[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 192 (Wednesday, December 14, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1361-D1362]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
INVESTOR RISKS IN CAPITAL RAISING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities, Insurance and Investment concluded a hearing to examine 
investor risks in capital raising, including S. 1824, to amend the 
securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder 
registration under that Act, 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. 1933, to increase American job creation and economic growth by 
improving access to the public capital markets for emerging growth 
companies, and S. 1970, to amend the securities laws to provide for 
registration exemptions for certain crowdfunded securities, after 
receiving testimony from John C. Coates IV, Harvard Law School, Newton, 
Massachussets; Kate Mitchell, Scale Venture Partners, San Francisco, 
California; Barry E. Silbert, SecondMarket, New York, New York; Stephen 
Luparello, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Alexandria, 
Virginia; and Mark T. Hiraide, Petillon Hiraide and Loomis LLP, Redondo 
Beach, California.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1449, to authorize the appropriation of funds for highway safety 
programs and for other purposes, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 1950, to amend title 49, United States Code, to improve commercial 
motor vehicle safety and reduce commercial motor vehicle-related 
accidents and fatalities, to authorize the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1952, to improve hazardous materials transportation safety;
  S. 1953, to reauthorize the Research and Innovative Technology 
Administration, to improve transportation research and development; and
  A promotion list in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nomination of Rebecca R. Wodder, of Virginia, to be 
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife.
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY TAX INCENTIVES
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and 
Infrastructure concluded a hearing to examine alternative energy tax 
incentives, focusing on the effect of short-term extensions on 
alternative technology investment, domestic manufacturing, and jobs, 
after receiving testimony from Molly Sherlock, Analyst in Economics, 
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; Will Coleman, Mohr 
Davidow Ventures, Menlo Park, California; Martha Wyrsch, Vestas-
American Wind Technology, Inc., Portland, Oregon; Paul Soanes, 
Renewable Biofuels, Inc., Houston, Texas; and Margo Thorning, American 
Council for Capital Formation, Washington, D.C.
HUMAN RIGHTS AND RULE OF LAW IN RUSSIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs 
concluded a hearing to examine the state of human rights and rule of 
law in Russia, focusing on United States policy options, after 
receiving testimony from Philip H. Gordon, Assistant Secretary for 
European and Eurasian Affairs, and Thomas O. Melia, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, both of the Department 
of State; and David Kramer, Freedom House, Edward S. Verona, U.S.-
Russia Business Council, and Tom Malinowski, Human Rights Watch, all of 
Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the following business items:
  An original bill entitled, ``Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge 
Act of 2012'';
  H.R. 2297, to promote the development of the Southwest waterfront in 
the District of Columbia;
  H.R. 789, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 20 Main Street in

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Little Ferry, New Jersey, as the ``Sergeant Matthew J. Fenton Post 
Office''; and
  H.R. 2422, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 45 Bay Street, Suite 2, in Staten Island, New York, 
as the ``Sergeant Angel Mendez Post Office''.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1855, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize 
various programs under the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Wendy M. Spencer, of Florida, to be Chief 
Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community 
Service, Deepa Gupta, of Illinois, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Arts, Christopher Merrill, of Iowa, to be a Member of 
the National Council on the Humanities, Stephanie Orlando, of New York, 
and Gary Blumenthal, of Massachusetts, both to be a Member of the 
National Council on Disability, and a nomination list in the Public 
Health Service.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the Federal Bureau of Investigation, after receiving testimony 
from Robert S. Mueller III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Department of Justice.