[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 160 (Wednesday, December 12, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1027]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
TAX REFORM AND FEDERAL ENERGY POLICY
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and 
Infrastructure concluded a hearing to examine tax reform and Federal 
energy policy, focusing on incentives to promote energy efficiency, 
after receiving testimony from Dan Arvizu, Director, National Renewable 
Energy Laboratory, Department of Energy; Steven Nadel, American Council 
for an Energy-Efficient Economy, and Mark Wagner, Johnson Controls, 
both of Washington, D.C.; and Matt Golden, Efficiency First, San 
Francisco, California.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Shelly Deckert Dick, to be United States District 
Judge for the Middle District of Louisiana, who was introduced by 
Senators Landrieu and Vitter, Andrew Patrick Gordon, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Nevada, who was introduced by 
Senators Reid and Heller, Ketanji Brown Jackson, of Maryland, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, who was 
introduced by Representatives Paul Ryan and Norton, and Beverly Reid 
O'Connell, to be United States District Judge for the Central District 
of California, who was introduced by Senator Boxer, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
ENDING THE SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil 
Rights and Human Rights concluded a hearing to examine ending the 
school-to-prison pipeline, after receiving testimony from former 
Senator Mike DeWine, Ohio Attorney General; Representatives Robert C. 
Scott and Danny K. Davis; Deborah Delisle, Assistant Secretary of 
Education for Elementary and Secondary Education; Melodee Hanes, Acting 
Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 
Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice; Steven C. Teske, 
Clayton County Juvenile Court Chief Judge, Jonesboro, Georgia; Judith 
A. Browne Dianis, Advancement Project, and Andrew J. Coulson, Cato 
Institute Center for Educational Freedom, both of Washington, D.C.; and 
Edward Ward, Chicago, Illinois.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Keith Kelly, of Montana, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training, who was 
introduced by Senator Tester, and William S. Greenberg, of New Jersey, 
to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans 
Claims, who was introduced by Senator Menendez, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.