[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 191 (Tuesday, December 13, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1352-D1353]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MF HOLDINGS INVESTIGATION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine MF Global bankruptcy, after receiving testimony 
from Jill E. Sommers, Commissioner, Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission; former Senator Jon S. Corzine,

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Henri J. Steenkamp, and Bradley Abelow, all of MF Holdings Limited, and 
James W. Giddens, Securities Investor Protection Act Liquidation of MF 
Global, Inc., all of New York, New York; Roger Hupfer, Freeland Bean 
and Grain, Inc., Freeland, Michigan; Jeffrey Hainline, Advanced Trading 
Inc., Bloomington, Illinois; Clinton J. Blew, Mid Kansas Cooperative 
Association, Moundridge; Terrence A. Duffy, CME Group, Inc., Chicago, 
Illinois; and Dean Tofteland, Luverne, Minnesota.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Maurice A. Jones, of Virginia, to 
be Deputy Secretary, and Carol J. Galante, of California, to be an 
Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, and Thomas Hoenig, of Missouri, to be Vice Chairperson and 
a Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation.
FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the Federal Housing Finance Agency 
(FHFA) part II, after receiving testimony from Steve A. Linick, 
Inspector General, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
HOMEOWNERS HARMED BY FORECLOSURES
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing, Transportation and Community Development concluded a hearing 
to examine helping homeowners harmed by foreclosures, focusing on 
ensuring accountability and transparency in foreclosure reviews, after 
receiving testimony from Julie Williams, First Senior Deputy 
Comptroller, and Chief Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the 
Currency, Department of the Treasury; Alys Cohen, National Consumer Law 
Center, Boston, Massachusetts; David C. Holland, Rust Consulting, Inc., 
Minneapolis, Minnesota; Paul Leonard, Financial Services Roundtable, 
Anthony B. Sanders, George Mason University Mercatus Center, and Ann 
Kenyon, Deloitte and Touche LLP, all of Washington, D.C.; and Konrad 
Alt, Promontory Financial Group, San Francisco, California.
OUR NATION'S WATER INFRASTRUCUTRE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Water and 
Wildlife concluded a hearing to examine our nation's water 
infrastructure, focusing on challenges and opportunities, after 
receiving testimony from James A. Hanlon, Director, Office of 
Wastewater Management, Office of Water, Environmental Protection 
Agency; Joe Freeman, Oklahoma Water Resources Board Financial 
Assistance Division Chief, Oklahoma City; Gregory E. DiLoreto, American 
Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Washington, D.C.; Theodore E. Scott, 
Stormwater Consulting Inc., Hunt Valley, Maryland; and Van Richey, 
American Cast Iron Pipe Company, Birmingham, Alabama.
CHILD ABUSE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Children and Families concluded a hearing to examine child abuse, 
focusing on protection, prevention, intervention, and deterrence, after 
receiving testimony from Erin Sullivan Sutton, Minnesota Department of 
Human Services Assistant Commissioner for Children and Family Services, 
St. Paul; Sheldon Kennedy, Respect Group Inc., Alberta, Canada; 
Michelle Collins, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 
Alexandria, Virginia; Frank P. Cervone, Support Center for Child 
Advocates, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Robert W. Block, American 
Academy of Pediatrics, Tulsa, Oklahoma; and Teresa Huizar, National 
Children's Alliance, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Paul J. Watford, of California, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senator Feinstein, testified and answered questions in 
his own behalf.
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.