[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 21, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D280-D282]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. AIR TRAVEL
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Homeland 
Security concluded a hearing to examine balancing prosperity and 
security, focusing on challenges for United States air travel in a 21st 
century global economy, after receiving testimony from John Pistole, 
Administrator, Transportation Security Administration, Thomas 
Winkowski, Acting Deputy Commissioner, Customs and Border Protection, 
and Doug Smith, Assistant Secretary for Private Sector, all of the 
Department of Homeland Security; David T. Donahue, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of State for Visa Services; Roger Dow, U.S. Travel 
Association, Thomas L. Hendricks, Airlines of America, and Sara Nelson, 
Association of Flight Attendants--CWA, all of Washington, D.C.; Charles 
M. Barclay,

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American Association of Airport Executives, Alexandria, Virginia; and 
Steven Hacker, International Association of Exhibitions and Events, 
Dallas, Texas.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
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 Army, after receiving testimony 
from John M. McHugh, Secretary of the Army, and General Rayomd T. 
Odierno, Chief of Staff, United States Army, both of the Department of 
Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2013 for the National Nuclear Security Administration, 
after receiving testimony from Thomas P. D'Agostino, Undersecretary for 
Nuclear Security, and Administrator, National Nuclear Security 
Administration, Department of Energy.
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Service and 
General Government concluded a hearing to examine strengthening market 
oversight and integrity, focusing on fiscal year 2013 resource needs of 
the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, after receiving testimony 
from Gary Gensler, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support concluded a hearing to examine military construction, 
environmental, and base closure programs in review of the Defense 
Authorization request for fiscal year 2013 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from Dorothy Robyn, Deputy Under 
Secretary for Installations and Environment, Katherine G. Hammack, 
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installation, Energy, and 
Environment, Jackalyne Pfannenstiel, Assistant Secretary of the Navy 
for Energy, Installations and Environment, and Terry A. Yonkers, 
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment, 
and Logistics, all of the Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing to examine military space programs in review of the Defense 
Authorization request for fiscal year 2013 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, including challenges the Department of Defense faces in 
realizing benefits of satellite acquisition improvements, after 
receiving testimony from Madelyn R. Creedon, Assistant Secretary for 
Global Strategic Affairs, John A. Zangardi, Deputy Assistant Secretary 
of the Navy for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, 
Intelligence, and Space, Robert S. Winokur, Director, Oceanography, 
Space and Maritime Domain, Awareness Division, OPNAV N2/N6, Information 
Dominance, General William L. Shelton, Commander, Air Force Space 
Command, and Lieutenant General Richard P. Formica, USA, Commanding 
General, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, and Army Forces 
Strategic Command, all of the Department of Defense; and Cristina T. 
Chaplain, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, Government 
Accountability Office.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Tracey Ann Jacobson, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo, Richard B. 
Norland, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to Georgia, Kenneth Merten, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia, Mark A. Pekala, 
of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia, and Jeffrey D. 
Levine, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia, all 
of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
RETOOLING GOVERNMENT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine retooling government for the 21st 
century, focusing on the President's reorganization plan and reducing 
duplication, and opportunities for improvement and considerations for 
reconstructing, including S. 2129, to provide for reforming and 
consolidating agencies of the Federal Government to improve efficiency 
and effectiveness, after receiving testimony from Daniel Werfel, 
Controller, Office of Management and Budget; and Patricia A. Dalton, 
Chief Operating Officer, Government Accountability Office.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BUDGET
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request 
for fiscal year 2013 for the Department of Homeland Security, after 
receiving testimony from Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland 
Security.
CONVICTING THE GUILTY AND EXONERATING THE INNOCENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
convicting the guilty and exonerating the innocent, including S. 250, 
to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog 
of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to 
improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and 
local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new 
DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding 
the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post conviction 
testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, to improve the 
performance of counsel in State capital cases, after receiving 
testimony from Craig Watkins, Dallas County District Attorney, Dallas, 
Texas; Joshua Marquis, Clatsop County District Attorney, Astoria, 
Oregon; and Thomas Haynesworth, Richmond, Virginia.
VERIZON AND CABLE DEALS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition 
Policy and Consumer Rights concluded a hearing to examine Verizon and 
cable deals, after receiving testimony from Randal S. Milch, Verizon 
Communications Inc., and Tim Wu, Columbia Law School, both of New York, 
New York; David L. Cohen, Comcast Corporation, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania; and Charles F. Rule, Cadwalader, Wickersham and Taft LLP, 
Steven K. Berry, RCA, and Joel Kelsey, Free Press, all of Washington, 
D.C.
VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS LEGISLATIVE PRESENTATIONS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a joint hearing 
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the 
legislative presentations of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, 
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), Non Commissioned 
Officers Association, American Ex-Prisoners of War, Vietnam Veterans of 
America, Wounded Warrior Project, National Association of State 
Directors of Veterans Affairs, and The Retired Enlisted Association, 
after receiving testimony from Tom Tarantino, Iraq and Afghanistan 
Veterans of America, and Dawn Halfaker, Wounded Warrior Project, both 
of Washington, D.C.; William R. Hutton, Military Order of the Purple 
Heart, Springfield, Virginia; David Fletcher, National Association of 
State Directors of Veterans Affairs, H. Gene Overstreet, Non 
Commissioned Officers Association of the United States, and Arthur 
Cooper, Retired Enlisted Association, all of Alexandria, Virginia; and 
John Rowan, Vietnam Veterans of America, Silver Spring, Maryland.