[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 20, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D270-D271]
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 FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Department of the Air Force in review of the Defense Authorization 
request for fiscal year 2013 and the Future Years Defense Program, 
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.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities concluded open and closed hearings to examine 
cybersecurity research and development in review of the Defense 
Authorization request for fiscal year 2013 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from Zachary J. Lemnios, Assistant 
Secretary for Research and Engineering, and Kaigham J. Gabriel, Acting 
Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, both of the 
Department of Defense; Michael Wertheimer, Director of Research, 
National Security Agency; and James Peery, Director, Information 
Systems and Analysis Center, Sandia National Laboratories.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Jerome H. Powell, of Maryland, 
and Jeremy C. Stein, of Massachusetts, both to be a Member of the Board 
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Jeremiah O'Hear Norton, of 
Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation for the remainder of the term expiring 
July 15, 2013, who was introduced by Senator Coats, and Richard B. 
Berner, of Massachusetts, to be Director, Office of Financial Research, 
and Christy L. Romero, of Virginia, to be Special Inspector General for 
the Troubled Asset Relief Program, both of the Department of the 
Treasury, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf.
COMMERCIAL AIRLINE SAFETY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security concluded an oversight 
hearing to examine commercial airline safety, after receiving testimony 
from Margaret Gilligan, Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety, 
Federal Aviation Administration, and Calvin L. Scovel III, Inspector 
General, both of the Department of Transportation; William R. Voss, 
Flight Safety Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia; Gregory Belenky, 
Washington State University Sleep and Performance Research Center, 
Spokane; and Carl Kuwitzky, Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations, 
and Thomas L. Hendricks, Airlines for America, both of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Adam E. Sieminski, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the Energy Information 
Administration, Department of Energy, Marcilynn A. Burke, of North 
Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, and Anthony T. 
Clark, of North Dakota, who was introduced by Senator Hoeven, and John 
Robert Norris, of Iowa, who was introduced by Senators Grassley and 
Harkin, both to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.

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MERCURY AND AIR TOXICS STANDARDS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air 
and Nuclear Safety concluded an oversight hearing to examine the 
Environmental Protection Agency's Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for 
power plants, after receiving testimony from Regina McCarthy, Assistant 
Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Robert M. Summers, 
Maryland Department of the Environment Secretary, Baltimore; Robert K. 
James, Avon Lake City Council Member, Avon Lake, Ohio; William Lambert, 
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland; Harry Alford, National 
Black Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C.; and Vickie Patton, 
Environmental Defense Fund, Boulder, Colorado.
TAX FRAUD BY IDENTITY THEFT
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and 
Economic Growth concluded a hearing to examine tax fraud by identity 
theft, part 2, focusing on status, progress, and potential solutions, 
after receiving testimony from Steven T. Miller, Deputy Commissioner 
for Services and Enforcement, Internal Revenue Service, and Nina E. 
Olson, National Taxpayer Advocate, both of the Department of the 
Treasury; Ronald A. Cimino, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for 
Criminal Matters, Tax Division, Department of Justice; Sal Augeri, 
Tampa Police Department, Tampa, Florida; Bernard F. McKay, American 
Coalition for Taxpayer Rights (ACTR), Washington, D.C.; and Kirsten 
Trusko, Network Branded Prepaid Card Association, Montvale, New Jersey.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Carlos Pascual, of the District of Columbia, 
to be Assistant Secretary for Energy Resources, John Christopher 
Stevens, of California, to be Ambassador to Libya, and Jacob Walles, of 
Delaware, to be Ambassador to the Tunisian Republic, who was introduced 
by Senator Coons, all of the Department of State, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL AND MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
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 a review of the 
Office of Special Counsel and Merit Systems Protection Board, after 
receiving testimony from Susan Tsui Grundmann, Chairman, Merit Systems 
Protection Board; and Carolyn Lerner, Special Counsel, United States 
Office of Special Counsel.
STUDENT DEBT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight 
and the Courts concluded a hearing to examine student debt, focusing on 
providing fairness for struggling students, including S. 1102, to amend 
title 11, United States Code, with respect to certain exceptions to 
discharge in bankruptcy, after receiving testimony from Kentucky 
Attorney General Jack Conway, Frankfort; Illinois Attorney General Lisa 
Madigan, and Danielle Jokela, both of Chicago, Illinois; G. Marcus 
Cole, Stanford University, Stanford, California; Deanne Loonin, 
National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), Boston, Massachusetts; and Neal 
McCluskey, Cato Institute, Washington, D.C.
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.