[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 54 (Wednesday, April 13, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D404-D405]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: U.S. PACIFIC COMMAND
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
received a closed briefing on the proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2012 United States Pacific Command (PACOM), after receiving 
testimony from Admiral Robert F. Willard, USN, Commander, United States 
Pacific Command.
APPROPRIATIONS: ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates 
and justification for fiscal year 2012 for the Army Corps of Engineers 
and Bureau of Reclamation, after receiving testimony from Lieutenant 
General Robert L. Van Antwerp, Commanding General, United States Army 
Corps of Engineers, and Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army 
for Civil Works, both of the Department of Defense; and Michael L. 
Connor, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, and Anne Castle, Assistant 
Secretary for Water and Science, both of the Department of the 
Interior.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a 
hearing to examine the Active, Guard, Reserve, and civilian personnel 
programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 
2012 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony 
from Senator Nelson (FL); Sergeant Major of the Army Raymond F. 
Chandler III, USA, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick D. West, 
USN, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Carlton W. Kent, USMC, and 
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James A. Roy, USAF, all of the 
Department of Defense; Master Chief Joseph L. Barnes, USN (Ret.), Fleet 
Reserve Association, Captain Ike Puzon, USN (Ret.), Association of the 
United States Navy, and Kathleen B. Moakler, National Military Family 
Association, all of Alexandria, Virginia; Colonel Steven P. Strobridge, 
USAF (Ret.), Military Officers Association of America, Washington, 
D.C.; and Kathy Roth-Douquet, Blue Star Families, Falls Church, 
Virginia.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing to examine ballistic missile defense policies and programs in 
review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2012 and 
the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from 
Bradley H. Roberts, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear and Missile 
Defense Policy, Lieutenant General Patrick J. O'Reilly, USA, Director, 
Missile Defense Agency, and Rear Admiral Archer M. Macy, Jr., USN, 
Director, Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense Organization, Joint 
Staff, all of the Department of Defense; and Christina T. Chaplain, 
Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, Government 
Accountability Office.
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION BUDGET
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard concluded a hearing to 
examine the President's proposed budget request and oversight for 
fiscal year 2012 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration (NOAA), after receiving testimony from Jane Lubchenco, 
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, and 
Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
DOMESTIC RENEWABLE FUELS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine domestic renewable fuels, focusing on 
ethanol and advanced biofuels, after receiving testimony from Thomas 
Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture; Gina McCarthy, Assistant 
Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection 
Agency; Henry Kelly, Acting Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy 
Efficiency, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; Michael 
J. McAdams, Advanced Biofuels Association (ABFA), and Scott Faber, 
Grocery Manufacturers Association, both of Washington, D.C.; Jan 
Koninckx, DuPont Applied BioSciences, Wilmington, Delaware; Kris Kiser, 
The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute, Alexandria, Virginia; and Brooke 
Coleman, Advanced Ethanol Council, Boston, Massachusetts.
DEFICIT REDUCTION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
perspectives on deficit reduction, after receiving testimony from J.D. 
Foster, Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.; David M. Walker, former 
Comptroller General of the United States, Bridgeport, Connecticut, on 
behalf of the Comeback America Initiative; and Alan S. Blinder, 
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.

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U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUDGET
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine international development policy priorities in the fiscal year 
2012 budget, after receiving testimony from Rajiv Shah, Administrator, 
United States Agency for International Development; and Daniel W. 
Yohannes, Millennium Challenge Corporation, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 679, to reduce the number of executive positions subject to Senate 
confirmation, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 300, to prevent abuse of Government charge cards;
  S. 498, to ensure objective, independent review of task and delivery 
orders, with an amendment;
  S. 762, to improve the Federal Acquisition Institute;
  S. 191, to direct the Department of Homeland Security to undertake a 
study on emergency communications, with an amendment;
  S. Res. 128, expressing the sense of the Senate that public servants 
should be commended for their dedication and continued service to the 
Nation during Public Service Recognition Week, May 1 through 7, 2011; 
and
  The nomination of Rafael Borras, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary 
of Homeland Security for Management.
SUPPORTING VICTIMS OF CRIME
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
fulfilling our commitment to support victims of crime, after receiving 
testimony from Mary Lou Leary, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney 
General, Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice; Kent 
Burbank, Pima County Attorney's Office, Tucson, Arizona; and Margaret 
Garvin, National Crime Victim Law Institute, Portland, Oregon.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Henry F. Floyd, of South Carolina, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, who was introduced by 
Representative Clyburn, Nelva Gonzales Ramos, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, who was introduced 
by Senator Hutchison, Richard Brooke Jackson, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Colorado, who was introduced by 
Senators Udall (CO) and Bennet, Sara Lynn Darrow, to be United States 
District Judge for the Central District of Illinois, and Lisa O. 
Monaco, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney 
General, Department of Justice, who was introduced by Senator Brown 
(MA), after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine veterans' employment, focusing on improving the transition from 
the battlefield to the workforce, after receiving testimony from 
Raymond M. Jefferson, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' 
Employment and Training; John Berry, Director, U.S. Office of Personnel 
Management; John R. Campbell, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Wounded Warrior Care and Transition Policy; Garett Reppenhagen, 
Veterans Green Jobs, Denver, Colorado; Eric Smith, Iraq and Afghanistan 
Veterans of America, Baltimore, Maryland; T. L. McCreary, Military.com, 
and Michael L. Yauger, The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, both 
of Washington, D.C.
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL DEVICE APPROVAL PROCESS REFORM
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the reform of the medical 
device approval process, focusing on premarket review and postmarket 
safety efforts, after receiving testimony from Marcia Crosse, Director, 
Health Care, Government Accountability Office; William Maisel, Deputy 
Center Director for Science, Center for Devices and Radiological 
Health, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human 
Services; Diana Zuckerman, National Research Center for Women and 
Families, and David Nexon, Advanced Medical Technology Association 
(AdvaMed), both of Washington, D.C.; Frederic S. Resnic, Harvard 
Medical School Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; 
Ralph F. Hall, University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis; and 
Katherine Korgaokar, Denver, Colorado.