[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 156 (Tuesday, October 18, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1111-D1112]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
PIPELINE SAFETY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and 
Security concluded a hearing to examine pipeline safety since San Bruno 
and other recent incidents, after receiving testimony from Cynthia L. 
Quarterman, Administrator, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration, Department of Transportation; Deborah A.P. Hersman, 
Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board; Nick Stavropoulos, 
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Francisco, California; Rick 
Kessler, Pipeline Safety Trust, Bellingham, Washington; and Donald F. 
Santa, Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, and Christina 
Sames, American Gas Association, both of Washington, D.C.
OIL SPILLS IN FOREIGN OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the status of response capability and readiness for 
oil spills in foreign Outer Continental Shelf waters adjacent to United 
States waters, after receiving testimony from Michael R. Bromwich, 
Director, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Department of 
the Interior; Vice Admiral Brian M. Salerno, Deputy Commandant for 
Operations, United States Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security; 
Jorge R. Pinon, Florida International University Latin American and 
Caribbean Center Cuban Research Institute, Miami; Mark Myers, 
University of Alaska, Fairbanks; and Paul Schuler, Clean Caribbean and 
Americas, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
REVIEW OF THE 2011 FLOODS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine a review of the 2011 floods and the condition of the 
nation's flood control systems, after receiving testimony from Jo Ellen 
Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Department of 
Defense; Mayor A C Wharton, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee; Brian Dunnigan, 
Nebraska Department of Natural Resources Director, Lincoln; Gerald E. 
Galloway, University of Maryland, College Park; Larry A. Larson, 
Association of State Floodplain Managers, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin; 
Buzz Mattelin, Montana Wheat and Barley Committee, Culbertson; Terence 
J. McGean, Ocean City Engineer, Ocean City, Maryland; and Michael R. 
Lorino, Jr., Associated Branch Pilots, Metairie, Louisiana.
TAX REFORM OPTIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine tax 
reform options, focusing on incentives for charitable giving, after 
receiving testimony from Frank J. Sammartino, Assistant Director for 
Tax Analysis, Congressional Budget Office; Elder Dallin H. Oaks, Church 
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah; C. Eugene 
Steuerle, Urban Institute, and Roger Colinvaux, Catholic University of 
America Columbus School of Law, both of Washington, D.C.; Brian A. 
Gallagher, United Way Worldwide, Alexandria, Virginia; Monsignor 
Timothy C. Senior, Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania; and Russell D. Moore, Southern Baptist Theological 
Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky.
TEN YEARS AFTER 9/11 AND THE ANTHRAX ATTACKS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine ten years after 9/11 and the anthrax 
attacks, focusing on protecting against biological threats, after 
receiving testimony from Tara O'Toole, Under Secretary for Science and 
Technology Directorate, Alexander G. Garza, Assistant Secretary for 
Health Affairs and Chief Medical Officer, both of the Department of 
Homeland Security; Nicole Lurie, Assistant Secretary of Health and 
Human Services for Preparedness and Response; Vahid Majidi, Assistant 
Director, Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate, Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, Department of Justice; Robert P. Kadlec, former Special 
Assistant to the President for Biodefense Policy, Washington, D.C.; 
Thomas Inglesby, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Center for 
Biosecurity, Baltimore, Maryland; and Jeffrey Levi, Trust for America's 
Health, Alexandria, Virginia.

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THE RECESSION AND OLDER AMERICANS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Primary Health and Aging concluded a hearing to examine the recession 
and older Americans, focusing on income security and the effect of the 
2007-2009 recession on older adults, after receiving testimony from 
Barbara D. Bovbjerg, Managing Director, Education, Workforce, and 
Income Security Issues, Government Accountability Office; Eric Kingson, 
Syracuse University School of Social Work, Syracuse, New York; Sandra 
Nathan, National Council on Aging (NCOA), and Heidi Hartmann, Institute 
for Women's Policy Research, both of Washington, D.C.; and Gail 
Ruggles, Lyndonville, Vermont.
SMALL BUSINESS JOBS ACT
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, one year later, 
after receiving testimony from Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of the 
Treasury.
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.