[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 14, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D246-D248]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FEDERAL ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS OVERSIGHT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies concluded an oversight 
hearing to examine Federal onshore and offshore energy development 
programs in the Department of the Interior, after receiving testimony 
from Robert V. Abbey, Director, Bureau of Land Management, Tommy P. 
Beaudreau, Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, and James 
Watson, Director, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, all 
of the Department of the Interior.
APPROPRIATIONS: U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2013 for the United States Agency for 
International Development, after receiving testimony from Rajiv Shah, 
Administrator, United States Agency for International Development.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2013 for the Department of the Air Force, after receiving 
testimony from Michael B. Donley, Secretary of the Air Force, and 
General Norton A. Schwartz, Chief of Staff, United States Air Force, 
both of the Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2013 for the Department of Labor, after receiving testimony from 
Hilda L. Solis, Secretary of Labor.

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APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2013 for the Department of Energy, after receiving 
testimony from Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy.
STRATEGIC FORCES PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing to examine strategic forces programs of the National Nuclear 
Security Administration and the Department of Energy's Office of 
Environmental Management in review of the Department of Energy budget 
request for fiscal year 2013, after receiving testimony from Thomas P. 
D'Agostino, Undersecretary for Nuclear Security, and Administrator, 
Donald L. Cook, Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, and Admiral 
Kirkland Donald, Director, Naval Reactors, all of the National Nuclear 
Security Administration, and David Huizenga, Senior Advisor for 
Environmental Management, all of the Department of Energy.
PREPAID CARD MARKET
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection concluded a hearing to 
examine issues in the prepaid card market, after receiving testimony 
from Lauren K. Saunders, National Consumer Law Center, Jennifer 
Tescher, Center for Financial Services Innovation, and L. Richard 
Fischer, Morrison and Foerster LLP, all of Washington, D.C.; Daniel R. 
Henry, NetSpend Holdings, Inc., Austin, Texas; and David Rothstein, 
Policy Matters Ohio, Cleveland.
SUDAN AND SOUTH SUDAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine Sudan and South Sudan, focusing on independence and insecurity, 
including H.R. 4169, to require the development of a comprehensive 
strategy to end serious human rights violations in Sudan, to create 
incentives for governments and persons to end support of and assistance 
to the Government of Sudan, to reinvigorate genuinely comprehensive 
peace efforts in Sudan, after receiving testimony from Princeton Lyman, 
Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, Department of State; Nancy 
Lindborg, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and 
Humanitarian Assistance, U.S. Agency for International Development; and 
George Clooney, and John Prendergast, both of the Satellite Sentinel 
Project, and Jon Temin, United States Institute of Peace, all of 
Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Pamela A. White, of Maine, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Haiti, who was introduced by Senator Nelson (FL), 
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, of Louisiana, to be Director General of the 
Foreign Service, and Gina K. Abercrombie-Winstanley, of Ohio, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Malta, all of the Department of State, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
CONGRESSIONAL REFORM PROPOSALS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine Congress, focusing on reform proposals 
for the 21st century, including S. 1981, to provide that Members of 
Congress may not receive pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in 
which Congress has not approved a concurrent resolution on the budget 
and passed the regular appropriations bills, after receiving testimony 
from Senators Isakson and Heller; Representative Cooper; former 
Representative Tom Davis, McLean, Virginia, and William A. Galston, 
both of No Labels, and Donald R. Wolfensberger, Woodrow Wilson 
International Center for Scholars, both of Washington, D.C.
INTERAGENCY NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION EFFORTS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the 
District of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine managing 
interagency nuclear nonproliferation efforts, focusing on if nuclear 
materials around the world are effectively secured, after receiving 
testimony from Thomas M. Countryman, Assistant Secretary of State for 
International Security and Nonproliferation; Anne Harrington, Deputy 
Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear 
Security Administration, Department of Energy; Kenneth Handelman, 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic 
Affairs; Gene Aloise, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, 
Government Accountability Office; Kenneth N. Luongo, Partnership for 
Global Security, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Page O. Stoutland, 
Nuclear Threat Initiative, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of William J. Kayatta, Jr., of Maine, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit, who was introduced by

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Senators Snowe and Collins, John Thomas Fowlkes, Jr., to be United 
States District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, who was 
introduced by Senators Alexander and Corker, Kevin McNulty, and Michael 
A. Shipp, both to be a United States District Judge for the District of 
New Jersey, who were both introduced by Senator Menendez, and Stephanie 
Marie Rose, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Iowa, who was introduced by Senators Grassley and Harkin, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
ENDING HOMELESSNESS AMONG VETERANS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine ending homelessness among veterans, focusing on Veterans' 
Affairs progress on its five year plan, after receiving testimony from 
Pete Dougherty, Acting Executive Director, Homeless Veterans Initiative 
Office, Department of Veterans Affairs; Marsha Four, Vietnam Veterans 
of America National Women Veterans Committee, Silver Spring, Maryland; 
Scott Rogers, Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry, 
Asheville, North Carolina; Sandra Strickland, Fairfax, Virginia; and 
Chanel Curry, Cleveland, Ohio.