[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 166 (Wednesday, November 2, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1169-D1170]
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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1119, to reauthorize and improve the Marine Debris Research, 
Prevention, and Reduction Act, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 1307, to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to convey real 
property, including improvements, of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration in Ketchikan, Alaska;
  S. 1401, to conserve wild Pacific salmon, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 1430, to authorize certain maritime programs of the Department of 
Transportation, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1657, to amend the provisions of law relating to sport fish 
restoration and recreational boating safety;
  S. 1665, to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal 
years 2012 and 2013, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1701, to amend the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and 
Control Act of 1998, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1759, to facilitate the hosting in the United States of the 34th 
America's Cup by authorizing certain eligible vessels to participate in 
activities related to the competition; and
  The nominations of Michael A. Khouri, of Kentucky, to be a Federal 
Maritime Commissioner, Albert DiClemente, of Delaware, to be a Director 
of the Amtrak Board of Directors, and Robert L. Sumwalt III, of South 
Carolina, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board, 
and a promotion list in the U.S. Coast Guard.
EUROPEAN DEBT CRISIS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs 
concluded a hearing to examine the European debt crisis, focusing on 
strategic implications for the transatlantic alliance, after receiving 
testimony from Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, Peterson Institute for 
International Economics, Bruce Stokes, German Marshall Fund of the 
United States, Desmond Lachman, American Enterprise Institute, and 
David F. Gordon, Eurasia Group, all of Washington, D.C.
WOMEN AND THE ARAB SPRING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy and Global 
Women's Issues with

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the Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs 
concluded a joint hearing to examine women and the Arab Spring, after 
receiving testimony from Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-Large for 
Global Women's Issues, and Tamara Cofman Wittes, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Near East Affairs, and Deputy Special Coordinator for 
Middle East Transitions, both of the Department of State; Manal Omar, 
United States Institute of Peace (USIP), and Sandra L. Bunn-
Livingstone, Freedom, both of Washington, D.C.; and Mahnaz Afkhami, 
Women's Learning Partnership, Bethesda, Maryland.
AVIATION SECURITY TEN YEARS AFTER 
9/11
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine ten years after 9/11, focusing on the 
next wave in aviation security, after receiving testimony from John 
Pistole, Administrator, Transportation Security Administration, 
Department of Homeland Security; Roger Dow, U.S. Travel Association, 
and Kenneth J. Dunlap, International Air Transport Association, both of 
Washington, D.C.; and Charles M. Barclay, American Association of 
Airport Executives, Alexandria, Virginia.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Jacqueline H. Nguyen, of California, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, who was introduced by 
Senator Feinstein, and Gregg Jeffrey Costa, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, and David Campos 
Guaderrama, to be United States District Judge for the Western District 
of Texas, who were both introduced by Senators Hutchison and Cornyn, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
ASSISTED LIVING
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
ensuring quality and oversight in assisted living, after receiving 
testimony from Barbara Coulter Edwards, Director, Disabled and Elderly 
Health Programs Group, Center for Medicaid, CHIP, and Survey and 
Certification, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department 
of Health and Human Services; Martha A. Roherty, National Association 
of States United for Aging and Disabilities, and Stephen J. Maag, 
LeadingAge, both of Washington, D.C.; Larry Polivka, Florida State 
University, Tallahassee; Robert Jenkens, NCB Capital Impact, Arlington, 
Virginia; and Alfredo Navas, Cutler Bay, Florida.