[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 30 (Wednesday, March 2, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D178-D180]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Appropriations held a hearing on 
FY 2012 Budget Request. Testimony was heard from Phyllis K. Fong, 
Inspector General, Department of Agriculture.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations held a hearing on Patent 
and Trademark Office FY 2012 Budget Request. Testimony was heard from 
David Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and 
Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense, held a hearing on 
Department of Defense Budget Review. Testimony was heard from Robert 
Gates, Secretary of Defense; ADM Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff; and Robert Hale, Under Secretary of Defense, 
Comptroller.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations held a hearing on 
Department of Energy, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation and Naval 
Reactors FY 2012 Budget Requests. Testimony was heard from Thomas 
D'Agostino, Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, Anne Harrington, 
Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation; and ADM 
Kirkland H. Donald, Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors.
FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government Appropriations held a hearing on the Election 
Assistance Commission. Testimony was heard from Curtis Crider, 
Inspector General, Election Assistance Commission.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Security 
Appropriations held a hearing on Department of Homeland Security. 
Testimony was heard from Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland 
Security.
INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations held a hearing on Major Management 
Challenges at the EPA. Testimony was heard from David C. Trimble, 
Acting Director, Natural Resources and Environment, GAO; and Arthur A. 
Elkins, Jr., Inspector General, EPA.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction, 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations held a hearing on 
FY 2012 Budget Request. Testimony was heard from GEN James N. Mattis, 
Commander, Central Command, USMC.
FY 2012 BUDGET--ARMY
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on the FY 2012 national 
defense authorization budget request from the Department of the Army. 
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heard from John McHugh, Secretary of the Army; and GEN George W. Casey, 
Jr., Chief of Staff, USA.
STRATEGIC FORCES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held a 
hearing on the status of U.S. Strategic Forces. Testimony was heard 
from Gen. Robert Kehler, Commander, Strategic Command, USAF; James N. 
Miller, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, DOD; 
and public witnesses.
MEDICAID AND MEDICARE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Waste, Fraud, and Abuse: A 
Continuing Threat to Medicare and Medicaid.'' Testimony was heard from 
the following Department of Health and Human Services officials: John 
Spiegel, Director of Medicare Program Integrity, Centers for Medicare 
and Medicaid Services; Gerald T. Roy, Deputy Inspector General for 
Investigations, Office of the Inspector General; Omar Perez, Assistant 
Special Agent in Charge, Office of Inspector General; and Kathleen 
King, Director, Health Care Division, GAO.
MONETARY POLICY AND THE ECONOMY
Committee on Financial Services: Held a hearing on monetary policy and 
the state of the economy. Testimony was heard from Ben S. Bernanke, 
Chairman, Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
SMALL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND SMALL BUSINESSES
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions 
and Consumer Credit held a hearing entitled ``The Effect of Dodd-Frank 
on Small Financial Institutions and Small Businesses.'' Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
INEFFECTIVE FORECLOSURE MITIGATION
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and 
Community Opportunity held a hearing entitled ``Legislative Proposals 
to End Taxpayer Funding for Ineffective Foreclosure Mitigation 
Programs.'' Testimony was heard from Neil M. Barofsky, Special 
Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, Office of the 
Inspector General; David Stevens, Assistant Secretary for Housing and 
Commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration, HUD; Mercedes M. 
Marquez, Assistant Secretary, Community Planning and Development, HUD; 
and Katie Jones, Analyst in Housing Policy, CRS, Library of Congress.
AL-QAEDA IN THE ARABIAN PENNINSULA
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and 
Intelligence held a hearing entitled ``Terrorist Threat to the U.S. 
Homeland--Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).'' Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
COMMITTEE FUNDING
Committee on House Administration: Continued a hearing on Committee 
Funding for the 112th Congress.
FY 2012 BUDGET--FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICES; AND THE OFFICE OF INSULAR 
AFFAIRS
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, 
Oceans, and Insular Affairs held an oversight hearing on the Department 
of the Interior spending for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the 
Office of Insular Affairs and the President's Fiscal Year 2012 budget 
request for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Office of 
Insular Affairs. Testimony was heard from Togiola Tulafono, Governor of 
American Samoa; Tom Bussanich, Director, Budget and Grants Management 
Division, Office of Insular Affairs, Department of the Interior; and 
Rowan Gold, Acting Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of 
the Interior.
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION AND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S WATER RESOURCES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power held an 
oversight hearing on examining the spending, priorities and the 
missions of the Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Geological Survey's 
Water Resources program. Testimony was heard from the following 
Department of the Interior officials: Mike L. Connor, Commissioner, 
Bureau of Reclamation; and William Werkheiser, Associate Director for 
Water, Geological Services.
LEAVING IRAQ
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on National 
Security, Homeland Defense, and Foreign Operations held a hearing on 
U.S. Military Leaving Iraq: Is the State Department Ready? Testimony 
was heard from Patrick Kennedy, Under Secretary for Management, 
Department of States; Alexander Vershbow, Assistant Secretary of 
Defense, International Security Affairs, DOD; Frank Kendall, Principal 
Under Secretary of Defense Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, DOD; 
Stuart Bowen, Jr. Inspector General, Iraq Reconstruction; and the 
following Commission on Wartime Contracting officials: Grant Green, 
Commissioner; and Michael Thibault, Co-Chair.
LOOMING CRISIS AT USPS
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on Federal 
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and Labor Policy held a hearing on Pushing the Envelope: The Looming 
Crisis at USPS. Testimony was heard from Patrick Donahoe, Postmaster 
General and CEO, Postal Services; Ruth Goldway, Postal Regulatory 
Commission; Phil Herr, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, GAO; 
and public witnesses.
FY 2012 BUDGET--NASA
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Held a hearing on the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration FY 2012 Budget Request. 
Testimony was heard from Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Administrator, NASA.
FY 2012 BUDGET--SMALL BUSINESS
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on the Small Business 
Administration FY 2012 Budget Request. Testimony was heard from Karen 
Mills, Administrator, Small Business Administration.
FY 2012 BUDGET--EPA
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment held a hearing on Review of the FY 2012 
Budget and Priorities of the Environmental Protection Agency: Impacts 
on Jobs, Liberty, and the Economy. Testimony was heard from Nancy 
Stoner, Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, EPA; and Mathy 
Stanislaus, Assitant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency 
Response, EPA.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.