[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 59 (Tuesday, April 24, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D389-D390]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development approved for full committee consideration an original bill 
making appropriations for Energy and Water Development for fiscal year 
2013.
MF GLOBAL
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the collapse of MF Global, focusing on lessons 
learned and policy implications, after receiving testimony from Jill E. 
Sommers, Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Robert Cook, Director, 
Division of Trading and Markets, United States Securities and Exchange 
Commission; James W. Giddens, Trustee for the Securities Investor 
Protection Act Liquidation of MF Global Inc., and Louis J. Freeh, 
Trustee of MF Global Holdings Ltd., both of New York, New York; Richard 
G. Ketchum, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Rye, New York; and 
Terrence A. Duffy, CME Group Inc., Chicago, Illinois.
ONLINE VIDEO
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the emergence of online video, focusing on if it 
is the future, after receiving testimony from Barry Diller, IAC, and 
Susan D. Whiting, Nielsen, both of New York, New York; Paul Misener, 
Amazon.com, Washington, D.C.; and Blair Westlake, Microsoft 
Corporation, Redmond, Washington.
WATER AND WILDLIFE BILLS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Water and 
Wildlife concluded a hearing to examine S. 810, to prohibit the 
conducting of invasive research on great apes, S. 1249, to amend the 
Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the 
establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain 
States, S. 2071, to grant the Secretary of the Interior permanent 
authority to authorize States to issue electronic duck stamps, S. 357, 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to identify and declare 
wildlife disease emergencies and to coordinate rapid response to those 
emergencies, S. 1494 to reauthorize and amend the National Fish and 
Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, S. 1266, to direct the Secretary 
of the Interior to establish a program to build on and help coordinate 
funding for the restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State 
Delaware River Basin region, S. 2156, to amend the Migratory Bird 
Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to permit the Secretary of the 
Interior, in consultation with the Migratory Bird Conservation 
Commission, to set prices for Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and 
Conservation Stamps and make limited waivers of stamp requirements for 
certain users, S. 2282, to extend the authorization of appropriations 
to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North 
American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017, after 
receiving testimony from Senators Begich and Udall (CO); Dan Ashe, 
Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; James 
Anderson, Director, Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and 
Strategic Initiatives, National Institutes of

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Health, Department of Health and Human Services; Martin Wasserman, 
former Maryland Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, Ellicott City; 
Douglas B. Inkley, National Wildlife Federation, Reston, Virginia; and 
Greg Schildwachter, Watershed Results LLC, Arlington, Virginia.
INVESTIGATING AND CONVICTING FRAUD
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine fraud, 
focusing on investigation and conviction, and what steps can be taken 
to further deter fraud, after receiving testimony from Daniel R. 
Levinson, Inspector General, and Peter Budetti, Deputy Administrator 
and Director, Center for Program Integrity, Centers for Medicare and 
Medicaid Services, both of the Department of Health and Human Services; 
Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney, Southern District of 
Florida, Department of Justice; and Kathleen King, Director, Health 
Care, Government Accountability Office.
LORD'S RESISTANCE ARMY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs 
concluded a hearing to examine United States policy to counter the 
Lord's Resistance Army, including S. 2318, to authorize the Secretary 
of State to pay a reward to combat transnational organized crime and 
for information concerning foreign nationals wanted by international 
criminal tribunals, and S. Res. 402, condemning Joseph Kony and the 
Lord's Resistance Army for committing crimes against humanity and mass 
atrocities, and supporting ongoing efforts by the United States 
Government and governments in central Africa to remove Joseph Kony and 
Lord's Resistance Army commanders from the battlefield, after receiving 
testimony from Senator Landrieu; Donald Yamamoto, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; Earl W. Gast, 
Assistant Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development; 
Amanda J. Dory, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African 
Affairs; Jolly Okot, Invisible Children, Kampala, Uganda; and Jacod 
Acaye, Gulu District, Uganda.
IMMIGRATION LAW ENFORCEMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and 
Border Security concluded a hearing to examine the constitutionality 
and prudence of state and local governments enforcing immigration law, 
after receiving testimony from former Senator Dennis DeConcini; Arizona 
State Senator Steve M. Gallardo, and Todd Landfried, Arizona Employers 
for Immigration Reform, both of Phoenix; and Russell Pearce, 
BanAmnestyNow.com, Mesa, Arizona.