[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 137 (Thursday, September 15, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D973-D974]
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 Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
                       following business items:
  H.R. 2219, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;


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  On page D973, September 15, 2011, the following language 
appears: BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Appropriations: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the following business items: An 
original bill (H.R. 2219) making appropriations for the Department 
of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012; An 
original bill (S. 1572) making appropriations for Departments of 
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2012;
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: BUSINESS MEETING 
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items: H.R. 2219, making appropriations for 
the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2012, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; An original 
bill (S. 1572) making appropriations for Departments of Commerce, 
Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2012;


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  An original bill (S. 1572) making appropriations for Departments of 
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2012;
  An original bill (S. 1573) making appropriations for Financial 
Services and General Government for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2012;
  An original bill (H.R. 2551) making appropriations for the 
Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012.
                                                   ECONOMIC POLICY
   Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
 policy prescriptions for the economy, after receiving testimony from 
  Mark Zandi, Moody's Analytics, West Chester, Pennsylvania; and Chad 
 Stone, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and Kevin A. Hassett, 
        American Enterprise Institute, both of Washington, D.C.
                                                       NOMINATIONS
   Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
  hearing to examine the nominations of Gregory Howard Woods, of New 
 York, to be General Counsel, David T. Danielson, of California, to be 
  Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and 
   LaDoris Guess Harris, of Georgia, to be Director of the Office of 
 Minority Economic Impact, all of the Department of Energy, after the 
     nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
                                                TAX REFORM OPTIONS
  Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine tax 
   reform options, focusing on promoting retirement security, after 
  receiving testimony from Jack VanDerhei, Employee Benefit Research 
 Institute, William G. Gale, Brookings Institution Urban-Brookings Tax 
   Policy Center, and Karen Friedman, Pension Rights Center, all of 
   Washington, D.C.; and Judy A. Miller, American Society of Pension 
           Professionals and Actuaries, Arlington, Virginia.
                    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY
 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
   on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal 
  Services, and International Security concluded a hearing to examine 
   improving financial accountability at the Department of Defense, 
     focusing on ongoing challenges in implementing the financial 
 improvement and audit readiness plan, after receiving testimony from 
Robert F. Hale, Under Secretary, and Comptroller, Elizabeth A. McGrath, 
Deputy Chief Management Officer, Gladys J. Commons, Assistant Secretary 
   of the Navy for Financial Management, and Comptroller, Mary Sally 
Matiella, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management, and 
 Comptroller, and Jamie M. Morin, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force 
  for Financial Management, and Comptroller, all of the Department of 
     Defense; and Asif A. Khan, Director, Financial Management and 
              Assurance, Government Accountability Office.
               EMPLOYMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH SIGNIFICANT DISABILITIES
    Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the future of employment for people with 
the most significant disabilities, after receiving testimony from Katy 
 Beh Neas, Easter Seals Office of Public Affairs, and Jonathan Young, 
   National Council on Disability, both of Washington, D.C.; Fredric 
 Schroeder, San Diego State University Interwork Institute, San Diego, 
    California; Ruby Moore, Georgia Advocacy Office, Decatur; Janet 
Samuelson, ServiceSource, Alexandria, Virginia; Michael Pearson, Union 
   Packaging, LLC, Yeadon, Pennsylvania; Julie Petty, Fayetteville, 
               Arkansas; and Deb Pumphrey, Ottumwa, Iowa.
                                             TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION
 Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
      tribal transportation, focusing on paving the way for jobs, 
   infrastructure, and safety in native communities, after receiving 
  testimony from John R. Baxter, Associate Administrator for Federal 
   Lands, Federal Highway Administration, and Robert Sparrow, Indian 
 Reservation Roads Program Manager, Office of Federal Lands Highways, 
both of the Department of Transportation; Paul Tsosie, Chief of Staff, 
Office of the Assistant Secretary, and Leroy Gishi, Chief, Division of 
Transportation, both of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the 
   Interior; Jefferson Keel, National Congress of American Indians, 
    Washington, D.C.; C. John Healy Sr., Intertribal Transportation 
Association, Harlem, Montana; Charles W. Murphy, and Pete Red Tomahawk, 
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of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Fort Yates, North Dakota; Wes Martel, 
and John P. Smith, both of the Eastern Shoshone Business Council, Fort 
      Washakie, Wyoming; Paulson Chaco, Navajo Nation Division of 
   Transportation, Window Rock, Arizona; and Jacque Hostler, Cher-Ae 
     Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, Trinidad, 
                              California.
                                                  BUSINESS MEETING
 Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
 nominations of Edgardo Ramos, of Connecticut, Andrew L. Carter, Jr., 
 and Jesse M. Furman, all to be a United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of New York, and James Rodney Gilstrap, to be United 
        States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas.
                                                 DISASTER RECOVERY
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
 hearing to examine disaster recovery, focusing on evaluating the role 
   of America's small business in rebuilding their communities, and 
 Federal contracting in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, 
    after receiving testimony from Albert B. Sligh, Jr., Associate 
  Administrator, Mission Support Bureau, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security; Brigadier General Theodore C. 
Harrison, Director, National Contracting Organization, U.S. Army Corps 
of Engineers, Department of the Army, Department of Defense; William T. 
   Woods, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, Government 
Accountability Office; Dale P. Rentrop, Jr., Tiger Tugz, LLC, Berwick, 
Louisiana; Mindy Nunez Airhart, Southern Services and Equipment, Inc., 
  St. Bernard, Louisiana; and Terri Bennett, Missouri Southern State 
 University Heartland Procurement Technical Assistance Center, and Sid 
    F. Davis, Big John's Heavy Equipment, both of Joplin, Missouri.
                                                      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.

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