[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 130 (Tuesday, September 6, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D919-D920]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
     (Committees not listed did not meet)
                      APPROPRIATIONS: ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
     Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development approved for full committee consideration an original bill 
                         making appropriations

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         for Energy and Water Development for fiscal year 2012.
                   APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Homeland 
  Security approved for full committee consideration an original bill 
   making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for 
                           fiscal year 2012.
                                                       NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Patricia M. Loui, of Hawaii, who 
 was introduced by Senators Inouye and Akaka, and Larry W. Walther, of 
Arkansas, who was introduced by Senators Pryor and Boozman, both to be 
  a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the 
United States, and Richard Cordray, of Ohio, to be Director, Bureau of 
  Consumer Financial Protection, who was introduced by Senator Brown 
(OH), after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
                                behalf.
                                                  BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: On Thursday, August 11, 2011, Committee announced 
                the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Health Care: Senators Rockefeller (Chair), Bingaman, 
Kerry, Wyden, Stabenow, Cantwell, Menendez, Carper, Cardin, Grassley, 
Kyl, Roberts, Enzi, Cornyn, Coburn, and Burr.
  Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight: Senators Conrad (Chair), 
Baucus, Kerry, Schumer, Wyden, Cantwell, Nelson (FL), Menendez, Carper, 
Cardin, Kyl, Snowe, Crapo, Roberts, Enzi, Cornyn, Coburn, and Thune.
  Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure: 
Senators Bingaman (Chair), Rockefeller, Conrad, Kerry, Cantwell, Nelson 
(FL), Carper, Cornyn, Grassley, Roberts, Enzi, Thune, and Burr.
  Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global 
Competitiveness: Senators Wyden (Chair), Rockefeller, Kerry, Schumer, 
Stabenow, Nelson (FL), Menendez, Thune, Hatch, Grassley, Crapo, and 
Roberts.
  Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy: 
Senators Stabenow (Chair), Rockefeller, Schumer, Cardin, Coburn, Hatch, 
and Kyl.
  Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth: Senators 
Nelson (FL) (Chair), Baucus, Conrad, Bingaman, Crapo, Coburn, and Burr.
  Senators Baucus and Hatch are ex officio members of each 
subcommittee.
                                      UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to United States Postal Service in crisis, focusing 
on proposals to prevent a postal shutdown, including S. 353, to provide 
 for improvements to the United States Postal Service, and S. 1010, to 
 amend the provisions of title 5, United States Code, relating to the 
    methodology for calculating the amount of any Postal surplus or 
supplemental liability under the Civil Service Retirement System, after 
 receiving testimony from Patrick R. Donahoe, Postmaster General/Chief 
Executive Officer, United States Postal Service; John Berry, Director, 
   Office of Personnel Management; Phillip Herr, Director, Physical 
  Infrastructure Issues, Government Accountability Office; Thomas D. 
  Levy, Segal Company, Toronto, Canada; Cliff Guffey, American Postal 
  Workers Union, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C.; Louis M. Atkins, National 
Association of Postal Supervisors, Alexandria, Virginia; Ellen Levine, 
    Hearst Magazines, New York, New York; and Tonda Rush, National 
Newspaper Association, Falls Church, Virginia.

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