[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 186 (Tuesday, December 6, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1320-D1321]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                            DECEMBER 7, 2011

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, to hold hearings to 
examine enhanced supervision, focusing on a new regime for 
regulating large, complex financial institutions, 2 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine turning the investigation on the science of 
forensics, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine drug shortages, 
focusing on why they happen and what they mean, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold a 
joint hearing with the House Committee on Homeland Security to 
examine homegrown terrorism, focusing on the threat to military 
communities inside the United States, 9:30 a.m., HVC-210.
  Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia, with the Ad Hoc 
Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery and Intergovernmental Affairs, to 
hold joint hearings to examine earthquakes to terrorist attacks, 
focusing on if the national capital region is prepared for the next 
disaster, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine 
reauthorizing the EB-5 Regional Center Program, focusing on 
promoting job creation and economic development in American 
communities, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: to 
hold hearings to examine government efforts to curtail marijuana 
cultivation on United States public lands, focusing on exploitation 
of public lands as grow sites for marijuana and discuss barriers to 
the criminal prosecution of drug traffickers, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.


                                 House

  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, business meeting for the purpose of authorizing and 
issuing a subpoena ad testificandum for the appearance of Jon 
Corzine in conjunction with the

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hearing scheduled for Thursday, December 15, 2011, 3 p.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored 
Enterprises, hearing entitled ``H.R. ___, the Private Mortgage 
Market Investment Act, Part 2.'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations; and Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia; 
joint hearing entitled ``Camp Ashraf: Iraqi Obligations and State 
Department Accountability.'' 2:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, 
Competition and the Internet, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the 
Antitrust Enforcement Agencies.'' 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement, hearing 
entitled ``Visa Waiver Program Oversight: Risks and Benefits of the 
Program.'' 1:30 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Government Organization, Efficiency and Financial Management; and 
Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the 
National Archives, joint hearing entitled ``A Medicaid Fraud Victim 
Speaks Out: What's Going Wrong and Why?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign 
Operations, hearing entitled ``Oversight in Iraq and Afghanistan: 
Challenges and Solutions.'' 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 1633, the 
``Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011'' 3 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Energy and Environment, hearing entitled ``Energy Critical Elements: 
Identifying Research Needs and Strategic Priorities.'' 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Restoring Jobs, Coastal Viability and Economic 
Resilience in the Gulf of Mexico: H.R. 3096, the Resources and 
Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived 
Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2011.'' 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to receive a 
briefing on conflicts in the Caucasus, focusing on prospects for 
resolution, where these conflicts stand today, what factors impede a 
settlement, whether the resumption of armed hostilities is a serious 
threat, whether changes in the negotiating format might yield a 
better outcome, and what, if anything, could the United States do to 
facilitate a resolution, 2:30 p.m., B318, Rayburn Building.