[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 23 (Monday, February 13, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D108-D109]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                           FEBRUARY 14, 2012

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: To hold hearings to examine the 
Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2013 and the Future 
Years Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on the Budget: To hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2013, 10 a.m., 
SD-608.
  Committee on Finance: To hold hearings to examine the President's 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2013, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Business meeting to consider S. 
1023, to authorize the President to provide assistance to the 
Government of Haiti to end within 5 years the deforestation in Haiti 
and restore within 30 years the extent of tropical forest cover in 
existence in Haiti in 1990, S. 414, to protect girls in developing 
countries through the prevention of child marriage, an original 
resolution recognizing the importance of the United States-Egypt 
relationship, and urging the Government of Egypt to protect civil 
liberties and cease persecution of democracy activities, S. Res. 
344, supporting the democratic aspirations of the Nicaraguan people 
and calling attention to the deterioration of constitutional order 
in Nicaragua, an original resolution calling for democratic change 
in Syria, S. Res. 342, honoring the life and legacy of Laura Pollan, 
and the nominations of Tara D. Sonenshine, of Maryland, to be Under 
Secretary for Public Diplomacy, Anne Claire Richard, of New York, to 
be Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration, 
Robert E. Whitehead, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Togolese 
Republic, Nancy J. Powell, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to India, Larry 
Leon Palmer, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to Barbados, and to serve 
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to 
St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, the 
Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, and Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines, Phyllis Marie Powers, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
Republic of Nicaragua, and Jonathan Don Farrar, of California, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, all of the Department of 
State, and Earl W. Gast, of California, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development,

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and lists in the Foreign Service, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: To hold 
hearings to examine pain in America, focusing on exploring 
challenges to relief, 2:30 p.m., SD-430.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: To hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.