[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 36 (Tuesday, March 6, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D193-D194]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND THE FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
United States Central Command and United States Special Operations 
Command in review of the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 
2013 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony 
from General James N. Mattis, USMC, Commander, United States Central 
Command, and Admiral William H. McRaven, USN, Commander, United States 
Special Operations Command, both of the Department of Defense.
JOB GROWTH AND CAPITAL FORMATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine spurring job growth through capital formation while 
protecting investors, including S. 1965, to jump-start economic 
recovery through the formation and growth of new businesses, S. 1933, 
to increase American job creation and economic growth by improving 
access to the public capital markets for emerging growth companies, 
H.R. 3606, to increase American job creation and economic growth by 
improving access to the public capital markets for emerging growth 
companies, S. 1824, to amend the securities laws to establish certain 
thresholds for shareholder registration under that Act, S. 1544, to 
amend the Securities Act of 1933 to require the Securities and Exchange 
Commission to exempt a certain class of securities from such Act, and 
S. 1970, to amend the securities laws to provide for registration 
exemptions for certain crowdfunded securities, after receiving 
testimony from Lynn E. Turner, former Chief Accountant, Securities and 
Exchange Commission, Mountain View, California; William D. Waddill, 
OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Redwood City, California, on behalf of 
the Biotechnology Industry Organization; Jay R. Ritter, University of 
Florida Warrington College of Business Administration, Gainesville; 
Kathleen Shelton Smith, Renaissance Capital, LLC, Greenwich, 
Connecticut; and Timothy Rowe, Cambridge Innovation Center, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
perspectives on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 
2013 for the Department of Defense, after receiving testimony from 
Lieutenant General David W. Barno, USA (Ret.), Center for a New 
American Security, Michael O'Hanlon, Brookings Institution, and James 
Jay Carafano, Heritage Foundation, all of Washington, D.C.
INVESTMENT IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science and Space concluded a hearing to examine keeping America 
competitive through investments in research and development, after 
receiving testimony from John P. Holdren, Director, Office of Science 
and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President; Patrick D. 
Gallagher, Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology; 
Subra Suresh, Director, National Science Foundation; and Mason Peck, 
Chief Technologist, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
FOREST SERVICE 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 Forest Service, after receiving testimony from Tom 
Tidwell, Chief, and Susan Spear, Acting Director of Budget, both of the 
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
TAX REFORM OPTIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine tax 
reform options, focusing on incentives for capital investment and 
manufacturing, after receiving testimony from Jane G. Gravelle, Senior 
Specialist in Economic Policy, Congressional Research Service, Library 
of Congress; Ike Brannon, American Action Forum, Robert D. Atkinson, 
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, and J. D. Foster, 
Heritage Foundation, all of Washington, D.C.; and Michelle Hanlon, 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management, 
Cambridge.
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUDGET
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2013 
for international development priorities, after receiving testimony 
from Rajiv Shah, Administrator, United States Agency for International 
Development.

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NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Tony Hammond, of 
Missouri, to be a Commissioner of the Postal Regulatory Commission, 
after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Blunt, testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Mark A. Robbins, of 
California, to be a Member of the Merit Systems Protection Board, and 
Roy Wallace McLeese III, to be an Associate Judge of the District of 
Columbia Court of Appeals, who was introduced by Representative Norton, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.