[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 174 (Tuesday, November 15, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1224-D1225]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
IRAQ
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
security issues relating to Iraq, after receiving testimony from Leon 
E. Panetta, Secretary, and General Martin E. Dempsey, USA, Chairman, 
Joint Chiefs of Staff, both of the Department of Defense; Brett H. 
McGurk, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, New York; and Douglas 
A. Ollivant, New America Foundation, and Kenneth M. Pollack, Brookings 
Institution, both of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original bill entitled, ``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2012''.
FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY OVERSIGHT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the Federal Housing Finance Agency, 
including S. 1834, to restore and repair the United States mortgage 
markets by making them transparent, bringing in private capital, 
winding down the Government-sponsored enterprises, after receiving 
testimony from Edward J. DeMarco, Acting Director, Federal Housing 
Finance Agency.
FINANCIAL SECURITY ISSUES
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection concluded a hearing to 
examine financial security issues facing older Americans, after 
receiving testimony from Hubert H. Humphrey III, Assistant Director, 
Office for Older Americans, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; and 
Julie Nepveu, AARP, Washington, D.C.
FISCAL POLICY
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
economic effects of fiscal policy choices, after receiving testimony 
from Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget Office.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Rebecca M. Blank, of Maryland, 
to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce, and Jon D. Leibowitz, of Maryland, 
who was introduced by Senator Kohl, and Maureen K. Ohlhausen, of 
Virginia, both to be a Federal Trade Commissioner, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
QUADRENNIAL TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing 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, after receiving testimony from Senator 
Pryor; Steven E. Koonin, Under Secretary of Energy for Science; and 
Ernest J. Moniz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy 
Initiative, Cambridge.
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Roslyn Ann Mazer, of 
Maryland, to be Inspector General, Department of Homeland Security, 
after the nominee, who was introduced by

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Senator Cardin, testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
MEDICAL DEVICES
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine medical devices, focusing on protecting 
patients and promoting innovation, after receiving testimony from 
Jeffrey Shuren, Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, 
Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; 
Ralph F. Hall, University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis; David 
R. Challoner, University of Florida, Gainesville; and Gregory D. 
Curfman, New England Journal of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
FIX GUN CHECKS ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism 
concluded a hearing to examine ``Fix Gun Checks Act'', focusing on 
better state and Federal compliance, and smarter enforcement, including 
S. 436, to ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from 
buying a firearm are listed in the national instant criminal background 
check system and require a background check for every firearm sale, 
after receiving testimony from David Cuthbertson, Assistant Director, 
Criminal Justice Information Services Division, Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, Department of Justice; Heather A. Anderson, Washington 
State Patrol Criminal Records Division, Olympia; John Feinblatt, Policy 
and Strategic Planning for New York City, New York, New York; David B. 
Kopel, Denver University Strum College of Law, Denver, Colorado; and 
Patricia Maisch, Tucson, Arizona.
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.