[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 111 (Tuesday, July 24, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D763-D764]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
HOUSING PARTNERSHIPS IN INDIAN COUNTRY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine housing partnerships in Indian country, after 
receiving testimony from Cheryl A. Causley, National American

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Indian Housing Council, Brimley, Michigan; and David Bland, Travois, 
Inc., Kansas City, Missouri.
PRIVATE STUDENT LOANS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection concluded a hearing to 
examine private student loans, focusing on providing flexibility and 
opportunity to borrowers, after receiving testimony from Rohit Chopra, 
Student Loan Ombudsman, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Deanne 
Loonin, National Consumer Law Center Student Loan Borrower Assistance 
Project, Boston, Massachusetts; Jennifer Mishory, Young Invincibles, 
Washington, D.C.; and Jack Remondi, Sallie Mae, Newark, Delaware.
CABLE ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the Cable Act at 20, after receiving testimony 
from former Senator Gordon H. Smith, National Association of 
Broadcasters, and Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Melinda Witmer, Time Warner Cable, and Martin D. 
Franks, CBS Corporation, both of New York, New York; Colleen Abdoulah, 
WOW! Internet, Cable, and Phone, Englewood, Colorado; and Preston 
Padden, University of Colorado School of Law Silicon Flatirons Center, 
Boulder.
NATURAL GAS AS A FUEL FOR TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine assessing the opportunities for, current level of 
investment in, and barriers to the expanded usage of natural gas as a 
fuel for transportation, after receiving testimony from David L. 
Greene, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Dave 
McCurdy, American Gas Association, and Paul N. Cicio, Industrial Energy 
Consumers of America, both of Washington, D.C.; Michael Gallagher, 
Westport Innovations, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and Reg 
Modlin, Chrysler Group LLC, Auburn Hills, Michigan.
EPA AND TOXIC CHEMICALS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee, with the 
Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine Environmental Protection Agency 
authorities and actions to control exposures to toxic chemicals, 
including S. 847, to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to ensure 
that risks from chemicals are adequately understood and managed, after 
receiving testimony from James J. Jones, Acting Assistant 
Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, 
Environmental Protection Agency; former Speaker of the Maine House of 
Representatives Hannah Pingree, North Haven; Heather M. Stapleton, Duke 
University Nicholas School of the Environment, Durham, North Carolina; 
Marshall Moore, Great Lakes Solutions, A Chemtura Business, West 
Lafayette, Indiana; William K. Rawson, Latham and Watkins, Washington, 
D.C.; and Tony Stefani, San Francisco Firefighters Cancer Prevention 
Foundation, Danville, California.
SYRIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on an intelligence update on Syria from officials of 
the intelligence community.
STUDENT VISA SYSTEM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and 
Border Security concluded a hearing to examine strengthening the 
student visa system, focusing on United States Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement's oversight of the Student and Exchange Visitor Program, 
including ensuring that foreign students studying in the United States 
comply with the terms of their admission into the county, after 
receiving testimony from John P. Woods, Assistant Director, National 
Security Investigations, Homeland Security Investigations, United 
States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland 
Security; and Rebecca Gambler, Acting Director, Homeland Security and 
Justice, Government Accountability Office.
CITIZENS UNITED AND SUPER PACS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil 
Rights and Human Rights concluded a hearing to examine responding to 
Citizens United and Super PACs, including S. 3369, to amend the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure 
requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and 
other entities, after receiving testimony from Senators Baucus, 
Sanders, and Udall (NM); Representative Edwards; former Representative 
and Louisiana Governor Charles Roemer, Baton Rouge; Lawrence Lessig, 
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Ilya Shapiro, Cato 
Institute, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
an original bill entitled, ``Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2013''.