[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 48 (Tuesday, April 5, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D352-D353]
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 TREASURY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2012 and oversight of prior year funding for 
the Department of the Treasury, after receiving testimony from Timothy 
Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
U.S. Northern Command and U.S. Southern Command in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2012 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Admiral James A. 
Winnefeld, Jr., United States Navy, Commander, United States

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Northern Command, and Commander, North American Aerospace Defense 
Command, and General Douglas M. Fraser, United States Air Force, 
Commander, United States Southern Command, both of the Department of 
Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland concluded a 
hearing to examine Army modernization in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2012 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from General Peter W. Chiarelli, 
USA, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, Lieutenant General Robert P. 
Lennox, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army (G-8), and Lieutenant 
General William N. Phillips, USA, Principal Military Deputy to the 
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and 
Technology, and Director, Acquisition Career Management, all of the 
Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination 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.
TOURISM IN AMERICA
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion concluded a hearing 
to examine tourism in America, focusing on removing barriers and 
promoting growth, after receiving testimony from Nicole Y. Lamb-Hale, 
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Manufacturing and Services; David 
T. Donahue, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Visa Services; John 
Wagner, Executive Director, Admissibility and Passenger Programs, 
Office of Field Operations, Customs and Border Protection, Department 
of Homeland Security; Stephen J. Cloobeck, Corporation for Travel 
Promotion, Las Vegas, Nevada; Nancy Johnson, Carlson Hotels, 
Minnetonka, Minnesota; John Sprouls, Universal Orlando, Orlando, 
Florida, on behalf of Universal Parks and Resorts; and Roger Dow, U.S. 
Travel Association, Washington, D.C.
CONNECTING NATIVE NATIONS AND COMMUNITIES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine closing the digital divide, focusing on connecting 
native nations and communities to the 21st century, after receiving 
testimony from Geoffrey Blackwell, Chief, Office of Native Affairs and 
Policy, Federal Communications Commission; Alapaki Nahale-a, Hawaiian 
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Chairman, Honolulu; Loris Taylor, 
Native Public Media, Flagstaff, Arizona, on behalf of the National 
Congress of American Indians; Myron P. Naneng, Sr., Association of 
Village Council Presidents, Bethel, Alaska; and John Badal, Sacred Wind 
Communications, Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nomination of Daniel M. Ashe, of Maryland, to be Director 
of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the 
Interior.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Mara E. Rudman, of Massachusetts, to be an 
Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, who was introduced by Senator Reed, and Robert Patterson, 
of New York, to be Ambassador to Turkmenistan, Department of State, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Jonathan Scott Gration, of New Jersey, to be 
to the Republic of Kenya, and Michelle D. Gavin, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Botswana, both of the 
Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
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.