[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 55 (Tuesday, April 17, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D355-D356]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies approved for full committee consideration 
an original bill making appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, 
and Related Agencies for fiscal year 2013.
APPROPRIATIONS: TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING, AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND 
RELATED AGENCIES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies approved for full committee 
consideration an original bill making appropriations for 
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and related agencies for 
fiscal year 2013.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities concluded a hearing to examine the health and status of 
the Department of Defense science and technology laboratories and 
enterprise 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, Marilyn Freeman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army 
for Research and Technology, Mary E. Lacey, Deputy Assistant Secretary 
of the Navy for Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, and Steven 
H. Walker, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science, 
Technology and Engineering, all of the Department of Defense.
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Export-Import Bank reauthorization, focusing on 
saving American jobs and supporting American exporters, including S. 
1547, to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States, after 
receiving testimony from Robert Patton, Patton Electronics Co., 
Damascus, Maryland, on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Sonya 
Kostadinova, Transcon Trading Co., Inc., Columbia, South Carolina, on 
behalf of Small Business Exporters Association; David Ickert, Air 
Tractor, Inc., Olney, Texas, on behalf of the National Association of 
Manufacturers; and R. Thomas Buffenbarger, International Association of 
Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Brookeville, Maryland.
PROMOTING AMERICAN COMPETITIVENESS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion concluded a hearing 
to examine promoting American competitiveness, focusing on filling jobs 
today and training workers for tomorrow, after receiving testimony from 
Martha Kanter, Under Secretary of Education; Jane Oates, Assistant 
Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training Administration; Roger D. 
Kilmer, Director, Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce; 
Jennifer McNelly, Manufacturing Institute, Washington, DC; Robert H. 
Kill, Enterprise Minnesota, Minneapolis; Monica Pfarr, American Welding 
Society Foundation, Miami, Florida; Lee Lambert, Shoreline Community 
College, Shoreline, Washington; and Don Nissanka, Exergonix, Inc., 
Lee's Summit, Missouri.

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MERCURY POLLUTION'S IMPACTS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air 
and Nuclear Safety concluded a hearing to examine mercury pollution's 
impacts to public health and the environment, after receiving testimony 
from Jerome A. Paulson, American Academy of Pediatrics, Susan E. 
Dudley, George Washington University Trachtenberg School of Public 
Policy and Public Administration Regulatory Studies Center, and Jeffrey 
R. Holmstead, Bracewell and Giuliani LLP, all of Washington, DC; Brenda 
Archambo, Sturgeon for Tomorrow, Cheboygan, Michigan; and Charles T. 
Driscoll, Syracuse University Department of Civil and Environmental 
Engineering, Syracuse, New York.
COMPREHENSIVE CONTINGENCY CONTRACTING REFORM ACT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc 
Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight concluded a hearing to examine S. 
2139, to enhance security, increase accountability, and improve the 
contracting of the Federal Government for overseas contingency 
operations, after receiving testimony from Senator Webb; Richard T. 
Ginman, Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, and Lynne 
M. Halbrooks, Acting Inspector General, both of the Department of 
Defense; Patrick F. Kennedy, Under Secretary for Management, and Harold 
W. Geisel, Deputy Inspector General, Office of Inspector General, and 
the Broadcasting Board of Governors, both of the Department of State; 
and Angelique M. Crumbly, Acting Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau 
for Management, and Michael Carroll, Acting Inspector General, both of 
the U.S. Agency for International Development.
ENDING RACIAL PROFILING IN AMERICA
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil 
Rights and Human Rights concluded a hearing to examine ending racial 
profiling in America, including S. 1670, to eliminate racial profiling 
by law enforcement, after receiving testimony from Senator Cardin; 
Representatives Conyers, Gutierrez, Ellison, Chu, and Frederica Wilson; 
Ronald L. Davis, Chief of Police, East Palo Alto, California; Anthony 
D. Romero, American Civil Liberties Union, New York, New York; Frank 
Gale, Fraternal Order of Police, Denver, Colorado; Roger Clegg, Center 
for Equal Opportunity, Falls Church, Virginia; and David A. Harris, 
University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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.