[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 137 (Thursday, September 15, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D975-D977]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
           ORGANIZATIONAL CHALLENGES IN ACHIEVING SOUND FINANCIAL 
                                    MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT READINESS
Committee on Armed Services: Panel on Defense Financial Management and 
   Audibility Reform held a hearing on organizational challenges in 
achieving sound financial management and audit readiness. Testimony was 
heard from Lieutenant General Mitchell H. Stevenson, USA, Deputy Chief 
of Staff, Logistics, G-4, U.S. Army; Vice Admiral David Architzel, USN 
 Commander, Naval Air Systems Command; Major General Judith A. Fedder, 
      Director of Logistics, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, 
 Installations and Mission Support, USAF; and Martha Smith, Director, 
                Defense Finance and Accounting Services.
                              SUSTAINING GPS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
 Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held a 
 hearing on sustaining GPS for national security. Testimony was heard 
from General William L. Shelton, Commander, USAF Space Command; Teresa 
  M. Takai, Chief Information Officer, Department of Defense; Julius 
Genachowski, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission; Karl Nebbia, 
   Associate Administrator, Office of Spectrum Management, National 
   Telecommunications and Information Administration, Department of 
  Commerce; and Anthony J. Russo, National Coordination Office, Space-
           Based Positioning, Navigation and Training, NOAA.
          INTERNET PRIVACY: THE IMPACT AND BURDEN OF EU REGULATION
      Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, 
 Manufacturing, and Trade held a hearing entitled ``Internet Privacy: 
  The Impact and Burden of EU Regulation.'' Testimony was heard from 
      Nicole Lamb-Hale, Assistant Secretary, International Trade 
                 Administration; and public witnesses.

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                      SAVING JOBS FROM PPACA'S HARMFUL REGULATIONS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
   entitled ``Cutting the Red Tape: Saving Jobs from PPACA's Harmful 
Regulations.'' Testimony was heard from Steve Larsen, Director, Center 
for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, Centers for Medicare 
  and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services; and 
                           public witnesses.
      LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS TO IMPROVE AND ENHANCE THE SECURITIES 
                                           AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Committee on Financial Services: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``Fixing the Watchdog: Legislative Proposals to Improve and Enhance the 
  Securities and Exchange Commission.'' Testimony was heard from Mary 
  Schapiro, Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission; and public 
                               witnesses.
                                            MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
    Committee on the Judiciary: Full Committee began markup of the 
 following: H.R. 2885, the ``Legal Workforce Act''; and H.R. 2847, the 
``American Specialty Agriculture Act.'' The Committee adjourned for the 
                    week and will resume next week.
                                              LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
  Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources held a hearing on legislation to establish in the Department 
of the Interior an Under Secretary for Energy, Lands, and Minerals and 
a Bureau of Ocean Energy, an Ocean Energy Safety Service, and an Office 
  of Natural Resources Revenue, and for other purposes. Testimony was 
     heard from Michael Bromwich, Director, BOEMRE; Donald Boesch, 
     President, Univ. of MD Center for Environmental Science, and 
Commissioner, National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill 
              and Offshore Drilling; and public witnesses.
                                              LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests 
 and Public Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1162, to 
provide the Quileute Indian Tribe Tsunami and Flood Protection, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 2087, to remove restrictions from a parcel of land 
  situated in the Atlantic District, Accomack County, Virginia; H.R. 
2336, the ``York River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2011''; H.R. 
2351, the ``North Cascades National Park Service Complex Fish Stocking 
Act''; H.R. 2352, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust 
 the boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness and the North Cascades 
National Park in order to allow the rebuilding of a road outside; H.R. 
  2606, the ``New York City Natural Gas Supply Enhancement Act''; and 
  H.R. 2687, the ``Fort Pulaski National Monument Lease Authorization 
 Act.'' Testimony was heard from Rep. Dicks; Rep. Rigell; Rep. Pingree 
   of Maine; Rep. Grimm; Rep. Kingston; Herbert C. Frost, Associate 
   Director, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science, National Park 
Service, Department of the Interior; Cas Holloway, Deputy New York City 
    Mayor, New York City, New York; Maryann J. Minard, Director of 
 Curriculum, York School Department; Wanda Thornton, Member, Accomack 
           County Board of Supervisors; and public witnesses.
                             CONNECTING INVESTORS AND JOB CREATORS
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on TARP, 
  Financial Services, and Bailouts of the Public and Private Programs 
 held a hearing entitled ``Crowdfunding: Connecting Investors and Job 
   Creators.'' Testimony was heard from Meredith B. Cross, Director, 
 Division of Corporation Finance, Securities and Exchange Commission; 
                         and public witnesses.
                     DEFENSE DEPARTMENT CONTRACTING IN AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on National 
   Security, Homeland Defense, and Foreign Operations held a hearing 
entitled ``Defense Department Contracting in Afghanistan: Are We Doing 
Enough To Combat Corruption?'' Testimony was heard from Gary J. Motsek, 
 Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Program Support, Office of 
the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Logistics and Material Readiness), 
 Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and 
    Logistics), Department of Defense; Kim Denver, Deputy Assistant 
   Secretary of the Army for Procurement, Department of Defense; and 
Brigadier General Stephen Townsend, USA, Director, Joint Staff Pakistan 
         Afghanistan Coordination Cell, Department of Defense.
                        CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS RESOLUTION, 2012
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.J. Res. 79, the 
``Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2012.'' The Committee granted, 
   by voice vote, a closed rule providing one hour of debate equally 
divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
   Committee on Appropriations. The rule waives all points of order 
 against consideration of the joint resolution. The rule provides that 
 the amendment printed in the Rules Committee report accompanying the 
 resolution shall be considered as adopted. The rule provides that the

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  joint resolution, as amended, shall be considered as read. The rule 
   provides that all points of order against provisions in the joint 
  resolution, as amended, are waived. Finally, the rule provides one 
 motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard 
           from Chairman Rogers of Kentucky; and Rep. Dicks.
                              EPA'S CROSS-STATE AIR POLLUTION RULE
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Full Committee held a 
  hearing entitled ``Out of Thin Air: EPA's Cross-State Air Pollution 
       Rule.'' Testimony was heard from Gina McCarthy, Assistant 
    Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, EPA; Bryan W. Shaw, 
     Chairman, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; Barry T. 
  Smitherman, Commissioner, Texas Railroad Commission; Chip Merriam, 
Chief Legislative and Regulatory Compliance Officer, Orlando Utilities 
                   Commission; and public witnesses.
                                  HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES COMPETE
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce 
held a hearing entitled ``Helping Small Businesses Compete: Challenges 
 Within Programs Designed To Assist Small Contractors.'' Testimony was 
  heard from Joseph G. Jordan, Associate Administrator of Government 
 Contracting and Business Development, Small Business Administration; 
    Jiyoung Park, Associate Administrator, Office of Small Business 
  Utilization, General Services Administration; and William B. Shear, 
   Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, Government 
                         Accountability Office.
Joint Meetings
       No joint committee meetings were held.

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