[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 84 (Wednesday, June 6, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D562-D563]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
received testimony from sundry public witnesses requesting funding for 
programs in the Department of Defense appropriations bill for fiscal 
year 2013.
IMPLEMENTING WALL STREET REFORM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine implementing Wall Street reform, focusing on 
enhancing bank supervision and reducing systemic risk, after receiving 
testimony from Neal S. Wolin, Deputy Secretary, and Thomas J. Curry, 
Comptroller of the Currency, both of the Department of the Treasury; 
Daniel K. Tarullo, Member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System; Martin J. Gruenberg,

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Acting Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and Richard 
Cordray, Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
EUROPEAN UNION EMISSIONS TRADING SYSTEM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the European Union Emissions Trading System, after 
receiving testimony from Ray LaHood, Secretary of Transportation; Jos 
Delbeke, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium; and Sean Cassidy, Air 
Line Pilots Association, International, Ed Bolen, National Business 
Aviation Association, Annie Petsonk, Environmental Defense Fund, and 
Nancy N. Young, Airlines for America, all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Michele Jeanne Sison, of Maryland, to be 
Ambassador to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and to 
serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to 
the Republic of Maldives, Brett H. McGurk, of Connecticut, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq, and Susan Marsh Elliott, of 
Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan, all of the 
Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
ensuring that Federal prosecutors meet discovery obligations, including 
S. 2197, to require the attorney for the Government to disclose 
favorable information to the defendant in criminal prosecutions brought 
by the United States, after receiving testimony from Senator Murkowski; 
James M. Cole, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice; Carol A. 
Brook, Federal Defender Program for the Northern District of Illinois, 
Chicago; and Stephanos Bibas, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 
Philadelphia.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Terrence G. Berg, to be United States District Judge 
for the Eastern District of Michigan, who was introduced by Senator 
Levin, Jesus G. Bernal, to be United States District Judge for the 
Central District of California, who was introduced by Senator Boxer, 
Lorna G. Schofield, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of New York, who was introduced by Senator Blumenthal, and 
Grande Lum, of California, to be Director, Community Relations Service, 
who was introduced by Senators Boxer and Blumenthal, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
PENSIONS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
pensions, focusing on preventing fraud and protecting America's 
veterans, after receiving testimony from Senator Burr; Daniel Bertoni, 
Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues, Government 
Accountability Office; David R. McLenachen, Director, Pension and 
Fiduciary Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of 
Veterans Affairs; Lori Perkio, American Legion, Washington, D.C.; Emily 
Schwarz, Veterans Financial, Inc., Villanova, Pennsylvania; and Kris 
Schaffer, Billings, Montana.