[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 14, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D116-D117]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           FEBRUARY 15, 2012

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Michael T. Scuse, of 
Delaware, to be Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 
Services, and to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation, Department of Agriculture, and Chester 
John Culver, of Iowa, and Bruce J. Sherrick, of Illinois, both to be 
a Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Agricultural 
Mortgage Corporation, Farm Credit Administration; to be immediately 
followed by a hearing to examine energy and economic growth for 
rural America, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, to hold hearings to 
examine pay for performance, focusing on incentive compensation at 
large financial institutions, 2 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: To hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2013 for the 
Department of Transportation, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Finance: To continue hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2013, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on the Judiciary: To hold hearings to examine the 
Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program, focusing on protecting 
those who protect us, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Patty Shwartz, of New Jersey, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Third Circuit, Jeffrey J. Helmick, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, Mary Geiger Lewis, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, and 
Timothy S. Hillman, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Massachusetts, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.

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                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, 
hearing on FY 2013 budget request for the Department of Homeland 
Security, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing on 2013 
Fiscal Year National Defense Authorization Budget from the 
Department of Defense, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The 
President's Fiscal Year 2013 Budget'', 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Manufacturing and Trade, hearing entitled ``Where the Jobs Are'', 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Reauthorization of 
MDUFA: What It Means for Jobs, Innovation and Patients'', 10:15 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Budget Hearing--Consumer 
Financial Protection Bureau'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs,  Subcommittee on the Middle East and 
South Asia, hearing entitled ``Reflections on the Revolution in 
Egypt, Part I'', 2:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``An Examination of the President's FY 2013 Budget Request for the 
Department of Homeland Security'', 2:30 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Executive Overreach: The President's Unprecedented ``Recess'' 
Appointments'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement, hearing 
entitled ``Safeguarding the Integrity of the Immigration Benefits 
Adjudication Process'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Department of the Interior Spending and the President's Fiscal 
Year 2013 Budget Proposal'', 10 a.m. 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, hearing on H.R. 
3973, to facilitate the development of energy on Indian lands by 
reducing Federal regulations that impede tribal development of 
Indian lands, and for other purposes, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Why Reshuffling Government Agencies Won't Solve 
the Federal Government's Obesity Problem'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Healthcare and 
Technology, hearing entitled ``Broadband: A Catalyst for Small 
Business Growth'', 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Full Committee, hearing on U.S. 
Department of Veterans Affairs Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2013, 
10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, hearing on 
``President Obama's budget proposals for fiscal year 2013'', 10 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: To hold hearings 
to examine violence against Roma in Europe, focusing on violence in 
the region, and human rights violations, 2 p.m., B318, Rayburn 
Building.