[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 96 (Thursday, June 30, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D718-D719]
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 Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported H.R. 
2055, making appropriations for military construction, the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2012, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Security and International Trade and Finance concluded a hearing to 
examine stakeholder perspectives on reauthorization of the Export-
Import Bank of the United States, after receiving testimony from 
Osvaldo Luis Gratacos, Inspector General, Export-Import Bank of the 
United States; and Clay Thompson, Caterpillar, Inc., Douglas Norlen, 
Pacific Environment, and David Ickert, Air Tractor, Inc., all of 
Washington, D.C.
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the state of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation (FDIC), focusing on deposit insurance, consumer protection, 
and financial stability, after receiving testimony from Sheila C. Bair, 
Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REGULATIONS OVERSIGHT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air 
and Nuclear Safety concluded an oversight hearing to examine a review 
of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations replacing the 
Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) and the Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR), 
after receiving testimony from Regina McCarthy, Assistant Administrator 
for Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency; Collin O'Mara, 
Delaware Secretary of the Environment and Energy, Dover; Bryan W. Shaw, 
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Chairman, Austin; 
Susan F. Tierney, Analysis Group, Boston, Massachusetts; Barbara Walz, 
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc., Westminster, 
Colorado; and David O. Carpenter, University at Albany Institute for 
Health and Environment, Rensselaer, New York.
STATE OF DEMOCRACY IN THE AMERICAS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, 
Peace Corps and Global Narcotics Affairs concluded a hearing to examine 
the state of democracy in the Americas, after receiving testimony from 
Roberta Jacobson, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for 
Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA); Michael Reid, The Economist, London, 
United Kingdom; Jorge I. Dominguez, Harvard University, Boston, 
Massachusetts; and Daniel W. Fisk, International Republican Institute 
(IRI), Washington, D.C.
AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc 
Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight concluded a hearing to examine 
Afghanistan reconstruction contracts, focusing on lessons learned and 
ongoing problems, and actions needed to address contract oversight and 
vetting on non-United States vendors in Afghanistan, after receiving 
testimony from William M. Solis, Director, Defense Capabilities and 
Management, Government Accountability Office; David S. Sedney, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia, and 
Kim D. Denver, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Procurement, 
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army, Acquisition, Logistics 
and Technology, both of the Department of Defense; J. Alexander Thier, 
Assistant to the Administrator, and Director, Office of Afghanistan and 
Pakistan Affairs, United States Agency for International Development; 
Larry D. Walker, The Louis Berger Group, Inc., Washington, D.C.; and 
Wahid Hakki, Contrack International, Inc., Mclean, Virginia.

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NATIVE CULTURE, LANGUAGE, AND ACCESS FOR SUCCESS IN SCHOOLS ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
S. 1262, to improve Indian education, after receiving testimony from 
William Mendoza, Acting Director, White House Initiative for Tribal 
Colleges and Universities, Department of Education; Keith Moore, 
Director, Bureau of Indian Education, Department of the Interior; 
Cedric Cromwell, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, Mashpee, Massachusetts, on 
behalf of the United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc.; Scott Russell, 
National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), Crow Agency, Montana; Amy 
Bowers, Native American Rights Fund (NARF), Boulder, Colorado; Dayna 
Brave Eagle, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Kyle, South Dakota; and Jessica 
Imotichey, Chickasaw Nation, Washington, D.C.
FINANCIAL FRAUD ENFORCEMENT TASK FORCE OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight 
and the Courts concluded an oversight hearing to examine the Financial 
Fraud Enforcement Task Force, including S. 890, to establish the 
supplemental fraud fighting account, after receiving testimony from B. 
Todd Jones, United States Attorney, District of Minnesota, Chairman, 
Attorney General's Advisory Committee, and Robb Adkins, Executive 
Director, Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force, both of the 
Department of Justice.