[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 49 (Monday, March 26, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D298-D299]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
TSA OVERSIGHT PART III
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure: Full Committee held a joint hearing 
entitled ``TSA Oversight Part III: Effective Security or Security 
Theater?''. Testimony was heard from Christopher L. McLaughlin, 
Assistant Administrator for Security Operations, Transportation 
Security Administration; Stephen Sadler, Assistant Administrator for 
Intelligence and Analysis, Transportation Security Administration; Rear 
Admiral Paul F. Zukunft, Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety, 
Security and

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Stewardship, United States Coast Guard; Stephen M. Lord, Director, 
Homeland Security, Government Accountability Office; and public 
witness.
POSTAL REFORM ACT OF 2012
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 2309, the 
``Postal Reform Act of 2012''. The Committee ordered the bill reported 
as amended.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a markup of H.R. 3309, the 
``Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2012''. The 
Committee granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing one hour 
of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The 
rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The 
rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Energy and Commerce now printed in the 
bill shall be considered as original text for the purpose of amendment 
and shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order 
against the amendment in the nature of a substitute. The rule makes in 
order only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee report 
accompanying the resolution. Each such amendment may be offered only in 
the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member 
designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question. The rule waives all points of order against the amendments 
printed in the report. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions. Finally, the rule provides that the Speaker may 
appoint Members to perform the duties of the Chair for the duration of 
the period from March 29, 2012, through April 16, 2012, as though under 
clause 8(a) of rule I. Testimony was heard from Representatives Walden 
(OR); Eshoo; Diaz-Balart; and Waters.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Rules: Full Committee, resolution expressing the gratitude 
of the Committee on Rules to the Honorable John V. Sullivan, the fourth 
parliamentarian of the House of Representatives, on the occasion of his 
retirement for his service to the Committee, the House and the Nation. 
The Committee agreed to the resolution.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.