[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 110 (Thursday, July 21, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D818-D819]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nomination of Mark P. Wetjen, of Nevada, to be 
a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, after the 
nominee, who was introduced by Senator Reid, testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of James A. Winnefeld, Jr., USN for reappointment to 
the grade of admiral and to be Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff, General Raymond T. Odierno, USA for reappointment to the grade 
of general and to be Chief of Staff, United States Army, and General 
William M. Fraser III, USAF for reappointment to the grade of general 
and to be Commander, United States Transportation Command, all of the 
Department of Defense, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
WALL STREET REFORM ACT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine enhanced oversight after the financial crisis, 
focusing on the ``Wall Street Reform Act'' at one year, after receiving 
testimony from Representative Frank; Neal S. Wolin, Deputy Secretary, 
and John Walsh, Acting Comptroller of the Currency, both of the 
Department of the Treasury; Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman, Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Mary L. Schapiro, Chairman, 
United States Securities and Exchange Commission; Gary Gensler, 
Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission; and Martin J. 
Gruenberg, Acting Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAMS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and 
Security concluded a hearing to examine making our roads safer, 
focusing on reauthorization of the Motor Carrier Safety Programs, after 
receiving testimony from Anne S. Ferro, Administrator, Federal Motor 
Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation; 
Christopher A. Hart, Vice Chairman, National Transportation Safety 
Board; Daniel England, C.R. England, Arlington, Virginia, on behalf of 
American Trucking Associations (ATA); Jacqueline S. Gillan, Advocates 
for Highway and Auto Safety, Washington, D.C.; and Joe Rajkovacz, 
Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, Grain Valley, Missouri.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 512, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the 
Secretary of Energy to carry out programs to develop and demonstrate 2 
small modular nuclear reactor designs, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute;
  S. 916, to facilitate appropriate oil and gas development on Federal 
land and waters, to limit dependence of the United States on foreign 
sources of oil and gas, with amendments;
  Also, Committee announced the following subcommittee assignment for 
the 112th Congress:
Subcommittee on National Parks: Senators Udall (CO) (Chair), Landrieu, 
Sanders, Stabenow, Franken, Manchin, Coons, Paul, Barrasso, Coats, 
Portman, Heller, and Corker.
  Senators Bingaman and Murkowski are ex officio members of the 
subcommittee.
LEGISLATIVE ISSUES FOR TRANSPORTATION REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine legislative

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issues for transportation reauthorization, after receiving testimony 
from Susan Martinovich, Nevada Department of Transportation Director, 
Carson City, on behalf of the American Association of State Highway and 
Transportation Officials (AASHTO); Gary Ridley, Oklahoma Secretary of 
Transportation, Oklahoma City; Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa, Los 
Angeles, California; Terry O'Sullivan, Laborers' International Union of 
North America (LIUNA), Deron Lovaas, Natural Resources Defense Council 
(NRDC), and Gregory M. Cohen, American Highway Users Alliance, all of 
Washington, D.C.; and Donald M. James, Vulcan Materials Company, 
Birmingham, Alabama.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Sung Y. Kim, of California, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Korea, Department of State, after the nominee 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
FOR-PROFIT HIGHER EDUCATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine improving for-profit higher education, 
focusing on a roundtable discussion of policy solutions, after 
receiving testimony from Holly Petraeus, Team Lead, Office of Service 
Member Affairs, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Implementation 
Team, Department of the Treasury; Michael Barr, University of Michigan 
Law School, Ann Arbor; Hayes Batson, Regency Beauty Institute, Brooklyn 
Park, Minnesota; Jose Cruz, Education Trust, and Barmak Nassirian, 
American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, 
both of Washington, D.C.; Daniel Hamburger, DeVry Inc., Downers Grove, 
Illinois; and Robert Shireman, California Competes, San Francisco.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS IN NATIVE COMMUNITIES
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine floods and fires, focusing on emergency preparedness for 
natural disasters in the native communities, after receiving testimony 
from Michael S. Black, Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department 
of the Interior; Craig Fugate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security; Mary Wagner, Associate Chief, Forest 
Service, Department of Agriculture; Brigadier General John R. McMahon, 
Commander, Northwestern Division, Army Corps of Engineers, Department 
of Defense; Randy Grinnell, Deputy Director, Indian Health Service, 
Department of Health and Human Services; Fred Tombar, Senior Advisor 
for Disaster Recovery, Office of the Secretary, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development; and Walter Dasheno, Santa Clara Pueblo, 
Espanola, New Mexico.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 1231, to reauthorize the Second Chance Act of 2007, with 
amendments;
  S. 27, to prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating 
generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the 
market;
  S. 1228, to prohibit trafficking in counterfeit military goods or 
services, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Christopher Droney, of Connecticut, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, Robert David Mariani, to 
be United States District Judge for the Middle District of 
Pennsylvania, Cathy Bissoon, and Mark Raymond Hornak, both to be a 
United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 
Robert N. Scola, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Florida, and Clayton D. Johnson, to be United 
States Marshal for the Northern District of Oklahoma, Department of 
Justice.
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.
REDUCING DRUG COSTS TO MEDICARE
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
reducing drug costs to Medicare, after receiving testimony from 
Jonathan Blum, Deputy Administrator and Director, Center for Medicare, 
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and 
Human Services; Philip J. Rosenfeld, University of Miami Miller School 
of Medicine Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida; Anthony P. 
Adamis, Genentech, Inc., San Francisco, California; Sean Tunis, Center 
for Medical Technology Policy (CMTP), Baltimore, Maryland; and Lisa 
Swirsky, Consumers Union, and Scott Gottlieb, American Enterprise 
Institute, both of Washington, D.C.