[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 28, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D321-D323]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
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 National Institutes of Health, after receiving 
testimony from Francis S. Collins, Director, Anthony S. Fauci, 
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 
Richard J. Hodes, Director, National Institute on Aging, Thomas R. 
Insel, Director, National Institute of Mental Health, Acting Director, 
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Griffin P. 
Rodgers, Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and 
Kidney Diseases, and Harold E. Varmus, Director, National Cancer 
Institute, all of the National Institutes of Health, Department of 
Health and Human Services.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAMS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine Department of Defense health programs, 
after receiving testimony from Lieutenant General Patricia D. Horoho, 
Surgeon General of the United States Army, and Commander, U.S. Army 
Medical Command, Vice Admiral Matthew L. Nathan, Surgeon General of the 
Navy, Lieutenant General Charles B. Green, Surgeon General of the Air 
Force, Major General Jimmie O. Keenan, Chief, United States Army Nurse 
Corps, Rear Admiral Elizabeth S. Niemyer, Director, Navy Nurse Corps, 
and Major General Kimberly A. Siniscalchi, Assistant Air Force Surgeon 
General, Medical Force Development Nursing Services, all of the 
Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR 
FORCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2013 for the Department of 
the Navy and the Department of the Air Force, after receiving testimony 
from Jackalyne Pfannenstiel, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for 
Energy, Installations and Environment, Major General James A. Kessler, 
Commander, Marine Corps Installations Command, and Assistant Deputy 
Commandant for Installations and Logistics (Facilities), Rear Admiral 
David M. Boone, USN, Director, Shore Readiness Division, and Deputy 
Chief of Naval Operations for Fleet Readiness and Logistics, Terry A. 
Yonkers, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, 
Environment, and Logistics, Kathleen I. Ferguson, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Major General William H. 
Etter, Deputy Director, Air National Guard, and Major General James 
Jackson, Deputy Chief, Air Force Reserve, all of the Department of 
Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2013 for the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration, after receiving testimony from Charles F. Bolden, 
Jr., Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
APPROPRIATIONS: ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2013

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for the Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation, after 
receiving testimony from Major General Merdith W.B. Temple, Acting 
Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Jo-Ellen Darcy, 
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, both of the Department 
of Defense; and Anne Castle, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, 
and Michael L. Connor, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, both of the 
Department of the Interior.
ENHANCING ECONOMIC GROWTH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Service and 
General Government concluded a hearing to examine enhancing economic 
growth, focusing on the Department of the Treasury's responses to the 
foreclosure crisis and mounting student loan debt, after receiving 
testimony from Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower received a closed 
briefing on the Ohio-class Replacement Program in review of the Defense 
Authorization request for fiscal year 2013 and the Future Years Defense 
Program from Sean J. Stackley, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for 
Research, Development, and Acquisition, and Vice Admiral John T. Blake, 
USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Integration of Capabilities and 
Resources (N8), both of the Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a 
hearing to examine the Active, Guard, Reserve, and civilian personnel 
programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 
2013 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony 
from Jo Ann Rooney, Acting Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness, 
Robert F. Hale, Under Secretary, Comptroller, and Chief Financial 
Officer, David L. McGinnis, Acting Assistant Secretary for Reserve 
Affairs, and Jonathan Woodson, Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs 
and Director, TRICARE Management Activity, all of the Department of 
Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
open and closed hearings to examine Department of Defense nuclear 
forces and policies in review of the Defense Authorization request for 
fiscal year 2013 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving 
testimony from Madelyn R. Creedon, Assistant Secretary for Global 
Strategic Affairs, Andrew C. Weber, Assistant Secretary for Nuclear, 
Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs, Lieutenant General James M. 
Kowalski, USAF, Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command, Lieutenant 
General Janet C. Wolfenbarger, USAF, Military Deputy, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Rear Admiral 
Terry J. Benedict, USN, Director, Strategic Systems Programs, Major 
General William A. Chambers, USAF, Assistant Chief of Staff for 
Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration, Major General Noel T. 
Jones, USAF, Director, Operational Capability Requirements and Deputy 
Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans, and Requirements, and Colonel 
Timothy A. Woods, USAF, Director, Strike System Program, all of the 
Department of Defense.
RETIREMENT SAVINGS DEFICIT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Economic Policy concluded a hearing to examine retirement, focusing on 
examining the retirement savings deficit, after receiving testimony 
from Michael Calabrese, New America Foundation, and Jack VanDerhei, 
Employee Benefit Research Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; and 
James G. Rickards, Tangent Capital Partners LLC, New York, New York.
SCIENCE AND STANDARDS OF FORENSICS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the science and standards of forensics, after 
receiving testimony from Patrick D. Gallagher, Under Secretary of 
Commerce for Standards and Technology; Subra Suresh, Director, National 
Science Foundation; and Eric S. Lander, Broad Institute of Harvard and 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.
U.S. POLICY ON IRAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine United States policy on Iran, after receiving testimony from 
Thomas Pickering, former Under Secretary of State for Political 
Affairs, and former United States Ambassador to the United Nations, 
General James Cartwright, former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff, Department of Defense, and Karim Sadjadpour, Carnegie Endowment 
for International Peace, all of Washington, D.C.
WASTE AND FRAUD IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal 
Services,

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and International Security concluded a hearing to examine assessing 
efforts to combat waste and fraud in Federal programs, after receiving 
testimony from Representatives Platts and Towns; Daniel I. Werfel, 
Controller, Office of Management and Budget; Sheila O. Conley, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Finance and Deputy 
Chief Financial Officer; and Beryl H. Davis, Director, Financial 
Management and Assurance, Government Accountability Office.
SPECIAL COUNSEL'S REPORT ON THE PROSECUTION OF SENATOR TED STEVENS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Special Counsel's report on the prosecution of Senator Ted Stevens, 
after receiving testimony from Henry F. Schuelke III, Janis, Schuelke 
and Wechsler, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Michael P. Shea, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Connecticut, who was introduced by Senator 
Lieberman, Gonzalo P. Curiel, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of California, who was introduced by Senator 
Blumenthal, and Robert J. Shelby, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Utah, who was introduced by Senator Lee, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Margaret Bartley, of Maryland, who was 
introduced by Senator Murray, and Coral Wong Pietsch, of Hawaii, who 
was introduced by Senator Akaka, both to be a Judge of the United 
States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.