[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 21, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D667-D668]
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 ordered 
favorably reported H.R. 872, to amend the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act to clarify Congressional intent regarding the regulation of the use 
of pesticides in or near navigable waters.
CYBERSECURITY AND DATA PROTECTION IN THE FINANCIAL SECTOR
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine cybersecurity and data protection in the financial 
sector, after receiving testimony from Pablo A. Martinez, Deputy 
Special Agent in Charge, Criminal Investigative Division, Secret 
Service; Kevin F. Streff, Dakota State University Information Assurance 
Center, Madison, South Dakota; and Stuart K. Pratt, Consumer Data 
Industry Association, Leigh Williams, BITS, on behalf of the Financial 
Services Roundtable, and Marc Rotenberg, Electronic Privacy Information 
Center, all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of John Edgar Bryson, of 
California, to be Secretary, who was introduced by Senators Feinstein 
and Boxer, and Terry D. Garcia, of Florida, to be Deputy Secretary, 
both of the Department of Commerce, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Anne W. Patterson, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt, Michael H. Corbin, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates,

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Matthew H. Tueller, of Utah, to be Ambassador to the State of Kuwait, 
Kenneth J. Fairfax, of Kentucky, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Kazakhstan, and Susan Laila Ziadeh, of Washington, to be Ambassador to 
the State of Qatar, all of the Department of State, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
INSPIRING STUDENTS TO FEDERAL SERVICE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the 
District of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine inspiring students 
to Federal service, focusing on efforts taken to ensure effective 
campus recruitment, after receiving testimony from Christine M. 
Griffin, Deputy Director, U.S. Office of Personnel Management; Michael 
C. Kane, Chief Human Capital Officer, Department of Energy; Carolyn M. 
Taylor, Chief Human Capital Officer, Government Accountability Office; 
Timothy McManus, Partnership for Public Service, Laurel McFarland, 
National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration 
(NASPAA), and Witold Skwierczynski, American Federation of Government 
Employees, AFL-CIO, all of Washington, D.C.; and Anne Mahle, Teach for 
America, New York, New York.
SENIOR HUNGER AND THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Primary Health and Aging concluded a hearing to examine senior hunger 
and the ``Older Americans Act'', after receiving testimony from Kathy 
Greenlee, Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
Administration on Aging; Kay E. Brown, Director, Education, Workforce, 
and Income Security Issues, Government Accountability Office; Bob 
Blancato, National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services 
Programs, Washington, D.C.; Kenneth E. Gordon, Area Agency on Aging for 
Northeastern Vermont, Johnsbury; and Mary Jane Koren, Commonwealth 
Fund, New York, New York.
CYBERSECURITY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism 
concluded a hearing to examine cybersecurity, focusing on evaluating 
the Administration's proposals, after receiving testimony from 
Representative Langevin; James A. Baker, Associate Deputy Attorney 
General, Department of Justice; Greg Schaffer, Acting Deputy 
Undersecretary of Homeland Security for National Protection and 
Programs Directorate; and Ari Schwartz, Senior Internet Policy Advisor, 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce.
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.