[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 89 (Wednesday, June 13, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D595-D597]
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 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2013 for the Department of Defense, after receiving testimony from 
Leon E. Panetta, Secretary, and General Martin E. Dempsey, USA, 
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, both of the Department of Defense.
RISK MANAGEMENT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine risk management, focusing on JPMorgan Chase, after 
receiving testimony from Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase and Co., New York, 
New York.

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NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Allison M. Macfarlane, of 
Maryland, who was introduced by Senator Blumenthal, and Kristine L. 
Svinicki, of Virginia, who was introduced by Senator Sessions, both to 
be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Richard L. Morningstar, of Massachusetts, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan, Timothy M. Broas, of 
Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and Jay 
Nicholas Anania, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Suriname, all of the Department of State, after the nominees, who were 
introduced by Senator Kerry, testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Deborah J. Jeffrey, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Inspector General, Corporation for National 
and Community Service, Larry V. Hedges, of Illinois, and Susanna Loeb, 
of California, both to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
National Board for Education Sciences, and Kamilah Oni Martin-Proctor, 
of the District of Columbia, and Sara A. Gelser, of Oregon, both to be 
a Member of the National Council on Disability.
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND TRANSITION LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine economic opportunity and transition legislation, including S. 
3236, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the protection 
and enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the 
uniformed services, S. 3235, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
require, as a condition on the receipt by a State of certain funds for 
veterans employment and training, that the State ensures that training 
received by a veteran while on active duty is taken into consideration 
in granting certain State certifications or licenses, S. 3233, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to improve the enforcement of employment 
and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services, S. 3210, 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the treatment under 
contracting goals and preferences of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
for small businesses owned by veterans of small businesses after the 
death of a disabled veteran owner, S. 3179, to amend the Servicemembers 
Civil Relief Act to enhance the protections accorded to servicemembers 
and their spouses with respect to mortgages, S. 3082, to amend title 
38, United States Code, to establish the National Veterans Support 
Network to carry out activities to support and supplement the mission 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 2299, to amend the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and title 38, United States Code, to 
improve the provision of civil relief to members of the uniformed 
services and to improve the enforcement of employment and reemployment 
rights of such members, S. 2246, to direct the Secretary of Labor to 
provide off-base transition training, S. 2241, to ensure that veterans 
have the information and protections they require to make informed 
decisions regarding use of Post-9/11 Educational Assistance, S. 2206, 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to provide educational counseling to individuals 
eligible for educational assistance under laws administered by the 
Secretary before such individuals receive such assistance, S. 2179, to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to improve oversight of educational 
assistance provided under laws administered by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense, S. 2130, to direct the 
Secretary of Interior to establish a veterans conservation corps, S. 
1859, to provide that section 3330a, 3330b, and 3330c of title 5, 
United States Code, relating to administrative and judicial redress and 
remedies for preference eligibles, shall apply with respect to the 
Federal Aviation Administration and the Transportation Security 
Administration, S. 1852, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
expand the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship to 
include spouses of members of the Armed Forces who die in the line of 
duty, S. 1798, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish 
an open burn pit registry to ensure that members of the Armed Forces 
who may have been exposed to toxic chemicals and fumes caused by open 
burn pits while deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq receive information 
regarding such exposure, S. 1634, to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to improve the approval and disapproval of programs of education 
for purposes of educational benefits under laws administered by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, S. 1314, to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to require the Secretary of Labor to establish minimum 
funding levels for States for the support of disabled veterans' 
outreach program specialists and local veterans' employment 
representatives, and S. 1184, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
revise the enforcement penalties for misrepresentation of a business 
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business concern owned and controlled by veterans or as a small 
business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, 
after receiving testimony from Curtis L. Coy, Deputy Under Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs for Economic Opportunity, Veterans Benefits 
Administration; Tom Tarantino, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of 
America, and Peter Meijer, Student Veterans of America, both of 
Washington, D.C.; and Robert F. Norton, USA (Ret.), Military Officers 
Association of America, Alexandria, Virginia.
CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH ADVANCED ILLNESS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
empowering patients and honoring individual's choices, focusing on 
lessons in improving care for individuals with advanced illness, after 
receiving testimony from Vincent Mor, Brown University Warren Alpert 
School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island; Gail Austin Cooney, 
Hospice of Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach, Florida; Karren 
Weichert, Midland Care Connection, Inc., Topeka, Kansas; and Albert 
Gutierrez, Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka, Indiana.