[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 86 (Wednesday, June 15, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D641-D642]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
WALL STREET REFORM AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the ``Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection 
Act'' and implementation of Title VII one year later, after receiving 
testimony from Gary Gensler, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission; Michael S. Gibson, Senior Associate Director, Division of 
Research and Statistics, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System; Brooksley Born, former Commissioner, Financial Crisis Inquiry 
Commission, and former Chairperson, Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission; Daniel J. Roth, National Futures Association, and Adam 
Cooper, Citadel LLC, on behalf of Managed Funds Association, both of 
Chicago, Illinois; and Charles Conner, National Council of Farmer 
Cooperatives, and John M. Damgard, Futures Industry Association, both 
of Washington, DC.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2012 for the Department of Defense, after receiving testimony from 
Robert M. Gates, Secretary, and Admiral Michael G. Mullen, USN, 
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, both of the Department of Defense.
AUTHORIZATION: DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities met in closed session and approved for full committee 
consideration, those provisions which fall within the jurisdiction of 
the subcommittee, of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act 
for fiscal year 2012.
AUTHORIZATION: DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee began consideration of the 
proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2012, but 
did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Thursday, June 
16, 2011.
ENHANCING SAFETY AND SOUNDNESS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection concluded a hearing to 
examine enhancing safety and soundness, focusing on lessons learned and 
opportunities for continued improvement, after receiving testimony from 
Michael R. Foley, Senior Associate Director, Division of Banking 
Supervision and Regulation, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System; Christopher J. Spoth, Senior Deputy Director, Division of Risk 
Management Supervision, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; David K. 
Wilson, Deputy Comptroller, Credit and Market Risk, Office of the 
Comptroller of the Currency; Salvatore Marranca, Cattaraugus County 
Bank, Little Valley, New York, on behalf of the Independent Community 
Bankers of America; and Frank A. Suellentrop, Legacy Bank, Colwich, 
Kansas.
CLEAN AIR ACT AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the ``Clean Air Act'' and public health, after 
receiving testimony from Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator, United States 
Environmental Protection Agency; Sarah Bucic, Delaware City, on behalf 
of the American Nurses

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Association (ANA), and the Delaware Nurses Association; Jerome A. 
Paulson, on behalf of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and 
Cathy S. Woollums, MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, both of 
Washington, D.C.; M. Harvey Brenner, University of North Texas Health 
Science Center School of Public Health, Fort Worth; and Alfred Munzer, 
Washington Adventist Hospital, Takoma Park, Maryland, on behalf of 
American Thoracic Society (ATS).
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Jennifer A. Di Toro, 
Donna Mary Murphy, and Yvonne M. Williams, all to be an Associate Judge 
of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, after the nominees, 
who were all introduced by Representative Norton, testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
SOUTHWEST BORDER SECURITY
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: Caucus 
concluded a hearing to examine the continued construction of illegal 
tunnels on the southwest border of the United States and the role these 
tunnels may play in the transport of drugs, weapons and human beings, 
after receiving testimony from James A. Dinkins, Executive Associate 
Director, Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement, and Tim Durst, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, 
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement San Diego, both of the 
Department of Homeland Security; and Laura E. Duffy, U.S. Attorney, 
Southern District of California, Department of Justice.