[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 49 (Wednesday, April 6, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D363-D365]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee announced 
the following subcommittee assignments for the 112th Congress:
  Subcommittee on Commodities, Markets, Trade and Risk Management: 
Senators Nelson (NE) (Chair), Conrad, Baucus, Brown (OH), Bennet, 
Gillibrand, Chambliss, Cochran, Johanns, Boozman, and Grassley.

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  Subcommittee on Jobs, Rural Economic Growth and Energy Innovation: 
Senators Brown (OH) (Chair), Harkin, Conrad, Nelson (NE), Casey, 
Klobuchar, Thune, Lugar, Chambliss, Grassley, and Hoeven.
  Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry and Natural Resources: 
Senators Bennet (Chair), Leahy, Harkin, Conrad, Baucus, Klobuchar, 
Boozman, Lugar, Cochran, McConnell, and Chambliss.
Subcommittee on Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Food and Agricultural 
Research: Senators Casey (Chair), Leahy, Harkin, Brown (OH), Bennet, 
Gillibrand, Lugar, Cochran, McConnell, Johanns, and Hoeven.
  Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Marketing and Agriculture 
Security: Senators Gillibrand (Chair), Leahy, Baucus, Nelson (NE), 
Casey, Klobuchar, Johanns, McConnell, Boozman, Grassley, and Thune.
  Senators Stabenow and Roberts are ex officio members of each 
subcommittee.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAMS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine Department of Defense Health Programs, 
after receiving testimony from Lieutenant General Eric B. Schoomaker, 
Surgeon General, and Major General Patricia D. Horoho, Chief, Nurse 
Corps, both of the Army, Vice Admiral Adam M. Robinson, Jr., Surgeon 
General, and Rear Admiral Elizabeth S. Niemyer, Director, Nurse Corps, 
both of the Navy, Lieutenant General Charles B. Green, Surgeon General, 
and Major General Kimberly A. Siniscalchi, Assistant Surgeon General, 
Nursing Services, both of the Air Force, all of the Department of 
Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
open and closed hearings to examine strategic systems in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2012 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Lieutenant General 
James M. Kowalski, USAF, Commander, Air Force Global Strike Force, 
Lieutenant General Mark D. Shackelford, USAF, Military Deputy, Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Major General David J. 
Scott, USAF, Director, Operational Capability Requirements, and Deputy 
Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans, and Requirements, Major General 
William A. Chambers, USAF, Assistant Chief of Staff for Strategic 
Deterrence and Nuclear Integration, and Brigadier General Garrett 
Harencak, USAF, Commander, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, all of the 
Air Force, and Rear Admiral Terry J. Benedict, USN, Director of 
Strategic Systems Programs, Navy, all of the Department of Defense.
ACCOUNTING PROFESSION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities, Insurance and Investment concluded a hearing to examine the 
role of the accounting profession in preventing another financial 
crisis, after receiving testimony from James L. Kroeker, Chief 
Accountant, and Lynne E. Turner, former Chief Accountant, both of the 
United States Securities and Exchange Commission; James R. Doty, Public 
Company Accounting Oversight Board, Cynthia Fornelli, Center for Audit 
Quality, and Thomas Quaadman, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Center for 
Capital Markets Competitiveness, all of Washington, D.C.; Leslie 
Seidman, Financial Accounting Standards Board, Norwalk, Connecticut; 
and Anton R. Valukas, Jenner and Block, Chicago, Illinois.
THE STATE OF COMMUNITY BANKING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection to examine the state of 
community banking, focusing on opportunities and challenges, after 
receiving testimony from Maryann F. Hunter, Deputy Director, Division 
of Banking Supervision and Regulation, Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System; Sandra L. Thompson, Director, Risk Management 
Supervision, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Jennifer Kelly, 
Senior Deputy Comptroller for Midsize and Community Bank Supervision, 
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury; 
John P. Ducrest, Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions 
Commissioner, Broussard, on behalf of the Conference of State Bank 
Supervisors; William A. Loving, Pendleton Community Bank, Franklin, 
West Virginia, on behalf of the Independent Community Bankers of 
America (ICBA); Paul Reed, Ohio Bankers League, Pomeroy; and Tommy G. 
Whittaker, First Farmers Bancshares, Inc., Portland, Tennessee, on 
behalf of the American Bankers Association.
STATE AND LOCAL PERSPECTIVES ON TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine state and local perspectives on transportation, 
after receiving testimony from Cindy McKim, California Department of 
Transportation Director, Sacramento; Paul D. Degges, Tennessee 
Department of Transportation Chief Engineer, Nashville; Isiah Leggett, 
Montgomery County Executive, Rockville, Maryland;

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William Kennedy, Yellowstone County Commissioner, Billings, Montana; 
Thomas K. Wright, Regional Plan Association (RPA), Princeton, New 
Jersey; and Mike Malone, Northwest Arkansas Council, Fayetteville.
PERSPECTIVES ON THE CRISIS IN LIBYA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine perspectives on the crisis in Libya, after receiving testimony 
from Richard N. Haass, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, New 
York; Tom Malinowski, Human Rights Watch, Washington, D.C.; and Dirk 
Vandewalle, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of David Bruce Shear, of New York, to be 
Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and Kurt Walter Tong, 
of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as 
United States Senior Official for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 
(APEC) Forum, both of the Department of State, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Rafael Borras, of 
Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management, 
after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Akaka, testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
THE 2010 CENSUS AND PLANNING FOR 2020
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal 
Services, and International Security concluded a hearing to examine the 
census, focusing on learning lessons from 2010 and planning for 2020, 
including preliminary lessons learned that highlight the need for 
fundamental reforms, after receiving testimony from Robert M. Groves, 
Director, U.S. Census Bureau, and Todd J. Zinser, Inspector General, 
both of the Department of Commerce; Robert Goldenkoff, Director, 
Strategic Issues, Government Accountability Office; Daniel Castro, 
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania; Thomas M. Cook, The National Academies, Houston, Texas; 
and Arturo Vargas, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed 
Officials (NALEO) Education Fund, Los Angeles, California.
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS PRIVACY ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, focusing on government 
perspectives on protecting privacy in the digital age, after receiving 
testimony from Cameron F. Kerry, General Counsel, Department of 
Commerce; and James A. Baker, Associate Deputy Attorney General, 
Department of Justice.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Allison A. Hickey, of Virginia, to be Under 
Secretary for Benefits, and Steve L. Muro, of California, to be Under 
Secretary for Memorial Affairs, both of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf.
SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS AND STIMULANTS
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: Caucus 
concluded a hearing to examine the dangers of synthetic cannabinoids 
and stimulants, including S. 605, to amend the Controlled Substances 
Act to place synthetic drugs in Schedule I, and S. 409, to ban the sale 
of certain synthetic drugs, after receiving testimony from Joe 
Rannazzisi, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion 
Control, Drug Enforcement Administration; Erica Leary, North Coastal 
Prevention Coalition, Vista, California; and Mike Rozga, Indianola, 
Iowa.