[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 94 (Wednesday, June 20, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D629-D630]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of William B. Pollard III, of New York, and Scott L. 
Silliman, of North Carolina, both to be a Judge of the United States 
Court of Military Commission Review, both of the Department of Defense, 
and 2,595 nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps.
INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING PROCESS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities, Insurance and Investment concluded a hearing to examine the 
initial public offering process, focusing on ordinary investors, after 
receiving testimony from Ann E. Sherman, DePaul University, Chicago, 
Illinois; Joel H. Trotter, Latham and Watkins LLP, Washington, D.C.; 
Lise Buyer, Class V Group, LLC, Portola Valley, California; and Ilan 
Moscovitz, The Motley Fool, Alexandria, Virginia.
COMMERCIAL SPACE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science and Space concluded a hearing to examine risks, opportunities, 
and oversight of commercial space, focusing on industry trends, 
government challenges, and international competitiveness issues, after 
receiving testimony from William H. Gerstenmaier, Associate 
Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration; Colonel Pamela Melroy, USAF 
(Ret.), Director, Field Operations, Federal Aviation Administration 
Commercial Space

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Transportation, Department of Transportation; Gerald L. Dillingham, 
Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, Government Accountability 
Office; Mike N. Gold, Bigelow Aerospace, Chevy Chase, Maryland; and 
Captain Michael Lopez-Alegria, USN (Ret.), Commercial Spaceflight 
Federation, Washington, D.C.
PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the United States Patent and Trademark Office, focusing on 
implementation of the Leahy-Smith ``America Invents Act'' and 
international harmonizing efforts, after receiving testimony from David 
J. Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, and 
Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
HOLOCAUST-ERA CLAIMS IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
Holocaust-era claims in the 21st century, including S. 634, to ensure 
that the courts of the United States may provide an impartial forum for 
claims brought by United States citizens and others against any 
railroad organized as a separate legal entity, arising from the 
deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi concentration 
camps on trains owned or operated by such railroad, and by the heirs 
and survivors of such persons, and S. 466, to provide for the 
restoration of legal rights for claimants under holocaust-era insurance 
policies, after receiving testimony from Maryland Delegate Samuel I. 
Rosenberg, and Leo Bretholz, Coalition for Holocaust Rail Justice, both 
of Baltimore, Maryland; Edward T. Swaine, George Washington University 
Law School, Washington, D.C.; J.D. Bindenagel, DePaul University, 
Chicago, Illinois; and Renee Firestone, Los Angeles, California.