[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 183 (Thursday, December 1, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1299-D1300]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
WALL STREET REFORM AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT OVERSIGHT
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine continuing oversight of the ``Wall Street Reform 
and Consumer Protection Act,'' after receiving testimony from Gary 
Gensler, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission; and Mary L. 
Schapiro, Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
JOB GROWTH THROUGH CAPITAL FORMATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine spurring job growth through capital formation while 
protecting investors, including S. 1791, to amend the securities laws 
to provide for registration exemptions for certain crowdfunded 
securities, S. 1831, to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission 
to eliminate the prohibition against general solicitation as a 
requirement for a certain exemption under Regulation D, S. 1824, to 
amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for 
shareholder registration under that Act, S. 1544, to amend the 
Securities Act

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of 1933 to require the Securities and Exchange Commission to exempt a 
certain class of securities from such Act, and H.R. 2930, to amend the 
securities laws to provide for registration exemptions for certain 
crowdfunded securities, after receiving testimony from Senators 
Hutchison, Pryor, and Brown (MA); Meredith B. Cross, Director, Division 
of Corporation Finance, United States Securities and Exchange 
Commission; Jack E. Herstein, Assistant Director, Nebraska Department 
of Banking and Finance, Bureau of Statistics, Washington, D.C., on 
behalf of the North American Securities Administrators Association, 
Inc.; John C. Coffee, Jr., Columbia University Law School, Scott 
Cutler, NYSE Euronext, and Edward S. Knight, NASDAQ OMX Group, all of 
New York, New York; and Christopher T. Gheysens, Wawa, Inc., Wawa, 
Pennsylvania.


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  On page D1299-1300, December 1, 2011, the following language 
appears: JOB GROWTH THROUGH CAPITAL FORMATION Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing 
to examine spurring job growth through capital formation while 
protecting investors, including S. 1792, to clarify the authority 
of the United States Marshals Service to assist other Federal, 
State, and local law enforcement agencies in the investigation of 
cases involving sex offenders and missing children, S. 1831, to 
direct the Securities and Exchange Commission . . . Pennsylvania
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: JOB GROWTH THROUGH 
CAPITAL FORMATION Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine spurring job 
growth through capital formation while protecting investors, 
including S. 1791, to amend the securities laws to provide for 
registration exemptions for certain crowdfunded securities, S. 
1831, to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission . . . 
Pennsylvania


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IRAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine United States strategic objectives towards Iran, after 
receiving testimony from Wendy Sherman, Under Secretary of State for 
Political Affairs; and David S. Cohen, Under Secretary of the Treasury 
for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence.
MEDICATING AMERICA'S FOSTER CHILDREN
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal 
Services, and International Security concluded a hearing to examine the 
financial and societal costs of medicating America's foster children, 
focusing on if the Department of Health and Human Services' guidance 
could help states improve oversight of psychotropic prescriptions, 
after receiving testimony from Gregory D. Kutz, Director, Forensic 
Audits and Investigative Service, Government Accountability Office; 
Bryan Samuels, Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and 
Families, Administration for Children and Families, Department of 
Health and Human Services; Matt Salo, National Association of Medicaid 
Directors (NAMD), Alexandria, Virginia; Jon McClellan, University of 
Washington, Seattle; and Ke'onte Cook, McKinney, Texas.
INSIDER TRADING AND CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine insider trading and congressional 
accountability, including S. 1871, to prohibit commodities and 
securities trading based on nonpublic information relating to Congress, 
to require additional reporting by Members and employees of Congress of 
securities transactions, and S. 1903, to prohibit commodities and 
securities trading based on nonpublic information relating to Congress, 
to require additional reporting by Members and employees of Congress of 
securities transactions, after receiving testimony from Senators 
Gillibrand and Brown (MA); Melanie Sloan, Citizens for Responsibility 
and Ethics in Washington, Donald C. Langevoort, Georgetown University 
Law Center, and Robert L. Walker, Wiley Rein LLP, all of Washington, 
D.C.; Donna M. Nagy, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 
Bloomington; and John C. Coffee, Jr., Columbia University Law School, 
New York, New York.
DEFICIT REDUCTION AND JOB CREATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine deficit reduction and job creation, focusing on regulatory 
reform in Indian country, including S. 1684, to amend the Indian Tribal 
Energy Development and Self-Determination Act of 2005, after receiving 
testimony from Doug O'Brien, Deputy Under Secretary of the Interior for 
Rural Development; Geoffrey C. Blackwell, Chief, Office of Native 
Affairs and Policy, Federal Communications Commission; Jefferson Keel, 
and Jacqueline Johnson-Pata, both of the National Congress of American 
Indians, Washington, D.C.; Ben Shelly, Navajo Nation, Window Rock, 
Arizona; Cedric Cromwell, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, Mashpee, 
Massachusetts; and Pearl E. Casias, Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Ignacio, 
Colorado.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 1792, to clarify the authority of the United States Marshals 
Service to assist other Federal, State, and local law enforcement 
agencies in the investigation of cases involving sex offenders and 
missing children;
  S. 671, to authorize the United States Marshals Service to issue 
administrative subpoenas in investigations relating to unregistered sex 
offenders, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Jacqueline H. Nguyen, of California, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, 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.