[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 182 (Wednesday, November 30, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1289]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Ajit Varadaraj Pai, of Kansas, 
who was introduced by Senators Roberts and Moran, and Jessica 
Rosenworcel, of Connecticut, both to be a Member of the Federal 
Communications Commission, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil 
Rights and Human Rights concluded a hearing to examine a balanced 
budget amendment, focusing on constitutionalizing the budget debate, 
including H.J. Res. 2, proposing a balanced budget amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States, S.J. Res. 5, proposing an amendment 
to the Constitution of the United States requiring that the Federal 
budget be balanced, S.J. Res. 23, proposing an amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States relative to balancing the budget, and 
S.J. Res. 24, proposing an amendment to the Constitution relative to 
requiring a balanced budget, after receiving testimony from Robert 
Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Alan B. Morrison, 
George Washington University Law School, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, American 
Action Forum, and Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Manhattan Institute for Policy 
Research, all of Washington, D.C.; and Robert Romasco, AARP, Burke, 
Virginia.
MENTAL HEALTH CARE
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine Veterans' Affairs mental health care, focusing on addressing 
wait times and access to care, after receiving testimony from Mary 
Schohn, Director, Mental Health Operations, Antonette Zeiss, Chief 
Consultant, Office of Mental Health Services, Janet Kemp, National 
Director, Suicide Prevention Program, and Michelle Washington, 
Coordinator, PTSD Services and Evidence Based Psychotherapy, VA Medical 
Center, Wilmington, Delaware, all of the Veterans Health 
Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; Barbara Van Dahlen, 
Give an Hour, and Colonel Charles W. Hoge, USA (Ret.), both of 
Bethesda, Maryland; and John Roberts, Wounded Warrior Project, 
Washington, D.C.
ANTIPSYCHOTICS IN NURSING HOMES
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the human and taxpayers' cost of antipsychotics in nursing homes, after 
receiving testimony from Daniel Levinson, Inspector General, and 
Patrick Conway, Chief Medical Officer and Director, Office of Clinical 
Standards and Quality, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, both 
of the Department of Health and Human Services; Jonathan M. Evans, 
American Medical Director Association (AMDA), Columbia, Maryland; Tom 
Hlavacek, Alzheimer's Association of Southeast Wisconsin, Milwaukee; 
and Toby S. Edelman, Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc., and Cheryl 
Phillips, LeadingAge, both of Washington, D.C.