[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 57 (Thursday, April 19, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D373-D374]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  An original bill (S. 2323) making appropriations for the Departments 
of Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2013;
  An original bill (S. 2322) making appropriations for the Departments 
of Transportation, Housing, and

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Urban Development and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2013; and
  The fiscal year 2013 302(b) Allocations.
APPROPRIATIONS: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2013 for the Food and Drug Administration, after receiving 
testimony from Margaret A. Hamburg, Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 
Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded a 
hearing to examine Navy shipbuilding programs in review of the Defense 
Authorization request for fiscal year 2013 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from Sean J. Stackley, Assistant 
Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, Vice 
Admiral Kevin M. McCoy, USN, Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, Vice 
Admiral John T. Blake, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, 
Integration of Capabilities and Resources (N8), Vice Admiral William R. 
Burke, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Warfare Systems (N9), 
Lieutenant General Richard P. Mills, USMC, Deputy Commandant for Combat 
Development and Integration, Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat 
Development Command, all of the Department of Defense.
SEA LEVEL RISE IMPACTS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the impacts of sea level rise on domestic energy and 
water infrastructure, after receiving testimony from Waleed Abdalati, 
Chief Scientist, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; 
Benjamin H. Strauss, Climate Central, Princeton, New Jersey; Anthony C. 
Janetos, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Joint Global Change 
Research Institute, College Park, Maryland; Leonard Berry, Florida 
Atlantic University Florida Center for Environmental Studies, Jupiter; 
and Adam Freed, New York City Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning and 
Sustainability, New York, New York.
SYRIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine Syria, focusing on United States policy options, after 
receiving testimony from Tamara Cofman Wittes, Brookings Institution 
Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Murhaf Jouejati, National Defense 
University NESA Center for Strategic Studies, and Jon B. Alterman, 
Center for Strategic and International Studies, all of Washington, DC.
OSHA STANDARD-SETTING PROCESS DELAYS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine delays in OSHA's standard-setting 
process and the impact on worker safety, after receiving testimony from 
Revae Moran, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security, 
Government Accountability Office; Tom Ward, International Union of 
Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, Woodhaven, Michigan; Michael 
Silverstein, University of Washington School of Public Health and 
Community Medicine, Seattle; and Randy S. Rabinowitz, OMB Watch, and 
David G. Sarvadi, Keller and Heckman LLP, on behalf of the U.S. Chamber 
of Commerce, both of Washington, DC.
INDIAN TRIBAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND SELF-DETERMINATION ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
S. 1684, to amend the Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-
Determination Act of 2005, after receiving testimony from James M. 
Olguin, Southern Ute Indian Tribal Council, Ignacio, Colorado; Tex G. 
Hall, Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation of the Fort Berthold 
Reservation, New Town, North Dakota; Michael Finley, Confederated 
Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Nespelem, Washington; Irene C. 
Cuch, Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Fort 
Duchesne, Utah; and Wilson Groen, Navajo Nation Oil and Gas Company, 
Window Rock, Arizona.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of William J. Kayatta, Jr., of Maine, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the First Circuit, John Thomas Fowlkes, Jr., to be 
United States District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, 
Kevin McNulty, and Michael A. Shipp, both to be a United States 
District Judge for the District of New Jersey, and Stephanie Marie 
Rose, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of 
Iowa.