[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 70 (Wednesday, May 16, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D474-D475]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2013 for the 
Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving testimony from Lisa P. 
Jackson, Administrator, and Barbara J. Bennett, Chief Financial 
Officer, both of the Environmental Protection Agency.
APPROPRIATIONS: U.S. NORTHERN COMMAND AND U.S. SOUTHERN COMMAND
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
received a closed briefing on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2013 for Northern Command and Southern Command Programs from General 
Charles H. Jacoby, Jr., USA, Commander United States Northern Command, 
and General Douglas M. Fraser, USAF, Commander, United States Southern 
Command, both of the Department of Defense.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the Federal Communications Commission, 
after receiving testimony from Julius Genachowski, Chairman, and Robert 
M. McDowell, Mignon L. Clyburn, Jessica Rosenworcel, and Ajit Pai, each 
a Commissioner, all of the Federal Communications Commission.

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CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND INNOVATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Children's 
Health and Environmental Responsibility concluded a hearing to examine 
growing long-term value, focusing on corporate environmental 
responsibility and innovation, after receiving testimony from Todd 
Brady, Intel Corporation, Washington, D.C.; Len Sauers, The Procter and 
Gamble Company, Cincinnati, Ohio; Parker J. Smith, Eastman Chemical 
Company, Memphis, Tennessee; and D. Mitchell Jackson, FedEx 
Corporation, Kingsport, Tennessee.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Peter William Bodde, of Maryland, to be 
Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, Piper Anne Wind 
Campbell, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to Mongolia, 
who was introduced by Representative Hochul, and Dorothea-Maria Rosen, 
of California, to be Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia, 
all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1910, to provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal 
employees, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1515, to permit certain members of the United States Secret 
Service and certain members of the United States Secret Service 
Uniformed Division who were appointed in 1984, 1985, or 1986 to elect 
to be covered under the District of Columbia Police and Firefighter 
Retirement and Disability System in the same manner as members 
appointed prior to 1984, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 2218, to reauthorize the United States Fire Administration;
  S. 1100, to amend title 41, United States Code, to prohibit inserting 
politics into the Federal acquisition process by prohibiting the 
submission of political contribution information as a condition of 
receiving a Federal contract, with an amendment;
  H.R. 2415, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 11 Dock Street in Pittston, Pennsylvania, as the 
``Trooper Joshua D. Miller Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 3220, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 170 Evergreen Square SW in Pine City, Minnesota, as 
the ``Master Sergeant Daniel L. Fedder Post Office'';
  H.R. 3413, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1449 West Avenue in Bronx, New York, as the 
``Private Isaac T. Cortes Post Office''; and
  The nomination of Joseph G. Jordan, of Massachusetts, to be 
Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, Executive Office of the 
President.
HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM REFORM
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine identifying opportunities for health 
care delivery system reform, focusing on lessons from the front line, 
after receiving testimony from G. Al Kurose, Coastal Medical, Inc., 
Providence, Rhode Island; Marcia Guida James, Humana Inc., Louisville, 
Kentucky; and James C. Capretta, Ethics and Public Policy Center, 
Washington, D.C.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the Federal Bureau of Investigation, after receiving testimony 
from Robert S. Mueller, III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Department of Justice.
DRUG THREATS IN WEST AFRICA
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: Caucus 
concluded a hearing to examine drug threats in West Africa, focusing on 
drug trafficking and United States efforts to counter emerging 
narcotics-related threats, after receiving testimony from Thomas 
Harrigan, Deputy Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration, 
Department of Justice; William R. Brownfield, Assistant Secretary for 
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, and Johnnie 
Carson, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, both of the Department 
of State; and William F. Wechsler, Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Counternarcotics and Global Threats.