[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 16, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D255-D257]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a 
hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2012 for 
the Department of the Navy, after receiving testimony from Ray Mabus, 
Secretary of the Navy, Admiral Gary Roughead, USN, Chief, Naval 
Operations, and General James F. Amos, USMC, Commandant, Marine Corps, 
all of the Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2012 for the Environmental Protection Agency, 
after receiving testimony from Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator, and 
Barbara J. Bennett, Chief Financial Officer, both of the Environmental 
Protection Agency.
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE ON IRAN
Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a closed briefing on 
the updated National Intelligence Estimate on Iran and other related 
matters from Andrew M. Gibb, National Intelligence Office for Weapons 
of Mass Destruction and Proliferation, National Intelligence Council.
MODERNIZING GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a joint hearing with the 
Task Force on Government Performance to examine modernizing government 
performance, focusing on using the new framework, and providing 
opportunities to help address fiscal, performance, and management 
challenges, after receiving testimony from Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller 
General of the United States, Government Accountability Office; John D. 
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American Progress Action Fund, Washington, D.C.; and Robert Shea, Grant 
Thornton LLP, Alexandria, Virginia.
STATE OF ONLINE CONSUMER PRIVACY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the state of online consumer privacy, after 
receiving testimony from Jon Leibowitz, Chairman, Federal Trade 
Commission; Lawrence E. Strickling, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
Communications and Information, National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration; Erich Andersen, Microsoft Corporation, 
Barbara Lawler, Intuit Inc., Christopher R. Calabrese, American Civil 
Liberties Union (ACLU), and Ashkan Soltani, all of Washington, D.C.; 
and John Montgomery, GroupM Interaction, New York, New York.
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE BP DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL AND OFFSHORE 
DRILLING REPORT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the report to the President from the National 
Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, 
after receiving testimony from former Senator Bob Graham, and William 
Reilly, both a Co-Chair, National Commission on the BP Deepwater 
Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling.
HEALTH REFORM LESSONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine health 
reform, focusing on lessons learned during the first year, after 
receiving testimony from Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and 
Human Services; and Paul N. Van De Water, Center on Budget and Policy 
Priorities, and Douglas Holtz-Eakin, American Action Forum, both of 
Washington, D.C.
LIBYA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on 
Libya from Intelligence Community Briefers.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Joseph M. Torsella, of Pennsylvania, to be 
Representative to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, 
with the rank of Ambassador, Department of State, after the nominee 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
AFGHANISTAN PROGRESS AND EXPECTATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on 
Afghanistan, focusing on progress and expectations from General David 
H. Petraeus, Commander, International Security Assistance Force, 
Afghanistan, and Michele A. Flournoy, Under Secretary for Policy, both 
of the Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the nominations of Heather A. Higginbottom, 
of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, and Carolyn 
N. Lerner, of Maryland, to be Special Counsel, Office of Special 
Counsel.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Kelvin K. Droegemeier, of 
Oklahoma, to be a Member of the National Science Board, National 
Science Foundation, and Jonathan Andrew Hatfield, of Virginia, to be 
Inspector General, Corporation for National and Community Service.
  Also, committee announced the following subcommittee assignments for 
the 112th Congress:
  Subcommittee on Children and Families: Senators Mikulski (Chair), 
Murray, Sanders, Casey, Hagan, Merkley, Franken, Bennet, Blumenthal, 
Burr, Alexander, Isakson, Paul, McCain, Roberts, and Kirk.
  Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety: Senators Murray 
(Chair), Bingaman, Franken, Bennet, Whitehouse, Blumenthal, Isakson, 
Alexander, Hatch, and Kirk.
  Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging: Senators Sanders (Chair), 
Mikulski, Bingaman, Casey, Hagan, Merkley, Whitehouse, Paul, Burr, 
Isakson, Hatch, and Murkowski.
  Senators Harkin and Enzi are ex officio members of each subcommittee.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Bernice Bouie Donald, of Tennessee, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, who was introduced by 
Senator Alexander, J. Paul Oetken, and Paul A. Engelmayer, both to be 
United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, and 
Ramona Villagomez Manglona, to be Judge for the District Court for the 
Northern Mariana Islands, who was introduced by Representative Sablan, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
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VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS LEGISLATIVE PRESENTATIONS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a joint hearing 
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the 
legislative presentations from AMVETS, Jewish War Veterans, Military 
Officers Association of America, Gold Star Wives, Blinded Veterans 
Association, Non Commissioned Officers Association, Iraq and 
Afghanistan Veterans of America, Fleet Reserve Association, after 
receiving testimony from Roy Kekahuna, Blinded Veterans Association 
(BVA), Tom Tarantino, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), 
and Stephen R. Zeitz, Jewish War Veterans of the USA, all of 
Washington, D.C.; John R. Davis, Fleet Reserve Association (FRA), 
Robert F. Norton, Military Officers Association of America, and H. Gene 
Overstreet, Non Commissioned Officers Association of the United States 
of America (NCOA), all of Alexandria, Virginia; Vivianne Cisneros 
Wersel, Gold Star Wives of America, Inc., Arlington, Virginia; and 
Jerry Hotop, AMVETS, Lanham, Maryland.
SECURITIES LENDING
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
securities lending in retirement plans, focusing on issues involving 
securities lending in plan investments, after receiving testimony from 
Charles A. Jeszeck, Acting Director, Education, Workforce, and Income 
Security, Government Accountability Office; Anthony Nazzaro, A.A. 
Nazzaro Associates, Yardley, Pennsylvania; Ed Blount, Center for the 
Study of Financial Market Evolution, Washington, D.C.; Allison R. 
Klausner, Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, New Jersey; and 
Steven R. Meier, State Street Global Advisors, Boston, Massachusetts.