[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 36 (Thursday, March 10, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D219-D221]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and

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Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2012 for the Department of Transportation, 
after receiving testimony from Ray LaHood, Secretary of Transportation.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2012 for the Department of Justice, 
after receiving testimony from Eric H. Holder Jr., Attorney General of 
the United States, Department of Justice.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2012 for the Department of Agriculture, after receiving testimony 
from Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture.
U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine the current and future worldwide threats to the 
national security of the United States, after receiving testimony from 
James R. Clapper, Jr., Director of National Intelligence; Andrew M. 
Gibb, National Intelligence Officer for Weapons of Mass Destruction; 
and Lieutenant General Ronald L. Burgess, Jr., USA, Director, Defense 
Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense.
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION BUDGET
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities, Insurance and Investment concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2012 for the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, after receiving testimony from Mary 
Schapiro, Chairman, United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
DEFENSE AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2012 for defense 
and international affairs, after receiving testimony from William J. 
Lynn III, Deputy Secretary of Defense; and Thomas R. Nides, Deputy 
Secretary of State for Management and Resources.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Philip E. Coyle III, of 
California, to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President, Kathryn D. 
Sullivan, of Ohio, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce, who was 
introduced by Senator Portman, Frances M.D. Gulland, of California, to 
be a Member of the Marine Mammal Commission, and Ann D. Begeman, of 
Virginia, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board, 
Department of Transportation, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 398, to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act to improve energy efficiency of certain appliances and equipment, 
and S. 395, to repeal certain amendments to the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act with respect to lighting energy efficiency, after 
receiving testimony from Kathleen Hogan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Energy Efficiency, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 
Department of Energy; Steven Nadel, American Council for an Energy-
Efficient Economy (ACEEE), Joseph McGuire, Association of Home 
Appliance Manufacturers, Steven Yurek, The Air-Conditioning, Heating, 
and Refrigeration Institute, Kyle Pistor, National Electrical 
Manufacturers Association (NEMA), and Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation 
of America (CFA), all of Washington, D.C.; and Howard M. Brandston, 
Hollowville, New York.
CHILD WELFARE WAIVERS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
innovations in child welfare waivers, focusing on a pathway to reform, 
after receiving testimony from Crystal Ward Allen, Public Children 
Services Association of Ohio, Columbus; William C. Bell, Casey Family 
Programs, Seattle, Washington; Isha McNeely, Portland, Oregon; and 
Joscelynn Murdock, Santa Barbara, California.
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Carolyn N. Lerner, of 
Maryland, to be Special Counsel, Office of Special Counsel, after the 
nominee testified and answered questions in her own behalf.

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INFORMATION SHARING IN THE ERA OF WIKILEAKS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine information sharing in the era of 
WikiLeaks, focusing on balancing security and collaboration, after 
receiving testimony from Patrick Kennedy, Under Secretary of State for 
Management; Teresa Takai, Chief Information Officer, and Acting 
Assistant Secretary for Networks and Information Integration, and 
Thomas Ferguson, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Intelligence, 
both of the Department of Defense; and Corin R. Stone, Intelligence 
Community Information Sharing Executive, and Kshemendra Paul, Program 
Manager, Information Sharing Environment, both of the Office of the 
Director of National Intelligence.
BRIDGEPOINT EDUCATION, INC.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine Bridgepoint Education, Inc., focusing on 
a case study in for-profit education and oversight, after receiving 
testimony from Kathleen S. Tighe, Inspector General, Department of 
Education; Arlie Thoreson Willems, Practitioner Preparation, Anamosa, 
Iowa; Sylvia Manning, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools 
Higher Learning Commission, Chicago, Illinois; and Jose Cruz, Education 
Trust, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 193, to extend the sunset of certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT 
Act, with amendments; and
  The nominations of Caitlin Joan Halligan, of New York, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, Jimmie V. 
Reyna, of Maryland, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal 
Circuit, John A. Kronstadt, to be United States District Judge for the 
Central District of California, Vincent L. Briccetti, to be United 
States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, Arenda L. 
Wright Allen, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Virginia, and Michael Francis Urbanski, to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Virginia.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.