[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 26, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D129-D131]
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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered 
favorably reported an original resolution authorizing expenditures by 
the committee during the 113th Congress.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee; and 150 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
   Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 113th 
Congress.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported an original resolution authorizing expenditures by 
the committee.
   Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 113th 
Congress and announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development: 
Senators Menendez (Chair), Reed, Schumer, Brown, Merkley, Manchin, 
Warren, Heitkamp, Moran, Corker, Toomey, Kirk, Coburn, Heller, and 
Shelby.
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection: 
Senators Brown (Chair), Reed, Schumer, Menendez, Tester, Merkley, 
Hagan, Warren, Toomey, Shelby, Vitter, Johanns, Moran, Heller, and 
Corker.
Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment: Senators Tester 
(Chair), Reed, Schumer, Menendez, Warner, Hagan, Warren, Heitkamp, 
Johanns, Corker, Shelby, Vitter, Toomey, Kirk, and Coburn.
Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance: 
Senators Warner (Chair), Brown, Manchin, Kirk, and Moran.
Subcommittee on Economic Policy: Senators Merkley (Chair), Tester, 
Warner, Hagan, Manchin, Heitkamp, Heller, Coburn, Vitter, Johanns, and 
Crapo.
  Senators Johnson (SD) and Crapo are ex officio members of each 
subcommittee.
SEMIANNUAL MONETARY POLICY REPORT TO CONGRESS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress, 
after receiving testimony from Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman, Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
IMPACT OF FEDERAL INVESTMENTS
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
impact of Federal investments on people, communities, and long-term 
economic growth, after receiving testimony from Polly Trottenberg, 
Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; Hunter R. Rawlings III, 
Association of American Universities, and Anthony P. Carnevale, 
Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, both of 
Washington, DC; David R. Malpass, Encima Global LLC, New York, New

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York; and Stephen L. Ferguson, Cook Group, Inc., Bloomington, Indiana.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee.
   Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 113th 
Congress.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the 
committee during the 113th Congress.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported an original 
resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee.
   Committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 113th Congress and 
announced the following subcommittee assignments:
 Subcommittee on Health Care: Senators Rockefeller (Chair), Stabenow, 
Cantwell, Nelson, Menendez, Carper, Cardin, Casey, Roberts, Hatch, 
Grassley, Enzi, Cornyn, Burr, and Toomey.
 Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs and Global 
Competitiveness: Senators Wyden (Chair), Rockefeller, Schumer, 
Stabenow, Cantwell, Menendez, Brown, Bennet, Isakson, Hatch, Grassley, 
Roberts, Thune, and Portman.
 Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure: Senators 
Stabenow (Chair), Baucus, Rockefeller, Wyden, Cantwell, Nelson, Carper, 
Bennet, Cornyn, Grassley, Crapo, Enzi, Thune, Burr, and Isakson.
 Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy: Senators 
Brown (Chair), Rockefeller, Schumer, Nelson, Cardin, Toomey, Crapo, 
Isakson, and Portman.
 Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight: Senators Bennet (Chair), 
Baucus, Wyden, Schumer, Menendez, Carper, Cardin, Casey, Enzi, Hatch, 
Crapo, Roberts, Cornyn, Thune, and Toomey.
 Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth: Senators 
Casey (Chair), Baucus, Brown, Portman, and Burr.
  Senators Baucus and Hatch are ex officio members of each 
subcommittee.
  Also, committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Jacob 
J. Lew, of New York, to be Secretary, and Christopher J. Meade, of New 
York, to be General Counsel, both of the Department of the Treasury, 
and William B. Schultz, of the District of Columbia, to be General 
Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services.
BUDGET AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
budget and economic outlook, focusing on fiscal years 2013 to 2023, 
after receiving testimony from Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and 
Policy Priorities, and Douglas Holtz-Eakin, American Action Forum, both 
of Washington, DC
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported an original resolution authorizing 
expenditures by the committee during the 113th Congress.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 113th 
Congress.
STATE LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION IN DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine state leadership and innovation in 
disability employment, after receiving testimony from Delaware Governor 
Jack Markell, Dover, on behalf of the National Governors Association; 
Jane Boone, Washington State State Employment Leadership Network 
Consultant, Seattle; Michael O'Brien, Oklahoma Department of 
Rehabilitation Services, Oklahoma City; and Don Uchida, Utah State 
Office of Rehabilitation, Salt Lake City.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee.
   Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 113th 
Congress.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee during 
the 113th Congress.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ordered favorably 
reported an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the 
committee.
   Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 113th 
Congress.
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a joint hearing 
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine a legislative 
presentation from the Disabled American Veterans, after receiving

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testimony from Larry A. Polzin, Disabled American Veterans, Cold 
Springs, Kentucky.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 113th 
Congress.