[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 68 (Tuesday, May 17, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D513-D514]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION AND NATIONAL RAILROAD 
PASSENGER CORPORATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2012 for the Federal 
Railroad Administration and the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation, after receiving testimony from Joseph C. Szabo, Federal 
Railroad Administrator, and Joseph H. Boardman, President and CEO, 
AMTRAK, both of the Department of Transportation.
APPROPRIATIONS: UNITED STATES NORTHERN COMMAND AND UNITED STATES 
SOUTHERN COMMAND
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
received a closed briefing on the proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2012 for the United States Northern Command and the United States 
Southern Command from Admiral James A. Winnefeld, Jr., USN, Commander, 
Northern American Aerospace Defense Command, and Commander, U.S. 
Northern Command, and General Douglas M. Fraser, USAF, Commander, U.S. 
Southern Command, both of the Department of Defense.
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine reauthorization of the Export-Import 
Bank of the United States, after receiving testimony from Fred P. 
Hochberg, President and Chairman, Export-Import Bank of the United 
States.
ENERGY BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 516, to extend outer Continental Shelf leases to 
accommodate permitting delays and to provide operators time to meet new 
drilling and safety requirements, S. 843, to establish outer 
Continental Shelf lease and permit processing coordination offices, S. 
916, to facilitate appropriate oil and gas development on Federal land 
and waters, to limit dependence of the United States on foreign sources 
of oil and gas, and S. 917, to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act to reform the management of energy and mineral resources on the 
Outer Continental Shelf, after receiving testimony from Ken Salazar, 
Secretary of the Interior; Admiral Thad W. Allen (Ret.), United States 
Coast Guard, Department of Defense, Burke, Virginia; Nancy G. Leveson, 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Aeronautics and Astronautics 
Department, Cambridge; and W. Jackson Coleman, EnergyNorthAmerica, LLC, 
Washington, D.C.
FINANCING INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
financing 21st century infrastructure, after receiving testimony from 
Joseph Kile, Assistant Director, Microeconomic Studies, Congressional 
Budget Office; Edward G. Rendell, former Governor of Pennsylvania, 
Washington, D.C., on behalf of Building America's Future; Matt Posner, 
Municipal Market Advisors, Chicago, Illinois; and Gabriel Roth, Chevy 
Chase, Maryland.
STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS OF PAKISTAN AND THE REGION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine strategic implications of Pakistan and the region, after 
receiving testimony from General James L. Jones, Jr., USMC (Ret.), 
former National Security Advisor, McLean, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 618, to promote the strengthening of the private sector in Egypt 
and Tunisia, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 954, to promote the strengthening of the Haitian private sector;
  S. Con. Res. 15, supporting the goals and ideals of World Malaria 
Day, and reaffirming United States leadership and support for efforts 
to combat malaria as a critical component of the President's Global 
Health Initiative; and
  The nominations of Daniel Benjamin Shapiro, of Illinois, to be 
Ambassador to Israel, Stuart E. Jones, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, George Albert Krol, of New Jersey, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Uzbekistan, and Henry S. Ensher, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the People's Democratic Republic of 
Algeria, all of the Department of State, Mara E. Rudman, of 
Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development, Matthew Maxwell Taylor Kennedy, 
of California, and James A. Torrey, of Connecticut, both to be a Member 
of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation, and Sim Farar, of California, and William J. Hybl, of 
Colorado, both to be a Member of the United States Advisory Commission 
on Public Diplomacy, and a promotion list in the Foreign Service.

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U.S. POSTAL SERVICE'S FINANCIAL CRISIS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal 
Services, and International Security concluded a hearing to examine 
addressing the United States Postal Service's financial crisis, 
including a strategy needed to address the aging delivery fleet, after 
receiving testimony from Patrick R. Donahoe, Postmaster General and 
Chief Executive Officer, and David C. Williams, Inspector General, both 
of the United States Postal Service; Phillip Herr, Director, Physical 
Infrastructure Issues, Government Accountability Office; Margaret 
Cigno, Director, Office of Accountability and Compliance, Postal 
Regulatory Commission; Cliff Guffey, American Postal Workers Union, 
AFL-CIO, Shawnee, Oklahoma; Mark Strong, National League of 
Postmasters, Phoenix, Arizona; and Jerry Cerasale, Direct Marketing 
Association, Inc., Middletown, Connecticut.
MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine strengthening medical and public health 
preparedness and response, after receiving testimony from Nicole Lurie, 
Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Preparedness and 
Response, RADM, United States Public Health Service; Susan R. Cooper, 
Tennessee Department of Health Commissioner, Nashville; Colonel Robert 
P. Kadlec, USAF (Ret.), PRTM Management Consultants LLC, and Phyllis 
Arthur, Biotechnology Industry Organization, both of Washington, D.C.; 
and Michael R. Anderson, American Academy of Pediatrics, Cleveland, 
Ohio.
IMPROVING BORDER SECURITY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and 
Border Security concluded a hearing to examine improving security and 
facilitating commerce at America's northern border and ports of entry, 
after receiving testimony from Alan Bersin, Commissioner, U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection, and John Morton, Assistant Secretary, U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, both of the Department of Homeland 
Security.
NOMINATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Lisa O. Monaco, of the District of Columbia, 
to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, after the 
nominee testified and answered questions in her own behalf.