraud, focusing on new tools and approaches to 
combat old challenges, after receiving testimony from Peter Budetti, 
Deputy Administrator and Director, Center for Program Integrity, 
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Daniel R. Levinson, 
Inspector General, both of the Department of Health and Human Services.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BUDGET
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine national security and foreign policy priorities in the fiscal 
year 2012 International Affairs Budget, after receiving testimony from 
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State.
STREAMLINING THE NOMINATIONS PROCESS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine eliminating bottlenecks, focusing on 
streamlining the nominations process, after receiving testimony from 
Clay Johnson III, Commission to Reform the Federal Appointments 
Process, Austin, Texas; Max Stier, Partnership for Public Service, 
Washington, D.C.; and Robert Dove, former Parliamentarian of the United 
States Senate, Falls Church, Virginia.
MILITARY'S TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal 
Services, and International Security concluded a hearing to examine 
preventing abuse of the Military's Tuition Assistance Program, focusing 
on the military's oversight of schools receiving Tuition Assistance 
funds and the extent of military coordination with accrediting agencies 
and the Department of Education in its oversight activities, after 
receiving testimony from Senator Harkin; Robert L. Gordon III, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family 
Policy; George A. Scott, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income 
Security, Government Accountability Office; and Kathryn McMurtry Snead, 
Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges, Atlanta, Georgia.
IMPROVING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine improving employment opportunities for 
people with intellectual disabilities, after receiving testimony from 
Lynnae Ruttledge, Commissioner, Rehabilitation Services Administration, 
Department of Education; Sharon Lewis, Commissioner, Administration on 
Developmental Disabilities, Administration for Children and Families, 
Department of Health and Human Services; Joan K. Evans, Wyoming 
Department of Workforce Services Director, Cheyenne; Randy Lewis, 
Walgreens, Co., Deerfield, Illinois; David Egan, Booz Allen Hamilton, 
Vienna, Virginia; and William E. Kiernan, University of Massachusetts 
Boston Institute for Community Inclusion.
MISSING CHILDREN
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
helping law enforcement find missing children, after receiving 
testimony from Kevin L. Perkins, Assistant Director, Criminal 
Investigative Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of 
Justice; Patty Wetterling, Jacob Wetterling Resource Center, St. Paul, 
Minnesota; Ernie Allen, National Center for Missing and Exploited 
Children, Alexandria, Virginia; James J. Keightly, Keightly and Ashner 
LLP, Washington, D.C.; and Thea M. Pirnat, Fairfax County Police 
Criminal Investigations Bureau Child Exploitation Unit, Fairfax, 
Virginia.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Goodwin Liu, of California, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Kevin Hunter Sharp, to be United 
States District Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee, who was 
introduced by Senators Alexander and Corker, Roy Bale Dalton, Jr., to 
be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, who 
was introduced by Senators Nelson (FL) and Rubio, and Claire C. Cecchi, 
and Esther Salas, both to be United States District Judge for the 
District of New Jersey, both introduced by Senators Lautenberg and 
Menendez, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf.

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS BUDGET
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2012 
for the Department of Veterans Affairs, focusing on the Independent 
Budget, after receiving testimony from Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary, 
Robert A. Petzel, Under Secretary for Health, Michael Walcoff, Acting 
Under Secretary for Benefits, Steve L. Muro, Acting Under Secretary for 
Memorial Affairs, Roger W. Baker, Assistant Secretary for Information 
and Technology, and W. Todd Grams, Acting Assistant Secretary for 
Management, all of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Carl Blake, 
Paralyzed Veterans of America, Joseph A. Violante, Disabled American 
Veterans, Raymond C. Kelley, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Tim Tetz, 
The American Legion, all of Washington, D.C.; Christina M. Roof, 
AMVETS, Lanham, Maryland; and Maryann D. Hooker, Delaware VA Medical 
Center, Wilmington, on behalf of the American Federation of Government 
Employees (AFL-CIO).
ENDING ELDER ABUSE
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
ending elder abuse, neglect and financial exploitation, including 
challenges state Adult Protective Services programs face in 
identifying, investigating, and resolving elder abuse cases, after 
receiving testimony from Kay E. Brown, Director, Education, Workforce, 
and Income Security, Government Accountability Office; Kathleen M. 
Quinn, National Adult Protective Services Association, and Marie-
Therese Connolly, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 
both of Washington, D.C.; Mark Lachs, New York Presbyterian Health Care 
System, New York, New York; Bonnie Brandl, National Clearinghouse on 
Abuse in Late Life, Superior, Colorado; and Mickey Rooney, Los Angeles, 
California.