[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 173 (Monday, November 14, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1217-D1218]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                           NOVEMBER 15, 2011

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: To hold hearings to examine security 
issues relating to Iraq, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Full Committee, closed business meeting to consider proposed 
changes to the fiscal year 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, 
2:30 p.m., SR-236.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: To hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the Federal Housing Finance Agency, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, to 
hold hearings to examine financial security issues facing older 
Americans, 3 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: To hold hearings to examine the economic 
effects of fiscal policy choices, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: To hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Rebecca M. Blank, of 
Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce, and Jon D. Leibowitz, 
of Maryland, and Maureen K. Ohlhausen, of Virginia, both to be a 
Federal Trade Commissioner, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: To hold hearings to 
examine the Department of Energy's Quadrennial Technology Review 
(QTR), and S. 1703, to amend the Department of Energy Organization 
Act to require a Quadrennial Energy Review, and S. 1807, to amend 
the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 
to provide for the prioritization, coordination, and streamlining of 
energy research, development, and demonstration programs to meet 
current and future energy needs, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Business meeting to consider S. 
Res. 227, calling for the protection of the Mekong River Basin and 
increased United States support for delaying the construction of 
mainstream dams along the Mekong River, S. Res. 316, expressing the 
sense of the Senate regarding Tunisia's peaceful Jasmine Revolution, 
S. Res. 317, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the 
liberation of Libya from the dictatorship led by Muammar Qaddafi, 
and the nominations of Michael Anthony McFaul, of California, to be 
Ambassador to the Russian Federation, Roberta S. Jacobson, of 
Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, 
Mari Carmen Aponte, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of El Salvador, Adam E. Namm, of New York, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Ecuador, and Elizabeth M. Cousens, of 
Washington, to be Representative of the United States of America on 
the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, with the rank 
of Ambassador, and to be an Alternate Representative of the United 
States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the 
United Nations, during her tenure of service as Representative of 
the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of 
the United Nations, all of the Department of State, and routine 
lists in the Foreign Service, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: To hold 
hearings to examine medical devices, focusing on protecting patients 
and promoting innovation, 2:30 p.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: To hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Roslyn Ann Mazer, of Maryland, 
to be Inspector General, Department of Homeland Security, 3 p.m., 
SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, 
to hold hearings to examine the ``Fix Gun Checks Act'', focusing on 
better state and Federal compliance, and smarter enforcement, 2:30 
p.m., SD-226.

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  Select Committee on Intelligence: To hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 3:30 p.m., SH-219.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine Belarus, focusing on the ongoing crackdown and forces for 
change, including the extent and impact of the crackdown on the 
lives of its victims and on the larger society, and what more can be 
done by the United States and European partners to promote 
democratic change in Belarus, 10:30 a.m., 210, Cannon Building.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine the Arab Spring and Coptic Winter, focusing on sectarian 
violence and democratic transition in Egypt, 2 p.m., 210, Cannon 
Building.