[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 16 (Wednesday, February 1, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D60-D61]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
OUTLOOK FOR THE EUROZONE
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
outlook for the eurozone, after receiving testimony from C. Fred 
Bergsten, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Simon 
Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of 
Management, and Adam Lerrick, American Enterprise Institute, all of 
Washington, D.C.
UKRAINE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs 
concluded a hearing to examine Ukraine, focusing on what's at stake for 
the United States and Europe, after receiving testimony from Steven 
Pifer, The Brookings Institution, Damon M. Wilson, Atlantic Council, 
and Edward Chow, Center for Strategic and International Studies, all of 
Washington, D.C.; and Eugenia Tymoshenko Carr, Kiev, Ukraine.
FEDERAL RETIREMENT PROCESSING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government

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Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia 
concluded a hearing to examine Federal retirement processing, focusing 
on ensuring proper and timely payments, after receiving testimony from 
John Berry, Director, and Patrick E. McFarland, Inspector General, both 
of the Office of Personnel Management; Valerie C. Melvin, Director, 
Information Management and Technology Resources Issues, Government 
Accountability Office; Joseph A. Beaudoin, National Active and Retired 
Federal Employees Association, Alexandria, Virginia; and George 
Nesterczuk, Nesterczuk and Associates, Vienna, Virginia.
HIGH-GROWTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine developing and strengthening high-growth 
entrepreneurship, after receiving testimony from Sean Greene, Associate 
Administrator for Investment, Small Business Administration; Wayne 
Crews, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, American 
Action Forum, Stephen Ezell, Information Technology and Innovation 
Foundation, Jim Kessler, Third Way, Madeleine Sumption, Migration 
Policy Institute, and Diane Tomb, National Association of Women 
Business Owners, all of Washington, D.C.; Barry Evans, Calxeda, Austin, 
Texas; Ridgely C. Evers, Tapit Partners LLC, Healdsburg, California; 
Mike Farmer, Leap2, Kansas City, Kansas; Michael A. Finney, Michigan 
Economic Development Corporation, Lansing; Brink Lindsey, and Jonathan 
Ortmans, both of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City, 
Missouri; and Tim Rowe, Cambridge Innovation Center, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts.
UNITED STATES-CARIBBEAN SECURITY COOPERATION
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: Caucus 
concluded a hearing to examine the United States-Caribbean Security 
Cooperation, after receiving testimony from Anibal de Castro, 
Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the United States, Audrey P. 
Marks, Ambassador of Jamaica to the United States, and Cornelius Smith, 
Ambassador of the Bahamas to the United States, all of Washington, D.C.