[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 136 (Wednesday, September 14, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D965-D966]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
     (Committees not listed did not meet)
         APPROPRIATIONS: FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Service and 
    General Government approved for full committee consideration an 
original bill making appropriations for Financial Services and General 
                    Government for fiscal year 2012.
          APPROPRIATIONS: COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED 
                                                          AGENCIES
    Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies approved for full committee consideration 
an original bill making appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, 
               and Related Agencies for fiscal year 2012.
                             GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICER REQUIREMENTS
  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a 
    hearing to examine general and flag officer requirements, after 
   receiving testimony from Clifford L. Stanley, Under Secretary for 
    Personnel and Readiness, Vice Admiral William E. Gortney, USN, 
 Director, Joint Staff, General Peter W. Chiarelli, USA, Vice Chief of 
  Staff, United States Army, Admiral Mark E. Ferguson III, USN, Vice 
   Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy, General Joseph F. 
 Dunford, Jr., USMC, Assistant Commandant, United States Marine Corps, 
  and General Philip M. Breedlove, USAF, Vice Chief of Staff, United 
  States Air Force, all of the Department of Defense; and Benjamin J. 
       Freeman, Project on Government Oversight, Washington, D.C.
                                              INSURANCE REGULATION
   Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
  Securities, Insurance and Investment concluded a hearing to examine 
emerging issues in insurance regulation, after receiving testimony from 
Baird Webel, Specialist in Financial Economics, Congressional Research 
Service, Library of Congress; Therese M. Vaughan, National Association 
  of Insurance Commissioners, Washington, D.C.; Mary A. Weiss, Temple 
University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Daniel Schwarcz, University 
                 of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis.
                      REFINANCING AND RESTRUCTURING MORTGAGE LOANS
   Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
 Housing, Transportation and Community Development concluded a hearing 
to examine new ideas for refinancing and restructuring mortgage loans, 
    including S. 170, to provide for the affordable refinancing of 
mortgages held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, after receiving testimony 
from Senators Boxer and Isakson; Richard A. Smith, Realogy Corporation, 
Parsippany, New Jersey; Mark A. Calabria, Cato Institute, and David H. 
 Stevens, Mortgage Bankers Association, both of Washington, D.C.; Ivy 
  Zelman, Zelman and Associates, Beachwood, Ohio; Marcia J. Griffin, 
  HomeFree-USA, Hyattsville, Maryland; Mark Zandi, Moody's Analytics, 
West Chester, Pennsylvania; Anthony B. Sanders, George Mason University 
Mercatus Center, Fairfax, Virginia; and Christopher J. Mayer, Columbia 
                  Business School, New York, New York.
                                          INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and 
Security concluded a hearing to examine moving intercity passenger rail 
   into the future, after receiving testimony from Joseph C. Szabo, 
Federal Railroad Administrator, and Mitchell Behm, Assistant Inspector 
     General for Rail, Maritime and Economic Analysis, both of the 
  Department of Transportation; and Joseph H. Boardman, President and 
  CEO, and Ted Alves, Inspector General, National Railroad Passenger 
                      Corporation, both of AMTRAK.
                                                TAX REFORM OPTIONS
  Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine tax 
 reform options, focusing on marginal rates on high-income taxpayers, 
   capital gains and dividends, after receiving testimony from Dennis

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 Mehiel, U.S. Corrugated, Inc., New York, New York; Stephen J. Entin, 
  Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation, and Bill Rys, 
National Federation of Independent Business, both of Washington, D.C.; 
 and Leonard E. Burman, Syracuse University Maxwell School, Syracuse, 
                               New York.
                                                  BUSINESS MEETING
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
 began consideration of S. 1546, to authorize certain programs of the 
 Department of Homeland Security, but did not complete action thereon, 
         and will meet again on Wednesday, September 21, 2011.
                          SECURING THE PHARMACEUTICAL SUPPLY CHAIN
    Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
   concluded a hearing to examine securing the pharmaceutical supply 
     chain, focusing on how the Food and Drug Administration faces 
  challenges overseeing the foreign drug manufacturing supply chain, 
 after receiving testimony from Deborah M. Autor, Deputy Commissioner 
      for Global Regulatory Operations and Policy, Food and Drug 
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Marcia Crosse, 
  Director, Health Care, Government Accountability Office; Kendra A. 
Martello, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), 
 Gordon Johnston, Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA), and Allan 
Coukell, The Pew Charitable Trusts, all of Washington, D.C.; and Martin 
   VanTrieste, Amgen, Thousand Oaks, California, on behalf of Rx-360.
                TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION REAUTHORIZATION ACT
 Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
 renewing the commitment to victims of human trafficking, including S. 
1301, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2012 to 2015 for the 
  Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to 
 combat trafficking in person, after receiving testimony from Mary Lou 
 Leary, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice 
  Programs, Department of Justice; Luis CdeBaca, Ambassador-at-Large, 
  Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Department of 
 State; and Kelly Ryan, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Homeland 
Security, Office of Immigration and Border Security.

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