[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 116 (Wednesday, August 1, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D806-D807]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FUTURES MARKETS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine futures markets, focusing on responding to MF 
Global and Peregrine Financial Group, after receiving testimony from 
Gary Gensler, Chairman, and Jill E. Sommers, Commissioner, both of the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission; James W. Giddens, Trustee for the 
Securities Investor Protection Act Liquidation of MF Global Inc., New 
York, New York; Ira Bodenstein, Trustee for the Chapter 7 Bankruptcy 
Estate of Peregrine Financial Group, Inc., Terrence A. Duffy, CME Group 
Inc., Daniel J. Roth, National Futures Association, and John L. Roe, 
Commodity Customer Coalition, all of Chicago, Illinois; Walter L. 
Lukken, Futures Industry Association, Washington, D.C.; and Diana 
Klemme, Grain Service Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia, on behalf of the 
National Grain and Feed Association.
RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing, Transportation and Community Development concluded a hearing 
to examine streamlining and strengthening Housing and Urban 
Development's rental housing assistance programs, after receiving 
testimony from Keith Kinard, Newark Housing Authority, Newark, New 
Jersey, on behalf of the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities; 
Dianne Hovdestad, Sioux Falls Housing and Redevelopment Commission, 
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on behalf of the National Association of 
Housing and Redevelopment Officials; Howard Husock, Manhattan 
Institute, New York, New York; Will Fischer, Center on Budget and 
Policy Priorities, Austin, Texas; and Linda Couch, National Low Income 
Housing Coalition, Washington, D.C.
MARKETPLACE FAIRNESS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine marketplace fairness, focusing on leveling the 
playing field for small businesses, after receiving testimony from 
Senators Durbin, Enzi, and Alexander; Paul Misener, Amazon.com, 
Seattle, Washington; Steven Bercu, BookPeople, Austin, Texas; Scott 
Peterson, Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board, Nashville, Tennessee; 
and Steve DelBianco, NetChoice, Washington, D.C.
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine an update on the latest climate change science and 
local adaptation measures, after receiving testimony from John R. 
Griffin, Maryland Department of Natural Resources Secretary, Annapolis; 
Christopher B. Field, Carnegie Institution for Science Department of 
Global Ecology, Stanford, California; John R. Christy, University of 
Alabama Earth System Science Center, Huntsville; James J. McCarthy, 
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Margo Thorning, American 
Council for Capital Formation, Washington, D.C.; and Jonathan Fielding, 
Los Angeles County Health Department, Los Angeles, California, on 
behalf of the National Association of County and City Health Officials.
TAXATION OF BUSINESS ENTITIES
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
taxation of business entities, focusing on tax reform, after receiving 
testimony from Harrison LeFrak, The LeFrak Organization, and Dana L. 
Trier, Columbia University Law School, both of New York, New York; 
Alvin C. Warren, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Fred 
C. de Hosson, Baker and McKenzie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
NEXT STEPS IN SYRIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the next steps in Syria, after receiving testimony from Martin 
Indyk, Brookings Institution, James Dobbins, The RAND Corporation, and 
Andrew J. Tabler, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, all of 
Washington, D.C.
EUROZONE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs 
concluded a hearing to examine the future of the eurozone, focusing on 
the outlook and lessons, after receiving testimony from Frances G.

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Burwell, Atlantic Council, and Nicolas Veron, Peterson Institute for 
International Economics, both of Washington, D.C.; and Simon Johnson, 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management, 
Cambridge.
RISING PRISON COSTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
rising prison costs, focusing on restricting budgets and crime 
prevention options, after receiving testimony from Edward F. Davis, 
Boston Police Commissioner, Boston, Massachusetts; Jeffrey Leigh 
Sedgwick, Keswick Advisors, LLC, Richmond, Virginia; and Brett Tolman, 
Ray Quinney & Nebeker, Salt Lake City, Utah.