[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 132 (Thursday, September 8, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D934-D935]
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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  An original bill entitled, ``Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act 
of 2011'';
  An original bill entitled, ``Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization 
Act of 2011''; and
  The nominations of Anthony Frank D'Agostino, of Maryland, and Gregory 
Karawan, of Virginia, both to be a Director of the Securities Investor 
Protection Corporation, Luis A. Aguilar, of Georgia, and Daniel M. 
Gallagher, Jr., of Maryland, both to be a Member of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission, S. Roy Woodall, Jr., of Kentucky, to be a Member 
of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, Martin J. Gruenberg, of 
Maryland, to be a Member and to be Chairperson of the Board of 
Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Thomas J. 
Curry, of Massachusetts, to be Comptroller of the Currency, Department 
of the Treasury.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported an original bill entitled, ``The Surface Transportation 
Extension Act of 2012.''
TAX REFORM OPTIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine tax 
reform options, focusing on international issues, after receiving 
testimony from Philip R. West, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, D.C.; 
James R. Hines Jr., and Reuven S. Avi-Yonah, both of the University of 
Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor; and Scott M. Naatjes, Cargill, 
Incorporated, Wayzata, Minnesota.
AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs and International 
Environmental Protection concluded a hearing to examine Afghanistan, 
focusing on right sizing the development footprint, after receiving 
testimony from Daniel Feldman, Deputy Special Representative for 
Afghanistan and Pakistan, Department of State; and J. Alexander Thier, 
Assistant to the Administrator and Director of the Office of 
Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs, United States Agency for 
International Development.

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QUALITY AND SAFETY IN CHILD CARE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Children and Families concluded a hearing to examine quality and safety 
in child care, focusing on giving working families security, 
confidence, and peace of mind, after receiving testimony from Eric 
Karolak, Early Care and Education Consortium, Washington, D.C.; Donna 
M. Bryant, University of North Carolina FPG Child Development 
Institute, Chapel Hill; and Charlotte M. Brantley, Clayton Early 
Learning, Denver, Colorado.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 657, to encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans 
throughout the United States in order to disseminate information when a 
law enforcement officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of 
duty, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Morgan Christen, of Alaska, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Scott Wesley Skavdahl, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Wyoming, Sharon L. 
Gleason, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska, 
Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of California, Richard G. Andrews, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Delaware, Jennifer Guerin 
Zipps, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, 
and Edward M. Spooner, to be United States Marshal for the Northern 
District of Florida, Kenneth Magidson, to be United States Attorney for 
the Southern District of Texas, Robert Lee Pitman, to be United States 
Attorney for the Western District of Texas, S. Amanda Marshall, to be 
United States Attorney for the District of Oregon, John Malcolm Bales, 
to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, and 
Sarah Ruth Saldana, of Texas, to be United States Attorney for the 
Northern District of Texas, all of the Department of Justice.
NEW STATE VOTING LAWS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil 
Rights and Human Rights concluded a hearing to examine new state voting 
laws, focusing on barriers to the ballot, after receiving testimony 
from Senators Nelson (FL), and Brown (OH); Representatives Cleaver, 
Gonzalez, and Rokita; Judith A. Browne-Dianis, Advancement Project, and 
Hans A. von Spakovsky, Heritage Foundation, both of Washington, D.C.; 
and Justin Levitt, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California.