[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 65 (Wednesday, May 9, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D441-D442]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: COAST GUARD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Homeland 
Security concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2013 for the Coast Guard, after receiving testimony from 
Admiral Robert J. Papp, Jr., Commandant, Coast Guard, Department of 
Homeland Security.
APPROPRIATIONS: U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AND U.S. AFRICA COMMAND
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
received a closed briefing on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2013 for Central Command and Africa Command Programs from General James 
N. Mattis, USMC, Commander, United States Central Command, and General 
Carter F. Ham, USA, United States Africa Command, both of the 
Department of Defense.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Service and 
General Government concluded a hearing to examine expanding broadband 
access, promoting innovation, and protecting consumers in a 
communications revolution, focusing on fiscal year 2013 resource needs 
for the Federal Communications Commission, after receiving testimony 
from Julius Genachowski, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission.
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Economic Policy concluded a hearing to examine the National Flood 
Insurance Program, focusing on the need for long-term reauthorization 
and reform, including S. 1940, to amend the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968, to restore the financial solvency of the flood insurance 
fund, S. 1958, to extend the National Flood Insurance Program until May 
31, 2012, and S. 2344, to extend the National Flood Insurance Program 
until December 31, 2012, after receiving testimony from Todd S. Klietz, 
Association of Montana Floodplain Managers, Missoula; Dwayne Bourgeois, 
North Lafourche Conservation, Levee and Drainage District, Raceland, 
Louisiana; David A. Sampson, Property Casualty Insurers Association of 
America, Washington, D.C.; Jon Jensen, Independent Insurance Agents and 
Brokers of America, Spartanburg, South Carolina; Moe Veissi, National 
Association of Realtors, Miami, Florida; and Sarah Murdock, Nature 
Conservancy, Scituate, Massachusetts.
LIMITING FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection concluded a hearing to 
examine limiting Federal support for financial institutions, including 
S. 3048, to provide for a safe, accountable, fair, and efficient 
banking system, after receiving testimony from Paul A. Volcker, former 
Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and Anthony 
J. Carfang, Treasury Strategies, Inc., both of New York, New York; 
Thomas M. Hoenig, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, and Marc 
Jarsulic, Better Markets, Inc., both of Washington, D.C.; Randall S. 
Kroszner, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and James 
Roselle, Northern Trust Corporation, both of Chicago, Illinois; and T. 
C. Frost, San Antonio, Texas.
PRIVACY PROTECTIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the need for privacy protections, focusing on 
perspectives from the Administration and the Federal Trade Commission, 
after receiving testimony from Jon Leibowitz, Chairman, and Maureen K. 
Ohlhausen, Commissioner, both of the Federal Trade Commission; and 
Cameron F. Kerry, General Counsel, Department of Commerce.
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Joseph G. Jordan, of 
Massachusetts, to be Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, 
Executive Office of the President, after the nominee testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
HUMAN RESOURCE WORKFORCE IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the 
District of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine building and 
maintaining an effective human resource workforce in the Federal 
government, after receiving testimony from John Berry, Director, Office 
of Personnel Management; John U. Sepulveda, Assistant Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs for Human Resources and Administration; Anita Blair, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Human Resources and 
Chief Human Capital Officer; and John Palguta, Partnership for Public 
Service, and Sara Thompson, Catholic University of America Metropolitan 
School of Professional Studies, both of Washington, D.C.

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OFFICE OF THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ENFORCEMENT COORDINATOR
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement 
Coordinator, after receiving testimony from Victoria A. Espinel, U.S. 
Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, Office of Management and 
Budget.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Robert E. Bacharach, of Oklahoma, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, John E. Dowdell, to be 
United States District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, who 
were both introduced by Senators Inhofe and Coburn, Paul William Grimm, 
to be United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, who 
was introduced by Senators Mikulski and Cardin, and Mark E. Walker, to 
be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Florida, 
and Brian J. Davis, to be United States District Judge for the Middle 
District of Florida, who were both introduced by Senators Nelson (FL) 
and Rubio, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.