[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 113 (Tuesday, July 26, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D842-D844]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of General Martin E. Dempsey, USA for reappointment to 
the grade of general and to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 
after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.

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NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Martin J. Gruenberg, of Maryland, 
to be Chairperson and to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, who was introduced by former 
Senator Paul Sarbanes; Thomas J. Curry, of Massachusetts, to be 
Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury; and S. Roy 
Woodall, Jr., of Kentucky, to be a Member of the Financial Stability 
Oversight Council, who was introduced by Senator Nelson (NE), after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
DEFICIT REDUCTION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
perspectives on deficit reduction, focusing on a review of key issues, 
after receiving testimony from Lawrence B. Lindsey, former Director, 
National Economic Council, Fairfax, Virginia, on behalf of the Lindsey 
Group; Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; 
Michael Ettlinger, Center for American Progress Action Fund; and Chris 
Edwards, Cato Institute; all of Washington, DC.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 1280, to amend the Peace Corps Act to require sexual assault risk-
reduction and response training, and the development of sexual assault 
protocol and guidelines, the establishment of victims advocates, and 
the establishment of a Sexual Assault Advisory Council, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. Res. 216, encouraging women's political participation in Saudi 
Arabia, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. Con. Res. 17, expressing the sense of Congress that Taiwan should 
be accorded observer status in the International Civil Aviation 
Organization (ICAO);
  S. Res. 175, expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to 
ongoing violations of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of 
Georgia and the importance of a peaceful and just resolution to the 
conflict within Georgia's internationally recognized borders;
  Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the 
Government of the Republic of Rwanda Concerning the Encouragement and 
Reciprocal Protection of Investment, signed at Kigali on February 19, 
2008 (Treaty Doc. 110-23);
  Convention between the Government of the United States of America and 
the Government of the Republic of Hungary for the Avoidance of Double 
Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on 
Income, signed on February 4, 2010, at Budapest (the ``proposed 
Convention'') and a related agreement effected by an exchange of notes 
on February 4, 2010 (Treaty Doc. 111-07);
   Protocol Amending the Convention between the Government of the 
United States of America and the Government of the Grand Duchy of 
Luxembourg for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of 
Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital, signed on 
May 20, 2009, at Luxembourg (the ``proposed Protocol'') and a related 
agreement effected by the exchange of notes also signed on May 20, 2009 
(Treaty Doc. 111-08);
  Protocol Amending the Convention between the United States of America 
and the Swiss Confederation for the Avoidance of Double Taxation with 
Respect to Taxes on Income, signed at Washington on October 2, 1996, 
signed on September 23, 2009, at Washington, as corrected by an 
exchange of notes effected November 16, 2010 and a related agreement 
effected by an exchange of notes on September 23, 2009 (Treaty Doc. 
112-01);
  Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the 
Government of Bermuda relating to Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal 
Matters, signed at Hamilton on January 12, 2009 (Treaty Doc. 111-06);
  The nominations of Derek J. Mitchell, of Connecticut, to be Special 
Representative and Policy Coordinator for Burma, with the rank of 
Ambassador, 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, Paul D. 
Wohlers, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Macedonia, 
William H. Moser, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Moldova, Thomas M. Countryman, of Washington, to be Assistant 
Secretary of State for International Security and Non-Proliferation, 
Jeffrey DeLaurentis, to be Alternate Representative of the United 
States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, 
with the rank of Ambassador, and to be an Alternate Representative of 
the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of 
the United Nations, during his tenure of service as Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America for Special Political 
Affairs in the United Nations, Earl Anthony Wayne, of Maryland, to be 
Ambassador to Mexico, Arnold A. Chacon, of Virginia, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Guatemala, Sung Y. Kim, of California, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, David S.

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Adams, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary for 
Legislative Affairs, all of the Department of State; and
  Routine lists in the Foreign Service.
SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc 
Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight concluded a hearing to examine 
small business contracts, focusing on how oversight failures and 
regulatory loopholes allow large businesses to get and keep small 
business contracts, after receiving testimony from Joseph G. Jordan, 
Associate Administrator for Government Contracting and Business 
Development, Small Business Administration; Mauricio P. Vera, Chief, 
Interagency Council of Federal Office of Small and Disadvantaged 
Business Utilization Directors, and Director, Office of Small and 
Disadvantaged Business Utilization, United States Agency for 
International Development; and Mindy Connolly, Chief Acquisition 
Officer, General Services Administration.
FEDERAL WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAM FOR INJURED EMPLOYEES
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 Federal workers' 
compensation program for injured employees, including S. 261, to amend 
chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for reform 
relating to Federal employees workers' compensation, focusing on 
questions to consider in changing benefits for older beneficiaries, 
after receiving testimony from Christine M. Griffin, Deputy Director, 
Office of Personnel Management; Gary Steinberg, Acting Director, Office 
of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department of Labor; Andrew 
Sherrill, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues, 
Government Accountability Office; Joseph A. Beaudoin, National Active 
and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE), Alexandria, 
Virginia; Gregory Krohm, International Association of Industrial 
Accident Boards and Commissions, Madison, Wisconsin; and Ron Watson, 
Washington, DC, on behalf of the National Association of Letter 
Carriers (NALC).
AMERICAN DREAM AND MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine building a ladder of opportunity, 
focusing on what's working to make the American dream a reality for 
middle class families, after receiving testimony from Hilda L. Solis, 
Secretary of Labor; Tom Prinske, T. Castro Produce Company, Chicago, 
Illinois; Deborah King, 1199SEIU Training and Employment Funds, and 
Sarah Corey, IceStone, both of New York, New York; and Kenneth P. 
Green, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC.
ECONOMIC IMPERATIVE FOR ENACTING IMMIGRATION REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and 
Border Security concluded a hearing to examine the economic imperative 
for enacting immigration reform, after receiving testimony from Mayor 
Laurent F. Gilbert, Sr., Lewiston, Maine; Mayor David R. Roefaro, 
Utica, New York; Mayor Paul Bridges, Uvalda, Georgia; Bob Greifeld, 
NASDAQ OMX, New York, New York; David J. Skorton, Cornell University, 
Ithaca, New York; Brad Smith, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, 
Washington; Puneet Arora, Immigration Voice, Los Angeles, California; 
and Ronil Hira, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York.
NOMINATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Matthew G. Olsen, of Maryland, to be Director 
of the National Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of 
National Intelligence, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator 
Conrad, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
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.