[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 72 (Tuesday, May 24, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D538-D539]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland concluded a 
hearing to examine tactical aircraft programs in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2012 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from Lieutenant General Herbert J. 
Carlisle, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Plans and 
Requirements, Lieutenant General Terry G. Robling, USMC, Deputy 
Commandant for Aviation, and Rear Admiral David L. Philman, USN, 
Director, Warfare Integration, all of the Department of Defense.
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SAFETY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security concluded an oversight 
hearing to examine air traffic control safety, after receiving 
testimony from J. Randolph Babbitt, Administrator, Federal Aviation 
Administration; Calvin L. Scovel III, Inspector General, Department of 
Transportation; Paul M. Rinaldi, National Air Traffic Controllers 
Association, Washington, D.C.; and Gregory Belenky, Washington State 
University Sleep and Performance Research Center, Spokane.
EXTREMIST GROUPS IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine al Qaeda, the Taliban, and other extremist groups in 
Afghanistan and Pakistan, after receiving testimony from Peter Bergen, 
New America Foundation, and Paul R. Pillar, and C. Christine Fair, both 
of Georgetown University, all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of William J. Burns, of Maryland, to be Deputy 
Secretary of State, after the nominee testified and answered questions 
in his own behalf.
STIMULUS CONTRACTORS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations concluded a hearing to examine stimulus 
contractors, focusing on taxes, and to determine the magnitude of known 
Federal tax debt which is owed by Recovery Act contract and grant 
recipients, and provide examples of Recovery Act contract and grant 
recipients who have known unpaid Federal taxes, after receiving 
testimony from Gregory D. Kutz, Director, Forensic Audits and 
Investigative Service, Government Accountability Office; and Daniel I. 
Gordon, Administrator, Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management 
and Budget, Executive Office of the President.
PRESCRIPTION DRUG EPIDEMIC
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism 
concluded a hearing to examine responding to the prescription drug 
epidemic, focusing on strategies for reducing abuse, misuse, diversion, 
and fraud, after receiving testimony from Senator Brown (OH); R. Gil 
Kerlikowske, Director, National Drug Control Policy, Executive Office 
of the President; Michele M. Leonhart, Administrator, Drug Enforcement 
Administration, Department of Justice; Laura Hosley, Rhode Island 
Student Assistance Services (RISAS), Warwick; and John L. Eadie, 
Brandeis University Heller School for Social Policy and Management 
Prescription Monitoring Program Center of Excellence, Waltham, 
Massachusetts.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Steve Six, of Kansas, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Tenth Circuit, Marina Garcia Marmolejo, to be United 
States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, who was 
introduced by Senator Hutchison, Michael Charles Green, to be United

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States District Judge for the Western District of New York, Wilma 
Antoinette Lewis, of the District of Columbia, to be Judge for the 
District Court of the Virgin Islands, who was introduced by 
Representative Christensen, and Major General Marilyn A. Quagliotti, 
USAF (Ret.), of Virginia, to be Deputy Director for Supply Reduction, 
Office of National Drug Control Policy, Executive Office of the 
President, 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.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nomination of Lisa O. Monaco, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice.
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