[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 108 (Wednesday, July 18, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D737-D738]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. AVIATION INDUSTRY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security concluded a hearing to 
examine the global competitiveness of the United States Aviation 
Industry, focusing on addressing competition issues to maintain United 
States leadership in the aerospace market, after receiving testimony 
from John Tracy, The Boeing Company, and Dan Elwell, Aerospace 
Industries Association of America, both of Arlington, Virginia; Stanley 
Sorscher, Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, 
Seattle, Washington; and Pete Bunce, General Aviation Manufacturers 
Association, and Nicholas E. Calio, Airlines for America, both of 
Washington, DC.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  An original bill entitled ``Enforcing Orders and Reducing Customs 
Evasion (ENFORCE) Act'';
  An original bill entitled ``Citrus, Cotton, and Wool Trust Funds'';
  An original bill entitled ``African Growth and Opportunity Act 
(AGOA)'';
  An original bill entitled ``Dominican Republic-Central America-United 
States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) technical corrections, and Burma 
sanctions''; and
  An original bill entitled ``Russia Permanent Normal Trade Relations 
(PNTR) and Moldova PNTR''.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Marcie B. Ries, of the District of Columbia, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria, John M. Koenig, of 
Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cyprus, Michael David 
Kirby, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia, Thomas 
Hart Armbruster, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the 
Marshall Islands, and Greta Christine Holtz, of Maryland, to be 
Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman, all of the Department of State, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
IMPROVING THE TRANSPARENCY OF FEDERAL SPENDING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine improving the transparency of Federal 
spending, after receiving testimony from Senator Warner; Gene L. 
Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States, Government 
Accountability Office; Daniel I. Werfel, Controller, Office of 
Management and Budget; and Richard L. Gregg, Fiscal Assistant Secretary 
of the Treasury.
2020 CENSUS PREPARATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal 
Services, and International Security concluded a hearing to examine the 
census, focusing on planning ahead for 2020, and how sustaining current 
reform efforts will be key to a more cost-effective enumeration, after 
receiving testimony from Robert M. Groves, Director, U.S. Census 
Bureau, and Todd J. Zinser, Inspector General, both of the Department 
of Commerce; Robert Goldenkoff, Director, Strategic Issues, Government 
Accountability Office; Jason Providakes, The MITRE Corporation, 
Baltimore, Maryland; Jack Baker, University of New Mexico, Phoenix, 
Arizona, on behalf of the National Research Council Panel to Review the 
2010 Census; and Andrew Reamer, George Washington University Institute 
of Public Policy, Arlington, Virginia.
IMPROVING FORENSIC SCIENCE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
improving forensic science in the criminal justice system, after 
receiving testimony from Jill Spriggs, State of California Crime Lab, 
Sacramento, on behalf of the Consortium of Forensic Science 
Organizations; Stephanie Stoiloff, Miami-Dade Police Department 
Forensic Services Bureau, Miami, Florida, on behalf of the 
International Association of Chiefs of Police Forensic Science 
Committee; Peter Neufeld, The Innocence Project, New York, New York; 
and Scott Burns, National District Attorneys Association, Alexandria, 
Virginia.
FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the 
Law concluded a hearing to examine what facial recognition technology 
means for privacy and civil liberties, after receiving testimony from 
Jerome M. Pender, Deputy Assistant Director, Criminal Justice 
Information Services Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Department of Justice; Maneesha Mithal, Associate Director, Division of 
Privacy and Identity Protection, Federal Trade Commission; Alessandro 
Acquisti, Carnegie Mellon University Heinz College and CyLab, 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Larry Amerson, Calhoun County Sheriff, 
Anniston, Alabama, on behalf of the National Sheriffs' Association; 
Nita Farahany, Duke Law School, Durham, North Carolina; Jennifer Lynch, 
Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, California; Brian

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Martin, MorphoTrust USA, Jersey City, New Jersey; and Robert Sherman, 
Facebook, Washington, DC.
NOMINATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Thomas Skerik Sowers II, of Missouri, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Public and 
Intergovernmental Affairs, after the nominee, who was introduced by 
Senator McCaskill, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
MEDICARE AND MEDICAID COORDINATION FOR DUAL-ELIGIBLES
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
Medicare and Medicaid coordination for dual-eligibles, after receiving 
testimony from Melanie Bella, Director of the Medicare-Medicaid 
Coordination Office, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 
Department of Health and Human Services; Jason A. Helgerson, New York 
State Department of Health Medicaid Director, Albany; Thomas J. 
Betlach, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), Phoenix; 
Robert A. Berenson, Urban Institute, Washington, DC.; Shawn Morris, 
HealthSpring, Nashville, Tennessee; and Dory Funk, Senior CommUnity 
Care, Eckert, Colorado.
PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: Caucus 
concluded a hearing to examine prescription drug abuse, after receiving 
testimony from Representative Bono Mack; R. Gil Kerlikowske, Director 
of National Drug Control Policy, Office of National Drug Control 
Policy, Executive Office of the President; Joseph T. Rannazzisi, Deputy 
Assistant Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of 
Justice; John L. Eadie, Brandeis University Heller School for Social 
Policy and Management Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Center of 
Excellence, Waltham, Massachusetts; Joe Harmison, Harmison Pharmacies, 
Arlington, Texas, on behalf of the National Community Pharmacists 
Association; Avi Israel, Buffalo, New York; and Vernon Porter, Orange 
County, California.