[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 15, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D245-D246]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the situation in Afghanistan, after receiving testimony from Michele 
Flournoy, Under Secretary for Policy, and General David H. Petraeus, 
U.S. Army, Commander, International Security Assistance Forces NATO, 
both of the Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Michael Vickers, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for 
Intelligence, and Jo Ann Rooney, of Massachusetts, to be Principal 
Deputy Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness, both of the 
Department of Defense, and 252 nominations in the Army, Navy, Air 
Force, and Marine Corps.
AMERICA'S HOUSING FINANCE MARKET
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Administration's report to Congress, focusing on 
reforming America's housing finance market, after receiving testimony 
from Timothy Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury; and Shaun Donovan, 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
DEBT REDUCTION TASK FORCE
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
report of the Bipartisan Policy Center's Debt Reduction Task Force, 
after receiving testimony from former Senator Pete V. Domenici, and 
Alice M. Rivlin, both Co-Chair, both of the Bipartisan Policy Center 
Debt Reduction Task Force, Washington, DC.
NASA'S POTENTIAL
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine realizing NASA's potential, focusing on 
programmatic challenges in the 21st century, after receiving testimony 
from Douglas R. Cooke, Associate Administrator, Exploration Systems 
Mission Directorate, William Gerstenmaier, Associate Administrator, 
Space Operations Mission Directorate, Leland D. Melvin, Associate 
Administrator, Education, Jaiwon Shin, Associate Administrator, 
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, Edward J. Weiler, Associate 
Administrator, Science Mission Directorate, and Woodrow Whitlow, Jr., 
Associate Administrator, Mission Support Directorate, all of National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration.
SPENDING AND BUDGET DEFICITS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal 
Services, and International Security concluded a hearing to examine 
enhancing the President's authority to eliminate wasteful spending and 
reduce the budget deficit, after receiving testimony from Virginia A. 
McMurtry, Specialist in American National Government, and Todd B. 
Tatelman, Legislative Attorney, both of the Congressional Research 
Service, Library of Congress; Maya MacGuineas, Committee for a 
Responsible Federal Budget, Arlington, Virginia; and Thomas A. Schatz, 
Citizens Against Government Waste, Bethesda, Maryland.
TRIBAL PROGRAMS BUDGET
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2012 for Tribal 
Programs, after receiving testimony from Larry Echo Hawk, Assistant 
Secretary for Indian Affairs, Michael S. Black, Director, Bureau of 
Indian Affairs, Keith Moore, Director, Bureau of Indian Education, and 
Ray A. Joseph, Principal Deputy Special Trustee, Indian Affairs, all of 
the Department of the Interior; Yvette Roubideaux, Director, Indian 
Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services; W. Ron Allen, 
National Congress of American Indians, Sequim, Washington; Mary Jane 
Oatman-Wakwak, National Indian Education Association, Washington, DC; 
Earl Barbry, Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana, Marksville, on behalf of 
the United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc. (USET); James Steele Jr., 
Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI), Pablo, Montana; John 
Blackhawk, Winnebago Tribe, Winnebago, Nebraska; Michael Finley, 
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Nespelem, Washington;

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and Walter Dasheno, Pueblo of Santa Clara, Espanola, New Mexico.
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the ``Freedom of Information Act,'' focusing on ensuring transparency 
and accountability in the digital age, after receiving testimony from 
Miriam Nisbet, Director, Office of Government Information Services, 
National Archives and Records Administration; Melanie Pustay, Director, 
Office of Information Policy, Department of Justice; Sarah Cohen, Duke 
University, Durham, North Carolina; and John D. Podesta, Center for 
American Progress Action Fund, and Tom Fitton, Judicial Watch, both of 
Washington, DC.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the fiscal year 2011 Intelligence Authorization bill and the Committee 
Activities Report for the 111th Congress.