[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 75 (Wednesday, May 23, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D514-D515]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
GUARD AND RESERVE BUDGET OVERVIEW
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine the fiscal year 2013 Guard and Reserve 
budget overview, after receiving testimony from General Craig R. 
McKinley, USAF, Chief, National Guard Bureau, Lieutenant General 
William E. Ingram, Jr., USA, Director, Army National Guard, Lieutenant 
General Harry M. Wyatt III, USAF, Director, Air National Guard, 
Lieutenant General Jack Stultz, USA, Chief, Army Reserve, Vice Admiral 
Dirk Debbink, USN, Chief, Navy Reserve, Lieutenant General Steven A. 
Hummer, USMC, Director, Reserve Affairs, and Lieutenant General Charles 
E. Stenner, Jr., USAF, Chief, Air Force Reserve, all of the Department 
of Defense.
AUTHORIZATION: DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces met in 
closed session and approved for full committee consideration those 
provisions which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of 
the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2013.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Katharina G. McFarland, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Defense, and 655 nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force 
and Marine Corps.
  Also, committee began consideration of the proposed National Defense 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2013, but did not complete action 
thereon, and will meet again on Thursday, May 24, 2012.
UNITED STATES-CHINA STRATEGIC AND ECONOMIC DIALOGUE
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Security and International Trade and Finance concluded a hearing to 
examine reviewing the United States-China strategic and economic 
dialogue, after receiving testimony from Stephen S. Roach, Yale 
University, New Canaan, Connecticut; C. Fred Bergsten, Peterson 
Institute for International Economics, Annandale, Virginia; John R. 
Dearie, Financial Services Forum, Great Falls, Virginia; and Dean C. 
Garfield, Information Technology Industry Council, Washington, DC.
HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine progress 
in health care delivery, focusing on innovations from the field, after 
receiving testimony from Richard Migliori, UnitedHealth Group, 
Minnetonka, Minnesota; Lee Sacks, Advocate Health Care, Oak Brook, 
Illinois; Marc Malloy, Renaissance Medical Management Company, Wayne, 
Pennsylvania; and Paul J. Diaz, Kindred Healthcare, Louisville, 
Kentucky.
LAW OF THE SEA CONVENTION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine The Law of the Sea Convention (Treaty Doc. 103-39), focusing on 
the United States National Security and Strategic Imperatives for 
Ratification, after receiving testimony from Hillary Rodham Clinton, 
Secretary of State; and Leon E. Panetta, Secretary, and General Martin 
E. Dempsey, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, both of the 
Department of Defense.
SECRET SERVICE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the Secret Service, focusing on trust 
and confidence, after receiving testimony from Mark Sullivan, Director, 
United States Secret Service, and Charles K. Edwards, Acting Inspector 
General, both of the Department of Homeland Security.
PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight 
and the Courts concluded a hearing to examine protecting our children, 
focusing on the importance of training child protection professionals, 
after receiving testimony from Melodee Hanes, Acting Administrator, 
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of 
Justice Programs, Department of Justice; Victor I. Vieth, Winona State 
University National Child Protection Training Center, Winona, 
Minnesota; Michael V. Johnson, Boy Scouts of America, Irving, Texas; 
Chris Newlin, National Children's Advocacy Center, Huntsville, Alabama; 
and Stephanie M. Smith, Northwest Arkansas Community College National 
Child Protection Training Center, Bentonville, Arkansas.

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INTEGRATED DISABILITY EVALUATION SYSTEM
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine a review of the Integrated Disability Evaluation System, 
focusing on seamless transition and preliminary observations on efforts 
to improve performance, after receiving testimony from Jo Ann Rooney, 
Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness; John R. 
Gingrich, Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs; and Daniel 
Bertoni, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security, 
Government Accountability Office.