[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 95 (Wednesday, June 29, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D711-D713]
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 Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 1,603 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
SWAP EXECUTION FACILITIES
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities, Insurance and Investment concluded a hearing to examine the 
emergence of swap execution facilities, focusing on a progress report, 
after receiving testimony from Kevin McPartland, Tabb Group, Ben 
Macdonald, Bloomberg, LP, James Cawley, Javelin Capital Markets, 
Stephen Merkel, BGC Partners, Inc., and Chris Bury, Jefferies and 
Company, Inc., all of New York, New York; Neal B. Brady, Eris Exchange, 
LLC, Chicago, Illinois; and William Thum, Vanguard, Washington, D.C.

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PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing, Transportation and Community Development concluded a hearing 
to examine promoting broader access to public transportation for 
America's older adults and people with disabilities, after receiving 
testimony from Lee Hammond, American Association of Retired Persons, 
Salisbury, Maryland; James Corless, Transportation for America, 
Washington, D.C.; Mary A. Leary, Easter Seals Transportation Group, 
Fairfax, Virginia; Steve Fittante, Middlesex County Area Transit, 
Phillipsburg, New Jersey; and Randal O'Toole, Cato Institute, Camp 
Sherman, Oregon.
PRIVACY AND DATA SECURITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine privacy and data security, focusing on protecting 
consumers in the modern world, after receiving testimony from Julie 
Brill, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission; Cameron F. Kerry, 
General Counsel, Department of Commerce; Austin C. Schlick, General 
Counsel, Federal Communications Commission; Scott Taylor, Hewlett-
Packard Company, Palo Alto, California; Stuart K. Pratt, Consumer Data 
Industry Association (CDIA), Ioana Rusu, Consumers Union, and Thomas M. 
Lenard, Technology Policy Institute, all of Washington, D.C.; and Tim 
Schaaff, Sony Network Entertainment International, Foster City, 
California.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Derek J. Mitchell, of Connecticut, to be 
Special Representative and Policy Coordinator for Burma, with the rank 
of Ambassador, and Frankie Annette Reed, of Maryland, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of the Fiji Islands, and to serve concurrently and 
without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Nauru, 
the Kingdom of Tonga, Tuvalu, and the Republic of Kiribati, who was 
introduced by Representative Faleomavaega, both of the Department of 
State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 473, to extend the chemical facility security program of the 
Department of Homeland Security, with an amendment; and
   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.
DIPLOMATIC SECURITY
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 the diplomat's 
shield, focusing on diplomatic security and its implications for United 
States diplomacy, and if expanded missions and inadequate facilities 
pose critical challenges to training efforts, after receiving testimony 
from Eric J. Boswell, Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic 
Security; Jess T. Ford, Director, International Affairs and Trade, 
Government Accountability Office; and Susan Rockwell Johnson, American 
Foreign Service Association, Washington, D.C.
BARRIERS TO JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
barriers to justice and accountability, focusing on how the Supreme 
Court's recent rulings will affect corporate behavior, after receiving 
testimony from Andrew Pincus, Mayer Brown LLP, and Robert Alt, The 
Heritage Foundation, both of Washington, D.C.; Melissa Hart, University 
of Colorado School of Law Byron R. White Center for the Study of 
American Constitutional Law, Boulder; James D. Cox, Duke University 
School of Law, Durham, North Carolina; and Betty Dukes, San Francisco, 
California.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Gineen Maria Bresso, of Florida, Thomas 
Hicks, of Virginia, and Myrna Perez, of Texas, all to be a Member of 
the Election Assistance Commission, after the nominees, who were all 
introduced by Senator Schumer, testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 277, to amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish hospital 
care, medical services, and nursing home care to veterans who were 
stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, while the water was 
contaminated at Camp Lejeune;
  S. 572, to amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the 
prohibition on collective bargaining with respect to matters and 
questions regarding compensation of employees of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs other than rates of basic pay;

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  S. 745, to amend title 38, United States Code, to protect certain 
veterans who would otherwise be subject to a reduction in educational 
assistance benefits;
  S. 894, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an 
increase, effective December 1, 2011, in the rates of compensation for 
veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of 
dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain 
disabled veterans;
  S. 914, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the 
waiver of the collection of copayments for telehealth and telemedicine 
visits of veterans; and
  S. 951, to improve the provision of Federal transition, 
rehabilitation, vocational, and unemployment benefits to members of the 
Armed Forces and veterans.