[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 109 (Wednesday, July 20, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D809-D811]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERALS' CORPS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a 
hearing to examine providing legal services by members of the Judge 
Advocate Generals' Corps, after receiving testimony from Colonel Daniel 
J. Dell'Orto, JAGC, USA (Ret.), Chairman, and Lieutenant General Pete 
Osman, USMC (Ret.), Panel Member, both of the Independent Panel Review 
of Judge Advocate Requirements of the Department of the Navy, 
Lieutenant General Dana K. Chipman, JAGC, USA, Judge Advocate General 
of the United States Army, Vice Admiral James W. Houck, JAGC, USN, 
Judge Advocate General of the United States Navy, Lieutenant General 
Richard C. Harding, JAGC, USAF, Judge Advocate General of the United 
States Air Force, and Major General Vaughn A. Ary, USMC, Staff Judge 
Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps, all of the Department 
of Defense.
ACCESS TO CAPITAL
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Economic Policy concluded a hearing to examine access to capital, 
focusing on fostering job creation and innovation through high-growth 
startups, after receiving testimony from Ted D. Zoller, Ewing Marion 
Kauffman Foundation, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Elizabeth Conner 
Marchi, Frontier Angel Fund, LLC, Polson, Montana; and Robert F. 
Bargatze, Ligocyte Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Bozeman, Montana.
AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine building American transportation infrastructure 
through innovative funding, after receiving testimony from Polly 
Trottenberg, Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Transportation 
Policy; Stephen J. Bruno, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and 
Trainmen, Robert Dove, Carlyle Group, and T. Peter Ruane, American Road 
and Transportation Builders Association, all of Washington, D.C.; and 
J. Perry Offutt, Morgan Stanley and Co., LLC, New York, New York.
GULF OIL SPILL
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard concluded a hearing to 
examine looking to the future, focusing on lessons in prevention, 
response, and restoration from the Gulf oil spill, after receiving 
testimony from Rear Admiral Paul F.

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Zukunft, Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety, Security and 
Stewardship, United States Coast Guard, Department of Homeland 
Security; David M. Kennedy, Assistant Administrator, National Ocean 
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of 
Commerce; Grover Robinson, Escambia County Commissioner, Pensacola, 
Florida; R. Eugene Turner, Louisiana State University Department of 
Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge; Erik Milito, American 
Petroleum Institute (API), Washington, D.C.; and Jim Ayers, Ocean 
Conservancy, Juneau, Alaska.
YELLOWSTONE RIVER OIL SPILL
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the Yellowstone River oil spill, after receiving testimony from 
Bob Perciasepe, Deputy Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; 
Cynthia L. Quarterman, Administrator, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 
Safety Administration, Department of Transportation; William Kennedy, 
Yellowstone County Commissioner, Billings, Montana; Gary W. Pruessing, 
ExxonMobil Pipeline Company, Washington, D.C.; and Scott McBurney, 
Laurel, Montana.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Earl Anthony Wayne, of Maryland, to be 
Ambassador to Mexico, and Arnold A. Chacon, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Guatemala, both of the Department of 
State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
FEDERAL REGULATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded hearings to examine Federal regulation, focusing on S. 1030, 
to reform the regulatory process to ensure that small businesses are 
free to compete and to create jobs, S. 1189, to amend the Unfunded 
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) to provide for 
regulatory impact analyses for certain rules, consideration of the 
least burdensome regulatory alternative, S. 128, to amend title 44 of 
the United States Code, to provide for the suspension of fines under 
certain circumstances for first-time paperwork violations by small 
business concerns, S. 299, to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States 
Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no 
force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into 
law, S. 358, to codify and modify regulatory requirements of Federal 
agencies, S. 602, to require regulatory reform, S. 1338, to amend 
chapter 5 of title 31, United States Code, to establish the Office of 
Regulatory Integrity within the Office of Management and Budget, and S. 
1339, to provide for the compilation and reporting of participation 
data relating to Federal rulemaking, after receiving testimony from 
Senator Whitehouse; and Sally Katzen, former Administrator, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
Susan E. Dudley, George Washington University Regulatory Studies 
Center, David Goldston, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Karen 
Harned, National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), all of 
Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Phyllis Nichamoff Segal, of 
Massachusetts, Lisa M. Quiroz, of New York, John D. Podesta, of the 
District of Columbia, Matthew Francis McCabe, of Pennsylvania, 
Marguerite W. Kondracke, of Tennessee, Jane D. Hartley, of New York, 
and Richard Christman, of Kentucky, all to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service, Dan 
Arvizu, of Colorado, Alan I. Leshner, of Maryland, and William Carl 
Lineberger, of Colorado, all to be a Member of the National Science 
Board, National Science Foundation, Aaron Paul Dworkin, of Michigan, to 
be a Member of the National Council on the Arts, and Eric S. Edelman, 
of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the United 
States Institute of Peace.
DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 
598, to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State 
regulation of marriage, focusing on assessing the impact of the Defense 
of Marriage Act on American families, after receiving testimony from 
Representatives John Lewis and Nadler; Tom Minnery, Focus on the 
Family, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Joe Solmonese, Human Rights 
Campaign, Austin R. Nimocks, Alliance Defense Fund, and Edward Whelan, 
Ethics and Public Policy Center, all of Washington, D.C.; Evan Wolfson, 
Freedom to Marry, New York, New York; Ron Wallen, Indio, California; 
Andrew Sorbo, Cheshire, Connecticut; and Susan M. Murray, Ferrisburgh, 
Vermont.
COUNTERNARCOTICS EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: Caucus 
concluded a hearing to examine counternarcotics efforts in Afghanistan, 
focusing on future counternarcotics efforts in the country as United 
States troop levels are reduced in the coming

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years, after receiving testimony from Thomas M. Harrigan, Assistant 
Administrator and Chief of Operations, Drug Enforcement Administration, 
Department of Justice; William F. Wechsler, Deputy Assistant Secretary 
of Defense for Counternarcotics and Global Threats; and Brian A. 
Nichols, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for 
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.