[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 30, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D316-D317]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FARMING AND GAS PRICES
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine fundamentals and farming, focusing on evaluating 
high gas prices and how new rules and innovative farming can help, 
after receiving testimony from Richard G. Newell, Administrator, Energy 
Information Administration, Department of Energy; Dan M. Berkovitz, 
General Counsel, Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Stanley R. 
Townsend, Kansas Farm Bureau, Weskan; Jeff Broin, Poet, LLC, Sioux 
Falls, South Dakota; and Bruce E. Dale, Michigan State University, 
Lansing.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2012 for the 
Department of Health and Human Services, after receiving testimony from 
Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
REVIEW OF NUCLEAR SAFETY AND IMPACT OF NATURAL DISASTERS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded a hearing to examine nuclear safety in light of 
the impact of natural disasters on Japanese nuclear facilities, after 
receiving testimony from Gregory B. Jaczko, Chairman, United States 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Peter Lyons, Acting Assistant Secretary 
of Energy for Nuclear Energy; Ernest J. Moniz, Massachusetts Institute 
of Technology, and David Lochbaum, Union of Concerned Scientists, both 
of Cambridge, Massachusetts; and William Levis, PSEG Power LLC, Newark, 
New Jersey.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a 
hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2012 for 
the Department of the Air Force, after receiving testimony from Michael 
B. Donley, Secretary of the Air Force, and General Norton A. Schwartz, 
Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force, both of the Department of Defense.
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing to examine strategic forces programs of the National Nuclear 
Security Administration in review of the Defense Authorization Request 
for fiscal year 2012 and the Future Years Defense Program, after 
receiving testimony from Thomas P. D'Agostino, Under Secretary for 
Nuclear Security, and Administrator, Donald L. Cook, Deputy 
Administrator for Defense Programs, Admiral Kirkland H. Donald, USN, 
Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors, and Director, Naval Nuclear 
Propulsion, all of the National Nuclear Security Administration, 
Michael R. Anastasio, Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory, George 
H. Miller, Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Paul 
J. Hommert, Director, Sandia National Laboratories, all of the 
Department of Energy.
MOTORCOACH PASSENGER SAFETY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and 
Security concluded a hearing to examine ensuring the safety of our 
nation's motorcoach passengers, after receiving testimony from Senator 
Brown (OH); Deborah A.P. Hersman, Chairman, National Transportation 
Safety Board; Anne S. Ferro, Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier 
Safety Administration, and Ronald Medford, Deputy Administrator, 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, both of the Department 
of Transportation; and Peter J. Pantuso, American Bus Association, and 
Joan Claybrook, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, both of 
Washington, D.C.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget 
request for fiscal year 2012 for the National Park Service, after 
receiving testimony from Jonathan B. Jarvis, Director, and Bruce 
Sheaffer, Comptroller, both of the National Park Service, Department of 
the Interior.

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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a joint 
hearing with the Subcommittee on Oversight to examine the General 
Services Administration (GSA), focusing on opportunities to cut costs, 
improve energy performance, and eliminate waste, after receiving 
testimony from Martha Johnson, Administrator, General Services 
Administration; John Sindelar, HP Enterprise Services, Herndon, 
Virginia; John Bautista, Arrowhead Systems, Inc., Oshkosh, Wisconsin; 
Doug Gatlin, U.S. Green Building Council, and Jeffrey D. DeBoer, Real 
Estate Roundtable, both of Washington, D.C.; and Ward Hubbell, Green 
Building Initiative, Portland, Oregon.
TAX INCENTIVES
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine how 
complexity, uncertainty and other factors impact responses to tax 
incentives, after receiving testimony from Raj Chetty, Harvard 
University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Robert Carroll, Ernst & Young 
LLP, and Eric J. Toder, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, both of 
Washington, D.C.
TEN YEARS AFTER 9/11
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine ten years after 9/11, focusing on a 
report from the 9/11 Commission Chairmen, after receiving testimony 
from former Representative Lee Hamilton, and former New Jersey Governor 
Tom Kean, both of Washington, D.C., both of the Bipartisan Policy 
Center's National Security Preparedness Group.
SECURING THE BORDER
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine securing the border, focusing on 
building on the progress made by the Department of Homeland Security 
and challenges in securing the U.S. Southwest and northern borders, 
after receiving testimony from Richard M. Stana, Director, Homeland 
Security and Justice Issues, Government Accountability Office; Asa 
Hutchinson, former Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border and 
Transportation Security, Rogers, Arkansas; and Doris Meissner, former 
Commissioner, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department 
of Justice, Washington, D.C.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the Federal Bureau of Investigation, after receiving testimony 
from Robert S. Mueller III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Department of Justice.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., of the District of 
Columbia, to be Solicitor General of the United States, Virginia A. 
Seitz, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney 
General, who was introduced by Senator Carper, and Denise Ellen 
O'Donnell, of New York, to be Director of the Bureau of Justice 
Assistance, all of the Department of Justice, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
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 Paralyzed Veterans of America, Air Force 
Sergeants Association, Military Order of the Purple Heart, National 
Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Wounded Warrior 
Project, Vietnam Veterans of America, The Retired Enlisted Association, 
American Ex-Prisoners of War, after receiving testimony from John R. 
McCauslin, Air Force Sergeants Association, Suitland, Maryland; Charles 
Susino, American Ex-Prisoners of War, Waco, Texas; Clayton D. Jones, 
Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH), Springfield, Virginia; Linda 
S. Schwartz, The National Association of State Directors of Veterans 
Affairs, Inc. (NASDVA), Rocky Hill, Connecticut; Bill Lawson, Paralyzed 
Veterans of America, and Anthony K. Odierno, Wounded Warrior Project 
(WWP), both of Washington, D.C.; Arthur Cooper, The Retired Enlisted 
Association, Alexandria, Virginia; and John Rowan, Vietnam Veterans of 
America, Silver Spring, Maryland.