[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 120 (Tuesday, August 2, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D894]
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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Mark P. Wetjen, of Nevada, to be 
a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and Brian 
T. Baenig, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Agriculture.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Madelyn R. Creedon, of Indiana, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Global Strategic Affairs, and Alan F. Estevez, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Logistics and 
Materiel Readiness, both of the Department of Defense, and 2,698 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
HOUSING FINANCE REFORM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine housing finance reform, focusing on national 
mortgage servicing standards, after receiving testimony from Jack 
Hopkins, CorTrust Bank, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on behalf of the 
Independent Community Bankers of America; Faith Schwartz, HOPE NOW 
Alliance, Washington, D.C.; Robert M. Couch, Bradley Arant Boult 
Cummings, Birmingham, Alabama; and Peter P. Swire, The Ohio State 
University Moritz College of Law, Columbus.
ENHANCING REACTOR SAFETY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a joint 
hearing with the Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety to 
examine a review of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) near-term 
task force recommendations for enhancing reactor safety in the 21st 
century, after receiving testimony from Gregory B. Jaczko, Chairman, 
and Kristine L. Svinicki, George Apostolakis, William D. Magwood, IV, 
and William C. Ostendorff, each a Commissioner, all of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Francis Joseph Ricciardone, Jr., of 
Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey, Norman L. 
Eisen, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Czech 
Republic, who was introduced by Senator Lieberman, and Robert Stephen 
Ford, of Vermont, to be Ambassador to the Syrian Arab Republic, all of 
the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
HEALTH REFORM AND HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine health reform and health insurance 
premiums, focusing on empowering states to serve consumers, after 
receiving testimony from Senator Feinstein; Steve Larsen, Deputy 
Administrator and Director, Center for Consumer Information and 
Insurance Oversight, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 
Department of Health and Human Services; John E. Dicken, Director, 
Health Care, Government Accountability Office; Teresa Miller, Oregon 
Insurance Division, Salem; and Dan Withrow, CSS Distribution Group, 
Inc., Louisville, Kentucky, on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.