[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 26 (Thursday, February 16, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D128-D129]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY THREATS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the current and future worldwide threats to the national security of 
the United States, after receiving testimony from James R. Clapper, 
Jr., Director of National Intelligence; and Lieutenant General Ronald 
L. Burgess, Jr., USA, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, Department 
of Defense.
EUROPEAN DEBT CRISIS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the European debt crisis and its implications, after 
receiving testimony from Lael Brainard, Under Secretary of the Treasury 
for International Affairs; Robert D. Hormats, Under Secretary of State 
for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs; and Steven B. Kamin, 
Director, Division of International Finance, Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System.
BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2013 and revenue 
proposals, after receiving testimony from Timothy F. Geithner, 
Secretary of the Treasury.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2013 for the Department of Energy, after receiving testimony from 
Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution condemning violence by the Government of Syria 
against the Syrian people.
IRAN'S INFLUENCE AND ACTIVITY IN LATIN AMERICA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, 
Peace Corps and Global Narcotics Affairs concluded a hearing to examine 
Iran's influence and activity in Latin America, after receiving 
testimony from Cynthia J. Arnson, Woodrow Wilson International Center 
for Scholars, Douglas Farah, International Assessment and Strategy 
Center, Roger F. Noriega, former Assistant Secretary of State for 
Western Hemisphere Affairs, and Ilan Berman, American Foreign Policy 
Council, all of Washington, D.C.
IRAN'S INFLUENCE AND ACTIVITY IN LATIN AMERICA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on 
Iran's influence and activity in Latin America from Elizabeth Dibble, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, Kevin 
Whitaker, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, 
and James McElveen, Division Chief, South America, Bureau of 
Intelligence and Research, all of the Department of State; and Chris 
Markwood, Deputy National Intelligence Manager, Iran, and Richard May, 
Senior Analyst, Threat Finance, both of the Office of the Director of 
National Intelligence.
CYBERSECURITY ACT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine securing America's future, including S. 
2105, to enhance the security and resiliency of the cyber and 
communications infrastructure of the United States, after receiving 
testimony from Senators Rockefeller and Feinstein; Janet Napolitano, 
Secretary of Homeland Security; Tom Ridge, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 
Stewart A. Baker, Steptoe and Johnson LLP, and James A. Lewis, Center 
for Strategic and International Studies, all of Washington, D.C.; and 
Scott Charney, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington.
REGIONAL LEVEL WORKFORCE NEEDS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Employment and Workplace Safety concluded a hearing to examine 
addressing workforce needs at the regional level, focusing on 
innovative public and private partnerships, after receiving testimony 
from Andrew Sherrill, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income 
Security, Government Accountability Office; Marlena Sessions, Workforce 
Development Council of Seattle-King County,

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and Barbara Trehearne, Group Health Cooperative, both of Seattle, 
Washington; Sandy Harmsen, San Bernardino County Workforce Investment 
Board, San Bernardino, California; James Watson, CMTC, Torrance, 
California; David Hunn, Northern Virginia Workforce Investment Board, 
Vienna; Gerry Hofler, Northern Virginia Community College, Springfield; 
and Pat Schramm, Workforce Development Board of South Central 
Wisconsin, and Bettsey Barhorst, Madison College, both of Madison, 
Wisconsin.
ENERGY DEVELOPMENT OVERSIGHT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine energy development in Indian country, after receiving 
testimony from Tracey A. LeBeau, Director, Office of Indian Energy 
Policy and Programs, Department of Energy; Jodi Gillette, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, and Mike S. Black, Director, 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, both of the Department of the Interior; 
Michelle Kauhane, Hawaii Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Deputy 
Director, Kapolei; Rodney M. Bordeaux, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Rosebud, 
South Dakota; Levi Pesata, Jicarilla Apache Nation, Dulce, New Mexico; 
Thomas Anketell, Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck 
Reservation, Poplar, Montana; and Rex Lee Jim, Navajo Nation, Window 
Rock, Arizona.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of John Z. Lee, and John J. Tharp, Jr., both to be a United 
States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, George 
Levi Russell, III, to be United States District Judge for the District 
of Maryland, and Kristine Gerhard Baker, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.